Choi's Martial Arts Fremont

Dear Choi's Families, Happy New Year! We are excited to announce that a new schedule will be starting to meet the needs of our students starting Monday, Februar...y 1st, 2021. The new schedule is designed to enhance the understanding and the performance of the students on the curriculum of our program. Here are the key points of the enhanced new program: 1. There are two types of classes during the week: curriculum (mostly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, in blue letters); drills (mostly Tuedays and Thursdays in red letters). Curriculum class is 20 minutes, but it will be solidly curriculum only class without warm-up or other drills. Drill class will be mostly kicking drills and sparring drills. 2. There are more classes offered during the week. Our suggestion is to participate in the curriculum classes twice a week and a drill class once a week. 3. Class limits: one-year program student may participate two curriculum classes and one drill class maximum. 4. Weekly curriculum notice: we will notice all the students about the detailed plan on the curriculum and the drills of the week, either bi-weekly or monthly basis. See more

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Choi's Families, Our online classes are running as before. Please continue practicing to make progress.

Happy Thanksgiving!Happy Thanksgiving!

Dear Choi's Families, I hope this post finds you in good health and spirit! It was nice to see some of the students in person at the Dojang for a couple of week...s. By the order of Alameda County, our in-person classes at the Dojang won't be available until further notice. All the current zoom classes will continue and there will be some revision to help students better. Please stay healthy! -- Kind regards, GM Choi

Choi's Families, We had a great response from Choi's families for Tuesday and Saturday in-person classes offered to all our students by appointment only. Union... City Dojang has an adjusted schedule as of November 10th, 2020. All our staff are tested in Covid-19 negative, and the Dojang is cleaned after each class. Enjoy the classes!

Dear Choi's Families, Greetings! We are excited to re-open the Dojang with In-Person Classes starting Tuesday, November 3rd. 2020. For now, the in-person class...es will run on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Online classes will run as before except on Thursdays for White, Yellow, and Green Belt Classes. Please check the schedule for those specific classes. Classes will be limited to 11 for UC and 13 for Fremont due to Covid 19 regulation of 6 feet distance. We will keep 8 feet distance from each student. The temperature of participants will be checked up before each class and fog cleanup will be performed after each class. To participate in the class, a student must sign up through signupgenius.com, which we will share the link with you soon. Thank you for your understanding and support! GM Choi See more

Congratulations! Our Proud New Black Belt Students! We held our 1st zoom, online black belt test on Saturday, July 18th, 2020. Twenty-three 1st degree and five... 2nd degree candidates participated. They all showed great enthusiasm and effort during the past years and especially during this Covid-19 pandemic to pass the test! We are very happy to have them in our black belt society. 1st Dan: Union City: Arhana Mandalam; Celeste Lee; Harihaar Ayyappa; Hailey Olalia; Jesse Munoz; Max Arroyo; Olivia Haynes; Rhea Kolli; Srithan Devarashetty; Tiara Jefferson; Valerie Dee; Zachary Lim; Zeal Lee Fremont: Aanya Chauhan; Ashlyn Lee; Ashvika Bhagvat; Hamsini Koganti; Haribrunda Gopireddy; Ira Shah; Nathan Leung; Poojha Suresh Kumar; Ram Khandekar; Taswitasai Gopireddy 2nd Dan: Union City: Arnav Konda; Kai Ladrillono; Rishi Gurjar; Roma Tivare; Sylvie Du

Dear Choi's Families, We are excited to announce that our school will be re-opening starting next week of October 17th, 2020 for in-person classes. There will ...be a limited number of students for each class and some preparations such as registering online for classes for each class, temperature checkup at the entrance, wearing masks, etc. will be mandatory. Please respond to the email survey which will help us to determine the future schedules. See more

New Schedule starting this Thursday, August 19th, 2020!

New classes starting on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 for Teen & Adult (13 years old and up).

Belt Test Today! Check your email for zoom link, if you are eligible. Please join 5 minutes before the test. No. Time Belt ... 1 4:00-4:10 Yellow 2 4:15-4:25 St. Yellow 3 4:30-4:50 Green 4 4:55-5:15 St. Green 5 5:30-5:40 Blue 6 5:45-5:55 St. Blue 7 6:00-6:10 Red 8 6:15-6:25 St.Red 9 6:40-6:50 Double Red 1st tip 10 6:55-7:10 Double Red 2nd tip 11 7:15-7:25 1st Black Belt prime to level 3 12 7:30-7:40 1st Black Belt level 4 and up See more

