The University of Pennsylvania Tae Kwon Do Club is taught by instructor Felice Macera (3rd degree black belt) in a traditional setting that emphasizes both mental and physical conditioning. Classes, scheduled approximately three times a week, are intended to challenge the body physically through aerobic and muscular conditioning while using the energy generated to create a better awareness of mental focus and control to be applied both inside and outside the training room. Through the mastering of forms and techniques, Tae Kwon Do encourages individual growth and enlightenment within a NON-competitve environment. We encourage individual achievement in a group-supporting environment where all are given equal opportunity to better themselves in both martial arts and their life pursuits.

The aims to achieve in Tae Kwon Do are: Courtesy Integrity Self-control Perseverance Indomitable Spirit

For students interested in the Olympic style sport taekwondo (WTF), there is another Tae Kwon Do club at Penn - The Penn Taekwondo Club, which builds physical fitness and focuses on competition in an intercollegiate taekwondo league.