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Welcome to the homepage of C.W.Taekwondo at Boston, our Boston Taekwondo Project. Located conveniently in Cambridge's Central Square, we are a 501(c)3 non-profit volunteer martial arts club committed to providing the best Taekwondo experience in the Boston area, Massachusetts. We practice WTF (Olympic-style) Taekwondo (Tae Kwon do) and are registered with the USA Taekwondo (USAT) national governing body. Our instructors and members are active competitively at the local, national and international levels and have a wealth of experience in both the martial art and sport of Taekwondo. Click for our location or to request information. Whether you're looking for martial arts and self-defense, Cardiokickboxing, competition training and sparring, or are just curious about who we are, we hope you enjoy your visit to our site.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming events are scheduled on the CW Club Calendar.
Sport Poomsae Seminar
On Sunday, June 3rd, CW Taekwondo at Boston will be hosting another sport poomsae seminar, similar to those we've held in the past. Students can sign up on the registration page.
Yelp Deal for New Cardiokickboxing Students
We're excited to offer a discount for new students to our Cardiokickboxing program through Yelp. The promotion is for two months of classes for $49, a significant discount off the normal $50 per month cost. New students interested can sign up directly through Yelp.
Recent News
Earth Day Cleanup
04/21/12 For the fourth consecutive year, a group of CW Taekwondoists represented the club at the Earth Day Cleanup of the Charles River, collecting trash along Memorial Drive and beautifying the banks of the Charles at our site in Cambridge. Cleanup volunteers included Chris L, Sean B, Joy S, Sara G, One H, Brian M, Jannine L, Marianne C, Teresa P, Pam B H and ther kids Charley and Sam, Kathryn C and her children Sadie and Graham, Amanda N and David L.
Dojang Cleaning Day
04/15/12 Hello everyone! A big thank you goes out to everyone who helped out on cleaning day Sun. The school looks great! With many hands, we did a tremendous amount of work that I think reflects the pride we have in our school. A big shout out goes to Bart who always goes above and beyond for the school.
Thanks to: Bart G, Nam N, Krissie G, Alice K, Brad K, Joy S, Samia M, Agnieska R, Sharon T, Ezra, Adam K, Sean L, Dexter L, Chris L, Janine L, Tri N, Yasine, Chris W, Matt W, Dave C, Yasine, Chris W, Matt W, Dave C, Dan C, Kathy C, Elaine G
March Little Tigers Promotion Test
03/24/12 Congratulations to all the students who tested on Saturday's Little Tigers Taekwondo promotion test as part of our Youth program. Great work!
March Adult Promotion Test
03/17/12 Congratulations to all who tested last Saturday! We had a great test, featuring a spirited group of yellow belts and green stripes, a particularly massive group of green belts, and some sharp techniques form our more experienced members. The test was led off by Mike S, who tested for his 2nd Dan, showcasing come great double kicks and narabams, capping it off with a nice 3-board elbow strike and a 4-board back kick. Congratulations to all!
Promoted to the rank of Green Stripe, 8th Geup: Kenneth H, Lindsey M, Elijah T
Promoted to the rank of Green Belt, 7th Guep: Lam N
Promoted to the rank of Blue Stripe, 6th Guep: Tara B, Sean B, Tracie C, Catherine F, Sara G, Adam K, Yakun L, Yogi N, Tamar S
Promoted to the rank of Red Stripe, 4th Guep: Aaron H, Desirae M
Promoted to the rank of Red Belt, 3rd Guep: Soraya B, Joy S, Sharon T
Promoted to the rank of Black Stripe, 2nd Guep, Assistant Instructor: Elaine G, Brian M, Maureen S
Promoted to the rank of Double Black Stripe, 1st Guep, Black Belt Candidate: Sean L
Promoted to the rank of 2nd Dan Black Belt: Mike S
December Adult Promotion Test
12/10/2011 Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic year and a great promotion test! I really enjoyed watching everyone test, especially our newest 2nd Dan black belts Dave and Josh. Also, it was wonderful to see the dojang transformed that night for the wonderful holiday party. Great job Joy and Desirae with among many other things, the first annual Chagi awards - they were certainly a lot of fun.
Promoted to the rank of Green Stripe, 8th Geup: Sara D, Lam N.
Promoted to the rank of Green Belt, 7th Geup: Tracie C, Catherine F, Sara G, Yakun L, Tamar S, Jay T.
Promoted to the rank of Blue Stripe, 6th Geup: Dorothy P, Scarlet S.
Promoted to the rank of Blue Belt, 5th Geup: Aaron H, Dexter L, Desirae M, Dan S.
Promoted to the rank of Red Stripe, 4th Geup: Gabe C, Joy S, Sharon T.
Promoted to the rank of Red Belt, 3rd Geup: Alice K.
Promoted to the rank of Black Stripe, 2nd Geup: Chris L, Janine L.
