Advanced Taekwondo Class

The Advanced Taekwondo Class begins Wednesday, February 1st.  


This class is recommended to anyone holding the rank between blue belt and black belt.  It will be a very physically demanding class with an emphasis of 'doing' Taekwondo, and less on 'learning' Taekwondo.  


The workout will begin at 7:05pm immediately following the All-Belts Class.  Students are expected to be warmed up and ready to go.  

Banbury Art Crawl 2012

Attention all current ATF students: Please plan to attend the Saturday morning class on February 4th. The Banbury Art Crawl draws a lot of people into the building, and it would be nice to have a good showing of our talents. Normal class runs from 9-10:15am, but we may extend or add extra classes for the duration of the event. Thanks!

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Schedule Changes at American TKD and Fitness

Starting October 1st, Master John McCrackin will be teaching a hapkido class every Saturday morning from 9:00am-10:15pm.  A typical class will follow this schedule:
1.  Stretching and Warmups
2.  Ki Development Exercises
3.  Breakfalls & Rolling
4.  Striking Drills
5.  Sweeps, Throws, Takedowns
6.  Joint Locks, Escapes, Submissions
7.  One-Step Self Defense

Grandmaster Henk Boese will be emphasizing free-sparring during his Monday night classes this fall.  Expect a grueling workout that includes kicking and situation drills thrown in between rounds of free-sparring.  The expectations are high as we enter tournament season early next year.

Starting October 14th Master Mike Fenske will be moving his TKD/Ground Fighting class from Tuesdays to Fridays at 6:30pm.

Tuesday nights will still have a kids class at 5:40pm, but there will not be an all belts/ages at the regular 6:30pm time.  A class may be set up for this slot later this fall.

A copy of our class schedule may be found here http://www.atf.nu/schoolinfo/index.html

In Memory of Ben Oude Louttikhuis

Grandmaster Ben Oude Louttikhuis of The Netherlands passed away Aug 27, 2011.

Grandmaster Suggs and I met Grandmaster Louttikhuis in Chicago in 2009 and we quickly became friends. Grandmaster Suggs and I have run into many people over the years in Taekwondo but Grandmaster Louttikhuis was someone special. A man of dignity and character with a warm heart. His contribution to Taekwondo has been huge and he has touched the lives of many people. He will be missed.

In the photo: Henk Boese, Oscar (Columbia), Ben Oude Loutikhuis, Ronald Suggs, Charles Dingman.

The World Taekwondo Federation posted this note In Memory of Ben Oude Loutiikhuis.

Condolences to his family, friends and taekwondo family.