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We haven't had the chance to write many updates during 2024 but it was a very momentous year for Chung Do Taekwondo so it's got to be noted down somewhere!
2024: A Significant Year for Chungdo Taekwondo 2024 was an important year for Chungdo Taekwondo as we celebrated our 50th anniversary, marking five decades of since GM Suh Chun Suk started teaching in Australia. It did take us until December to celebrate this milestone but it was great to get together to celebrate with old and new students plus we started some new traditions like 5,10,15 and 20 year membership awards and 500 and 1000 classes awards. We opened two new branches (Rhodes and Manly Vale) and these are growing steadily with Rhodes especially a focus for 2025 and beyond. Competitions Our students performed well across various competitions, including the South Coast Open, NSW Open, Australian Open, President's Cup, Chuncheon Korean Open, KPNP Championships, NSW State Championships, and the Sydney Taekwondo Festival. We had our biggest team to date at the Australian Taekwondo Nationals with 47 players, it's a lot of hard work and effort from instructors, students and parents to get that size team up and running. First Chungdokwan International Instructor Certification Course We participation in the first Chungdokwan International Instructor Certification Course in Kuala Lumpur, demonstrating our commitment to advancing skills and knowledge within our club with myself, Anthony and Celine going gaining the certification. Chungdokwan Korea 80th Anniversary and CDK yearly summer camp We had the privilege of attending Chungdokwan Korea's 80th Anniversary celebrations in Korea during July's annual Chungdokwan Korea summer camp, the 80th Anniversary highlighted the tradition and legacy of our Kwan (school). Six of our students came to Korea on this trip (plus 2 went on a different training camp in Korea) and it really helped open their eyes to the breadth, depth and longevity that Taekwondo has to offer. Seeing the old masters in the flesh is really something else, especially when they're still doing the spilts at 70+ years old! A huge thanks to my master GM Shin and to GM Sheamus for their continued effort to bring Chungdokwan members together across the globe. It was also during this trip that I finally met and trained with Master Kang Yujin from Namchang Dojang in person. I attribute so much of my poomsae growth to Master Yujin and after 5 years of Zoom classes it was such an honour to finally train together in real life. 2024 Poomsae World Championships Personally 2024 has been such a year of growth. From organising an increasingly large dojang, starting to bring more students overseas, coordinating larger and larger competition teams, competing in my first Chuncheon Korean Open then to top it all off qualifying for the Poomsae World Championships in Hong Kong and representing Australia for the first time in my 30 year Taekwondo career was almost unbelievable. Winny asked me if I could have imagined this 10 years ago and the reality is even though I still have so much to improve on, my level and understanding of poomsae was so poor 10 years ago that World Championships wasn't even on the radar. The club continues to grow steadily, fostering a stronger and more connected community. We are grateful to the parents, friends, and families who have supported us throughout the year, as well as to our instructors and student leaders for their consistent effort and dedication. A huge thank you to the Instructor Team at Chungdo as well for their effort and dedication to developing our students both as taekwondoin and as people! Although Chungdo is now 51 years old, the 2020-2022 Covid period in many ways really felt like a reset back to year zero. 2025 is the third year post the Covid period, we've laid some strong foundations during 2023 and 2024 and we need to continue to build on these. Hi everyone,
End of year Last weekend's open class and picnic was great fun. Thank you everyone who attended and shared lunch with us. For those interested, I bought the Nasi Lemak from Albee's Catering (catering division: 0433997717) They have restaurants in Kingsford and Campsie. (this is not a sponsored post)
