Hello!
A few quick tips to help with registration for the August NSW State Championships.
Entries close 5pm Saturday.

If you haven't competed in a State Competition or Australian Taekwondo event this year you will need to register with Australian Taekwondo. Please use the QR Code below to do this or click here

Once this is done you can enter the competition at rapidsignup.net/

Which Belt?
The registration site uses a different belt system to ours so the conversion is here:

Yellow - Yellow 1
Green tip - Yellow 2
Green Belt - Yellow 3
Blue Tip - Blue 1
Blue Belt - Blue 2
Red Tip - Blue 3
Red Belt - Red 2
Black Tip - Red 3

Hi everyone,

Welcome to term 3 (not that we stopped...)

A quick note to say grading invites have been sent 159 all up!
If you didn't receive an invite couple of things to do:
1) If you're grading at Mosman, Manly, Beacon Hill just chat with Steve. I know some people already did the grading before the school holidays.
2) For Chatswood and NSG students search emails subject line = "Grading Invitiation"
3) If it's not in your inbox I might have forgotten to include you, let me know
4) There are no classes at Chatswood Saturday and Sunday due to Grading
5) Black belt grading will move to 10am 31 July

August state comp entries are open:

• Competition date Sunday 7 August
• Registration closes 30 July 5pm (I dono why they do 5pm...)
• Location: Quay Centre Homebush
• Register at https://rapidsignup.net/

Info pack below

This comp is qualifiers for Nationals (Colour belts - 1st and 2nd qualify, black belts just need to enter to qualify)

There's another smaller comp in October but I haven't got details yet

Regards
ZiChuan

Hi everyone!
Holidays are here soon!

We will have normal classes PLUS the holiday program running over the next 2 weeks

Grading qualification is happening during this week. Students will be told verbally if they are on track for grading plus invitations to register for grading will be emailed next week.
The next

To make sure everyone knows the time/attendance requirements, please see below.
Plus you have the skill requirements which can be found here
You can check class attendance history using the member's site and clicking "MA Styles"

August 7: NSW State Championships and National qualifiers (Homebush)
Top 2 (not any medallist this time) in blue/red belt divisions will qualify for Nationals
Black belts just need to enter either August 7 OR Australian Team Qualifications (August 13/14)

August 13/14: Australian Team qualifications for Oceania comp (Gold Coast)

October: Oceania competition (Tahiti) - black belts only

December: Australian TKD National Championships ("rural Victoria" somewhere)
Changed from October to December and moved from Perth to Rural Victoria (maybe Bendigo or Ballarat or something like that)

We have 4 programs this time
1) Taekwondo intensives by belt level

• Can be used to help prepare for Grading (grading is 23-26 July) or if you want to refresh/refine skills/poomsae for a certain belt level.
  
• Some kids are pretty far behind where they need to be, we will do our best but can't guarantee they will be ready in time
• Other kids are totally fine and on track. Depends on a) how much they practice b) how much attention they pay during class
  
• There is a full day option and half day option for black tip and black belt students who are planning to grade

2) Art and Taekwondo
3) Introductory Demonstration Taekwondo

• Learn some of the cool things that our Demonstration team do!

4) Kyorugi camp

• Beginners/introductory - Primary school age
• Expereinced - Primary school kids who are blue belt and can keep up with high schoolers + High Schoolers of all belts

Book here! https://events.humanitix.com/july-2022-holiday-program

We're holding the first GM Suh Chun Suk Memorial Competition on Saturday!
As a result there are no classes, spectators are welcome (no entry fee) please feel free to stop by and have a look.

Location
Ross Milbourne Sports Hall
745 Harris Street Ultimo
All day parking ($20) at Novotel Sydney Central

Schedule
Doors open 8am (in case you are up early and need to warm up)
8.25am Welcome
8.30am Competition starts
10am Chung Do Taekwondo Demonstration team (also a break for the referees)
12ish lunch
2.30 - 3pmish end.
Keep up to date with the schedule live at smoothcomp.com/en/event/7449/schedule

Please note there are no classes on Monday 13 June for the Queen's Birthday public holiday

We're going to push grading back until after the school holidays

So the dates will be 23rd - 26th July
Invitations/we will tell the kids if they can grade during the last week of June.
Advanced notice: If you grade 23-26 July, it's unlikely you'll also qualify for the Term 3 grading (unless you are spectacular)

Holiday Program
The current plan for holiday program is:

• Belt level sessions (e.g. 1 day for yellow belt and green tip, 1 day for green belt and blue tip etc)
  
  • I have noticed some students haven't graded for a while but they're still behind thanks to last year's shutdowns and because they attend less frequently/don't pay as much attention/don't work as hard compared to other students
    
  • These belt level sessions can be used to help prepare for grading
    
• Introductory demo session
  
• High performance sparring session(s)
  

Federal Election is tomorrow 21 May 2022, remember to go and vote!

• No classes at Lindfield or Beacon Hill on 21 May
  
• Classes are on as normal at:
  
  • Chatswood
    
  • Mosman (small room this week but they're letting us use the Senior Centre on 28 May)
    

Anyone who is competing (and going for Dan grading for that matter) should probably train 3 or more times a week.

