Welcome to Michael Pam's BLACK BELT CHAMPIONS
Since 1993,
Michael Pam's BLACK BELT CHAMPIONS has been providing instruction in Taekwondo, Kickboxing and other martial arts in the
Selden, NY area.
We hope you enjoy our website and will stop by and visit us if you are in the area. This site is designed to give you information about our facility, our style of martial arts, our staff and provide you with information on how to contact us as well.
Formerly known as Michael Pam's U.S. Tae Kwon Do
What is Taekwondo?
Taekwondo is a modern martial art, characterized by its fast, high and spinning kicks. There are multiple interpretations of the name Taekwondo. Taekwondo is often translated as 'the way of hand and foot.'
Tae = 'Foot' or 'to kick' or 'to jump'
K'won = 'Fist' or 'to strike or block with hand'
Do = 'The way of' or 'art'
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Put this together and Taekwondo means: "The art of kicking and punching" or "The art of unarmed combat."
Disciplines of Taekwondo
Taekwondo has many disciplines:
- Forms and Concentration
- Sparring and Respect
- Self-defense and Confidence
- Fitness and Stress Relief
It is the combination of these many disciplines that make the art of Taekwondo.
Objectives of Taekwondo:
- to develop an appreciation for Taekwondo as a sport and an art
- to achieve physical fitness through positive participation
- to improve mental discipline and emotional equanimity
- to learn self-defense skills
- to develop a sense of responsibility for one self and others
Taekwondo is primarily a kicking art, at times with a great emphasis on the sport aspect of the art. Taekwondo stylists tend to fight at an extended range, and keep opponents away with their feet. However, at Michael Pam's Black Belt Champions you learn many hand and close range techniques as well. It is a hard/soft, external, fairly linear style and is known for being very powerful. There is a lot of competition work in many dojongs. Training tends to emphasize sparring, but has forms, and the basics are important as well. Michael Pam's Black Belt Champions has incorporated other styles and realistic self defense that are easy to learn, effective and always practiced in a safe manner.
A Fun Mixed Martial Arts Family Fitness Center
Our program is designed with many different martial arts. Focusing mostly on Tae Kwon Do and Kickboxing, we also incorporated basic, easy to learn self defense, grappling, weapons training, hapkido, haidong gumdo and much much more.