My next task is to claim 5 months worth of ActiveKids vouchers and sorting out the holiday program. People from Mosman, Beacon Hill, Manly, Rhodes - your default suspensions will be longer so if you'd like to train at Chatswood in January let me know. 2025 Timetable The 2025 Timetable is up in the system now and also on our website. Main changes:
2024 Instructor team card and collection Sorry for the delay on this. The original platform I was going to use still wasn't ready after a week (they must be as organised as me...) so I've set another one up: https://app.grouptogether.com/Thankyou2024Instructorteam If you'd like to send a photo/message to the 2024 Instructor Team and/or make a contribution to our New Year lunch/dinner we'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you to everyone for your support this year, hopefully see you in the last 2 days of classes otherwise have a great Christmas and New Year Regards ZiChuan Congratulations to all the competitors from Chungdo TKD and Sydney University Taekwondo Club who entered competitions in the last 2 months. We've attended the South Coast Open (8th overall), NSW Open (5th in Sparring and estimated 2nd overall) and University Opens. Most importantly it's great to see our students participating in competition and improving under the pressure of competition environments. Rhodes Launch
We're pleased to have launched our new location at The Connection in Rhodes right along the water's edge. We'll have classes there Monday and Saturday, check out the Rhodes page for more info Korea Trips We are excited to attend the 80th Anniversary of Chungdokwan Korea in July, a number of students will go to Korea for training and the anniversary dinner. Other students will go to Chosun for a training camp during the same time. Welcome back to 2024! Firstly we have a new location! Lovett Street Hall (272 Condamine Street Manly Vale) Tuesday nights 6-7pm Family class and 7-8pm Teens/adults We were lucky enough to have Ms Kim Yeun pop in to do some work experience in the week between Christmas and New Year  Then we had a couple of extra Adult/Teens+Adult classes in the first week of January while the office workers were still on holidays.
There's a pretty full calendar this year. Starting off with Lunar New Year celebrations on 3rd February at Chatswood. We'll be doing a demonstration at 12noon-12.30pm and will take part in the parade during the evening. We have a list of potential competitions on our events page, some events are still to be confirmed (TBC), we will update these details as they become available.  Congratulations to our team of 17 players (plus 2 players from our Sydney Uni team) who traveled to Perth for the Australian Taekwondo National Championships.
Thanks to their efforts Chung Do Taekwondo finished in 6th place out of 94 dojangs from all across Australia. We were also the highest ranking club from NSW. A huge thank you to David and Yutong and the coaching team plus the students and their parents for their support. New Instructors We are looking to add another location in the Northern Beaches as well as one around Rhodes in 2024. In preparation for this a couple of new instructors have recently joined us to learn our style of classes. End of Year We're looking at a final grading during the weekend of 10th December - some people have indicated they will be away, we will try to accommodate early gradings. We will send out grading invites in about 3 weeks. Our last class for the year will be Sunday 17th December. Classes (and memberships) will be on pause from Monday 18 December until January (date TBC - either the 2nd or 8th) Once we figure out the dates we will let you know and there'll be an online form for people who are going away and need a longer suspension. Hi! Spring is here and we have a number of events to kick off September! NSW State Sparring Training 9 September (Homebush) Last NDP training session (sparring) before Nationals will be on the 9th of September at the ACPE homebush Sessions are as follows
https://www.atnsw.com.au/eventsregister/185070/ Grading 16-18 September (18/19 September for NSG)
Beacon Hill Public School Demonstration and stall (16 September) Beacon Hill Public School has their Spring Fair on 16th September Our demonstration team will be performing somewhere between 3pm and 3.30pm! We'll have an info stand there to promote the club too Australian University Games (ND1s) 23 and 24 September The Australian University Games is like the Olympics for Australian Uni students (The World University Games were held in July in Chengdu China).