Belt Test Today! Check your email for zoom link, if you are eligible. Please join 5 minutes before the test. No. Time Belt ... 1 4:00-4:10 Yellow 2 4:15-4:25 St. Yellow 3 4:30-4:50 Green 4 4:55-5:15 St. Green 5 5:30-5:40 Blue 6 5:45-5:55 St. Blue 7 6:00-6:10 Red 8 6:15-6:25 St.Red 9 6:40-6:50 Double Red 1st tip 10 6:55-7:10 Double Red 2nd tip 11 7:15-7:25 1st Black Belt prime to level 3 12 7:30-7:40 1st Black Belt level 4 and up See more

Dear Choi's Families, Greetings! As we continue with shelter in place throughout May, I extend my concern and wishes to all our Choi's Families. I hope you sta...y healthy and are growing closer to each other in your family. I truly appreciate all the support that Choi's families shown during this pandemic "war." Even though some activities are reopened, our category is not yet to be opened. The dojang will be closed for the time being. Even though we don't have the physical contact of the classroom, however, I have found that students are making good progress even through online classes. Please join our free online zoom classes throughout the week. (Schedule attached) For those who are participating in the zoom class, we are currently helping them to prepare for their belt test through private lessons. I congratulate all the test participants testing on May 7th, 2020 online, for their dedication and preparation. The belt-level zoom classes are 30 minutes long, with an instructor break-out so that we can give more personal attention to all the students. In preparation for testing, we have been offering special small-group sessions, as well as a private lesson/assessment to be sure students are ready to test. The test itself is broken down by a belt level. We did not know how this Shelter would play out for your classes: we are proud of the flexibility and cooperation which has made it possible to continue to offer lessons. We are pleased to help you keep active and progressing in your practice. Please join us in the zoom class and keep in touch! Stay healthy and see you soon, Kind regards! GM Choi

Choi's Families, New zoom classes are starting today, April 13th, 2020. (Only Double red Monday class, Green on Wednesday, Tiny tiger on Friday will be a new o...ne. The others will stay the same.) When you join the class, please put the student's name instead of a parent. You may rename in the profile.

To respond to the enthusiastic participation on our zoom classes, revised belt level classes will be offered to students starting Monday, April 13th, 2020. So ...the combined classes will be split into belt level classes. Each belt level will have separate instructors in their breakout room. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we will have instructors for semi-private lessons via an invitation to prepare for an online belt test. Please stay tuned, and we will update you as things come up.

April 1st! "Zoom" classes start today! Check your email to log on zoom. (send an email to [email protected] if you haven't received an email.) Choi's will be op...en for regular classes when the academic schools are open. Currently, we are aiming at May 4th. 2020. Until then, stay healthy and enjoy the online classes. See more

Choi's Families, New zoom classes are starting today, April 13th, 2020. (Only Double red Monday class, Green on Wednesday, Tiny tiger on Friday will be a new o...ne. The others will stay the same.) When you join the class, please put the student's name instead of a parent. You may rename in the profile.

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April 1st! "Zoom" classes start today! Check your email to log on zoom. (send an email to [email protected] if you haven't received an email.) Choi's will be op...en for regular classes when the academic schools are open. Currently, we are aiming at May 4th. 2020. Until then, stay healthy and enjoy the online classes. See more

Online "zoom" class will start on Wed, April 1st. 2020! Dear Choi's Families, How have you been doing?... We are starting a zoom online classes starting this Wednesday, April 1st. 2020. Please get used to using the "zoom" application and get ready for the classes at home according to the schedule provided. Please wear the uniform as if you are in the class, and make a safe space so that you can practice Taekwondo safely. We will send you the id and log in information before the class starts. -- Kind regards, GM Choi

Dear Choi's Families, It has been more than a week since Dojang is closed due to Covid-19. Even though we are hunkered down at home, we can still practice Taekwondo and stay healthy! You can log on to www.hengdo.com (our student's resource site) and go to the curriculum videos section. More videos will be uploaded this week. I am looking into some ways that students can communicate and have classes online as well. -- ... Kind regards,GM Choi See more

New online classes coming up starting Monday, March 23rd 2020. Practice Taekwondo at home and stay healthy!

Dear Choi's Families, After a deliberate thought on the national emergency, we decided to close the door starting right after the last class on Friday, March 13th until Saturday, March 28th. The school will resume on Monday, March 30th, 2020. We don't have any confirmed COVID-19 cases among Choi's Families, and yet we would like to be proactive and cautious during the national emergency. Please stay healthy at home. We will provide some kind of videos and guidelines for o...ur students to practice on their own starting next week. This break time will be credited at the end of your agreement term. -- Kind regards, GM Choi See more

Dear Choi's Families, It has been more than a week since Dojang is closed due to Covid-19. Even though we are hunkered down at home, we can still practice Taekwondo and stay healthy! You can log on to www.hengdo.com (our student's resource site) and go to the curriculum videos section. More videos will be uploaded this week. I am looking into some ways that students can communicate and have classes online as well. -- ... Kind regards,GM Choi See more

New online classes coming up starting Monday, March 23rd 2020. Practice Taekwondo at home and stay healthy!

