Karate Club
Club
meetings:
Tuesdays and Thursdays:
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Martial
Arts Room
Ramsey Center
This site was last updated on September 17, 2008 by Mike Dean
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The UGA Karate Club, founded in 1960, is the
oldest active martial
arts club at the University of Georgia. The Karate Club's aim is
to provide good physical conditioning while teaching the art, history
and
philosophy of Tae Kwon Do. Membership
is open to all students, faculty and staff, and beginners are
welcome.
Students are not required to sign contracts, swear oaths, or purchase
uniforms
(although uniforms are available for anyone interested in them...click here
for sizing and price information).
Our
instructors come from a variety of martial arts backgrounds.
The club's primary style is the Moo Duk Kwan branch of Tae Kwon Do,
although a number of other arts and traditions are represented within
the membership. Our chief instructor, Grand Master Jim Couch, has
over
forty years experience
in the martial arts and holds an 8th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do,
a
6th degree black belt in Hapkido, and a 1st degree black belt in Judo.
The
club participates in open tournaments throughout the year and hosts
the annual St. Valentine's Day Classic every February. In
addition
to being extremely competitive in tournaments, students learn self
defense
and self discipline. We invite you to join us on Tuesday and
Thursday
evenings in the martial arts room (room #385) of the Ramsey
Center. Class hours are 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Open practices are held on
Sundays
from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., also in the martial arts room.
Fall Semester 2008:
Fall classes will begin on Tuesday, August 19.
New
students are welcome...no martial arts experience is required.
We'll be accepting new people until around midterm, but the
earlier you start the better.
Facebook Group:
Facebook.com members, and that's apparently most of you, are welcome to
check out the club's Facebook group. You can click this
link
or do a group search for
UGA Karate Club. It's decidedly more active and useful than the
average
Facebook group.
Mailing List:
However, Facebook groups are still pretty much for show, so if you want
to be a little more connected join the club's listserv.
The listserv is tightly moderated and receives no spam whatsoever, so
it's safe to join.
UGATKD.COM:
The domain name ugatkd.com has been reserved for this website. It
is simply a redirect; the pages themselves remain on the UGA
servers.
Hence, you can reach this website either via its uga.edu URL or by
entering ugatkd.com into your browser window.