School holiday program Details will come out maybe tomorrow but basically Week 1
Week 2 -
Online competition (Entries close 24 September, recording submission deadline 3rd October)
https://www.martial.events/en/events/2nd-kyonggi-university-international-online-poomsae-championship-2023 August Recap!  Surprise guest instructor Master Lee Nayeon 28th August Earlier this week we had the fortunate opportunity to have Master Lee Nayeon (2x World Champion, Korean National Demonstration Team member and ex-Thailand National Poomsae Team Coach) visit our Teens and Adults class just before she left Australia. Hopefully everyone learnt a lot from Master Lee, David, Yutong and Master Zi did! A huge thank you to Master Lee for taking time out at the last minute to come and visit us.  Korean Education Centre Demonstration
The Korean Education Centre held a competition in Strathfield for participants of their programs during mid August. As part of the opening ceremony we were asked to do a demonstration but they wanted mostly uni students or adults. So we put together a team with our Sydney University students and borrowed Emma to be in the demo too :D The feedback was really positive and we're happy that we were able to put on a good demo! A big couple of months for Chung Do Taekwondo! Competition results
Grading
We have had a word with the instructors about giving clear feedback about what students need to improve to be able to pass the pre-grading assessment and we will have a new grading booklet soon so that students have a more obvious guide to what the criteria for each belt is. If you missed the last grading, the next one will be near the end of September (it's soon because the last one was delayed due to Master Zi's travel schedule) Seminars NSW State Training Next NDP and PPP training will be on the 12th of August at the ACPE homebush Sessions are as follows 12:30pm to 2pm 10 to 13yrs red and black belts. 2pm to 4pm 14yrs and over red and black belts. Sessions will be focused on scenarios and sparring. All students must be in full uniform and bring all sparring gear and kick targets.  Thailand Poomsae coach and 2x World Champion Nayeon Lee19th August
Seminar 1: How to teach Poomsae (2 hours) 3pm - 5pm 20th August 1- 3pm Seminar 2: Basic movements - Kicks, Hand techniques and stances (2 hours) 20th August 4-7pm Seminar 3: Colour Belt Poomsae (90min) & Black Belt Poomsae (90min) $80 for 1 sessions $150 for 2 sessions $200 for 3 sessions Location: Martial Arts Spirit Prestons (5 Nuwi Place Prestons 2170) Master Zi will be going on Saturday, David will be going on Sunday Register here
University Opens and NSW State Competition Entries for the University Opens (15 year olds + only) are open! You can register here https://smoothcomp.com/en/event/11837 Saturday June 24 at University of Technology Sydney (745 Harris Street Ultimo) NSW State Comp Still no entry pack but please make sure you have got the Australian Taekwondo National Athlete Licence membership. https://www.revolutionise.com.au/austtkdchungdokwanas/registration/ If you have only got the "Basic" membership and need to upgrade please email Master ZiChuan Holiday Program  Since the NSW State Comp is at the end of the holidays, we've changed the holiday program slightly so that students can do some focused sessions prior to the comp (and grading). Bookings will be available later this week on our events page Grading Reminder that grading is the weekend of 30th July
Invitations will be sent out after the school holidays
All competitors for the NSW State Championships must have the "National Athlete Licence" membership from Australian Taekwondo. If you don't have the National Athlete Licence (e.g. no Aust Taekwondo membership or "Basic" membership only), you can buy/upgrade it via the events page on our website
South Coast Championships wrap up
Team swag
Grading Grading invitations will be sent out Monday/Tuesday this week via email. Chatswood: If you don't get an email by Tuesday and are hoping to grade, please check with David or Master ZiChuan Grading will be Saturday 25, Sunday 26 and Monday 27 March Please note there are no classes at Chatswood on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 of March (Check the app for when classes are on) Easter and Anzac Day There will be no classes on the Easter long weekend (07-10 April) and on 25 April for Anzac Day Competitions & Holiday program The Events page has been updated with information of more upcoming competitions Our April Holiday Program bookings are open too! We will have
Doboks We have a positive update on doboks! They're on the machines finally and are due to be finished this week By the time they get here from Melbourne it will be during the week of 27 March New team gear! We're very excited to launch our new range of team gear! We have worked with one of our previous students Opal (who's a professional designer/animator) to create this design. The 74 is because GM Suh started this dojang back in 1974 Available on our store (save on shipping costs by grouping your order with some friends)  |
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