July 11, 2016
ITF-TAO would like to welcome Mr. Raju Gadtaula and the students of Himalayan Taekwon-Do in Edmonton, Canada as our latest member. Mr. Gadtuala is from Nepal and moved to Canada several years back. He is a certified 4th Dan Black Belt and will be operating his Dojang in the Ethiopian community center in Edmonton.
July 7, 2016
On Sunday July 3rd ITF-TAO Nicaragua was Invited to participated in the 2nd annual Yon Gae School Taekwon-Do Championships in the town of Ticuantepe. ITF-TAO Nicaragua participated with 35 competitors from Lyon Force School under the guidance of Boosabumnim Marlon Hernadez, Do Academy under Guidance Sabomnim Pierson Gutierrez, and Mercede’s School under guidance Sabomnim Walmer Hernandez.
ITF-TAO Nicaragua won first place, winning 8 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze Medals.
June 30, 2016
On Saturday June 25th the City of Ottawa, Canada played host to the 2016 CanAm Championships.The tournament was hosted by Johnson’s Taekwon-Do and brought competitors and spectators from across Canada and the USA to the Capital of Canada for an exciting day of competition. Once again our special guest of honour was First Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha from Glasgow. The cheers from the crowd were most notable whenever there was a final match between the USA and Canada, each country encouraging their country’s competitor.
The tournament started with an opening ceremony that was culminated with some inspirational words from FGMR as well and Mr. Johnson. The tournament was highlighted by a fiercely competitive Black Belt division, many of whom had international experience competing in the previous years ITF World Championships.
Congratulations to all those involved.
June 6, 2016
The 11th Taekwon-Do Sparring Championships were held on June 5th in Gifu-City, Japan. The Gifu Memorial Center was the venue for this very exciting competition with a high level of technical ability displayed by all.
Congratulation to ITF-TAO Japan.
June 5, 2016
On Saturday June 4th, Morningstar Taekwon-Do held their annual Technical Seminar at Kings Christian Collegiate in Oakville.
There were 115 Instructors and students from Oakville, London, Trenton and Borden in attendance. The seminar began with an intensive warm-up and moved right into basic movements, patterns, step sparring, model sparring, self defence and free sparring.
The training was 5 hours in length, the first 3 hours for yellow belt and above and the last 2 hours for black belts only.
May 30, 2016
On Sunday May 1st, ITF-TAO Japan played host to the 6th Syutoken Taekwon-Do Championships in Tokyo Hachioji-City, Japan.
The annual event was very successful due to the support of local Instructors and Dojangs.
Congratulations on a job well done!
May 24, 2016
ITF-TAO would like to welcome Mrs. Sheena-Lee Carter and the students of Trenton Tigers Taekwon-Do at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario as our latest member.
Mrs. Carter is an ITF certified 4th Dan Black Belt with years of experience. We look forward to working with Mrs. Carter to keep the Original Taekwon-Do of the Founder alive in it’s purist form.
Welcome to the ITF-TAO family.
For more information, http://www.facebook.com/groups/trentonitftkd
May 16, 2016
On Saturday, May 14th, ITF-TAO Technical Director Mr. Mike Morningstar conducted a 5 hour technical seminar in London, Ontario.
The event was hosted by Mrs. Cathy Hadubiak, head instructor of Oakridge Taekwon-Do and was attended by students from Morningstar TKD and Oakridge TKD. Sixty participants from yellow belt to 4th degree black belt were put to the test with a very challenging warm up. Mr. Morningstar covered fundamental movements, kicking drills, patterns, step sparring and self-defence.
The last two hours of the day was devoted to the black belts.
May 9, 2016
On Saturday, May 7th, Oakridge Taekwon-Do promoted four students to 1st 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.
The four 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, 2 & 1-step 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.
April 11, 2016
On Saturday April 10, ITF-TAO Japan hosted the 11th Hyogo Taekwon-Do Championships at the Oji Sports Center in Hyogo Prefecture Kobe, Japan. One hundred junior white belt to black belt competed in both patterns and sparring.
Congratulations to ITF-TAO Japan for hosting a successful event in the True Spirit of Original Taekwon-Do.
