Western Michigan Tae Kwon Do

Kalamazoo, MI

Address: Borgess Health & Fitness Center 3025 Gull Road

City / State: Kalamazoo, MI 49048

Styles Offered: Tae Kwon Do

Owner: Mark E Gerger

Head Instructor: Mark E Gerger, 6th Dan

No. of Instructors: 3

Children's Classes?: Yes

Ages Accepted: 10 and up

Class Schedule: Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

School Hours:

How Long in Business?: Since 1973

Additional Information: While not officially an MMA school, nevertheless we are still quite eclectic. Our GM's motto is: "If it works on me today, it'll be Tae Kwon Do tomorrow." As he himself is quick to point out, the point-scoring system employed by judges in Olympic competition favor techniques which often show less-than-ideal practicality in the real world. Such rules being arbitrary, we ignore them. But favoring a more utilitarian approach does not require at all that we abandon our roots. So while also revering the more classical origins of our art we simply remain aware that any art that has ceased to evolve day-by-day is at a dead end and only a continual search for still better methods lends it both dynamism and vitality. We feel that practicing one's art as a quest only serves to make it just that much more enjoyable.

Contact Information:

Western Michigan Tae Kwon Do

Borgess Health & Fitness Center 3025 Gull Road

Kalamazoo, MI 49048

Phone: (269) 552-BFIT

E-mail: MEGerger@aol.com

Website: http://wmtkd.us/kalamazoo

(Added 11/26/2006)