Conditioning
Work the bags
One wall of the school is lined with heavy bags, and they get used. Kicks and strikes with real power behind them, repeated until your legs know they’ve trained.
Ages 13 and up
Teen & Adult Taekwondo.
Teens and adults train together, and it’s a real workout and a real martial art: conditioning on the bags and pads, technique, forms and sparring. You don’t need to be fit, flexible or experienced to start. You just need to walk in.
Ages 13+ One hour class Beginners welcome
On the mats at Swaby’s
Inside a Teen & Adult class
An hour that
earns its keep.
Not a fitness class with kicks in it, and not a lecture. An hour of Taekwondo for people old enough to push themselves, taught by Master Carlos Swaby and his team.
Technique
Do it right
Stance, guard, footwork, the kick itself. Instructors break it down and watch you put it back together, whether it’s your first week or you’re working toward black belt.
Forms
Train the patterns
Set sequences of blocks, strikes and kicks, done from memory with power and precision. Forms are where control gets built, and they’re an event of their own at tournaments.
Sparring
Test it
In protective gear and under an instructor’s eye, sparring is where everything else gets tested: timing, distance, reading a partner and keeping your head when it counts.
One class, two kinds of student
Thirteen or thirty-five.
Teens and adults share the mat at Swaby’s. They come in for different reasons and train side by side.
For teens
Somewhere to put the energy, a goal that takes real work, and a class to train with.
- Train toward black belt
- Sparring and forms at a higher level
For adults
A workout that doesn’t feel like the gym, something new to get good at, and an hour where nothing else gets in.
- Fitness, flexibility and power
- Beginners welcome
- Technique, forms and sparring
Tournament floor
Students on
the podium.
Swaby’s students compete at World Martial Arts Federation tournaments, in white doboks for forms and in sparring gear, and they come home with trophies.
WMAF eventsWhere Swaby’s students take their forms and sparring.
The belt path
Black belt is
a long game.
Every black belt started the same way you would: in a first class, not knowing the stances. Taekwondo is a long game, and the training along the way is the point.
Ages 13 and up. Beginners are welcome in the Teen & Adult class.
First classBlack belt
Got kids?
Swaby’s teaches children from age 3 in their own classes, so the whole family can train at the same school.
Classes for kids →Your free class
What to expect
on day one.
You don’t need to get in shape first. Come as you are, train a real class, and see whether it’s for you.
Before
Book it
Send the form below, then pick a class time on the next screen. Rather talk first? Call (781) 364-7027.
Wear
Gym clothes
No uniform needed for the first visit. Something you can kick and stretch in, and bring water. Taekwondo is trained in bare feet.
Arrive
A little early
172 Neponset Avenue, near Stop & Shop and Murphy Middle School. There’s plenty of street parking.
After
Talk it over
Ask the instructors anything: how training works, what joining looks like, where to go from here.
I’ve never trained. Can I still join?
Yes. Beginners are welcome in the Teen & Adult class, and everyone on the mat started with a first class. You’ll learn the basics and build from there.
Do I need to be in shape first?
No. Taekwondo is how a lot of people get in shape. Work at your own level and the fitness comes with the training.
Do teens and adults really train together?
Will I have to spar?
Sparring is part of Taekwondo, and at Swaby’s it’s done in protective gear with an instructor watching. Talk to your instructor about where you’re at.
When are classes?
When you send the form you’ll pick a class time on the next screen. Enrolled students see the full class schedule in the Student Portal.
How much does it cost?
Your first class is free. Ask about membership when you come in, or call (781) 364-7027.
Other classes
Bring
the kids.
Swaby’s teaches children from age 3, each in a class built for their age.
Teen & Adult Taekwondo, ages 13+
Your first class is free.
Send your details and pick a time on the next screen. Then come find out what an hour on the mat at Swaby’s feels like.
- Beginners welcome, ages 13 and up
- No uniform needed for the first visit
- Plenty of street parking
Book a free class
Pick your time on the next screen.