Choi's Families, Greetings! Belt Test: Union City on Wednesday, March 11th, Fremont on Thursday, March 12th.4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Green, Striped Green, Blue, and Striped Blue Belt5:30 pm - 6:30 pm White, Yellow, and Striped Yellow Belt7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Red and up, Teen and Adult students.

Dear Choi's Families, Greetings! While we are going through a difficult time of Covid-19 threat to our community, we are taking extra cleaning and safety precautions:... We are cleaning the Dojang thoroughly every day: floors, door handles, light switches, counters, etc. Before the beginning and at the end of each class, all students will be directed to the bathroom to wash their hands with soap For the time being, we will do more solo techniques rather than contact exercises We will arrange more gaps between students during practice. We will not be collecting attendance cards. Instructors will check students in with attendance sheet If your child or someone in the household is coughing, sneezing, or has signs of the flu, please let your child stay home. Instructors might ask a student to leave the mat in case of severe coughing. Let's all do our part to help ourselves and each other stay healthy! If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know. Kind regards! Grandmaster Alexander EJ Choi

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A proud day for all Choi’s families! We raised $10,043.40 for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital cancer research program. Now we totaled over $130,000 over 21 years. Dr. Feusner presented GM Choi an artwork made by a 10 year old former cancer patient.

Classes will resume on Tuesday, February 18th 2020.

We observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 21, 2020.

Happy Mother's Day! Join in our "mom and me" class at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 9th.

We had a wonderful event last Saturday, Feb.23rd at Centerville Jr. High. Thank you, students and parents of Choi's for supporting our 20th annual Kicking for Miracles. Enjoy some of the demo highlights.

Our 20th annual break-a-thon, Kicking for Miracles! We raised $8,963.67 today for Children’s Hospital. Over $120 students participated. Memorable day for all! Thanks for your participation!

Thanks to your support, the annual picnic was a great success! Hope everyone to make it next year!

Great job, all the July 4th parade participants!

#confidence #focus via ripl.com

Thanks to the support of parents, students and volunteers, we had a great event. 2018 Choi's All American was a huge success! Stay tuned for Martial Arts Festival in October.

On May 19th 2018, our school promoted 25 1st degree black belts, and 9 2nd degree black belts. Congratulations on your promotion and welcome to our black belt community. We are very proud of you!

2018 Kicking for Miracles was a great success! Thank you students and parents for your generous donation. We raised $11,685.97 for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

Kicking for Miracles 2018! When: Saturday, Feb. 24th 2018 Where: Horner Jr. High

Black belt test on Saturday, October 28th. 1 new 3rd degree, 6 2nd degree, and 21 1st degree black belt earned their black belt. Proud moment to help them to accomplish their dreams.

Happy Mother's Day! We are hosting a "Mom and Me" class for all of our students. Please come with your mother to share the joy of practicing Taekwondo! The event will be held this Saturday, from 2pm to 3pm at the Dojang. Please sign up at the office.

Choi's All American Open Taekwondo Tournament and Black Belt Test were held on Saturday, May 13th at Centerville Jr. High. About 100 competitors participated f...rom Union City and Fremont school. A great confidence booster for all students. Next tournament will be held on October 28th 2017. A 30 1st degree, 4 2nd degree, and 2 3rd degree black belts were awarded by GM Choi at the event. Great job, students! See more

Here are some of the videos and photos of 2017 Kicking for Miracles to help UCSF Children's Hospital. Enjoy!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuN2SsDcgJQ&feature=youtu.be

At our 20th anniversary of the school and 18th annual Kicking for Miracles to help UCSF Children's hospital, YTN, Korean broadcasting company came to interview our event. The reporter realized it was only our school organizing the whole event without any other schools' support, they extended the interview by visiting our school for 2 more hours to film our classes in action. The coverage on our event and classes with extensive interviews is going to be broadcasted at YTN in Kora. This program is now recheduled to view here in the US on April 29th 9:30 am pacific time.

More photos from Kicking for Miracles 2017!

On February 25th, our school celebrated 20th anniversary with our 18th Kicking for Miracles to benefit UCSF Children's Hospital. We raised over $9k. A few students broke their piggy banks, which result in counting tons of coins with gratitude. This event is going to be required from this year toward earning points for a student's black belt testing. GM Choi's college friend, Mr. Sang Gyu Choi, a baritone opera singer and the conductor of A10 brought his team from Seoul, Korea to sing for us as our anniversary celebration. It really touched the heart of all the participants of the event. Mayor of Fremont, Lily Mei and the delegate of the hospital Dr. David Lynch made a donation at the spot as well. It was an actualization of one of our mission statements: teaching students the importance of community involvement through Taekwondo.

