October 25, 2008
On Saturday October 25th, 48 students from Morningstar Taekwon-Do Oakville were promoted to higher ranks. Students of all ages and from yellow stripe to red belt were put to the test. The test was conducted by head instructor Mr. Mike Morningstar assisted by 2nd dan Mr. Scott Seguin.
October 23, 2008
On Thursday October 23rd, fifteen Oakridge Taekwon-Do students were successful in their attempt for new ranks. The promotion test was conducted by TAO Technical Director Mike Morningstar and assisted by 2nd Dan’s Mrs. Cathy Hadubiak and Mr. Dave Hadubiak. Congratulations on your promotions and good work in promoting Taekwon-Do in the City of London.
October 18, 2008
Students from Blackburn Taekwon-Do, Johnsons Taekwon-Do and Morningstar attended the Battle for the Bell Tournament this past weekend in Philadelphia. This competition was hosted by Mr. Fran Ott and Mr. Sean Sutton and brought compettitors from accross the USA and Canada. Congatulations to those who attended.
Clement Goh – Silver, Mens 2nd Dan Patterns
Elliot Marshal – Bronze, Boys Sparring
Angie Routier – Bronze, Junior Girls Patterns, Silver in Sparring
Mitri Hanna – Silver, Mens Heavyweight Sparring, Bronze, Mens 2nd Dan Patterns
Steve Legrow – Gold, Mens 4th Dan Patterns Gold Mens Heavyweight Sparring
Nadine Hanna - Bronze, Womens Sparring, Silver in Patterns
Thao Nguyen – Gold Womens Yellow Belt Patterns Bronze Sparring
September 27, 2008
TAO Technical Director Mr. Mike Morningstar recently conducted a 6-hour technical seminar for the Ottawa area Instructors and students. The event was hosted by Mr. Steve Legrow, head instructor of Blackburn Taekwon-Do. Participants from Blackburn Taekwon-Do, Johnsons Taekwon-Do, Triggers Taekwon-Do and Freedom Taekwon-Do attended.
The seminar covered stretching, conditioning, basic and advanced kicking drills, patterns and finished with self-defence. For the last 1 1/2 hours all black belts in attendence were taken through Kwang-Gae up to Moon-Moo.
