Traditional Taekwondo
Taekwondo taught as a complete martial art, by Hall of Fame instructors at SISCOE Academy. Our founder has been coaching martial arts in Montréal for 42 years.
Your evaluation is free, and it's with Grand Master Yves Simard.
The SISCOE Approach
At SISCOE Academy, Taekwondo is taught as a complete martial art. That means powerful technique, practical application, discipline and conditioning, rooted in traditional Taekwondo.
Many programs today build their curriculum around the point-scoring rules of modern competition. That's a legitimate path, and competition has a real place here too. We simply start somewhere else: real skill first, so that whatever a student does with it, in a tournament or in everyday life, rests on a full martial art.
A lot of people want to learn how to kick and punch. Far fewer want to spend their evenings getting kicked and punched.
Students learn legitimate kicks, punches, strikes, attacks, counters, movement and defensive skills. What they don't do is routinely hit one another to learn them. Contact is introduced when a student is specifically training for competition. The same approach applies to children and adults.
Like any physical training, Taekwondo still carries some risk. No-contact doesn't mean risk-free. It means you're not trading strikes with a partner as part of every class.
For Parents
Most parents aren't looking for a future champion. They want a child who carries themselves with a bit more confidence, listens a bit better and handles themselves well when no adult is watching. That's what we work on, every class.
Earned, not handed out. Children build it by learning something difficult, performing it in front of others and watching themselves improve, one belt at a time.
Listening, following instructions, repeating a technique until it's right. The structure of a traditional class builds habits that come home with them.
Noticing what's around them and recognizing when something isn't right. For children, self-defence starts with paying attention.
For instructors, for training partners and for themselves. In traditional Taekwondo, respect is practised in every class, not just talked about.
We have 3-year-olds training at the Academy right now. Some young children are ready; others need a little more time, and that's normal. At the free evaluation, Grand Master Yves Simard assesses whether your child is ready to participate successfully, and tells you honestly.
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For Adults
Some adults trained as kids and stopped. Some have wanted to start for years but never liked the idea of getting hit. Both are welcome here, from complete beginners to advanced black belts.
The quiet kind that comes from knowing you can handle yourself, built one class at a time.
Reading your surroundings and recognizing trouble early. The foundation of self-defence, and useful well beyond it.
Kicking well demands it, and training develops it. You don't need to be flexible to start.
Stances, footwork and kicks take your body through ranges of motion most adults stop using.
A complete curriculum, from poomsae to throws and joint locks, taught by Hall of Fame instructors.
Learn legitimate kicks, punches and strikes without spending your evenings absorbing them.
What You'll Learn
Not just kicking drills. Every student trains across the full Taekwondo curriculum.
Traditional forms: patterns of technique that build precision, balance, power and focus.
Applying technique against a moving partner, with routine training kept no-contact.
Attacks, counterattacks and the awareness to avoid trouble in the first place.
Putting power and precision to the test on a real target.
Off-balancing an opponent and bringing them to the ground.
Control techniques that work through the body's joints.
Kicks, punches and strikes taught for power and practical application.
The strength, stamina and flexibility that make technique work.
Self-Defence
True self-defence is being aware and responding to the environment before the environment responds to you.
Know where you are, who's around you and what's normal for that place.
Notice what doesn't fit while there's still time and distance to act.
Move, leave, speak up or get help before a situation becomes physical.
Exits, obstacles, space and people: the setting shapes every good decision.
Physical technique is one part of self-defence, not all of it. Our students learn attacks and counterattacks, including powerful striking techniques. They also learn that the best outcome is usually the one where those techniques were never needed.
This isn't about fear. It's about awareness, preparation and knowing you're physically capable if you ever have to be.
If physical action becomes necessary, people fall back on what they've actually practised.
Competition is available and encouraged for students who want it. Students who train for competition receive competition-specific preparation, including contact when appropriate.
What competition doesn't do is dictate the curriculum. Students who step into a ring do it with a complete martial art behind them, coached by Grand Masters who have won at national, Pan American and world level.
