New Taekwondo and Hapkido School Clermont, Florida
New Hapkido School in Clermont, Florida
American Dragon Martial Arts Academies is EXPANDING! We have become so popular in Lake Country that we are adding a second location to better serve the community.
We now have a second Hapkido and Taekwondo location serving the West Clermont, Groveland and Mascotte area.
The location is at 1158 Fifth St. Clermont, FL 34711 at the intersection of Fifth Street and Hwy 50, just two blocks West of the Winn Dixie shopping center with classes in Taekwondo and Hapkido.
The Chief Instructor is former Korean Marine Corp Demonstration Team Captain 5th Degree Korean Hapkido and Taekwondo Master KiPyo Lee serving as Hapkido teacher. Grand Opening Party announcement coming SOON! Call 352-536-5063 for registration details. Registration starts August 17th, 2010. Watch our TV Show on World Martial Arts TV. Listen to our radio show on World Martial Arts Radio and read our Magazine at World Martial Arts Magazine.
NEW LOCATION COMING TO WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA OCTOBER 2010
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Womens Self Defense
Because the BEST defense is SELF defense!
What People are Saying About Our Programs:
"I was attacked on the way to my car after shopping one night and the self defense techniques worked just like we had practiced in class. I don’t know how that would have turned out if I didn’t know how to fight back." – Sheri Medina
"This is a great way to workout, plus I like knowing that I can defend myself if I have to. It feels great being able to walk from my office to the car without being afraid. Aerobics was never this much fun." – Claire Knafla
"Learning self defense is so much fun and I can’t believe how slim and fit I am getting." – Cheryl Johnson
"I took Karate as a kid and again in college to get in shape, but this is the best program I have seen. The instructors here are great and they really care. None of the other places that I have been to give this much personal attention
to students." – Sabrina Vega
FOR A HEALTHIER AND LONGER LIFE CALL NOW!
352-536-1122
American Dragon Martial Arts Academies
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Don,t Be A Victim!
GIVE YOURSELF A FIGHTING CHANCE!
Women’s Practical Self Defense Training
1158 Fifth St.
Clermont, FL 34711
Ph: 352-536-1122
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A recent published ten year study conducted by the FBI indicates that rape is dramatically on the rise in the United States. Current crime statistics indicated that a rape occurs somewhere in the U.S. every five minutes. All women are potential victims for the rapist although a recent study found that 73% of all rapes were committed against girls 17 years of age or younger and 36% of those were committed against girls under the age of 11. (National Victim Center and the Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, 2009).
The study also showed rape can occur any place, anytime. 60% of attacks are away from the victim’s home, while 40% take place in, or near the victim’s home. This study also showed that 84% of the victims new their assailant before the rape took place, and 57% of the rapes occurred while on a date.
Self Defense Techniques Can Help You Beat The Odds.
Our purpose in stating these facts, as unpleasant as they may be, is not to scare you, but to make you aware that, according to rape crisis experts, a woman who resists is any way has a fighting chance of stopping the attack.
If a woman has been trained in some type of Martial Arts similar to those taught at the American Dragon Martial Arts Academies, the odds of her deterring the attack are better than 80%.
Be Prepared! The Best Defense is Self Defense.
At the American Dragon Martial Arts Academies, we will train you in practical easy to learn self defense techniques for real life situations.
If you find yourself in a situation that may require you to stand and fight, then you must learn what to do from an expert. At the American Dragon Martial Arts Academies our highly trained caring instructors will train you to be mentally and physically prepared to protect yourself.
Martial arts training gives you the ability to fight back, against all odds!
The American Dragon Martial Arts Academies provides you with personal attention not found in other schools to ensure fast progress.
While other schools focus on how many locations they own or how many trophies that they have, we have a different philosophy.
Why women should learn Hapkido
At least 7 Reasons Women Should Learn Hapkido
Dr. Ronald W. Stone
American Dragon Martial Arts Academy
Clermont, Florida
In this day and age making a distinction of the benefit of martial arts training between men and women is becoming less pertinent. More simply put, as the role of women in the job force increases and with today's recognition that women are capable of more tasks than previously were allowed in a male dominated society, the more similar will be the benefits that training in Hapkido offer both males and females.
Traditionally one of the first benefits discussed whenever the subject of women in the martial arts comes up is the self defence aspect. The "women are the weaker sex" argument is always mentioned as a reason for them to consider training in the martial arts. While it is true that they are typically smaller and less muscular than their male counterparts, modern scientific studies have concluded that in most instances women are capable of more endurance and have a more resilient cardiovascular system than men.
With modern weight training techniques women can actually train to be more fit. While statistics as a class indicate they will never equal men in raw strength they often will surpass men in size to ability percentages.
What doesn't change however is the basic core hormonal differences that put women at risk to aggression. By this I mean that the testosterone driven male will always desire to overpower or dominate his female counterpart. Usually this is harmless and is either buried subconsciously or manifests romantically which most women can more than adequately handle verbally or with body language. In a small percentage of males however the sex drive or the desire to physically dominate and control the opposite sex is overwhelming and can result in cases of sexual aggression or domestic abuse.
Any woman can fall victim to these sorts of predators and things like age or physical appearance are sometimes not factors the predator concerns himself with. Being old, very young or atypical in appearance does not automatically eliminate a female from the threat of a predator or stalker.
The beauty of Hapkido is that it combines three fundamental principles, the water principle, the circular principle and the sum principle into a martial art that is ideal for female learners. Since it is both a hard and a soft art it utilizes the concept of not meeting force with resistance but rather being fluid when necessary, hard whenever possible and learning to use the opponents force against himself while concentrating one's own Ki energy in a focused manner against specific Ki and pressure points, against weak joint angles and using leverage against the opponent.
Instead of meeting hard force with hard force which will always give the advantage to the taller, more muscular opponent, Hapkido teaches its students to avoid, absorb, redirect, and trap the opponents attacks.