10 Best Taekwondo Schools in Singapore (2026)

Taekwondo is one of Singapore's most popular martial arts for children and adults alike, prized for its kicking-heavy sparring, structured poomsae patterns and belt-based grading. Schools here generally follow either the Olympic WT/Kukkiwon system or the older ITF-style Traditional Taekwon-Do patterns, and the two are genuinely different arts to train. This guide gathers ten established taekwondo schools across Singapore, each checked against its own website, spanning big multi-branch academies, community-centre programmes and boutique studios. Use it to compare style, age groups and location, and confirm current class schedules and fees directly with each school before signing up.

Kyung Hee Taekwondo runs four branches across Singapore, from its Bukit Timah headquarters to Jurong East, Orchard and a newer Woodlands branch. The school is affiliated with both World Taekwondo and the Singapore Taekwondo Federation, and says its curriculum was developed in-house by principal Grandmaster Eom, whom the school credits with an 8th-dan grade from Kukkiwon and says was appointed a regional chairperson of the World Taekwondo Peace Federation in 2025. Classes split between Kids & Children and Teens & Adults groups, covering both poomsae patterns and sparring, with belt grading and promotion ceremonies run across the branches. Its multi-branch, WT-affiliated setup suits families who want a recognised curriculum close to several parts of the island.

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Johan Taekwondo Institute operates from a Serangoon headquarters out to ten more branches across the island, including Sengkang, Katong, Tampines and Punggol, one of the more widely spread schools on this list. It is led by Master Yoon Daeung, whom the school credits with a 7th-dan and says has coached since 1999 and been based in Singapore since 2010. Its site doesn't specify a WT/Kukkiwon or ITF affiliation, or how far classes lean toward sparring versus poomsae, though it describes its approach as bringing 'the true spirit of Taekwondo from its birthplace in Korea to Singapore.' Programmes run from toddlers through children, teens, adults and a competition team, with the branch count giving a reasonable chance of finding one near home.

Islandwide (Serangoon HQ)
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KTMA Academy is anchored by studios in Novena and West Coast, with further branches at Yishun, Bukit Timah and Katong; its site doesn't state a formal WT, Kukkiwon or ITF affiliation. Its coaching team includes James Leow, described as a 4th-dan black belt, who leads kids and competition training, longtime coach Daryl Chua, and poomsae specialist Anthea Lee, alongside a coach described as a former Malaysian national poomsae player. The academy runs an age ladder from Tiny Tots and Junior classes through adult and Black Belt technical sessions, plus holiday self-defence and anti-bullying programmes, grading students from white through black with stripe belts in between. It pitches itself as 'a Taekwondo school for every body, every style, every day,' mixing sparring, poomsae and demonstration work.

Novena and West Coast
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Gaonhae Taekwondo is a Kukkiwon-affiliated school headquartered at Balmoral Plaza near Newton, with further Singapore branches at Jurong West, Kembangan, Yishun and Bukit Merah, plus a sister branch in Perth, Australia. It says it was founded in 2017 by Headmaster Kang, described by the school as a Kukkiwon 7th-dan who holds a taekwondo-teaching master's degree from Kyung Hee University and serves the Singapore Taekwondo Federation as a coach and referee. Classes progress from Little Gaonhae toddlers and Junior groups through Kids and Teens & Adults, up to an invitation-only Team Gaonhae competitive squad, with both poomsae and kyorugi sparring taught at every level. The school frames its approach around three pillars: discipline, fitness and spirit.

Newton (Balmoral Plaza)
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Athletic United Taekwondo trains out of a single studio at Leisure Park Kallang, a short walk from Kallang, Stadium and Mountbatten MRT stations. Founder and principal Master Wayne Law teaches both WT and Traditional styles, alongside Master Yu, described as a Kukkiwon 5th-dan, who focuses on competition sparring, and Master Chelsea Sim, described as a SEA Games gold medallist who leads poomsae training. Classes run from Toddlers and Kids through Teens & Adults and an invitation-only Competition Team, progressing from white belt through coloured belts to poom or black belt. The school calls itself Singapore's 'premier Taekwondo academy' in its own marketing, worth judging at a trial class, but its single site and named competition coaches suit anyone wanting focused training in one place.

