KIDS MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES • AGES 6–12
Kids Tae Kwon Do: Strong Kids Are Built From the Inside Out.
Confidence. Focus. Respect. Resilience.
Skills for Tae Kwon Do. Skills for life.
Master Shim's Kids Tae Kwon Do program gives children ages 6–12 a place to be challenged, encouraged, and supported while learning martial arts skills and discovering just how much they are capable of achieving.
The goal isn't to raise a child who never struggles.
It's to help build a child who learns what to do when something is hard.
MORE THAN KICKS & PUNCHES
The Years When “I Can't” Starts Becoming “I Can.”
Between ages six and twelve, children are discovering what they are good at, what challenges them, how they fit in, and what happens when something doesn't come easily.
Tae Kwon Do gives them a place to practice doing hard things — one technique, one class, and one accomplishment at a time.
Confidence Isn't Something We Can Hand Them.
Telling a child “You can do it” matters. But there is something even more powerful about the moment they discover it for themselves.
Maybe it's finally learning a technique that felt impossible. Remembering a form. Breaking a board. Testing for the next belt. Or simply walking onto the training floor when they were nervous about trying.
Each accomplishment gives a child evidence that effort, practice, and persistence can change what they are able to do.
Real confidence grows from discovering:
“I didn't think I could do that — but I did.”
FOCUS TAKES PRACTICE
Attention Is a Skill They Can Train.
Kids live in a world filled with distractions. Tae Kwon Do gives them something increasingly rare: a place where paying attention matters to what happens next.
Watch
Students learn to observe an instructor closely so they can understand how a technique is performed.
Listen
Directions matter. Students practice listening for instructions and responding when they are given.
Remember
Forms, combinations, terminology, and techniques challenge students to remember what they have learned and apply it again.
Try Again
When attention wanders or a technique doesn't work, students practice resetting, refocusing, and trying again.
Focus isn't about expecting perfection.
It's about practicing how to come back to the task.
RESPECT IN ACTION
Respect Is More Than Saying “Yes, Sir.”
Bowing and traditional martial arts etiquette are important parts of Tae Kwon Do, but respect goes much deeper than knowing when to bow.
Students practice showing respect through how they listen, how they treat training partners, how they respond to correction, and how they carry themselves when something doesn't go their way.
Respect for Instructors
Students practice listening when someone is teaching, accepting instruction, asking appropriate questions, and responding respectfully.
Respect for Others
Training partners depend on each other. Students learn to practice with control, encourage classmates, take turns, and understand that everyone learns differently.
Respect for Themselves
Children also learn that respect includes taking responsibility for their effort, making good choices, setting boundaries, and believing they are worth standing up for.
Respect isn't simply something children are told to show.
It's something they practice.
WHEN IT GETS HARD
Learning Not to Quit at the First “I Can't.”
Eventually every student meets a technique that doesn't come easily, a test that makes them nervous, or a goal that takes longer than expected.
The Struggle Is Part of the Lesson.
Instructors can correct the technique. They can demonstrate it again. They can encourage a student who is frustrated.
But ultimately, the student has to try again.
That repeated experience of struggling, adjusting, practicing, and eventually improving gives children an opportunity to discover that difficulty does not automatically mean failure.
“I can't do it” can become
“I can't do it yet.”
STRONGER BODIES • STRONGER SKILLS
Yes, They Learn Some Pretty Great Kicks Too.
Tae Kwon Do is active. Kids move, practice, repeat, and challenge themselves while developing martial arts skills they can continue building for years.
Tae Kwon Do Technique
Students learn kicks, blocks, strikes, stances, forms, combinations, and other skills appropriate to their level.
Balance & Coordination
Martial arts movements challenge children to coordinate their hands, feet, eyes, and body while developing greater control.
Strength & Endurance
Classes keep kids moving while gradually challenging stamina, strength, agility, and overall physical fitness.
Control
Learning a powerful technique also means learning when to stop, how to practice safely with a partner, and why control matters.
They're not just burning energy.
They're learning what their bodies can do.
SELF-DEFENSE WITH RESPONSIBILITY
Strong Enough to Walk Away.
Learning self-defense isn't about teaching children to look for a fight. It's about helping them develop awareness, confidence, control, and skills they can use appropriately if they ever need to protect themselves.
Knowing What to Do Includes Knowing When Not to Fight.
Tae Kwon Do students learn that physical skill comes with responsibility. Avoiding unnecessary conflict, creating distance, getting help, and making safe choices are important parts of understanding self-defense.
And if a child does face a situation where physical self-defense becomes necessary, training gives them practiced skills rather than leaving them with only fear or uncertainty.
Confidence doesn't have to be loud.
Sometimes confidence is knowing you can walk away.
A PLACE TO BELONG
They Walk Onto the Mat as Individuals.
But they don't train alone.
Tae Kwon Do brings children together around something they can learn, practice, and celebrate. Different ages, personalities, experience levels, and belt ranks share the same training floor.
Training Partners
Students practice together, take turns, help one another learn, and discover that someone else's success doesn't take away from their own.
Instructors Who Notice
Good instruction includes knowing when to challenge a student, when to correct them, and when a little encouragement can help them keep going.
Shared Celebrations
A new belt, a successful test, a mastered technique, or a personal breakthrough becomes something classmates can recognize and celebrate together.
Every child has an individual journey.
It's pretty great to have people cheering along the way.
ONE BELT AT A TIME
Big Goals Become Smaller Steps.
Black Belt may seem like an enormous goal to a brand-new student. That's exactly what makes the Tae Kwon Do belt system such a valuable part of the journey. Children don't have to accomplish everything at once.
First, Work on What's Next.
Learn the next technique. Practice the next form. Improve the next skill. Prepare for the next belt test.
Over time, those smaller accomplishments begin adding up to something much bigger — and children get to experience what can happen when they stay committed to a goal.
A Black Belt isn't earned in one giant leap.
It's built one class, one challenge,
and one belt at a time.
EVERY BLACK BELT WAS ONCE A BEGINNER
What If My Child Has Never Done Martial Arts?
That's exactly where beginners are supposed to start.
Your child doesn't need martial arts experience, exceptional flexibility, perfect coordination, or unlimited confidence before walking through the door. Those aren't requirements for starting. They're things that can develop through training.
The First Class Is Just the First Class.
Some children walk in excited and ready to go. Others are quiet, cautious, or unsure about trying something new.
They don't need to know everything on day one. They simply need an opportunity to begin.
No experience required.
Just a first step.
THREE SCHOOLS • ONE STANDARD
Find Kids Tae Kwon Do Near You
Kids martial arts classes for ages 6–12 are available at Master Shim's World Class Tae Kwon Do in Fayetteville, Peachtree City, and Locust Grove, Georgia.
THEIR JOURNEY CAN START HERE
Give Them a Chance to Discover
What They Can Do.
No martial arts experience is necessary. Come meet the instructors, experience a class, and let your child take that first step onto the mat.
One class. One challenge.
One step closer to “I can.”