ISSUE 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 VOLUME 13

A word from the

CHIEF INSTRUCTOR

Breaking striving for perfection

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upcoming events

18th October Black Belt Camp

@ Currimundi

9th November Tournament Rnd 3 @ Bracken Ridge

23rd November All Rank Training @ Bracken Ridge

7th December Grading

@ Kallangur

al. It was a fantastic turnout with

over 50 members making the most

of the day. I thank each of you that

attended as it’s you, the members,

that make the days successful. I

look forward to seeing the results of

that extra training at this grading.

It’s always fantastic to see familiar

faces show up – and we do take

note of the regulars! Good luck to

everyone doing the grading. Re-

member to relax while out on the

floor and just show us the best ver-

sion of you and your training that

you can right now.

I’m repeating myself from previ-

ous newsletter articles (and general-

ly) but: if you train hard leading into

a grading, then the grading process

is simply not as hard as it could be

otherwise. I won’t say gradings are

Winter is well and truly over and

the heat of summer is already here

in the first week of Spring. Time for

more outdoor training! We held an

all rank session at Scarborough

Beach on Saturday last week and

could not have asked for a nicer

morning. With thoughts of the grad-

ing approaching, we broke into rank

groups and focused on the fine-

tuning necessary for each individu-

ever “easy” but being well prepared

has rewards. It’s a chance to experi-

ence training under a different in-

structor, working alongside students

from a different class, sharing the

energy of being in a big group with

everyone focused on the same point

of training. All these things benefit

you as an individual and collective-

ly the club standard improves. Plus

its great fun training outside on a

Saturday morning, makes me feel

alive.

Back on the 27th of July we held

the second round of the IMT Tour-

nament series at the Murrumba

Downs venue. Thank you to all who

attended, from the students that

competed, the family members

cheering on, the mums helping in

the kitchen serving food, the dads

By Peter Cameron

6th Degree Black Belt

Chief Instructor

Founder of IMT in Australia

mastering the art .. 2

kallangur news ...... 3

gladstone grapevine 3

redcliffe review .... 4

ormeau report ....... 4

tournament rnd 2 .. 5

banyo breakers ...... 5

deception bay buzz . 6

Murrumba maniacs . 6

outside on the BBQ, the black belts

scoring, the high grades cleaning

the helmets, and of course all our

instructors running the show. These

tournaments are professionally run

with everyone’s involvement and I

couldn’t be prouder of the way eve-

ryone pulls together to make these

days so successful. Well done also

to the students competing–for show-

ing such good spirit in competition

and also grace. Only a few will win

places in each division of course,

and to see the look of satisfaction on

people’s faces even if they did not

win knowing they trained hard and

tried their best is as good as win-

ning. See the full results inside this

newsletter, and well done Murrum-

ba Downs!

Coming up in October we have the

Black Belt Camp at Currimundi on

the Sunshine Coast. This yearly

event is open to all Black Belts, and

senior grades preparing for black

belt. It is a chance for the black

belts to push themselves against

others of the same level. Those pre-

paring for their next Dan promotion

get to plan and rehearse with having

to worry about teaching a class. We

also have a gentle little tradition of

sparring for one full hour–and we

then get to socialise afterwards and

compare bruises. Training camps

are one of my favourite events with

each year being different to the last.

Plus–we have so many new fresh

black belts to spar with. If you’re

eligible then make sure you attend.

Ipswich has had a couple of new

members join recently, and with a

new big sign about to go up out the

front of the hall, (thanks Jason) we

are hoping to attract a few more.

Unfortunately I am carrying an inju-

ry at the moment that is slowing

down my movements. So a couple

of weeks recovery will be required

then I hope to be sparring again.

Thanks to all my students for your

understanding and support.

We still have a few months left in

the year, but there’s no slowing

down yet! Make the most of the ses-

sions and events that still remain.

Train hard, kick high and keep striv-

ing for perfection.

