World Martial Arts Center | Happykicks

World Martial Arts Center | Happykicks offers children's martial arts classes with certified HapKiDo instructors and assistants. It also offers an afterschool program with school pickup, homework help, chess, and martial arts, plus winter, spring, and day camps that include chess, money lessons, educational games like Cash Flow by Robert Kiyosaki and Brain Yoga, and foam sword fighting.

At a glance

• Ages: 3–18 years old
• General schedule: Classes 7 days a week; morning, noon and evening; children's program includes outdoor classes, indoor classes and live online virtual classes
• Facility hours: Mon-Fri 11:00 AM-9:00 PM; Sat-Sun 10:30 AM-3:00 PM

About the provider

The program is sanctioned by the World Professional Hapkido Federation and the Korean Hapkido Federation. It has over seven proclamations from the city of New York and has won the AMS National Top Ten School Awards six times. It serves Prospect Park, Lefferts Garden, Flatbush, Midwood, Prspect Heights, Crown Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Boerum Hill, and surrounding neighborhoods.

• Children's Martial Arts Classes — 3-75 · Classes 7 days a week; outdoor classes, indoor classes, and live online virtual classes · Certified HapKiDo instructors with assistants
• Afterschool Program — Children · School pickup, homework help, chess, martial arts · Afterschool day includes homework help, chess mastery and martial arts classes
• Winter, Spring & Day Camps — Children · Winter, spring and summer camps; day camps when school is out · Includes activities like learning and playing chess, learning about money, educational games like Cash Flow by Robert Kiyosaki and Brain Yoga, and foam sword fighting
• Outdoor Martial Arts Classes for Children — 3-12 · Fridays 4:00 PM · Concert Grove Pavilion at Prospect Park; on hiatus
• Outdoor Martial Arts Classes for Adults — Adults · Saturdays 8:30 AM · P.S. 9 Playground, St. Marks between Underhill and Vanderbilt Ave.
• Dedicated Dragons — 5-12 years old · Children's in-person classes · Dedicated Dragons (DD)
• Tiny Tigers — 3-4 years old · Children's in-person classes · Toddlers

Tuition does not include training gear, uniform, weapons, special seminars, events or promotion testing. Small groups for afterschool and camps. Free trial class mentioned.

Last updated November 6, 2026.