Master Kang's TaeKwonDo Martial Arts Center

Best place for taekwondo. Master Kang teaches directly from young to old and is highly decorated in the arts of Taekwondo. Youre not getting students teaching like other places. Youre getting training and discipline from a direct Master in Taekwondo who teaches the exact forms as if you are in Korea which is the country of origin of Taekwondo. Master Kang has spend his life training and his father was Master also from Korea. I have been to many martial arts places in NJ and this is the best. Also, if the kids do not listen he give 3-4 warnings to kid which quite a lot Some parents cant handle that but doesnt realize that training is part discipline
Dec 15th, 2023

Oct 14th, 2023

I am sending my son and daughter here and they both are showing lot of interest to go here.
Jun 16th, 2023

Nice and learning centre for kids.
May 25th, 2023

I was so excited to send my kid here. The kids look like theyre having a great time. That evaporated in less than two hours of class- that was the time it took for master Kang to humiliate my daughter, who is seven years old, in front of everyone, making her cry, shaming her and taking her new belt away. What did my daughter do? After following all of the previous exercises in the class with full effort, master kang said that my daughter rolled her eyes at one of his instructions. He said that was very disrespectful and to drop the attitude and act like youre having fun!; my daughter, who does excellent in school, started crying; this was when M Kang said he was doing this to help her. This hurt to watch. The whole room of compassionate parents and other kids CRINGED. I felt like I should have taken her out right then, but I wanted to defer to his authority, and to the fact that I agree it is disrespectful to roll your eyes, if thats what she did. I didnt see it happen. What made me resolve to leave the dojo was the fact that after he caused her to cry and humiliated and shamed her, she was so emotionally flooded, it was impossible for her to concentrate on what was coming next. Instead of telling her to sit down for a while he made her continue in the class to perform Like she was having fun (through tears) and she, being seven years old and brand new, was not able to fully execute the next set of brand new routines, flawlessly. That is when he chose to berate her AGAIN for not paying attention! and guilted her for letting down her partner. So he piled on the situation that HE created by making her cry, THEN shaming her for not being able to instantly recover from one of the most embarrassing and painful situations she has had in a school setting ever. That is ABUSIVE. I should have known something was wrong when the previous class, like another comment or pointed out, he hits kids on the head. After that first class I asked her if she liked the class: And she responded that she didnt like being hit on the head. We dont hit our kids at home . She was uncomfortable going back but I forced it. That discomfort, which I overrode by bringing her back, probably produced the reluctance and whatever eye rolling that made her a target in the second class. After the shaming incident, at the end of class 2, my daughter and I were brought into M Kangs principals office and further scolded and lectured about disrespect. He said that he will tell you when youre doing bad things and thats why his students are good. She was inconsolable at that point and it was truly awful to sit through. Unlike my husband, who is very angry, I chose to believe that K is actually acting out of a place of concern for kids when hes being mean and showing tough love. Unfortunately for us it has made it impossible for us to ever go back there. My daughter absolutely does not want to do that class, or martial arts again, and I dont fully blame her. It couldve been handled in a kind way and it wasnt. Hope it was worth it: Master K just lost thousands of dollars because he decided to keep it real on class two with a new kid and shame them. Gives you an indication of what kind of place this is. Not for the softies. If your kid Might not enjoy being humiliateand in front of everyone, stay away. Such a shame, we really were so excited. Heartbroken and having to do damage control with my kid who had nightmares last night. Beware. Thanks master kang!
Nov 28th, 2023