A word from the CHIEF INSTRUCTOR

notice a significant improvement in you con-trol, muscles, speed and power. If you do this you will also find all your other kicks improve as so many kicks are based off the side kick knee load position. These include back kick, hook kicks and the many variations of these including spinning and jumping through the air like the impressive 540o jump spin hock kick you see the black belts performing

extends his kick, his knee pushes forward in a straight line towards the boards staying the same height above the ground throughout the duration of the kick. It is like he is stomping on the boards. The knee is then pulled back to the same load position before putting the leg down. This allows you to throw a double or triple kick which is a great way to beat your opponents guard. Remember to focus on your knee position when practicing and you will

By Joseph Sandona

3rd Degree Black Belt

Mastering the art

Have you ever wondered how black belts get their side kicks so fast and powerful? It all comes down to their technique. With great technique comes great responsibility. (HINT: Technique = POWER!!) One important aspect of having good technique for any kick and in particular side kick is your knee position when you load the technique.

Notice how Brett pulls his knee up high and across his body to load the kick. His leg is parallel to the floor which ensures the kick travels straight and does not swing upwards. His foot is also pulled back so his heel leads the kick and he is focused on his target. As he

Kallangur By Kris Ashton

4th Degree Black Belt news

fully work schedules line up. A big thankyou to the Murrumba Downs club for your generous donation from your hard work at the last tournament. We are planning on getting some training gear better sized for the kids. I’m hoping to get to your class on the Thursday of the first week of the school holidays to per-sonally thank you.

coming Black Belt camp, we have nor-mally had it by this time of year so it will be a little warmer in the mornings. I will be good to get down and see every-one again. We may have a Gladstone contingent at the next round of the tournament, we have had some new students join who are interested in the tournament and are willing to make the journey down. Hope-

By Daniel Jays

3rd Degree Black Belt

Gladstone grapevine

Hi from Gladstone! The year is marching on and we are at the September Grading already! Good luck to everyone Grading this time. Per-sonally I am looking forward to the up-

Good luck to all students sitting for promo-tion on Saturday. I look forward to seeing you all there. Train Hard

give his all in this huge milestone. I have been working closely with Craigs fitness and his sparring to ensure he performs at his best...and believe me he's becoming a handful when trying to spar his giant stat-ure. We are far from prepared at this stage however his progress and his focus on this has been very impressive to say the least. All the best mate in the weeks ahead and of course on the big day ! If any higher ranks would like to join us for extra training 730-830 Wednesday nights you're more then welcome. I would strongly recommend these sessions for those looking at black belt or any future dan promotions

Hey gang it seems it's that time again... It's been a different last 3 months since our last newsletter with very little training on my behalf due to a herniated disc in my lower back, oh the joys of getting older None the less the show must go on so work-ing on my love for instructing has been more my focus. We have been as always training very hard at Kallangur with the "Main" focus being on Craig who will be sitting for his 2nd dan in December For those of you that know Craig will I'm sure agree that he will be fully prepared to

Don’t forget we have a Christmas Party planned on December 21st! It has been in the

calendar all year, and as the silly season

BOOK IT IN!!!! approaches fast, ensure you find the time to join us for

some end of year festivities. More details will follow

soon.

By Jason Parker

5th Degree Black Belt

Happy September everyone!

For the last 3 month (which have flown by)

the Redcliffe class has been busy preparing

for the upcoming grading, as well as pre-

paring for the 2nd round of the tournament

back in July, as well as indulging me with a

lot of classes in preparation for the grading

curriculum changes for next year. (you

don’t always know about that last one, but

sometimes you do).

I would first like to mention how proud I

am of you all on your efforts in the last

tournament. We only had 4 students com-

pete, but all 4 placed in both sparring and

taking advantage of the plethora of experi-

ence in the organization, often (but not al-

ways) close by.

Before I sign off, I hope to see a big turn-

out for the upcoming Black Belt camp in

October. With the curriculum changes

coming into effect next year, this camp will

be an important one for you to attend, to

make sure you are at the forefront of this

exciting progression within IMT. It is also

a great time to really push yourself to the

next level, and really discover some new

skills as well as refining your old skills.

I hope to see you there.

Keep training hard everyone.

patterns! Well done Summer, Tallis, Jacob

and Alex! You all competed extremely

well. I hope you have inspired the rest of

the Redcliffe class to turn out in force for

the last round in November.

