How to start a TKD club and anyone at this University?

[wtftkdfanatic]

Hey guys,

I've recently started attending the University Of South Carolina at Columbia and there is no TKD team here. We have a BJJ club as well as an Aikido club so I feel it's definitely possible to start a TKD club as well. I'm currently training for competition so having partners would be ideal.

My question to you guys are:

1) Anyone attend here as well and would be interested? If so comment here or message me!
2) Does anyone have experience with this task and have any tips?

Thanks

 

[andyjeffries]

2) Does anyone have experience with this task and have any tips?

I only recently set up a club (a couple of years ago). My tips would be - speak to the hall owners/building manager and find out how much to use the hall you want. Find out minimum contract term and talk to them saying you are opening a new club, so what are the options for if it doesn't work out (i.e. will you be stuck for a year's hall hire fees). Work out from the hire fee (+ other expenses) to how much you want to charge each student based on a minimal but reasonable amount of students. Buy Sang H Kim's book called something like instructor manual, it's got loads of great tips in there (quite a few for full time dojang owners, but most are applicable to part time clubs in other-use halls as we are).

My senior student wants to set up a club in a nearby university too, but he hasn't convinced himself to go for it yet.

Good luck.

 

[jks9199]

Check with your student activities program or intramural athletics programs. They'll probably be able to help you, and I'm sure that the school has a procedure for forming a new club. If you use it, they'll support you and you'll have a much better chance of success. And may not have to, for example, pay for the space...

 

[wtftkdfanatic]

Thanks for the advice guys. I'm going to talk to the Club Sports Office and see what they say. I really want to get this going, at the same time I don't want to have a half *** class that I basically have to attend lol. I'll definitely look into that book as well.