Promoted to the rank of Double Black Stripe, 1st Geup, black belt candidate: Samia M.
Promoted to the rank of 2nd Dan Black Belt: David C, Joshua D.
Northeast Technical Championship
11/19/11 Congratulations to everyone who competed at the Northeast Technical Championship! We had an impressive showing and everyone was very impressed with our group, both in terms of quality and number. Whenever someone from our group was going, people generally stopped to watch!
The tournament turned out to be quite competitive and was a lot of fun for all involved! It was great to get qualified referees judging the forms to give everyone good feedback, and the impromptu pairs and teams were a lot of fun for everyone and a great way to feel like you were in it together with your teammate(s). Those divisions were very well populated especially.
Everyone learned a lot, and came out feeling even more motivated to compete again the next time around.
Pairs - Black Belt Adults:
- Dan Chuang & Rene Chen - 1st
- Chris W and Becca H - 3rd
- Lisa D & Dave C - 8th
Teams:
- Rene C / Erika L / Lisa Z - 1st
- Chris W / Aaron S / Dave C - 2nd
Pairs - Colored Belt Adults:
- Janine L & Samia M - 1st
Male Black Belts Senior 1 (21-30):
- Brian L - 3rd
- Dave C - 4th
- Aaron S - 5th
- Richard-Duane C - 6th
- Chris W - 7th
Female Black Belts Senior 1 (21-30):
- Rene C - 1st
- Lisa Z - 2nd
- Erika L - 3rd
- Becca H - 4th
- Ana K - 6th
Black Belts Senior 2 (31-40):
- Dan Chuang - 1st
Black Belt Master 1 (41-50):
- Lisa D - 4th
Black Belts Cadet 2 (11-13):
- Paulie A - 6th
Color Belts (various age and belt divisions):
- Janine L - 1st
- Sharon T - 2nd
- Joy S - 3rd
- Hilary M - 1st
- Kristina L - 2nd
- Samia M - 3rd
- Chris L - 1st
- Dan S - 1st
Red Belt Cadet 1 Division (<10):
- Andrew C - 1st
- Nikki A - 3rd
New England Taekwondo Championships
10/25/11 Special thanks to our volunteers who helped make this tournament run smoothly: Richard-Duane C, David C, Josh D, Mike H, Anastasia K, Lori L, Kristina L, Aaron S, Fabio T, Kyria T and Chris W
Green Belts
- Desirae M - Sparring GOLD, Forms GOLD
- Gabe C - Sparring BRONZE
Blue Belts
- Sultan O - Sparring GOLD
Red Belts
- Sean L - Sparring SILVER, Forms BRONZE
- Chris L - Sparring SILVER, Forms GOLD
- Janine L - Sparring BRONZE, Forms GOLD
Black Belts
- Fernanda G (Xcel) - Sparring GOLD
- Andie-Jane P - Sparring SILVER
- Jennifer K - Sparring BRONZE, Forms BRONZE
- Julie N - Sparring SILVER, Forms GOLD
2nd Sport Poomsae Seminar
9/26/11 Thanks to everyone who supported our second poomsae seminar! An amazing 59 total athletes participated, more than the first time, and everyone left feeling energized and excited about poomsae with a new set of knowledge and tools to support their training. Thanks especially to those who drove many hours to be there! Your support means a lot, and the seminar fees went to support our athletes.
AAU Trials Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
9/16/11 — 9/18/11 The AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) holds a team trials once per year to determine who will be named to the AAU National Taekwondo Team. Players qualify for the exclusive trials by placing in the top 4 at the AAU National Taekwondo Championships, or by being a current member of the team. The players compete in a round-robin format to determine the winner. Congratulations to club senior instructor Anastasia Kazimirova, who placed third after five hard-fought matches in women's lightweight, and to club youth instructor Jayson Grant, who also placed 3rd in men's middleweight.
September Adult Promotion Test
9/10/11 Congratulations to everyone who tested. The test was bittersweet with the absence of senior instructor Mel Minear who went on to new adventures, but it was also a pleasure to have club co-founder and Olympian Chinedum Osuji there to visit and judge the test. The technical level on the test was once again very high, and it was great to have everyone giving their best!
Promoted to the rank of 8th guep, GREEN STRIPE: Catherine F., Richard C., Mini Ann P.
Promoted to the rank of 7th guep, GREEN BELT: Sean B.
Promoted to the rank of 6th guep, BLUE STRIPE: Dexter L., Aaron H., Caleb W., Dan S., Desirae M.
Promoted to the rank of 5th guep, BLUE BELT: Jennifer L., Gabe C., Joy S., Soraya B.
Promoted to the rank of 3rd guep, RED BELT: Janine L., Elaine Wu G.
Promoted to the rank of 2nd guep, BLACK STRIPE, ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR: Sean L.
More News
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