Martial Arts Classes in Asheville, NC

Absolutely. Most of our students start with little to no martial arts experience. Our instructors meet you where you are and guide you step by step to build skill, coordination, and confidence.

A martial arts practice is just that…a practice. It is the art of commiting to practicing a set of skills that will cross over into your personal and professional lives. Our students report increased confidence, increased self discipline and improved mental and physical well-being.

A student can expect to increase: flexibility, balance, coordination, reflex, spacial awareness, strength, stamina, quality of sleep, peace of mind, focus.

A student can expect to decrease: stress, anxiety, fear, unhealthy weight, cholesterol, blood pressure.

The benefits of Tae Kwon Do practice are vast. School aged children improve their performance and grades in school. Adults see reductions in stress and anxiety and report a better work life balance. Posture almost always improves for children and adults.

Below are some common benefits of being active in our classes.

Our kids become:

• Excellent students in school
• Happy, responsible and contributing family members
• Excellent, goal-setting achievers
• Leaders among their peers
• Confident and skillful martial artists

Our adults become:

• In the best shape of their lives
• Happy and healthy in their relationships
• Professionally effective
• Clear and stress-free
• Confident and skillful martial artists

Traditional Tae Kwon Do at Asheville Sun Soo for adults is a super rigorous, full-body work-out that works every muscle and joint through biomechanically sound range of motion with great attention to detail, facilitated by educated instructors with many years’ experience and the highest professional standards. Accompanying this rigor is a safe, respectful and inspiring community of high-achieving martial artists of all belt ranks.  The pace of class, the attention to detail, and the overall context of excellence stimulate our students’ entire being in an exciting way, facilitating continuous development in every area of life. On top of all of this, our adults become confident and skillful martial artists – a whole life practice, with a purpose.

Very Low. At Asheville Sun Soo, we practice with excellent fundamentals, self-control and respect for ourselves and our fellow students.

Sun Soo teaches traditional Tae Kwon Do combined with modern strength, conditioning, and flexibility training. Our focus is on personal growth, discipline, and technique—not full-contact combat or cage fighting.

Yes. Our primary curriculum is Traditional Tae Kwon Do, with emphasis on blocking, striking and kicking. It also includes escape and submission concepts from Military Hapkido, hand- and foot-work from Traditional Boxing, and falling and throwing joint-locks from Classical Judo. We also offer a complementary curriculum in traditional Danzan-Rhyu Jiujitsu which includes additional emphasis on rolling, falling, escapes and submissions.

Yes! Asheville Sun Soo offers a well-staffed, fun and safe Kids Night Out experience at least once a month (voted #1 in Best of WNC for more than 13 years in a row!). For kids this is the “best party in town,” with team building games, arts and crafts, pizza and a movie – all for less than the cost of a baby-sitter. For adults, this is an opportunity to have a date without the kids – fun for the whole family!

New students should practice Traditional Tae Kwon Do at Asheville Sun Soo for all the same reasons that so many other people choose Asheville Sun Soo. We’ve been voted #1 in Best of WNC for both kids and adults for 16 years in a row! Our students drive from all areas of the region, some as far away as an hour-and-a-half to be able to practice at Asheville Sun Soo. We offer the highest standards, superior instruction, and a welcoming and supportive community, all in the largest and state-of-the-art facility and with the largest student base as well as supporting instruction staff in WNC! We are a single-location-destination headquarters (we do not have multiple locations) so that all of our students get to benefit from all of our resources being in one place. Once you’ve experienced Asheville Sun Soo, you will know you are home.

Yes! Asheville Sun Soo is affiliated with Tae Kwon Do International, a collective union of schools under the guidance of 9th Degree Grandmaster Suk Jun Kim, direct student of General Choi (widely considered the grandfather of Traditional Tae Kwon Do) and one of the most amazing instructors and demonstrators in Tae Kwon Do history. TKDI is an international organization, its community of member schools dedicated to the highest technical standards, best professional practices, and commitment to the preservation of Traditional Tae Kwon Do.  

Additionally, Asheville Sun Soo  is a member of the United Taekwon-Do Alliance, one of the country’s largest TKD organizations, led by 9th Degree Grandmaster Jason Wadley.  

Yes. All of Asheville Sun Soo instructors are nationally and internationally rank-certified under the tutelage of 9th Degree Black Belt Grandmaster Suk Jun Kim, president and founder of Tae Kwon Do International. Grand Master Morris, resident master instructor and founder, is an 8th Degree Black Belt with over 50 years experience. He is the direct teacher of the other full-time professional instructors of Asheville Sun Soo. All of the full-time instructors train several times per week in addition to their many hours of teaching and their attendance at continuing education workshops throughout the year.

Classes are organized by skill level and age, allowing students to progress at their own pace. Instructors offer individualized feedback while maintaining a collaborative, team-based environment.

Our culture is positive, structured, and community-oriented. With world-class instruction, a large, welcoming facility, and a commitment to excellence, Sun Soo helps students reach their full potential in every area of life.