Dunedin Taekwondo Academy

Dunedin Taekwondo Academy has taught martial arts in Dunedin since 1982, making it one of the longer standing independent businesses in this directory’s Experiences and Recreation category. The academy describes itself as family owned, founded by Grand Master James Lemminn, an 8th degree black belt, with Master BJ Lemminn, a 7th degree black belt, now serving as lead instructor, a detail suggesting the academy has carried through at least one generational transition while staying under family leadership. Instructor Ryan Koski, a 3rd degree black belt, rounds out the teaching staff named on the academy’s own materials.

The academy’s program centers on structured taekwondo classes aimed at building confidence, focus, discipline, respect, coordination, and self control in kids, alongside separate evening classes for teens, adults, beginners of all ages, and returning students picking the sport back up after time away. Beyond the core class schedule, the academy runs an after school program that includes pickup service and homework support, extending its role beyond pure martial arts instruction into practical childcare territory for working families in Dunedin. A summer camp combines taekwondo training with other activities during school breaks, and the academy also offers self defense workshops available year round for students who want practical skills outside the standard belt progression curriculum, plus private lessons for anyone wanting individualized instruction.

Class scheduling runs Monday through Thursday, with a kids class from 5:30 to 6:15 PM followed by an adult class from 6:30 to 7:15 PM, and a Friday Black Belt Class from 6:00 to 7:00 PM reserved for more advanced students. The academy notes that weekend classes were still in development as of its most recent published schedule, suggesting the program may continue to expand its offerings over time.

The academy operates from Suite C at 2194 Main Street, on the eastern stretch of Dunedin’s Main Street corridor, and Florida’s Division of Corporations lists Dunedin Taekwondo Academy Inc as an active, currently registered entity, corroborating the business’s own history and current operating status. With over four decades in continuous operation under the same family’s direction, Dunedin Taekwondo Academy represents exactly the kind of long running, independently owned participatory martial arts instruction this directory is built to surface, distinct from a national martial arts franchise chain with locations spread across multiple states.

That single family lineage, from founding Grand Master to a second generation lead instructor, also means the school’s teaching approach and curriculum have been shaped by one continuous line of leadership rather than passed between unrelated owners or diluted through a franchise licensing structure. For families in Dunedin looking for a taekwondo program with a long, verifiable local track record rather than a newly opened studio, the academy’s four decades in the same city offer a level of established local presence that few other martial arts options in the immediate area can match.