Ages 10 – 14 · International Taekwon-do Federation
The road to black belt.
Traditional International Taekwon-do Federation training for 10–14s. Patterns, sparring, and a black-belt path that takes four to five years of real work to walk.
Book Your TKD Juniors Trial.
No kit, no commitment, no hard sell. Come and try a class free — we’ll send the timetable and the next available times.
Before You Book.
TKD Juniors is the longest commitment we offer for young people. Most of our black belts started here at 10 and graded up over five or six years. The young people who finish this programme leave Apex changed.
We teach the full International Taekwon-do Federation syllabus: patterns, kicks, blocks and sparring. Not a watered-down version. Real grading with real standards, but at a pace a young person can actually sustain.
If your child wants something with structure they can grade through, something that respects time and rewards consistency, TKD Juniors is built for them.
See you on the mat,
Ben England
Is This The Right Programme For Your Child?
If any of these sound familiar, you’re in the right place. Apex was built for exactly these moments.
Moving meditation, drilled to perfection.
Patterns are choreographies of technique that young people memorise and refine over years. They’re the most underrated skill in martial arts: focus, memory, balance, breath control all bundled into one practice.
Junior TKD students who commit to pattern work develop a kind of physical control most adults never reach.
Where technique meets reality.
Sparring at this age is light contact, fully supervised, and uses full kit. It’s where pattern technique meets reality.
Young people who spar weekly become measurably calmer in everyday life. There’s a reason.
Yellow tip. Yellow. Green. Black.
Every grade is a real test, real preparation, real achievement. The day a young person grades to black belt at Apex is the day they understand what they’re capable of.
We don’t award belts for showing up. They’re earned.
The habits that carry off the mat.
TKD Juniors expects respect: bowing in, bowing out, naming coaches correctly, working with a partner properly. These aren’t empty formalities. They’re the daily reps of a young person learning to take themselves and others seriously.
Common Questions About TKD Juniors.
Five to six years of consistent training. It’s a real commitment. The young people who complete it come out with skills, discipline, and a sense of achievement that lasts.
Light contact, fully supervised, with full safety kit. It’s where pattern technique gets tested, and most grow to love it.
Sparring is light contact, fully supervised, with gloves, shins, and head guards. Most young people spar weekly without picking up a real injury.
Yes. TKD Juniors compete in patterns and sparring tournaments throughout the year. We’ll guide them through whatever level suits.
TKD Juniors is the long game with belts and patterns. Junior Boxing is more direct combat sport. Many do both. The free trial helps them pick.
Classes run on weekday evenings. We schedule around exam season and have catch-up options for missed sessions.
What TKD Juniors Walk Away With.
Patience
The skill of working at something for years before it gets good.
Real fitness
Coordination, balance, explosive kicking power, breath control.
Discipline
Sit still, listen, follow through. Habits that carry into every other room they walk into.
Self-defence
Practical skill they’ll hopefully never need to use.
Composure
Calm under pressure, earned through sparring and grading.
A belt earned
Yellow tip to black belt. Real grading, real achievement.
Book Your TKD Juniors Trial.
Three quick steps and we’ll send your free trial slot.