Twin Dragons Martial Arts & Fitness was established in 1985 and is located in Aiken, South Carolina. Twin Dragons offers karate lessons, aerobic kickboxing classes, and a women's self-defense course. Twin Dragons' objective is to incorporate the martial art spirit into everyday life for improvement and excellence. Twin Dragons is a certified World Tang Soo Do Association studio and is a member of the National Association of Professional Martial Artists.

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• Aerobic Kickboxing
• Women's Self Defense
• Student Resources
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Belt Test:
On Friday, November 15th, Twin Dragons held a Belt Test. This test allows a student to demonstrate new forms and techniques they have learned. Twin Dragons would like to recognize the following students on successfully passing their test:

Tang Soo!

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Twin Dragons is a member studio of the World Tang Soo Do Association and teaches Tang Soo Do, a traditional Korean karate. The purpose of Tang Soo Do is not for fighting but to develop self-defense capability, strength of spirit, and to build character. It differs from a sport in that there is no element of competition between students in Tang Soo Do training.

Since Tang Soo Do is not a sport, athletic ability is not used as a measure of success. Each student is encouraged to learn at his or her own pace, with the goal of maximizing one's potential. Students attain a high degree of self-confidence through physical fitness, grace, poise and controlled self-defense; along with peace of mind, physical and mental discipline, and a sense of security.

Twin Dragons offers four karate classes; Little Dragons (4 and 5 year olds), Beginners (White and Orange Belts), Intermediate (Green and Brown Belts) and Advanced (Red, Blue, and Black Belts). The program at Smith-Hazel Recreation Center Program is for All Belts.

Karate Instructors:
Wilson Smith, Jr., Sam Dan (3rd Degree Black Belt), Chief Instructor
Daniel Leon, Sam Dan (3rd Degree Black Belt)
Mike Findley, E Dan (2nd Degree Black Belt)
Bill Jones, E Dan (2nd Degree Black Belt)
Kevin Stoner, Cho Dan (1st Degree Black Belt)

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Cardio Karate has a number of advantages that aerobics classes just can't touch. For instance, Cardio Karate has the same music, excitement, and energy of an aerobics workout but it adds important self-defense techniques like jabbing, kicking, punching and blocking. We'll have you breaking a serious sweat and you'll learn some serious self-defense techniques that could one day save your life.

It's hard work, but it's the most fun way to get in shape ever! Plus, Muscle and Fitness Magazine rated Cardio Karate as the number one calorie-burning workout at over 800 calories burned an hour! So say good-bye to boring workouts and start learning valuable skills while you get in shape fast!

No physical contact, no experience necessary, wear regular workout clothes, no belts or uniforms required. It's the fun way to get fit!

The Cardio Karate programs is individuals 16 years old and above. A Beginners Class is available, which offers a little less intense workout to allow students a chance to get acclimated. The Advanced Class is longer, more intense and regularly offers an optional training bag workout.

Aerobic Kickboxing Instructors:
Bill Jones
Donna Jones
Jim Lee

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Twin Dragons offers the Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) Systems women's self-defense course. R.A.D. Systems balances the needs of women to acquire self-defense education in a relatively short period of time, with the life long commitment required for physical skill mastery. How? By providing short term training opportunities in a progressive building block format, and combining each with R.A.D.'s trademark Lifetime Return and Practice Policy! Only a unified, extensive network can provide this service honored nationwide and throughout Canada. While other programs and/or instructors struggle to keep pace, R.A.D. Instructors share life saving information with confidence, knowing that their lessons will be continuously reinforced for a lifetime!

Some of the things that make R.A.D. so successful:

• The largest network of it's kind with over 2,000 instructors trained to date who have trained nearly 50,000 women.
• The only program with a free lifetime return and practice policy. Honored nation wide and in Canada.
• The development of specialized simulation techniques and equipment for use by it's instructors.
• The only self defense program ever endorsed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).

The course consist of 12 hours of instruction over a two week period done in the evening. Please contact Twin Dragons or Mike Findley to find out when the next scheduled class will be offered.

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The following section offers links to pages that can be used as resources for students of Twin Dragons Martial Arts & Fitness and practioners of Tang Soo Do. The accuracy of the information contained within these links are not the responsibility of Twin Dragons. If you have suggestions for links, please contact Robert Long

• Introduction to Korean
  
• General Information
  
• Korean Terminology
  
• Stretching and Flexibility
  
• WTSDA Region 7
  
• World Tang Soo Do Association
  

Are you a student at Twin Dragons? Do you have e-mail? If the answer to both of these questions is "yes," you can be a part of Twin Dragons' e-mail distribution list. Periodically, Twin Dragons sends out messages by e-mail regarding special events and news. If you would like to receive these messages, please send your e-mail address to Robert Long. Your name and e-mail will not be made available to any outside sources and will only be used by Twin Dragons for official purposes.

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Twin Dragons is located at 929 Dougherty Road near the Aiken Mall. From Whiskey Road, turn at the Aiken Bowl and Twin Dragons will be 1/4 mile on the left. From Silver Bluff Road, turn at South Aiken Baptist Christian School and Twin Dragons will be 1/2 mile on the right. For further information, please contact us using the information listed below.

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The content contained within this page is the property of Twin Dragons Martial Arts & Fitness and the World Tang Soo Do Association. The images and information contained herein may not be reproduced without the expressed permission of Twin Dragons and the World Tang Soo Do Association Headquarters. This page was created and is maintained by Charles Dunn and Twin Dragons.

World Tang Soo Do Association Headquarters
709 Oregon Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19148
Phone: 215-468-2121
Fax: 215-336-2121
E-mail: WTSDA@aol.com