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‘Stripes on Tour’ Report • General Choi Seminar Information • World Champs - A Coach’s View (Part One)

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I would like to open this issue with a happy apology: Imust apologise that only half of the articles I promisedyou last issue are actually in this issue. This is a happyapology because the reason they are not here is that Ireceived a number of unsolicited articles that simply hadto be printed first. The articles I promised last issue willbeprinted in August.

We received an article from our old friend Mr Willy van deMortel, from the Netherlands; an article from the 2001Instructor of the Year and New Zealand Coach, Mr AndrewSalton (to be printed over the next three issues); and wehave reports on Stripes on Tour and the OTF InvitationalTournament in Canberra.

We also received news about a seminar with General ChoiHong Hi to be held here in New Zealand in July! You haveheard about him, probably read his work, and you are

‘Stripes on Tour’ ReportMatthew Breen

General Choi SeminarBeryl Pimblott

A Coach’s View on Preparing for theWorld ChampionshipsAndrew Salton

A Different View on Health for theTaekwon-Do PractitionerDr Cameron Snelling

Coaching a World ChampionWilly van de Mortel

Kiwis take Gold in OTF ChampsMark Banicevich

WaiBoPTara Junior CampGwyn Brown

studying his Art. Don't miss this opportunity to learn fromGeneral Choi himself. And with him will be one of thegreatest masters of Taekwon-Do: Grand Master Park JongSoo.

With that, I had better let you get into it. Rememberwe would love to hear from you. Please send articles,letters, and photographs to [email protected] orTKD Talk, c/- 26 Merton Rd, St Johns 1006, Auckland.

Mark BanicevichEditor

PS. We did not receive any entries for last issue'scompetition, so Mr Breen and I went to see The Fellowshipof the Ring. It was a great movie. The Seven Sabumnimwas punned on The Seven Samurai (Shichinin noSamurai, 1954) directed by Akira Kurosawa. The moviewas remade in the US as The Magnificent Seven (1960).

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RegularsAbout Our Cover

The photographs on the cover this issue weretaken by Mr Paul McPhail at the 2002 OceaniaTaekwon-Do Federation Championships heldrecently in Canberra.

The top picture shows Miss Toni Moki. Bottom leftand bottom right are of Mr Mark Trotter, the 2002Oceania Grand Champion, sparring in hissemi-final. The centre picture is of MarkBanicevich, umpiring in the Patterns competition.

More details of the tournament on p23.

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Dear Editor,

Thanks for sending TKD Talk and theletter with your best wishes. Youasked for my opinion about TKD Talk.Well in one word: GREAT! It gives mea good feeling when I see that in somecountries the things are so good, andprofessionally organised.

After my visit to the World Camp manyyears ago [1992], New Zealand hasalways had a special place in my heart.First, it's a beautiful country. Second,ITFNZ is so well organised - that'swhat I miss in a lot of countries,including here (The Netherlands).

I am always looking forward to comingback to NZ.

Okay, I hope you like the article [seepage 21], and continue to make thebeautiful magazine TKD Talk, we needit.

All the best for the year 2002.

With regards,Willy van de Mortel.

Dear Editor,

Before a bemused audience of locals,fishermen and the usual beach hoons,approximately 60 club members fromWellington and CD regions formed upfor the annual combined beachtraining day at Waiterere Beach onSunday 17th February. As theinstructors and other senior dans wereintroduced we began to wonder if thiswas either an (a) senior instructorscourse or (b) an early Stripes on Tour!A significant number of NZ’s seniorTaekwon-Do exponents joined us forthe day including 4th dans AndrewSalton, Lawrence Mantjika, JakePearson, 3rd dans Dave Ballard, DarrenWard, 2nd dans Rose Cherrington, IanWalton, Brett Kraiger, Sandy Galpin,Suzanne Mains, 1st dans Greg Trilford,Daniel Motu, and many more . At theother end of the spectrum it wasfantastic to see a good number of veryyoung, enthusiastic TKD Cubs fromRose Cherrington’s club in Levingiving everything a go!

Our host instructors for the day, GregTrilford and Dave Ballard, took turnsat directing/cajoling/demonstrating/laughing at and with us whilst puttingus through a good 3 hours of some ofthe best ‘fun’(!) training you could

Notice of AGMThe ITFNZ Taekwon-Do AGM is open toall members.

13 April 2002, 10amChester Grey Chartered Accountants1st Floor 230 Gt South Rd PapatoetoeAuckland

ITFNZ Taekwon-Do Situations VacantDo you want to help out with ITFNZTaekwon-Do?

Treasurer and SecretaryOur Treasurer is standing down, andthe Secretary is up for re-election. If youwish to be considered for either position,forward you name in writing to Mr Pygott([email protected]) by 12 April, orhand it to our President, Mr Ng, beforethe AGM commences.

Director of MarketingWould you like to lead a great team ofpeople to market ITFNZ Taekwon-Do?Are you good with people, full of ideas,and eager to help? Are you computerliterate, with ready access to email? Ifyou would like to be considered for thisposition, please email your application [email protected] (subject,Application for Director) by 30 June2002.

have in an open air dojang. Whilstline work and patterns proved difficultto perform in the soft sand it certainlycushioned the landings in our short‘non-contact’ (yeah right!!) games of

33-a-side soccer and touch rugby. Weall left wondering what is it about Mr.Ballard and sand after our relaysessions (in which the ‘old farts’kicked many young cocky butts!).Dune jumping was a great opportunityto show off kicking style – and whereit could be improved.

