Is there any place in Damascus, Syria that teaches Taekwondo?

I%26#039;m moving to Damascus soon and i would like to start learning Taekwondo, or Karate. Any type of self defense art will do but taekwondo would be my number one choice. does anyone know anywhere that teaches it? or any other art of self defense?|||hi i am from damascus





there is lots of Club sports and jimesis damascus you can teach this self defense art like


1- alnedal ( in alsenaa area )


2- ahmajd ( bab mosala )


and lots of this club in evryplace in damascus|||Taekwondo is one of the only martial arts that Muslims are allowed to practice.





Here are two links that might help you out that I found using Google:





http://www.linkedwords.com/sports/sports...





http://www.araboo.com/dir/syria-martial-...





You can also contact the Syrian federation through the WTF, www.wtf.org





Here is to diplomacy through martial arts.





James





EDIT: DMAUD - In Saudi Arabia, TKD is the only martial art allowed by the government. There was a pretty big article about this in TKD Times Magazine.





James|||Not sure about Syria, but I know Jordan has TONS of Martial Arts schools. Martial arts is really huge in Jordan, and for a country its size and budget on the world stage, their kickboxing team isn%26#039;t too shabby at European tournaments. If you are willing to go through the headache of constantly crossing border check points, I%26#039;m sure you could drive down to Jordan and learn it there, although personally, if you are fluent in Arabic just move to Jordan and learn TKD there.





I know that Saudi Arabia has TKD schools, reason being, they shafted a bunch of Palestinian engineers on jobs, and instead of hiring Palestinians for important engineering, service, and computer sector jobs, they hired South Koreans, some of whom had black belts in TKD. The end result is that in Saudi Arabia TKD is the biggest martial art.





Regarding what James D or whatever said, that whole idea of %26quot;one of the few martial arts muslims are allowed to practice%26quot; just sounds retarded. Western styles? In MMA circles, they don%26#039;t give a crap if your religion says your d*ck is god, its your problem not theirs, what they care about is how hard you work. In more %26quot;traditional%26quot; east asian styles, there are so many religions in east asia faith was never an issue so what is with that crap that Muslims can%26#039;t practice this style or that?





Although I suppose with so many martial arts styles rooted in Buddhism, and Buddhism seen as idolatry in the Islamic world, that pretty much rules out a good 80% of east asian styles.





Of course....





Buddhism


http://z.about.com/d/martialarts/1/5/v/4...








Islam


http://www.activistchat.com/images/ImamA...





Buddhism; lean, well muscled, and built like a panther.





Islam; porcine and arrogant.





Don%26#039;t know about you but, I think I%26#039;ll stick with east asian thought patterns thanks.