Sensei Alex Tajik
7th degree black belt
TKA Founder and Program Director
Hi My name is Alex Tajik,
The founder of Tajik Karate Academy and former national team coach of three countries with valid USA and international coaching certificate. Karate unlike other martial arts classes such as MMA, Boxing and Taekwondo is not only a martial art or a fighting skills, “Kara-Te” means empty handed, it’
s a journey of hundreds and thousands of people fighting to protect their life, family, dignity, culture and their mother land country. Here at Tajik Karate Academy Kids Martial arts located in Irvine our focus is your children’s success, not only in their future life but in being a better person in everyday of their journey. Through our fun karate and other kid’s martial arts classes here in irvine not only they will be physically fit with stronger and faster body style, but they will learn to respect others and their surroundings. Unlike what is sometimes portrayed in movies or television shows, the true practice of karate does not encourage violence. In fact, the origins and bedrock values of martial arts are: respect, courtesy, honesty, perseverance and integrity. The basics of discipline will help them and their children’s to be thoughtful and right on point. A stronger mentality will make them more confident with healthier lifestyle. Our Kids Martial Arts classes are designed for young ages that are very active and energetic to those who have everyday lack of energy and even our most successful student that are labeled as “ADHD” but the reality is that they’re the brightest and most energetic kids that can put good use to their highly energetic body and mind to be a successful individual in both academic and athletic life standpoints. Several studies have shown that the whole child concept increases a child’s ability to focus; to translate success in the studio to success in the classroom and to aid in the redirection of challenging behavior. Our kids martial arts Karate classes builds a strong base of basic skills through the use of forms and strengthening exercises. This exciting, yet disciplined approach to development actually increases the child’s ability to focus. This focus improves the child’s retention and accelerates their physical achievement — the child can actually see their improvement. Building on that initial success creates a lasting sense of accomplishment and increased self-confidence and allows the instructors to teach karate values. We will encourage your child to push their mental and physical limits. Your child will see that his body and his mind will go further than he expected. He will later equate that his life as the ability to overcome life’s obstacles and view challenges as opportunities. These combined physical and character foundations honed through our karate and kids martial arts classes help your kids excel in their academic school studies, sports and social endeavors; It ensures that they have the confidence in themselves and the character to make the right decisions when confronted with negative peer pressure.
