Adult Martial Arts in Santa Clara: Better Than Any Gym Membership

Most adults in Santa Clara do not quit the gym because they are lazy. They quit because running on a treadmill is boring, and nothing is lost by stopping.

Martial arts is structured the opposite way. You are building a skill with visible rank. Every class makes the next one better. Stopping costs you something.

What an adult class at KIMOO gives you

• Conditioning you do not have to force yourself into. You are learning, not counting reps.
• Stress converted into focus. An hour where your phone does not exist.
• Self-defence that is genuinely practical, from a Hapkido lineage that trained military police.
• Progress you can see, through a belt system with real standards.

You are learning from a documented master

Grand Master Jong Yeon Hwang holds 8th Dan in Hapkido, began at the Korea Hapkido Headquarters Dojang in 1971, won World Cup gold in Milan in 2005, and was honoured at the White House in 2023.

As one of our adult students put it: you realise your teacher trained soldiers and won world golds, and he still corrects your stance personally.

"I am too old" and "I am not fit enough"

Both are the most common reasons people give, and both are backwards. Every class scales to the individual. Beginners are guided personally. You are measured against your own last class, not against the person next to you.

The students who worry most about not being fit enough are usually the ones who change the most in the first three months.

Free class, free uniform

Come in comfortable clothes and train. Your first class is free, with no contract and nothing to buy. When you enrol, your uniform and belt are free.

Call (408) 243-1001. Serving Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, San Jose, Cupertino and Campbell.

Train where the standard is real

Great training is not about a flashy facility. It is about who corrects you, how closely they watch, and whether the standard they hold is a real one. At KIMOO you are corrected personally by an 8th Dan Grand Master who trained at the source of the art in 1971 — not by a rotating roster of part-time instructors.

Classes run throughout the week so students can train around school and work schedules. Call (408) 243-1001 and we will find the times that suit you and confirm your free class within one day.

Visit us: 2181 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050