Kids Martial Arts Classes

Many parents call us looking to find “extra-curricular activities” for their children in Asheville. Parents quickly find that our classes offer much more than a typical “after school activity.” We offer a true “martial arts practice” instead!

In addition to teaching excellent martial arts skills, our Kids classes develop high moral character, discipline and focus, cooperation and contribution, self-confidence and an overall commitment to excellence that resonates in every area of life as they cultivate successful life skills.

Kids classes at Asheville Sun Soo are classified according to skill level – Kids Beginner Rank classes, Kids Intermediate Rank classes, and Kids Advanced Rank classes (as well as some classes that mix intermediate and advanced) – allowing the curriculum for each to be specific and appropriate to the students in each class. All of Asheville Sun Soo’s full time adult instructors rotate as lead instructor in our Kids classes, with over one-third being led by 9th degree founder and resident Grandmaster Instructor Tony Morris.

This highly structured and organized class is for White and White-Yellow Belts. These are kids early in their practice, with no prior experience. They are learning traditional Tae Kwon Do (Korean Karate). We believe in laying a great foundation, which is why Kids Beginner class is all about groundwork and fundamentals for an effective and impactful martial arts practice. Kids Beginner class puts extra emphasis on respect and great social skills, excellent manners, the ability to focus, and developing good body habits for mechanically sound martial arts movements. We focus our attention on each Beginner Kid to ensure they are learning well and developing the confidence to be a martial artist. On top of all of this, we are having FUN!

As an additional layer of support to the Kids Beginner students, we offer 2 opportunities for additional help to White Belt kids. These 10 minute sessions are taught by a variety of our instructors. These Monday and Thursday sessions are immediately following the Kids Beginner Class. Please feel free to attend either of these sessions as a supplement to your regular class schedule.

After the first two belt ranks in Kids Beginner Classes, kids move to yellow belt, at which point they attend Kids Intermediate Classes.  These classes are for the next three ranks, Yellow Belts, Yellow-Green Belts, and Green Belts. With fundamentals in place, our intermediate rank kids begin to expand their skill-set while simultaneously refining their early skills. Progress continues in all areas during these middle ranks as our kids build their identities as capable, confident, kind and responsible martial artists, all the while moving toward advanced ranks. 

Once our kids advance to Green-Blue Belt, they leave Kids Intermediate Classes and move to our Kids Advanced Classes.  By this transition, most of our kids have been practicing about a year and have made tremendous progress.  Well established as “martial artists” at this stage in their practice, our advanced rank students have become excellent students in school, high-functioning family members, leaders among their peers, and skillful martial artists. Our advanced rank students take their practice seriously and have established it as a foundation upon which to support success in all areas of their lives as they aim toward eventually entering the Black Belt ranks!