Korean Children's Choir, A 10 is coming to our Dojang to celebrate our 20th anniversary. They will sing at the event, our 18th annual Kicking for Miracles to benefit UCSF Children's Hospital. Join us for the event! Plaec: Horner Jr. High School Time: Saturday, February 25th 2017 10:00 am -12:00 pm

Movie Night! Last move night was popular and this is our second one! We are going to watch "Ninja Turtles" together on Friday, February 10th 2017. Guests are welcome! Intro class to Taekwondo and move with Pizza and drinks! 6:30-8:30 pm. Sign up at the office required!

Kids' Carnival We are excited to host a kid's day on September 17th for our students. Bring your friends to introduce Taekwondo and have fun together. If your friend join in our free trial program, you will receive a Taekwondo bear as a gift. Three sessions are offered as below. Session I : 10:00 am - 11:15 am Session II : 11:30 am - 12:45 pm... Session III : 01:00 pm - 02:15 pm See more

Choi's Martial Arts Festival 2016 Dear Parents and Students, Thanks to your support, I am proudly announcing to launch our 7th Annual Martial Arts Festival this... year. This event is an internal tournament between Union City and Fremont schools. While teaching Taekwondo for over 30 years, I have noticed a tournament is a boost for a lot of students. It gives a new objective to students. It helps them to work harder to earn their prizes. As a result, students are getting more excited about practicing Taekwondo to maximize their benefit. This tournament is unique in various ways from other tournaments: 1. We provide fair judging system not only by trained judges, but also by a well developed judging principle. 2. This is a festival and a friendly competition, which encourages students to strive. There will be three categories of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and yet everyone will get a prize. The emphasis is on participation and doing "your best", not being "the best." 3. For the form competition, each competitor will perform alone, so that the judges will have full attention to the competitor. (Most competitions allow 2 or three competitors in one session.) 4. All the competitors who register before October 2nd 2016 will receive a free T-shirt. 5. Special performance by Demo Team. 6. Special occasion to bring friends to show what you are doing (Free Admission). The tournament is a highly labor collective event. Volunteers are welcome. If you can give us a hand, please sing up at the front desk and come to the volunteer meeting on October 15th 2016 at 8:00 am at the tournament site. Schedule of the day (subject to change depending on the flow of the event) 08:00 a.m. 08:30 a.m. Volunteer check in & T-shirt pick-up 08:30 a.m. 08:45 a.m. Students pick up competitor cards 08:45 a.m. 09:00 a.m. All competitors line up for pre-staging 09:00 a.m. 09:15 a.m. Opening Ceremony and Demonstration 09:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Form Competition 10:45 a.m. 11:45 a.m. Board Breaking Competition 11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m. Sparring Competition Place CENTERVILLE JR. HIGH SCHOOL, 37720 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94536 (Free Parking) What are the divisions and how can I participate in? We have 5 different divisions: Form division: Form is a combination of movements. All students learn a form per their belt level. For tiny tigers, we expect a striped red belt student should perform the form properly. Breaking Division: Any student (including tiny tigers) can break a board. Please ask your master to discuss what break you are going to perform at the tournament. White through St. Green Belt will break one board; Blue to Black 2 boards. Synchronized form: Two or more people can perform at the same time. Judges are going to focus on their teamwork and expression along with the basic categories for forms. Olympic Sparring: Any student of yellow belt and above may participate in this division if you are participating in sparring class. Non-Contact Sparring: Any student of yellow belt and above may participate in this division as we practice during the class all the time. How do the judges evaluate your score? 1. Form Competition: The judges will give points in the following categories: balance, coordination, power, rhythm, focus and concentration 2. Synchronized Form Competition: The judges will give points in the following categories: teamwork, expression, rhythm, coordination and precision, balance, focus and concentration, power 3. Breaking The judges will give points in the following categories: balance, proper preparation and finish, difficulty of the movements, precision of technique, number of repetition. 4. Olympic Sparring One point is awarded for a clean kick on the chest and rib area. No head kick or under the belt is allowed. 5. Non-Contact Sparring This sparring is a non-contact sparring, so that there is no contact to the partner. The scoring area is the stomach or the rib area of your partner. A clean technique on those areas will allow a point. The judges will give points immediately after a technique is executed. There will be two corner judges and a referee who award points. One round is 2 minute long. A person who gets 3 points first or higher point will be the winner. If both competitors tie, the one who gets a point first will be the winner.

Our annaul picnic at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont on Saturday, August 20th. It was fun to see about 100 families from Union City and Fremont Dojangs. Sharing gre...at food, playing games together and meeting new families were important part of the picnic. Thank you parents and students for participating! Great job, staff and volunteers! See more