REQUIRED EQUIPMENT  

AND

TRAINING AIDS  

STUDENT MANUAL

     A Valuable tool for all students and parents, the student manual is a textbook for the ITA’s documented teaching curriculum.  This manual is an excellent tool to stay up to date on all forms, one-steps, and protocol starting at white belt and going through 5^th degree black belt.  Required for all purple belts and above but recommended for all new white belts and above.

SPARRING EQUIPMENT

     It is required equipment for all new green belts and above.  Sparring equipment must be ITA co-branded red Macho equipment.  All gear must be maintained to ensure safety to all students.  Instructors will require students to replace gear if safety of others could be at risk. Blackbelts have option of using a complete set of Black ITA Machogear. Black and Red pads cannot be worn intermixed.

RE-BREAKABLE BOARD

     The board is a valuable tool to help teach students accuracy and to demonstrate power of techniques.  Boards are good for an estimated 4000 breaks.  Required for all red belts and above, but recommended for students who are senior green and above.  All students are required to have a re-breakable board to be able to attend board breaking clinics.

FOCUS TARGET     

     Focus targets are used to teach students accuracy and speed.  These targets are an excellent tool for the student to have because they can be used at home and held by parents and friends.  Students are encouraged to practice at home or participate in their own personal workouts.  Focus targets are required at the blue belt level.

TRAINING VIDEO AND DVD

     The ITA training video is invaluable tool for students of all ranks.   Each set of videos include all testing requirements from the white belt to fifth degree black belt, including forms: how to tie your belt, class structure, stances, blocks, one-steps, three-steps, target drills, ARC techniques, traditional forms and free sparring.  Videos also contain instruction on stretching, tournaments, traditional free-style forms, x-treme forms, and board breaking. Training videos are not a required item but are essential to any student wanting to excel in their training.  

WAVE MASTER

     A valuable tool for all ranks when training at home.  A Wave master provides the opportunity to practice all of your TaeKwonDo techniques on a soft vinyl surface that will provide some resistance.  A Wave master is not a required item but is excellent for any student wanting to excel their home training.  

BODY SHIELD

     Another great home training tool is the body shield; they are a partner training apparatus.  Made of high quality nylon, the body shield gives the unique chance to work power of a techniques on a easily moveable resistant  surface. The Body shield is not a required item but is great for any student wanting to excel in their home training.  

BLOCKER BAT

     A training aide like no other.  The blocker bat is a plush striking surface that training partners can use to accelerate their blocking techniques.  Made of high quality plastic and soft foam, each blocker bat weighs only 1 lb.. The Blocker Bat is not a required training item but is great for any student wanting to excel in their home training.

Contact James Bailey's TaeKwonDo Plus at 759-4711 or 339-7071 to purchase your required equipment!

or email your order to baileystaekwondo@bellsouth.net
(be sure to include the type of equipment, equipment size, which location you wish to pick up your order, and a way to get in touch with you in case equipment is out of stock)