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

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:

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