Students of Joon Lee Martial arts schools will show off their best moves in the American Tae Kwon Do state qualifying tournament Sunday at the Oak Lawn Pavilion.
Can you crack a board with your bare hand? Are you into the Martial Arts? Yes? Well, then this is an event right up your self-defense training alley: The American Tae Kwon Do state qualifying tournament. Registration is at 8 a.m. and competition begins at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Oak Lawn Pavilion, 9401 S. Oak Park Ave. Admission is $10 for adults. Children under the age of 5 will be admitted free of charge. The ATU qualifying tournament is hosted by state chapter president and Grand Master Joon Lee of Joon Lee's Tae Kwon Do School in Oak Lawn and Orland Park. And it serves as a final warm-up event for the ATU National Championship June 16 in Atlanta. More than 30 students ranging in age from 6 to 61 have trained this season at Joon Lee's. …
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Modern Arnis, named after a Filipino martial art, teaches children and adults to defend themselves.
Ken Smith built a snowman when he was a child. Instead of standing and admiring his creation, Smith ran into the house, cracked his mother's broom in half and ran back to what he saw as his opponent. With a few quick whacks, Smith defeated the snowy menace. Smith knew then he wanted to learn the martial arts. Smith, now 43, is living his dream by owning his own school — Modern Arnis Academy in Homer Glen. The academy is named after a Filipino martial arts system created by Grandmaster Remy A. Presas. Smith is one of only six people in the world who Presas left the art to when he died. Presas stressed the use of self-defense tactics like grappling and the use of weapons in his system and that's just what Smith was looking for. "It has …
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