Caledonian Taekwondo aligns with Long Term Athlete Development by using stage-based progression (belt system), providing age-appropriate training, focusing on long-term development, promoting holistic skills such as discipline and confidence, and allowing individuals to progress based on ability rather than just age.
Tot kwon do is our taekwondo program for pre-school children aged 3 and above. Classes focus on many components of fitness including.
Tot Kwon Do – Movement – Agility – Balance – Co ordination – Flexibility
But equally important to a developing child is social interaction. Tot kwon do encourages co-operation and communications with other children through play based learning.
We focus on developing the fundamentals of movement as well as taekwondo skills. When children turn 7 years old or are promoted to yellow tags they have the option of moving onto the 5pm class with older children.
All beginners from the age of 7-12 attend our under 12s programme. When students become green belt or blue tags they can move to the advanced children class every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. When children turn 13 they have the option of joining the adults class on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Our program for children who have advanced to green belt/blue tags is designed to bring together what they have learned up to green belt.
The first 5 grades are spent developing the fundamentals of movement. Progressing to taekwondo basics then onwards to sequential movement and combinations.
The advanced class then brings this together to learn to apply the movements either for self-defence, sport and fun. These classes are technically and physically more difficult.
We meet three times a week where those aged 13+ have the additional option of joining the competition programme or attending our barbell or bootcamp classes. Gym membership is included in the price where participants are aged 16 and above.
We meet three times per week with sessions designed to help those with competition ambitions.
We have had incredible results of the past 30 years. European opens, European University, European Championships, Grand Prix and World Champions medals and Junior and senior. All culminating in the the Paris 2024 Olympics.
In 2024 we had the highest ranking senior male and senior female Scottish athletes in the world in their respective categories.