Preparations have been strong for the up-

coming grading. Everyone has been work-

ing hard in class. I want to give a quick

shout out to Kris and Brett, who both cov-

ered my class while I was away overseas

last month. Thanks guys, It’s much appre-

ciated. I’d also like to thank Matthew and

Jayda, who have been doing some extra

training with me and helping to inspire the

class. It is great to have 2 dedicated and

talented guests take part in class.

Cross training at different clubs is always

welcomed. There has been a lot more of it

recently then ever before, with students

Redcliffe review

Ormeau By Troy Johnson

2nd Degree Black Belt report always good to have something new to learn and something to strive for. Mar-tial arts is an ever evolving journey and does not end once you have that black belt tied around your waste.

To wrap this up, we have finally hit spring, which means the weather is go-ing to start warming up. Remember to keep your fluids up! I cannot stress the importance of remaining hydrated. Es-pecially today during your grading. Once again, good luck all for today and keep those hands up.

becoming and watching their progress into great martial artists.

Good luck to those grading today, you have all worked incredibly hard for the opportunity to be on the floor today.

Personally I am looking forward to a great weekend at the upcoming black belt camp. I am looking forward to the opportunity to review my new pattern and also refine my old ones. This sort of opportunity to be a student again is one of the great things about my train-ing and those I get to train with. It is

Welcome to another article from the Ormeau crew. We will keep this short and sweet as not too much has hap-pened since our last update.

We are looking forward to moving into our new venue in October and getting our training back on track. We have not had any new students, that being said we have not lost any either. We are proud of the people our students are

By Tony Robinson

3rd Degree Black Belt

We have had quite an influx of new stu-dents since the last newsletter. I’d like to welcome Samrat, Simrika, Brandon, Max, Toby, Craig, James, Austin, Rusith, Binam, Bishwam, Shreeshau, Arlay, Jack, Lily Ma-rie, Addison and Alex to the IMT family. With only few of these guys and just a cou-ple of coloured belts ready for the Septem-ber grading, December looks like being a

massive one for the Banyo club. Good luck to those grading today.

Happy spring to everyone from the team at Banyo. Thankfully the miserable cold has finally left us. I hope everyone is well and over the dreaded flu bugs. With the warmer weather and longer days upon us, it is an ideal time to get some extra training in on the off class nights and also perfect for lots of stretching.

Banyo breakers

Tournament Round 2

Just over a month after the mid year grading, we held our 2nd round of our tournament series at Murrumba Downs. With a good competitive edge over the rest of the clubs, Murrumba now had a good home ground advantage to extend their lead over Banyo and Kallangur who were nipping at their heals after round 1.

Before we get into some of the results, we would once again like to extend our deepest thanks to everyone who volunteered their time to help make the day so successful. This includes the many parents and family members who helped in the canteen, those who donated towards the raffle and of course the Black Belts who were scoring, judging and refereeing all day. Your support makes the day what it is, so thank you. We would also like to mention that the host club Murrumba will be donating their canteen money to the Gladstone club to help support our newest location. I’m sure Daniel and all of his students greatly appreciate this kind gesture.

We had close to 80 members competing on the day, around a quarter of those were competing for the first time this year, and for about half of those, it was their first ever tournament. It made for a big event, which included a very large contingent of junior green belts and blue belts. In the patterns division, there were 18 competitors. A big congratulations to Kayla Smith from Ipswich who won this division, and later on, also took first place in sparring in another large division comprising of 13 competitors. A very difficult achievement, but very well deserved against some stiff competition.

Other students who won the golden double were Kaleb Frame from Deception Bay, Tallis Riley from Redcliffe, Brett McCabe and Noah Scott from Murrumba. Well done to you all, this is quite an achievement.

There were some other notable double results with 21 students placing in both events. This is also a very impressive achieve-ment, so congratulations also go to Zane Voermanek, Shannon May, Jonas Munsie, Matthew Baker and Eliot Wilson from Kallangur. Summer Riley, Jacob Van Acker and Alex Warde from Redcliffe. Kimberly Lloyd, Jackson Gillett-Smith, Emily Carr, Ella McCabe, Adam Scott and Jayda White from Murrumba. Rusith Kottegoda, Scarlett Jeon and Susannah Watson from Banyo. Callum Baird from Ormeau. Loise Bicera, Luca Cavallo and Marco Cavallo from Bracken Ridge. These are all names to look out in the lead up to Round 3 in November.

