Metro Taekwondo is a non-commercial program offered through the Red Morton Community Center and Casa Circulo Cultural in Redwood City, CA
This Korean martial art program incorporates both modern sport with the traditional art, emphasizing respect, discipline, and a positive attitude towards learning. Students develop endurance, strength, speed, flexibility, and balance; skills that are essential to all athletics. Since this program began in 1997, MetroTKD has provided students the opportunity to compete at local tournaments and achieve black belt certification through the Kukkiwon.
Students are welcome to try the first class for free. Instructor permission is required for Black Belt Training and Sparring classes.
CASA CIRCULO CULTURAL
1757 E. Bayshore Rd Ste 23
Redwood City, CA 94063
Tuesday and Thursday 5:30PM
RED MORTON COMMUNITY CENTER
1120 Roosevelt Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94061
Monday and Wednesday 4:30PM
5th Dan black belt in the art of Taekwondo and is a certified international instructor and Examiner of Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Headquarters) and WTF (World Taekwondo Federation). He is also a national level Referee on sparring (Kyorugi) and forms (Poomsae) at USA Taekwondo. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. At the age of nine he began his training in the art of Taekwondo at the Moo Duk Kwan Iztapalapa and was part of Mexico's junior exhibition team. He attended the National Autonomus University of Mexico where he continued training and obtained a BA degree in Philosophy. By 1997 he moved to live in California. In the year 2004 he began teaching and couching in private Tae Kwan Do dojangs in the Bay Area.
Master Gerardo Ortiz4th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo under Kukkiwon and World Taekwondo Federation. He is also a National Referee for sparring (Kyorugi) at USA Taekwondo and an International Referee for forms (Poomsae) at World Taekwondo Federation. His early training days started when he was eleven years old at the Jido Kwan Mexico Taekwondo. Loving participating in sparring tournaments he achieved many first places at local, state, and national championships. He was a Taekwondo instructor at the Mexican Naval Academy. Master Villar's passion for Taekwondo brings high performance and dedication to new generations of Taekwondo. He lives in Redwood City with his wife and daughter.
Master Henry Villar