November 30, 2015
The 2nd Annual ITF-TAO Millennium Cup was held on Saturday November 28th at the Cassie Campbell Community Center in Brampton, Ontario.
Tournament host Mr. Sergio Plaja and the organising committee from Millennium Taekwon-Do did a fantastic job moving 200+ competitors through patterns and sparring in just over 5 hrs.
Congratulations Mr. Plaja and Millennium Taekwon-Do.
November 30, 2015
On Saturday November 28th ITF-TAO Nicaragua held their National Championships. Eight schools of the city of Leon and another in the municipality of Ticuantepe attended with a total of 95 participants.
ITF-TAO Nicaragua congratulates competitor David Guadamuz, for his outstanding performance, Mr. Guadamuz, despite having lost his arm showed that perseverance and indomitable spirit prevails.
November 23, 2015
ITF-TAO would like to welcome Mr. Chuck McCarthy (standing left) and the students of McCarthy’s Taekwon-Do in Manuels CBS, Newfoundland as our latest member.
Mr. McCarthy is a ITF certified 4th Dan black belt and will come under the direction of ITF-TAO Umpire Director Mr. Rick Winsor, Vth Dan of Cabot Taekwon-Do in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Congratulations to Mr. McCarthy and welcome to the ITF-TAO family.
Thank you Mr. Winsor for your hard work and dedication spreading the original Taekwon-Do of the founder General Choi Hong Hi in Newfoundland.
November 23, 2015
On the weekend of November 20-22, sixty one students from white belt through 5th Dan black belt attended the 14th annual Technical Seminar in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Mr. Rick Winsor and the students from Cabot TKD, Mr. Jeff Butt and the students of Terra Nova TKD and our newest member, McCarthy’s TKD and the students from McCarthy’s TKD were in attendance.
Friday evening was the black belt portion of the seminar which covered Kwang-Gae tul – Moon-Moo tul as well as 3, 2 and 1-step sparring over a 3-hour period. Saturday began at 1pm with a good warm-up, basica movements, kicking drills and patterns from Chon-Ji to Choong-Moo.
Congratulations to Mr. Winsor and the students of Cabot TKD for hosting another successful event.
November 9, 2015
On Saturday, November 7th, ITF-TAO Technical Director Mr. Mike Morningstar conducted a 4 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-defense. The last two hours of the day was devoted to black belt patterns. This was the 9th annual training workshop hosted in London.
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.
