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Sangrok is a family orientated taekwondo club with a heavy emphasis on families of all ages training together. Sangrok is the Australian arm of the Sangrok World Taekwondo Academy, an international academy with dojangs in England, Norway, US, Israel, Germany, India and many others. Our Chief Instructor Grand Master Chang (9th Dan Taekwondo, 8th Dan Hapkido) is based out of Seoul, South Korea , providing us a direct lineage to the origins of Taekwondo.
Sangrok is a registered club and member of Australian Taekwondo, the national organisation representing taekwondo in Australia. We are governed by a national governance framework, including policies relating to member (and child) safety, harassment and discrimination, and complaint handling. Our instructors are bound by a coaching framework which requires all instructors to maintain an active first aid certificate and an ACT Working with Vulnerable People card.
Sangrok is, above all, a family taekwondo club, with a focus on families training together. The majority of our members are parents training alongside their kids, but we also have plenty of adults, teens and kids who come along individually. For this reason, our classes are mixed ages and abilities. We love training with families, but it means we don’t have any classes specifically for young children on their own. To help you get the most out of your training we will split the class into adults and kids groups when appropriate.
We also have a special program, Sangrok Mini!, designed specifically for kids aged 4-7 to learn the fun and fundamentals of taekwondo.
PROFESSIONAL AND SAFE TRAINING
As a club focused on families training together, we emphasise child safety and ensure an appropriate approach to instruction is provided to students of all ages. With the majority of our students being families, and students from our Merici College branch, many of our students are under 18. This requires an approach to training for different age groups and is provided through a separate child and adult curriculum (although they train together) as well as the provision of workshops that may be limited by age or training level.
Sangrok has a permanent facility in Mitchell, ACT that is dedicated to taekwondo training. This provides a space that has been designed to deliver high quality martial art training, including a large training area with permanent matting, full length mirrors, and various types of equipment. Parents have access to small kitchenette (tea and coffee) and seating – but why not join in too! The facility is air conditioned, which certainly helps during the cold winter and hot summer days!
STRONG KOREAN AND INTERNATIONAL LINEAGE
As part of Sangrok, Master Pravin is under the direct tutelage of Chief Instructor Grand Master Chang (9th Dan Taekwondo, 8th Dan Hapkido) who leads Sangrok globally. This provides an opportunity for our students to train globally with other Sangrok clubs, as well as directly with one of the world’s most experienced taekwondo Grand Masters in either South Korea or in Australia. Further, this lineage can be directly traced back to the initial formation of Taekwondo, to Jidokwan which was one of the nine founding schools of Taekwondo. This ability to trace back our training, and experience, directly to taekwondo’s Korean roots is rather unique within Australia. Additionally, Sangrok follows and endorses the Kukkiwon method of Taekwondo.
COMMUNITY FOCUSED
At Sangrok we are passionate about giving back to the community. Sangrok was the first club in Australia to support the Pink Belt Project, which aimed to empower women affected by violence on their recovery journey by connecting them with martial arts for healing, health, wellbeing and growth and providing martial arts scholarships to women in need. Sangrok continues to offer community scholarships to those in need and we discounts for emergency services and Defence Force members. Contact us for more information.
WHY TRAIN WITH US AT SANGROK
Sangrok was created by Master Chang in 1979 with the aim of spreading the practice and beliefs of Taekwondo to students outside of Korea. Sangrok Australia was formed in 2014 by Pravin Bhatia in Canberra as a family friendly gym with a particular focus on families of all ages training together. Classes are open to all ages groups and skills, which allows parents to train with the children in a fun and health activity. This is particularly useful for parents with children who might be nervous or would prefer to join in the activity with adults or older siblings. In fact, the majority of the instructors have children who train at Sangrok and are very experienced at getting children to start and enjoy their martial arts journey. In addition to the benefit of training together, parents can grade for belts with their children, helping and encouraging them through assessments. It also improves learning as parents are training alongside their children and technique can also be practiced at home.
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