Rockhold Karate teaches the traditional Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do and is a proud member of the Hwa Rang World Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation founded by Grand Master Ho Sik Pak in 1994. Grand Master Ho Sik Pak saw the necessity of an association that not only emphasized Tang Soo Do technique but the virtues of faithfulness, perseverance, and honesty as well.
The art of Tang Soo Do is influenced by the Northern and Southern Chinese martial arts, the Okinawan discipline of Karate, as well as the indigenous Korean arts of Taekkyeon and Soobak. Tang Soo Do is not a sport and is a classical martial art concerned with the development of every aspect of the "self" in order to create a mature person who totally integrates his/her intellect, body, emotions, and spirit.
The basic components that comprise our martial arts curriculum include meditation; stretching and conditioning; cardiovascular training; basic hand and foot techniques (blocking, kicking and striking); hyungs (forms, preset patterns of movement that teach students how to transition between offensive and defensive techniques); one-step sparring (block and counter techniques); self-defense (grappling and joint locking techniques); weapons training; and free-sparring techniques.