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ITF-TAO Pakistan hosts 3rd Junior Championships

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014

April 21, 2014

From March 29th to April 2nd, 2014 we are glad to inform you that the ITF-TAO Pakistan organized 3rd All Pakistan Junior Championships Taekwon-Do. It was a great event in which students from all over the Pakistan participated. Special guests included the 3 Ambassadors of different countries and Pakistan Sports Minister as well as many Members of Parliament and Officials. They expressed their appreciation for Original Taekwon-Do and the promotion of ITF-TAO in Pakistan.

In total there were 587 Junior Competitors who participated in the Championships. The great work of the official umpires and ITF-TAO members and their collaboration during all 5 days of competition was thanked by the President of the all Pakistan Taekwon-Do Federation ITF-TAO Pakistan President Mr. RANA SADAQAT ALI, Mian Maqsod Ahmad and Abuzer Ghaffari, It was a great successful event and all of the winners were awarded Cash Prizes, Medals, certificates and Belts with all umpires at the end of this championship. A great thank you goes to all those who made this championship remarkable.

2014-04-02 - Pakistan Junior Championships

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ITF-TAO Croatia Hosts 1st National Championship

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

April 16, 2014

ITF-TAO Croatia held their first National Championships and it was a huge success. The intense event hosted 140 competitors competing in patterns and sparring. Participated competitors from the Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia. Special thank you to Master Zlatko Sliško, Mr.Josip Petrovic, Croatian TaeKwon-Do Union for their support. Great work ITF-TAO Croatia!

2014-04-12 - Croatia 1st National Championship

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ITF-TAO Nicaragua Black Belt Training

Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

April 9, 2014

Since January all members of ITF-TAO Nicaragua have been training hard in preparations for the 3rd Annual Technical Conference being held in Managua, Nicaragua on the weekend of May 17th-18th. The Technical Conference will be conducted by TAO Technical Director Sabum-Nim Mike Morningstar.

2014 04 05 - Nicaragua Black Belt Pre-Training

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ITF-TAO United States Black Belt Training

Saturday, April 5th, 2014

April 1, 2014

On Saturday March 22 ITF-USA hosted a black belt class with attendees from ITF-TAO and the ATFI. The class was held at Ott's Taekwon-Do and was taught by Mr. Ott. Over 40 participants trained for three hours going over kicking drills and patterns. Patterns were covered extensively taking time to explain the purpose and method of each movement clearly. While black belt patterns were covered Mr. Sutton made sure all the color belts were strong in their patterns before they left that day in order to get ready for their upcoming test. It was a great day of training on the birthday of the ITF. Everyone is looking forward to the next black belt class which will be held at Mr. Sutton's school and will cover sparring drills to prepare competitors for the the upcoming Can-Am Championships to be held in Oakville in May.

2014-03-22 - ITF-TAO United States Black Belt Training

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Umpire Course Conducted in Newfoundland

Sunday, March 23rd, 2014

March 23, 2014

Cabot Taekwon-Do conducted an all day umpire training course for students interested in participating as officials in competitions. As this is a also a requirement for Black Belts competing in the upcoming CanAms in Oakville it was an opportune time to get our students ready for this challenge. The morning consisted of learning the correct signals to perform the duties of a center referee for sparring. Students were asked to work in groups and practice stopping the match to give warnings and fouls as appropriate. Then different aspects of a typical match were added in from first meeting your competitors through to bowing them out after a winner was declared. This was practiced as a group and then individually until the break. In the afternoon volunteer students arrived to spar and perform patterns for the course participants to officiate over. This continued for several hours and upon completion the participants were called on individually to perform a specific ruling.

2014-03-23 - Umpire Course at Cabot TKD

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ITF-TAO Argentina Technical Seminar

Sunday, March 23rd, 2014

March 23, 2014

Today we made a day of Equalization Technique. The first, and we have agreed that we have an excellent group of high level and with a promising future. I want to formally thank each of the students, that despite the date, time and distance, were present, and worked for 3 hours with great dedication. Furthermore, and in particular, to thank the union for providing us aysa facilities, Professor and Coach Carlos Ruben Gomez tulle, colleagues Ruben Mauricio Gomez, Matias Nahuel Gomez. And the senior instructors Chaviel David Alejandro, Juan Ibarra, Javier Ledesma Tkd Gago and Taekwon Do. Thank you very much to all!

2014-03-23 - ITF-TAO - Argentina Technical Seminar

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ITF-TAO Canada Black Belt training

Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

March 22, 2014

ITF-TAO Canada held a its monthly black belt training this past weekend in Oakville. Forty black belts from across Ontario took part in the training to celebrate the birthday of the ITF (March 22) as well as the birthday of FGMR. Prior to the training the students lined up and facetime was used to contact FGMR and wish him a happy birthday.

Black Belt Testing

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ITF-TAO fairs well Martial Arts Championships

Saturday, February 22nd, 2014

February 22, 2014

Emily Hadubiak of Oakridge Taekwon-Do and Griffin Yacynuk of Morningstar Taekwon-Do took double gold in Jr. girls and boys 2nd dan pattern and sparring divisions at the recent CET Pro Martial Arts Championships. It was a great showing for ITF-TAO as we had 16 competitiors and came home with over 22 awards. Congratulations to everyone who participated.

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ITF-TAO Welcomes Venezuela as latest member

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

February 11, 2014

ITF-TAO would like to welcome Venezuela as our newest member. Congratulations to ITF-TAO South America and Master Dagata on your hard work keeping the Taekwon-Do of the Founder General Choi Hong Hi in South America Traditional, Authentic and Original!

ITF-TAO - Venezuela Crest

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New Black Belts in London

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

February 8, 2014

On Saturday, February 8, Oakridge Taekwon-Do promoted 5 students to 1st degree black belt and 1 student to 2nd degree black belt. The test was conducted by ITF-TAO Technical Director Mr. Mike Morningstar and assisted by Oakridge Taekwon-Do Head Instructor Mrs. Cathy Hadubiak. This was the first ever black belt promotion test at Oakridge TKD. The 4 hour examination began with a physical test of 5 minutes of skipping, 30 push-ups, 30 sit-ups and 10 berpies. The actual test was divided into 5 categories: patterns and fundamental movements, self-defense, sparring (which included 3 & 1-step sparring & model sparring), breaking and theory (a written test was completed by all candidates prior to this date). Congratulations on your promotions and good work promoting Taekwon-Do in the City of London.

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