Hello everyone! We are well into the new year and hope everyone is still going strong with their training. Chang’s Taekwondo Instructors from South Surrey/White Rock, Cloverdale/Langley, Tsawwassen, Aldergrove, and Mission all want you to keep training hard and that we are here to support you. Today’s blog is about using different resources to get the most out of your training. Now your best resource is of course your Instructors! They want to help you, and love it when you ask questions in order to improve yourself. Those students who ask questions on how, and why we do things are often the o ..read more

Hello everyone! As we start to get closer to winter our days are getting shorter, darker and much more wet. Chang’s Taekwondo Instructors from South Surrey/White Rock, Cloverdale/Langley, Tsawwassen, Aldergrove, and Mission all want to remind our students to stay warm, dry, and safe. This weekend we are heading into the time change and along with the recent unpleasant weather we have to be extra careful. One of the most dangerous times for our students doesn’t happen on the mats but coming and going from class. Here are some ways we can stay safe: 1.      When leaving any vehicl ..read more

The Five Tenets of Taekwondo In today’s blog, we will be discussing the five tenets of Taekwondo and why they are so important to becoming an accomplished and respected martial artist. Students at all our schools in White Rock, Cloverdale/langley, Tsawwassen, Aldergrove, and Mission learn about all 5. Martial arts is more than learning to defeat an enemy or protect yourself from a bully, but also teaches its practitioners a new way of life. Taekwondo has done this by inducting the five tenets into its curriculum. These five tenets are Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-Control, and Indomi ..read more

Thanksgiving is an important holiday in Canada and marks a time to be thankful and grateful for all the blessings in our lives! It’s also time to reflect on the people and things we might take for granted. This could be our friends and family, or the adventures and activities were able to experience.   At Chang’s Taekwondo, we are grateful for our incredible Taekwondo family and all the students and parents that support our schools. We are also thankful for our instructors and teachers that lead classes and grow our community. We wouldn’t be able to experience the joy and e ..read more

This month, our students in WhiteRock, Cloverdale, Langley, Tsawwassen, Aldergrove, and Mission will be studying the character lesson: Sharing. This is an important concept that children must learn. For many children, it is difficult for them to see the other end of sharing: the benefits that others gain from one’s act of sharing. You can help by reinforcing sharing at home. Support your child in their effort to share. Below are some tips on how to complement the lessons we teach about sharing this month: Model sharing and giving. Your kindness and willingness to share encourage children to d ..read more

Hello everyone! Summer is quickly coming to an end and we are getting ready to welcome many new students to Taekwondo Changs Taekwondo. One of the most important parts of Taekwondo is Respect. When we talk about respect one often over looked aspect is LISTENING. Many of us especially as we get older tend to hear but not listen. It may seem like they are the same but listening or more accurately called “Active Listening”  is the process of focusing or concentrating a the speaker and what they are saying. This has many benefits at home, school and Taekwondo such as it may provide us with a ..read more

We are  going to go over four reasons why martial arts is a must this back to school season. Reason number #1 is fitness. Limiting screen time is very important and gets the kids off the couch, but it’s not enough. Martial arts will give them a healthy lifestyle and is way better than playing video kids. Reason number #2 is self-confidence. Is your child shy? Is it hard for them to introduce themselves to people? Do they sometimes get bullied? Martial arts can truly help with self confidence because confidence comes from competence. And when you have real skills and tools to defend y ..read more

Hello everyone! As we get closer to the start of a new school year Chang’s Taekwondo Instructors are preparing for an exciting fall. All of us from Chang’s Taekwondo have been working hard over the summer revamping and updating our school curriculum. Taekwondo is always changing and all of us at Chang’s Taekwondo want to keep our students at the forefront of skills, drills, and the newest techniques. Over the next few months your Instructors will start to introduce small changes to our program. Most of these changes are to provide a smoother learning experience and to better represent modern T ..read more

Fairness Hello everyone! This month, students will be studying the character word: FAIRNESS. Being fair takes effort. Being impartial and unprejudiced requires balance and wisdom. As teachers and role models for our students, we can equip children with the lessons of fairness and provide them with an outlet to apply those lessons to actual situations. Here is a guideline regarding children and fairness based on age: § With children ages 3 and 4; they are starting to learn right from wrong.  Teach them how to follow rules, take turns, and share. § With children ages 5 and 6; they are learn ..read more

Blog about warmups Hello everyone! We have a set journey on which every student embarks each time they step on our mats. Each student bows in, and then we all do our stretching exercises! Stretching is important! Students from Chang’s Taekwondo Martial Arts in South Surrey, Cloverdale, Tsawwassen, Aldergrove, and Mission all spend at least five minutes of stretching every class. But why do we stretch? Stretching at the beginning of Taekwondo training helps us avoid injuries! Do we perform spinning hook kicks, and front turning kicks, or side kicks and jumping 180 kicks every day? The answer (m ..read more