A big congratulations to everyone who competed on the day, your camaraderie and sportsmanship was inspirational. We hope to see you all again at the final round. It’s going to be a big one! (Oh, by the way, Murrumba smashed it in round 2 and ex-tended their lead at the top of the club tally. Well done Murrumba)

By Jason Pascoe

3rd Degree Black Belt

To all who are grading, do your best and that will be enough.

Hello from Deception Bay. You are all aware that I have just completed a 3rd Dan Grading so I would like to pass on a few things I was doing and things that were said to me while I was preparing for it. I would like to talk a bit about how to approach gradings. I think a lot of the work done for your higher gradings is done at a white to blue belt level, meaning you’re taught these techniques, but you go back to the basic level when you’re trying to sharp-en things up at a higher level. While coloured belt gradings are hard for the level you are at, you probably go into them more relaxed than some one preparing for a Black Belt. This was said to me by another instructor: “Relax and let it happen. You`ve done the preparation”. This is sometimes forgotten when you told this grading is harder than the last one, everyone is looking for mistakes to fix before your grading and so on to help you prepare. So in preparation for my grading, when I was doing

my own patterns training on the off nights, I kept checking stances, accuracy of the striking and blocking techniques, which is what you learn when you’re getting your coloured belts, so it all comes back around. Fitness with any sport requires an added level of attention when you’re trying to achieve something that means something to you. Focus on what it means to you and you will put in the extra efforts to achieve your goal and not realize it. I would like to thank all of the Instructors, black belts and coloured belts throughout the entire or-ganisation past and present for helping me at all training events, as well as my little D’Bay team who helped me through. Thanks to Jason Parker, Kris Aston, Mathew Baker, Jackson Pascoe for helping me in my self defence routine. Thanks to Jason Parker for being such a good in-structor for me over the past 16 years.

Deception Bay buzz

Hello to all parents and students from the Murrumba Downs club Seems like the year is just flying by and it is time for another grading and therefore another newsletter article. Since the last article, we have had tournament 2 for 2019. Extremely happy with the results of all students that competed. Several students have the potential to win grand champions and although Mur-rumba is leading the club championship, I am sure Banyo and Kallangur will both work hard to catch up. Several students competed for the first time and came away with wins, I hope give you the encourage-ment to compete in tournament 3 on 9 November – so keep the date free. With the grading coming up, the club will have 4 students doing their first ever grading. Ben, Kimber-ley, Addison and Jaykrish will hopefully be doing

students were attempting to release an attack and often had one of 2 outcomes: - 1 repeated attempts of the same failed method, or 2 just stand there with the “literal deer in headlights” look on their face. There is a simple solution for both of these: -

Change, adapt and modify. If it didn’t work the first or second time, I guarantee it will not sud-denly work on attempt number 5.

Do something, anything. Doing something is better than just standing there doing nothing.

Self-defence does take years to perfect and while we hope we never have to use it, unfortunately we live in a world where the risk is greater every day. Strip it back to the most basic concept. Strike first, strike hard, upset the attackers balance. Self-defence is close, it is always inside your personal space bubble, so rely on the strong defences – knees and el-bows. You must practice hard and as realistic as possible – because out there, if you have to use these learnings, there is often not a second chance. Good luck for the grading everyone.

their first of many grading’s. Like all new students I explained that it is a long path to a Black Belt and it will take close to 5 years to achieve. Interesting fol-lowing this discussion Kimberly send me the follow-ing picture she found online that sums this fact up exactly!!

Finally, has been a while since I have provided a training tip and something in class last night stuck with me. While doing self-defence with senior grades last night there were a few situations where younger

By John Barron

2nd Degree Black Belt

Maniacs Murrumba

TRAINING TIPS If you don’t like running, to build up your cardio, get a skipping rope. Less pain on the joints. If you cant do push ups, do them against a wall. You will be graded on these next year at every rank level. Do these exercises for 30 seconds or for a time that you can manage every day, and you will be doing them with ease.