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Achiever
of the Month Awards
For
May the Senior Award goes to John Schirmer for his Dedication.
Awards
2007
Two
awards where made for 2007.
The
first being a Dedication Award, Senior and this was given to Numo Dizdarevic.
According to my records Numo has never missed a class since he began and has
always be early and on time. This is quite rare, in fact I believe that he over
does it at times and to all take note on this as this can sometimes cause other
phobias and the like to enter the mind subconsciously, effecting performance at
events. But in all Numo a good effort, well done.
The
second was an Improvement Award, Junior and this was given to Joshua Zdybel and
I believe that from the start of the year, there is no doubt that he has
improved considerably for a 4/5 year old
Competitions
ITF
VIC Championships
Sunday,
9 March 2008
Along
with those from Victoria there was a strong representation from SA, along with
others from Tasmania, NSW, Qld as well as seven competitors from Singapore.
Marko
Djurovic who has been learning since December 2007 placed 2nd in the senior
yellow/green belt forms. Along with Jason Bloom who placed 3rd in the same
event.
Marko
was then watching the juniors perform their special techniques in the longest
flying sidekick when thinking out loud, he said to himself, “Can I do that? I
can do that”. Little moves where made and he was able to enter the senior
division of the same event at the last minute as a late entry. He then went
through to win the event taking out 1st place which included overcoming and
performing better than the more experienced senior black Belts. That’s a great
effort, combined with very positive thinking and the right attitude to win, “I
can do that”.
Next
came the black belt events, the senior and most experienced where the intensity
increases dramatically.
Phill
Zdybel entered into this event in the hypo-weight division (anyone over 80kg’s)
and although more experienced than the others at 42 years was differently not as
energetic or as agile. But, with reflection on the reason behind his loss at
last years Nationals (2007), his 3rd national defeat in a final and along with
his experience at world championship and international events was able to use
this knowledge to overcome his own doubts about his age, agility and fitness
level. Where he performed admirably and sensibly to take out the Victorian
Title. Which despite winning national and international events he is very
ecstatic about this as since his participation in Taekwon do has never won a
Victorian title and is now on back to backs after taking out the ACT title last
November 2006.
Power
breaking was next and Nick Lee along with Phill Zdybel entered this event, the
rules change a bit for this and was that the competitors pre nominated the
amount of boards they would attempt to break for each technique. Both performed
all the breaks successfully per breaking event, unfortunately they should have
both chosen more boards per break than there competitors.
ITF
QLD Championships
Will
be held on Sunday, 15 June 2008, in Rockhampton the weekend following the
Australian open.
10th
World Taekwondo Festival & Korea
Classic Open 2008 WTF/ITF
This
event is to be held in Korea at the Chung Cheong University, Cheongju City,
Chungcheongbuk-do Province and its vicinity. Which is about 110km from Seoul.
From July 1 - 6, 2008.
The
event is hosted by both world body’s of Taekwon-do WTF & ITF
I
will be attending this event and partaking in sparring, power, forms and weapon’s
demonstrations.
I
will be leaving on 28 June 2008 and return on 8 July 2008.
Lets
pray there is a vet’s division.
As
such it is fair to say that during this Time we there will b e no classes for
the first two weeks in July. Ythat is on July 1, 3, 8, & 10.
But
will be back on the July 15 and will text all then.$
ITF
Australian Championships
Will
be held on Sunday, 5 October 2008, in Brisbane. This event is vital for Canada
in 2010.
ITF
Invitational Championships
Will
be held on Sunday, 23 November 2008.
NAS
Geelong
Should
be two events this year, detail will follow.
I
will keep you posted on more events has they come to hand, But already with what
is listed is a pretty full schedule.
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Seminars
Their
are Master classes conduct on a monthly basis in Melton by Mr Michael Muleta,
refer to the ITF website for further info go to www.itftaekwodo.com
New
Members 2008
Welcome
to all the New Members whom have Joined us in Formfighting in 2008.
Marko
Djurovic, Tiesha Ita-Ulima, Jaimee Olsen, John Schirmer
Sorting
Activity days
These
have been successful in development of students and ability's and as social and
sporting outlets in 2007 as such they will continue in 2008.
On
Sunday’s when and deemed necessary, Rain hail or shine. They will involve
walks, runs, bike rides and the like. In the warmer weather hopefully a lot of
swimming will be incorporated.
In
my option both running and swimming are two very major elements that are
strongly part of the martial arts that are often overlooked
So
always bring your runners and the like. Has always locations will change, so
keep in tune for where it will be at.
If
you don’t want to run at these events then you can walk it.
For
all sporting activity days I will keep you posted by text messages. As the sport
and locations change due to the arrangements for these events being made at
training during the week on a weekly basis.
It
was good to see more turning out at these events and quite often we will have
tea lunch together afterwards. At our last dinner we had sixteen people attend.
Remember
that this is for everyone parents and the like. All members are encourage to
attend and bring their friends and family along as well to participate.
Locations
will be family orientated, so as such there will be always some where for the
children to play
This
is a good chance for all senior belts to catch up on things other than general
training, such as form work and creates a social aspect for all who are involved
in Formfighting.
Thus
giving the association a sporting and social outlook.
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