By: Laura Benzamin

Discipline, strength, endurance, and the ability to defend yourself are all found when you practice Tae Kwon Do.

Tae Kwon Do is an ancient Korean martial art of self-defense. "Tae"
means to kick or smash with the feet, “Kwon" means fist or to
punch and "Do" means art or way. Therefore Tae Kwon Do is the art of hand and foot fighting.

It is an art primarily concerned with self-defense. Tae Kwon Do
seeks to train the body with optimum speed and accuracy to
effectively defeat any kind of attack.

Tae Kwon Do is a martial art for young and old, men and women. This instructor is a very
impressive and very capable woman Teresa Muñozcano De Fernandez.

She has spent 6 years training and now is a "Black Belt First Dan".

Why did she decide to become an instructor? She tells us, “Because I really enjoy the sport, its discipline, the martial art, and using
techniques with self control and mental discipline. My joy is to share it with whoever wants to enjoy it as much as I do”.

Her son is in charge of training students at competition level due to his experience and own training in international competition. Her husband does not practice Tae Kwon Do because his working schedule has never allowed him to, but being involved and
supporting his family in the sport has made him very knowledgeable of it so it has become a family affair.

Tournaments are independently organized by each school. Sometimes they are organized among sister schools, sometimes they invite
other schools from the area. There are also official tournaments organized by the TKD Federation with qualified referees.

Recently, a Municipal team was put together with Black belt trainees from each one of the local schools. They are training to be part of the try outs to be held in January 2005. The try outs will take place for the whole state of Quintana Roo. Those who are chosen will represent the State in the National competitions in 2005.

Students from each of the five local schools of TKD (MOO DO, Instituto Mexicano de TKD, Kwan Moo Do and Moo Duk Kwan) are part of the Municipal League of Playa del Carmen.

The philosophy and spirit that is embodied in the ancient art as well as modern up to date sports science practices are combined to provide you with a balanced and complete martial art. You might want to just check a class out.

Teresa’s school is Moo Do Tea Kwon Do and is located inside Escuela Manuel Acosta in Playacar, and is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

· Training for Preschool 5 to 6pm

· Training for children (ages 8 to 14) from 6 to 7pm

· Training for Advanced students (15 and older) from 7 to 8pm

She can be reached at the school.

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