Your Grand Masters
Conducts your free evaluation
Principal Taekwondo Instructor
Every new student starts with Grand Master Simard. He looks at age, size, experience and skill level, and for young children, whether they're ready to participate successfully.
Founder, SISCOE Academy
Coach, SISCOE Academy
When We Train
Five Taekwondo classes a week, with lunchtime, evening and weekend options.
Schedules can change as the program grows. Your evaluation is the best time to confirm the right classes for you.
Progression
A traditional seven-belt progression. Each belt marks real progress in skill and understanding.
Membership
One price list for every age. A 4-year-old and a 40-year-old pay the same.
1 Class / Week
$35/week
2 Classes / Week
$39/week
Unlimited
$49/week
Train at any scheduled Taekwondo class.
Every new member receives a complimentary dobok.
Bring the kids. Each additional child saves more.
Refer an active member and receive 10% off your membership for as long as they remain active. Every additional active referral adds another 10%.
Getting Started
The same simple path for children and adults.
Meet Grand Master Yves Simard. He'll see where you or your child fit, and for young children, whether they're ready.
Want more experience before deciding? Take every Taekwondo class for a week for $35.
Choose your membership and receive your dobok (uniform) at no charge.
Questions
Children can begin as young as 3, depending on readiness. Readiness varies a lot at that age, which is why every new student starts with a free evaluation.
Possibly. We have 3-year-olds training at the Academy right now. Not every 3-year-old is ready, and that is completely normal. At the free evaluation, Grand Master Yves Simard will assess whether your child is ready to participate successfully and tell you honestly.
Yes. Our Taekwondo program is for kids, teens and adults, from complete beginners through advanced black belts.
Routine training is no-contact between students. Students learn real kicks, punches, strikes, attacks, counters and defensive skills without routinely hitting one another. Contact is introduced when a student is specifically training for competition.
Routine training is no-contact between students, for children and adults alike. Like any physical training, Taekwondo still carries some risk, so no-contact does not mean risk-free. It means you are not trading strikes with a partner as part of every class.
Yes. Classes are open to everyone from complete beginners through advanced black belts. Placement depends on age, size, experience and skill level, which we look at during your free evaluation.
Yes. Advanced students and black belts are welcome. Your experience and skill level are taken into account in how you train with us.
Both. Instruction is bilingual, in English and French, and classes can be taught in both languages depending on the students in the class.
Yes, and we encourage it for students who want to. Students who train for competition receive competition-specific preparation, including contact when appropriate. Competition is part of the path for those who choose it, but competition rules do not define the whole curriculum.
Traditional Taekwondo, taught as a complete martial art. Our roots include Jidokwan, and our training draws on a mix of kwans (the original schools of Taekwondo), with an emphasis on powerful technique, practical application, discipline and conditioning.
Poomsae, sparring, self-defence, breaking, throws and takedowns, joint locks, striking and conditioning.
No. Flexibility and mobility are things Taekwondo training develops. You do not need them before your first class.
You meet Grand Master Yves Simard, who looks at age, size, experience and skill level to see where you or your child fit. For young children, he also assesses whether they are ready to participate successfully. After that, the decision is yours: join, take an optional one-week unlimited trial for $35, or think it over.
Pricing is the same at every age: $35/week for 1 class a week, $39/week for 2 classes a week, or $49/week for unlimited classes. Family discounts and an active-referral program can reduce that further, and every new member receives a complimentary dobok.
8170 Boulevard Décarie, Montréal, Québec H4P 2S8, at the corner of Décarie Boulevard and Royalmount. Students train with us from across Montréal and surrounding communities.
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Location
SISCOE Academy sits at the corner of Décarie Boulevard and Royalmount. Students train with us from across Montréal and surrounding communities, including nearby Town of Mount Royal.
Classes are taught in English and French.
SISCOE Academy
8170 Boulevard Décarie
Montréal, QC H4P 2S8
Corner of Décarie & Royalmount
Get directions →Meet Grand Master Yves Simard, see the Academy, and find out where you or your child fit. The evaluation is free.
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