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General News

We hope that everyone has had a great start to the year.  Many of you have heard about the earthquake in Haiti and about the plight of the people who were caught in the devastation.  Unfortunately the world of Taekwon-Do has not escaped this disaster. Grand Master Tran who is the President of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) was visiting Haiti at the time of the earthquake and we have not heard any word from him since the event.  We will keep you informed of any news, in the meantime we hope and pray for him and his family.

Patterns Competition

Our Patterns Competition is scheduled for Sunday February the 7th, at the Mightyfist Taekwon-Do studio.  A full mornings schedule will be posted at the school on the day.  All competitors should arrive at the school no later than 9:30 a.m., and all Black Belt judges should arrive no later than 9:00 a.m.

We aim to start as soon as possible in order to be finished by 1 p.m. Please do not bring your sparring gear or bags as space at the school will be limited. Sign up forms are still available at the school.

Survey Forms

In an effort to provide a better level of tuition at the school we will be handing out survey forms in February. Please ensure that you fill these out and submit them back to the school as soon as possible.

New ITF Testing requirements

The ITF in it's efforts to continually grow and improve the standard of Taekwon-Do has modified the training requirements for the promotion of high level Black Belts. Starting January 1st, 2010 the time requirements have increased: previously the student trained for the number of years of his or her current rank. i.e. a second degree would train for 2 years until promotion, now the requirement is the number of years for the rank that the students is testing to. i.e. a second degree testing to third degree would now train for 3 years, and so on.

Quote of the month

"Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class." General Choi Hong Hi

General Choi was a very talented and wise man, and his quote above is very true.  At the school we try to mix up the 'pain' and the 'fun' in order to develop a good teaching environment that encourages the students, but also produces results at a very high standard.

International Instructor Course - Denver CO

There will be an international instructor course held in Denver Colorado on April 9-11th.  This is a 3 day course and is open to all students red belt and above. For details please visit the ITF website:

http://www.tkd-itf.org/pub_web/ver_eng/calendar.html

 

New Testing Procedure

As many of you know we have been trying out a new testing procedure involving informing students of eligibility earlier and testing theory and push-ups in advance of the test.  This has been a great success with a much higher test pass rate. We would like to formalize the procedure as follows:

1.       A student who has attended the required number of classes will be told of their eligibility to test at least 4 weeks in advance of the test date.

2.       The student must then demonstrate in class that they have learned all of their theory 'word for word' and can properly perform the required number of push-ups.

3.       A TEST FORM WILL THEN BE GIVEN TO THE STUDENT FOR RETURN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE .

4.       The student must still be attending class regularly to be further assessed in advance of the test.

If it looks like more work is still required in order to pass the student will be recommended for a later test instead, with additional training focus given in class.

 

ITF Affiliation

We would like to mention that Mightyfist Taekwon-Do and Morris Martial Arts, Inc. are not associated with any North Korean Organizations.  We have been made aware that other TKD schools in the area have been describing our school as the North Korean Taekwon-Do School.

General Choi Hong Hi, the founder of Taekwon-Do was born in 1918 in Myong Chung a district which now resides in North Korea. General Choi served in the South Korean Army where he developed Taekwon-Do, he also formally named it Taekwon-Do on 11th April 1955. and one of his dreams when he was alive was that all of Korean would be united peacefully. 

The ITF was formed in 1966 in Seoul South Korean, but after a falling out with the South Korean governnment General Choi moved the ITF headquarters to Vienna, Austria, the headquarters has since moved to Rome, Italy. The ITF is a democratic organization comprised of Taekwon-Do Students and Member Organizations which represent Continents, Countries and Schools.

The WTF (World Taekwon-Do Federation) was formed in 1973 by the South Korean Government after General Choi left to live in Canada and has it's own qualities. 

The WTF style is heavily focused on competition aspects of sparring and has often been described as "Sport Taekwon-Do".  The ITF style is more Traditional with longer stances and emphasis on Technique and Power and is described as "Martial Taekwon-Do".

For further information please visit the ITF website at www.itf-tkd.org or for independent reading at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwon-do and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Hong_Hi

 

New Black Belt Promotions 

Please join us in congratulating the following students on their recent Black Belt promotion:

Promoted to 3rd Degree: Miss. Victoria Brovont, Miss. Vivian Le

Promoted to 2nd Degree: Mr. Lenny Litvinyuk , Mr. Ryan Lam , Miss. Irina Litvinyuk

Promoted to 1st Degree: Mr. Benjamin Chung, Miss. Ruri Kobayakawa

Change of addresses

Please ensure that we have you up to date contact information i.e. telephone and correct address.