Competition One requires immediate/rapid action if you'd like to enter
Competitions Two and Three are "tell us if you're planning to attend because we need to prepare"

1. GM Suh Chun Suk memorial competition - June 11
   
   1. At University of Technology Sydney (Ultimo)
      
   2. Enter at https://smoothcomp.com/en/event/7449/
      
   3. Here is the Info Pack
      
   4. Early bird pricing ends 28th May
      
   5. If you want to enter but maybe have tutoring etc in the morning let us know
      
2. NSW State Championship/National Qualifiers - August 7
   
   1. At Olympic Park
      
   2. Harder than the June 11 competition
      
   3. Yellow belt and above all ages can attend
      
   4. Only Blue belt and above will qualify for Nationals (colour belts need to get top 4 to qualify to nationals, black belts just need to enter this competition to qualify)
      
3. Australian National Championships - October 1st - 2nd (Saturday to Sunday)
   
   1. In PERTH (book your leave but don't book flights because you need to qualify in August first)
      
   2. This is during school holidays (I think)
      

Here's what the next couple of weeks look like :)

There are still some spots in the holiday program available!
https://events.humanitix.com/april-2022-holiday-program

Two programs

1) Taekwondo Intensive based on experience level (9.30-3pm)

• Best for around 7 years old and older (up to teens/adults)
  

2) Art + Taekwondo collaboration with The Art Factory

• Best for school aged kids with/without taekwondo experience
  

NSW Discover Vouchers and NSW Parents can be used for the holiday program

• Only one voucher can be used per booking, so if you're booking 2 days and want to use 2 vouchers please book each day separately.
  

For full details and to book:
https://events.humanitix.com/april-2022-holiday-program

We still have the regular timetable happening during the holidays
Excluding Easter/Anzac Day Long Weekend (22-25 April)

Charges will continue as normal but if you are not attending for 2 weeks or more during the holidays and need to suspend payments please let us know.

If you're only missing one week, please try to come to more classes on the week you're here.

It's coming up soon!

Info pack is almost ready and hopefully will be sent out next week.

The next few months are going to be action packed!

Holiday Program
Normal classes continue during the holidays except Easter long weekend.

We will also have a holiday program on the Tuesday and Wednesday during the school holidays (April 12,13,19,20)
We are going to do it a bit differently this time. The focus will be on:

1. Helping students who don't pass grading
   
2. Helping students who want to either catch up or get a head start on their belt level
   
3. We have a number of students from other schools who have maybe learnt different things, this is a chance to learn the same things that our students have learnt
   

April 12, 13 - Yellow to Blue Tip
April 19, 20 -  Blue belt and above
Time: 9.30-3pm
Pricing and booking links to follow soon

June Competition

We are going to hold our own competition on 11 June (Saturday), save the date!
It will be for students across all our locations plus a couple of external clubs
Location: University of Technology Sydney
Who: Yellow belt and upwards
Info pack and entry links to follow

On 6 March 2022 we made the trip down to the Shoalhaven to participate in the South Coast Championships.

It was a great event and we came away with some very impressive results including "Most Outstanding Competitor Junior Female" (Jennifer) and "Overall Club Point Score Winner: Poomsae"

The journey home took an extra hour thanks to the heavy rain which caused a small landslide, thick fog and temporarily broken down bus but we made it back safe and sound!

A big thanks to the parents for their support and food and congratulations to the team!

Kyorugi (sparring) results
Alex Kim - Silver
Amy Kang - Silver (golden point)
Andrew Gebert - Bronze, Silver (2 divisions)
Ashleigh So - Silver
Brian Woo - Silver
Emma Kim - Gold
Henry Gebert - Gold
Jasmine Hui - Bronze, Silver (2 divisions)
Jennifer Ying - Gold, Gold, Gold (3 divisions)
Justin Liang - Silver
Karen Gebert - Silver

Individual Poomsae Results

Elly Kim - Silver
Boree Kim - Gold
Amy Kang - Gold
Jennifer Ying - Gold, Gold (individual, creative)
Emma Kim - Gold
Harry Kim - Gold
Robin Kim - Silver
Alex Kim - Silver
Roman Bukarev - Gold
Yoona Kim - Gold
Jennifer Ying - Gold
Sergio Calixto Sanctos - Silver (tied with Isaac)
Isaac Tsz Chun Choi - Silver (tied with Sergio)
Brian Woo - Gold
Justin Liang - Silver
Maria Luiza Calixto Sanctos - Silver
Ashleigh So - Gold
Arifin Lai - Silver (poomsae), Bronze (power kicking)
Shaun Ma - Silver
Sebastian Schroder - Bronze
Shaina (Seongbin) Lee - Gold
ZiChuan Lim - Silver

Team Poomsae results
Alex Kim/Emma Kim - Gold
Harry Kim/Robin Kim - Silver
Brian Woo/Sergio Calixto Sanctos - Bronze
Isaac Tsz Chun Choi/Ashleigh So - Gold
Shaina Lee/Shaun Ma - Gold