Kallang
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Hankuk Taekwondo has run in Singapore since 2011 under Korean master Lee Seung Man, whom the school credits with an 8th-dan endorsed by both Kukkiwon and the Singapore Taekwondo Federation, and who describes himself as an international examiner with World Taekwondo Headquarters. It trains out of Orchard, Katong and Upper Thomson, with programmes banded from a Kinder/Toddler group through Kids, Juniors and an Adult class. The school calls itself 'the foremost Taekwondo centre' in its own marketing, runs quarterly gradings and organises overseas competition trips, though its site doesn't spell out its sparring-versus-poomsae balance in detail. Master Lee's long tenure and dual Kukkiwon/STF endorsement are among the more independently checkable instructor credentials on this list, which matters if you're choosing mainly on pedigree.

Orchard, Katong and Upper Thomson
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Taekwondonomics operates out of SAFRA clubhouses at Mount Faber, Choa Chu Kang and Jurong, and is affiliated with the Singapore Taekwondo Federation, the sport's national governing body. It calls itself a 'boutique taekwondo studio' and structures training into six levels, from Super Junior and Kids through Teens/Adult Executive, Pace Challenger and Elite up to a Competition Team, so students move through a defined pathway. The SAFRA setting suits members of those clubhouses, or anyone in the west and south who prefers training inside an established recreational club over a standalone studio. Marketing lines like 'Asia's best picked taekwondo school' are the studio's own claim rather than an independent ranking, worth confirming directly before enrolling.

SAFRA clubhouses (Mount Faber, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong)
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Singapore Taekwon-do Academy describes itself as the country's oldest and largest Traditional Taekwon-Do organisation, tracing its roots to 1971 and founder Grandmaster BS Huan, credited by the school as Singapore's first local Taekwon-Do black belt. Unlike the WT/Kukkiwon schools that dominate this list, its patterns-based training points to the older ITF-style tradition, taught by a team of masters, examiners and instructors rather than a single studio brand. Classes run at community clubs and venues across the island, including Ang Mo Kio, Yishun, Paya Lebar, Bedok and Telok Blangah, with centralised black-belt grading plus children's foundation courses and adult self-defence classes. It's one of the few well-established places in Singapore to train the older, pre-Olympic style.

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Leng Kee Taekwondo traces back to 1970 and its founder, the late Grandmaster Chin Khee Shin, teaching out of four community clubs, Geylang Serai, Kampung Ubi, Kolam Ayer and Teck Ghee, plus affiliated branch clubs at Bishan, Woodlands, Cheng San, Punggol, Yishun and St. George's. It is a Singapore Taekwondo Federation affiliate whose stated mission is 'providing affordable Taekwondo training for the community in a fun and safe manner.' The school has a visible poomsae competition record, including entries at the 2018 National Poomsae Championship, with Leong Yun Yuet and Ng Keng Boon named among its coaches. It suits families or adults after straightforward, community-centre training rather than a polished commercial-studio setup.

Islandwide (community clubs)
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Kickmatics Taekwondo was founded in 2018 by Jordan Tay, described as a former Singapore national taekwondo athlete, and runs three branches at Serangoon Garden, Northshore Plaza in Punggol and Canberra Plaza. Its coaching team is made up of former national athletes with, it says, over a decade of local and international competition experience each, and classes are split into Juniors, Tweens & Teens, Adults and a Family class taught in small groups. The school doesn't state a formal WT, Kukkiwon or ITF affiliation on its site, but its competitive pedigree points toward Olympic-style sparring and poomsae rather than the traditional patterns tradition. It suits families wanting a smaller, athlete-led studio in the north-east rather than one of the island's bigger chains.

Serangoon Garden, Punggol and Canberra
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