Visiting other schools

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Students of any Kim's Taekwondo school are always welcome to visit other Kim's schools for training. Your paid tuition covers all schools. For courtesy's sake, when possible let your instructor know that you might visit another school so s/he can let the other instructor know ahead of time. Getting pointers from other martial arts experts is always a great way to round out your training.

There are about 50 schools now under Master Kim. Here is a list of web addresses that I have for a few, where you can read about the instructors, find out about class times, and get more information about Taekwondo in general:

http://kimstkdportland.com/index.php The Portland Schools
http://www.kimstkd-renton.com/ The Renton School
http://www.kimstkd-bothell.com/ The school in Bothell, Washington
http://www.whitman.edu/taekwondo/ The Walla Walla, WA school
http://www.kimstaekwondo.org/ The school in Rocklin, CA
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nakadoma/homepage/ktkd_hawaii.htm The Honolulu School
http://www.karchernaz.org/tkd/ Nampa, ID TKD
http://groups.msn.com/KimsTaeKwonDoClub/ School in Arlington, WA

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