November 4, 2015
On October 6th of this year Oakridge Taekwon-Do began offering Women’s only classes.This is a small but dedicated group of women that trains three morning per week Mrs. Hadubiak and Oakridge Taekwon-Do in promoting the true teachings of the Founder, General Choi Hong Hi to the London Community.
October 17, 2015
On Saturday October 17th an ITF-TAO Technical Seminar was held for fifty Taekwon-Do practitioners in the Ottawa region. The seminar was hosted by Johnsons Taekwon-Do and conducted by TAO Technical Director Mr. Mike Morningstar. The training began with an intense warm-up followed by fundamental exercises, kicking drills and color belt and black belt patterns. Special thanks to Mr. Johnson and Mr. Hanna for your great work promoting the Original Taekwon-Do of General Choi Hong Hi in the Nations Capital.
October 12, 2015
On Saturday September 26th Morningstar Taekwon-Do held their annual Technical Seminar at Kings Christian Collegiate in Oakville. The seminar began with an intensive warm-up and moved right into basic movements, patterns, step sparring, model sparring and self-defence. The training was 4 hours in length, the first 2 hours for yellow belt and above and the last 2 hours for black belts only.
October 12, 2015
On Sunday September 6, 2015 ITF-TAO Vice President Mr. Pierson Adan Solis conducted a pattern seminar in the city of Leon, Nicaragua. Next up for Nicaragua is the visit by FGMR in February of 2016. Good work ITF-TAO Nicaragua!
October 5, 2015
It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden death of Kenneth Pennell who died tragically in a boating accident Monday evening. Kenneth is a former student and is the father of Lauren Pennell a current student of Cabot Taekwon-Do in Newfoundland. Kenneth will be greatly missed by all of the Cabot Taekwon-Do family. He is pictured with his wife Tammy and daughter Lauren at the 2015 Can-Am Championships.
August 11, 2015
On the 8th of August, an official signing ceremony took place to welcome new members to ITF-TAO Nicaragua. Under the guidance of ITF-TAO Vice-President Mr. Pierson Aidan Solis, ITF-TAO continues to grow. We are looking forward to the visit of First Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha to Managua, Nicaragua in February of 2016.
July 10, 2015
A successful promotion test for Croatia ITF TAO Taekwon-Do students from red belt to black belt was held this past weekend. The test was conducted by the ITF TAO – CROATIA President Mr. Tomislav Dakovic and assisted by ITF TAO – CROATIA Head Instructor Mr. Zlatko Slisko. Congratulations on your promotions and good work promoting Taekwon-Do in this part of Europe.
June 3, 2015
London, Ontario and Oakridge Taekwon-Do played host to the 2015CanAm Championships which brought competitors and spectators from across Canada and the USA for an exciting day of high caliber Taekwon-Do.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 began with both National anthems, a moment of silence to honour the Founder of Taekwon-Do, the playing of the “Ode to General Choi” and culminated with an inspirational message from FGMR. 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.
All said and done, it was a great event!
May 27, 2015
On Saturday, May 23, 2015 Mr. Rick Winsor, Umpire Director, ITF-TAO, conducted the second Tournament Officials’ Training (Umpire “A” and “B”) course, this one taking place at Cabot Taekwon-Do in Goulds, Newfoundland. The course consisted of introducing/reviewing the rules of competition, the responsibilities of all members of the ring council, the commands and signals required for sparring and the expectations of the coaches.
This particular seminar was designed to address the requirements related to local tournaments as opposed to international competitions and covered the regulations of both individual and team patterns and sparring.
Feedback from those attending the course was very positive and experienced students felt they benefited from the refresher, while less experienced individuals enjoyed participating and succeeding in this new challenge.
May 25, 2015
On Saturday May 23, Sabomnim Pierson Gutierrez, Sabomnim David Portas, BoosabomNim Marlon Hernandez, were invited to the Military Academy of the Army of Nicaragua, to exchange experiences.
An ITF-TAO branch will be set up there in the near future.
