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Holiday Program | Holidays (only Easter long weekend)

31/3/2022

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

	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Week 1	12 April White belt (beginners) to Blue tip	13 April Blue belt and above	14 April Art + Taekwondo
Week 2	19 April Blue belt and above	20 April White belt (beginners) to Blue tip	15 April Art + Taekwondo

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

Easter Break

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.

December (and before) 2021 Certificates

I had the December grading certificates finally ready at the start of March (it's getting faster...)

But we still have a pile because we keep forgetting to present the certificates!

If you haven't received your certificates from December (or earlier) grading, please ask David or Master ZiChuan.

March Grading certificates will be sent for printing after the last grading session (this Sunday). Should be faster because we've got the process sorted on our end and our print company is getting more used to loading in the Korean text into their system.

June 11 Competition reminder

It's coming up soon!

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

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Poomsae seminar series | Grading | Holiday Program | Competition save the date

11/3/2022

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The next few months are going to be action packed!

Poomsae Seminar Series
We are delighted to be able to invite Elena Zhao to host a special series of classes.

Quick facts about Elena:

Represented Australia at World Universiade and Oceania Championships
Selected for the 2020 World Poomsae Championship Team (cancelled due to Covid)
Coach at University of NSW and King Tiger
Medicine student at UNSW

Dates:
Session 1: Sunday 27 March
Session 2: Sunday 15 May
Session 3: Sunday 19 June

Who should attend:

Blue Belt and above (high potential lower belts can request)
We will be focusing on Taeguk 4 and 7 (you should know at least one of these, preferably both)
Elena will share some of her experience preparing/training for poomsae and balancing studies, training and work

Cost:
Free for black belts (because it's taking over Sunday Black Belt class times)
Colour belts: $20 for 1 session, $50 for all 3.

Tickets at:
https://www.revolutionise.com.au/austtkdchungdokwanas/eventsregister/135426/

Grading

Grading will be from Sunday April 3rd (black belts) to 9th April. Please note there will be class disruptions during this week.

Qualification
Teens/adults - make sure you've attended the required number of classes, you self assess if you're ready to grade ask us if you are unsure.
Kids - We will hold grading qualification sessions in class during the week of 21 March

Class and competition attendance requirement
Each belt has a set number of classes required, this is because we assume very few people practice at home.

We have also extended the time requirement for higher belts. Techniques need time to mature like cheese or wine.

White belt - once you know right hand, left hand and chonji patterns plus front, turning and side kick
Yellow to green tip, green tip to green belt - 20 classes, 3 months
Green belt to blue tip , Blue tip to Blue belt - 30 classes, 3 months
Blue belt to red tip up to black belt - 40 classes, 6 months

Remember: Students progressing to blue belt and above must have competition experience. The reason for this isn't to win medals but to ensure we are constantly testing ourselves against an external benchmark.

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:

Helping students who don't pass grading
Helping students who want to either catch up or get a head start on their belt level
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

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South Coast Open 2022 Results

10/3/2022

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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

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Holiday Program | Holidays (only Easter long weekend)

Easter Break

December (and before) 2021 Certificates

June 11 Competition reminder

Poomsae seminar series | Grading | Holiday Program | Competition save the date

South Coast Open 2022 Results

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