January 9, 2013

Over 20 competitors from Morningstar TKD and Oakridge TKD recently attended the Pro Martial Arts Friendship tournament hosted by Mr. Sal Dacosta.  Competitors from accross Ontario from ITF-TAO, ITFNK, ITF Canada and ICTF competed in patterns and sparring.  After the dust settled ITF-TAO members came away with a good number of trophies in all divisions.  A special congratulations to 2nd Dan Rajinder Singh of Morningstar Taekwon-Do and 1st Dan Emily Hadubiak of Oakridge Taekwon-Do who came away with gold in both the patterns and sparring, adult male and Jr. female division as well as the sparring Grand Championship and 2nd Dan Jackson Richardson from Morningstar Taekwon-Do who took gold in the Jr. boys middle weight sparring division.  Congratulations to everyone for representing ITF-TAO extremely well!

January 9, 2013

Our 2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Friday January 25th, during the Annual Technical Conference weekend.  The AGM will take place in the Oak Room in the Holiday Inn Oakville Center and will begin at 7:00pm.  All registered ITF-TAO registered Dojangs Instructors must be present.

November 20, 2012

On Saturday November 17, 2012  Ott’s TaeKwon-Do and the Hwa-Rang Warriors School conducted a Black Belt grading for three students. The grading was Conducted by Mr. Francis Ott and Mr. Sean H. Sutton who are both V Dan ITF-TAO. The Test was a tough four and half hours which included, a physical test, demonstration of all Gup and Dan patterns plus explanation of each technique. Each candidate also demonstrated step- sparring, self – defense, one on one sparring , two on one sparring and the correct way to takedown and face a multitude of attackers. The test was finally finished when the candidates performed all there breaks, which was a combined 55 pieces of wood.  Over fifty parents and fellow students attended a banquet in their honor.  They also received their new Black Belts, Do-Bok’s and a Tanto Sword.  The sword is symbol of their courage, leadership, sharpness, and strength.  We would like to congratulate Mr. Jerry Inga on receiving his 2^nd Dan. Congratulations also to Mr. Sig Mandell-Zayon and Mr. Joshua Infante on receiving their 1^st Dan Black Belt.  We hope that they will keep training and keep their passion for TaeKwon-Do alive.

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November 21, 2012

On Saturday, November 17, 2012, Cabot Taekwon-Do was pleased to host its 11^th Annual Technical Seminar with Mr. Morningstar.  The morning session, which started at 9:30 and ran until 12:30, was for students of all ranks aged 12 years and under.  Students had already been lined up for several minutes before Mr. Morningstar’s arrival, anxious to get started.  The afternoon session, which began at 1:30 and ended at 5:00, was for students of all ranks aged 13 and over.  Both sessions started with an intense Morningstar-style warm-up.  Next, students worked on various kicking and punching drills, warming up the body to do fundamental movements, followed by patterns.  The seminar also included self-defence, step sparring and sparring.  As the afternoon session was for adults, more advanced kicking drills were included.  Students were left wondering if their legs were going to come off.  Cabot Taekwon-Do is very grateful to Mr. Morningstar for taking the time to travel to Newfoundland to conduct these technical seminars.  We are already looking forward to next year!

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November 10, 2012

Mr. Pierson Solis and the students of ITF-TAO Nicaragua had a suprise visit from 6th Dan Mr. Sergio Plaja from Millennium Taekwon-Do in Orangeville.  Mr. Plaja was in Nicaragua visiting family and had mentioned that he would like to stop in and train with our members there.  Mr. Plaja is the host of the Millennium Cup tournament that ITF-TAO members have been supporting for the past few years.  We look forward to working together with Mr. Plaja in the near future as a member of ITF-TAO.

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November 8, 2012

On September 22-23, Master Andrew K.H. Rhee welcomed Black Belt Students to the ITFA mid-September training.  The event was held at the same venue as the FGMR IIC earlier in the year, and hosted students from Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney, with 10 clubs and Master Rhee’s clubs represented.

On the Saturday evening, seminar participants gathered for a Black Belt Dinner to network, catch up and forge new friendships.  It was nice to see everyone looking so smart, and to share some down time together.    The ITFA would like to thank Master Rhee for taking the time to pass on his knowledge from the Founder and FGMR.

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