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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.
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
For the team (10 players. 9 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze) Emma 🥇🥇 poomsae and sparring Yena 🥈 poomsae 🥇 sparring Isaac 🥇 poomsae 🥉 sparring Hannah 🥇 poomsae (❤️ @weiwutaekwondo ) Henry 🥉 sparring Harry 🥇 poomsae Peixi 🥉 poomsae Jasmine 🥈 sparring David 🥇 poomsae ZiChuan 🥇🥇 gold 🥈 silver poomsae Plus Arifin as referee For myself, Saturday was a grueling 15 hours referring but it was an absolutely unexpected privilege to be chosen to referee on Fight Night. My first Nationals as a referee and it was an honour to be with such an amazingly professional and supportive group. Sunday allowed me to do some coaching and competing (before going back and helping referee the last 5 matches). Individuals was tough vs Master Choi (Australia's 2022 World Championship representative). In pairs and teams I really want to say a huge thankyou to my Teams team mates @dale_bryce from @eclipse_taekwondo, Master Woo from @jinmookma and my pairs team mate @chllo2 from @musataekwondo . All three of them push me to lift my game and I really appreciate it. So pleased with our 6.99 pyongwon in Teams and our #1 placing in pairs. It was really encouraging to see accuracy scores boarding around 3. Huge thanks to @vanphu_tricking for his leadership and coaching of the team and to @yutong.li0530 for holding the fort at Zido Hub in Chatswood 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 Hi everyone, A few announcements to keep everyone up to date for March and beyond. 1. Change to NSG/NSB Tuesday classes (no change to Monday) The timing of NSG’s gym renovation is still a bit of a mystery but as of this week (12 March) Tuesday classes will be separated into the following:
- Meet Melissa and Sarah (Year 11) at at 3.20pm. Change into tkd pants. Meet at the car park outside the office where the school buses line up at 3.20pm. - White belts who are keen to train harder are welcome at the Advanced class 2. Apologies for delay with NSG/NSB gear I am conscious arm/shin guards are still on back order + uniforms for a couple of the girls are still pending. This year's year 7s are taller than previous years + a box of my shin guards has gone missing. 3. Grading Below are this year’s grading dates. We will send out the registration link approx 1 week before grading, students will be able to choose a grading time/day. Gradings cost $55 (Except for Dan gradings) Please check the grading criteria: http://www.chungdotkd.com.au/grading.html  4. Competition Here’s the competition schedule for 2019, reminder to our students approaching blue belt and above that competition experience (either sparring or poomsae) is a requirement to be eligible to grade for some belt levels. 
New rules for sparring competitions in 2017.
In response to criticism of the "foot fencing" style dominating recent competitions, the rules have changed again. As with the introduction of electronic scoring there can be unintended consequences of rule changes but we'really excited to see how things play out! http://www.worldtaekwondofederation.net/taekwondo-competition-rules-altered-to-make-sport-dazzle-and-excite-changes-adopted-at-wtf-general-assembly-in-canada/ |
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