Waging Peace...Not War

Martial Arts teachers around the world do a very sufficient job of teaching their students physical skills. Where many falter is in not truly teaching those under them how to have self-restraint, to control their anger, and to wage peace. This video features Capt. Paul K. Chappell- Westpoint graduate and Professor for peace. He speaks of Jet Li's number one martial arts technique in the world and of how Mahatma Ghandi defeated the British Empire.

These are the types of talks we should be having with our students-things that are substantive and meaningful. Enjoy.

5 Year Old Twins to Teach 800 Students About Diabetes...

In response to the growing Childhood Diabetes epidemic, the staff at Johnson's TaeKwonDo & Leadership Academy challenged their karate students in Cary to step up in the name of Diabetes prevention by developing presentations that could be used to educate children on the disease. 

Black Belt student, Renuka accepted the challenge and developed a very nice Powerpoint presentation. Her goal is to teach 1,000 people about the disease so that they can be better informed. You can see Renuka's presentation here http://api.ning.com/files/nyyIplWnGL-0F1-KzGwXraKN6thj1FxhpGTUUq-*Lw*5A8lgwBAzo7uCta83lLug6enAiniaEueXTJcrdR9WxosHSxX3Qi6K/ABCombs_Diabetes_Presentation.pptx

Willow and River, 5 year old twins and mutual students of Johnson's Tae Kwon Do and A.B. Combs Elementary School are teaming up with Renuka. They plan to teach the presentation to an assembly of 800 students at A.B. Combs.

You can see the video from our Leadership Hour here where the twins chose to participate in the Diabetes project.

TaeKwonDo Student Lives Mute For a Day in Preparation for His Belt Test.

Johnson's is so much more than just a Karate School in Cary, Apex, or morrisville, North Carolina.

Young Martial Artist from Cary Talks About His Journey in TaeKwonDo Thus Far...

TaeKwonDo Brothers Collect School Supplies as Leadership Project...

The Pollaci Family has always been a strong supporter of what Johnson's TaeKwonDo & Leadership Academy is about-Physical Fitness, Self-Defense, the spirit of community and our endangered societal values.

The Pollaci's are a giving family and are actively involved in their church and respective schools. Being members of our Martial Arts school and participating in our leadership projects serves as an extension of the work that they have already been doing for others around them...And we love when families come into our program (of course the Pollacis have been training for several years now) and are already backing the kind of work that we do.

With that said, The Pollaci brothers held a Back-to-School Supplies Drive at Johnson's TaeKwonDo and were very successful in collecting many necessary supplies for the families that they chose to help.