ERAU Tae Kwon Do

"We of the Tae Kwon Do Club at Embry-Riddle announce our experiences at the gathering of our Chang Hon style via Taekwondo America (TA) during Jan. 23-24 in Orlando, FL."

Is a quote from a story at Avion Newspaper where you can read the whole story.

This club is part of Taekwondo America, a tae kwon do style I had not heard of before. I looked through their website but could not determine what forms they use. However, they do appear to have the usual curriculum pieces of forms, sparring and breaking.

TA, not unlike the ATA, have a standardized curriculum with uniform guidelines and procedures. This is always a good thing because it means that no matter what TA school you attend, you can expect to be at the same rank and have learned the same techniques as everyone else at that rank. This is one of my pet peeves about the Kukkiwon style of tae kwon do, formerly called WTF style.

WTF style now only refers to Olympic tae kwon do sparring, not traditional tae kwon do instruction like Taekwondo America is offering.

Taekwondo America seems like a good organization with a well thought out structure and curriculum.

Will your TA rank be accepted anywhere in the world? Probably not, but these things change with time and the quality of your martial arts study is more important.