Highlight of the day for some was theIron Man/Woman event – surf, beachand dune run – complete with fencejump. What started as a teams eventsoon became an individualopportunity to push the enduranceenvelope. For a few the hardest partwas to finish with a relaxed smile!

ITFNZ Taekwon-Do MarketingSub-Committee Representatives

Counties Manukau:Miss Hannah Honey2/10 Anthony Place,Pakuranga

Auckland North:Miss Hannah Honey2/10 Anthony Place,Pakuranga

Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki:Miss Jodie Collins36 Whittaker Street, Kihikihi,Te Awamutu

Central DistrictsMr David Ballard171 West St,Fielding

WellingtonMr Jake Pearson76A Wright St, Mt Cook,Wellington

South IslandMr Kris Herbison45 Wells St, Brighton,Dunedin 9051

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That soon changed as more than onefavourite instructors foundthemselves tipped unceremoniouslyinto the warm surf, topping off a greatafternoon of training, playing andmaking/renewing inter-clubacquaintances. Taekwon Mr Trilfordand Mr Ballard!

More photos and video clips athttp://www.ovm.co.nz/tkd, courtesyof Mr Trilford.

Richard BurrCloverlea Taekwon-Do

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‘Stripes on Tour’ ReportHosting Mr Niven and Mr Pearson wasa real honour for Kapiti Coast Taekwon-Do. Hosting the two newly promotedfourth degrees was a very enlightening,fun experience. I hope they enjoyedteaching us as much as we enjoyedhearing about their experiences andlearning what they know.

Becky Johnson,Kapiti Coast Taekwon-Do.

What a great success the seminar atRangitikei was! It was a great turnoutfor the CD region.

I can not speak highly enough of MrMantjika and Mr Pearson. If I were toput the night into one word it would be“FANTASTIC”.

Regards Daniel Motu,Rangitikei Dragons Taekwon-Do.

I am just writing to let you know that theStripes on Tour was great. It wasdefinitely motivational.

Thanks from Neil and Helen,Dunedin Taekwon-Do.

On behalf of the Hamilton and TeAwamutu Clubs I would like to say thatthe Hamilton seminar was awesome.Many thanks to ITFNZ for arranging theseminars, and to Lawrence and Jakefor taking a really inspiring three hoursof training.

Hamilton Taekwon-Do.

On the 8th March 2002 the Taranaki andStratford clubs were the port of call forMr Mantjika and Mr Pearson on their legof Stripes on Tour.

It was fantastic to train under thesetwo superb practioners of Taekwon-Do here in Taranaki.

Taranaki Taekwon-Do.

You should have been there. “SunnyMosgiel”, two of the “MagnificentSeven” we had heard so much aboutand a bunch of keen southerners. Thetraining was so good that I can hardlywalk this morning. The only down sidewas that it went too quickly. Four hoursis just not long enough. But in that timeMr Breen and Mr Niven passed on skills,that, with time and practice, will beimportant to all those who were there.

On behalf of everyone in Otago I wouldlike to thank Mr Breen and Mr Niven forcoming down and sharing theirknowledge and skills with us. And maythis become a regular event, aseveryone within Taekwon-Do benefitsfrom the sharing of ideas.

PJ Hayward,Mosgiel Taekwon-Do.

by Matthew Breen, IV dan.

‘Stripes on Tour’ was an ideaproposed by Mr Paul McPhail late lastyear. Seven ITFNZ members gradedto fourth dan under Master LeongWai Meng in September. Mr McPhaillsuggested that the Foundation sendthese seven people on a tour of thecountry, running training seminars.

With the departure of Mark Banicevichfor Sydney early this year, it left six ofus - Chris Fitzgerald, LawrenceMantjika, Andrew Niven, JakePearson, Vince Pygott, and myself -to participate in the tour. Our mandatewas to “motivate and inspire”.

Mr Niven and I travelled the length ofthe South Island, taking four seminarsin four days, in Dunedin,Christchurch, Greymouth, andBlenheim. Meanwhile, Mr Mantjikaand Mr Pearson covered the centralNorth Island (joined in Tauranga byMr Fitzgerald). The four of us met upin Wellington to run three moreseminars. The tour concluded inAuckland, with Mr Niven, Mr Pygott,and I taking four seminars betweenus in the Counties-Manukau andAuckland North regions.

Motivation and inspiration run bothways. The many comments wereceived after each seminar assuredus that the primary mission of the tourwas successful - the students weregetting a lot out of our classes. But itwas rare that we as instructors didn’t

learn something, or find somethinginspirational, with each class wetaught.

In Christchurch, one of the red-stripestudents training was 76 years old.Gives us all some hope for our ownfuture!

In Greymouth, we met a talentedyoung yellow belt named Sonja. Shetravels, along with her mother andsister, an hour and a half each way toreach the Greymouth club. How’s thatfor dedication?

For my part, I taught a similar class ateach stop on our tour. But it hadevolved somewhat by the end of ouritinerary. When teaching, I ask a lotof questions of the students - andoften the answers I received were onesI hadn’t thought of myself. But youcan be sure I used them in the nextclass I taught!

We received many messages ofthanks sent in to the ITFNZ website.Short excerpts from some of these areshown at the right. For the completemessages, and for photos and videoclips taken from the tour, check outitfnz.org.nz/news/stripesontour.

We would like to return those thanks- to the instructors who hosted theseminars, to the students whoattended, and especially to themembers who provided waywardstripes with somewhere to sleep.Thank you all, and see you next time!

Lawrence Mantjika demonstrates the“kissy-face” method of breath control

Matthew Breen shows Dunedinthe principles of jumping

Ray Savage of Christchurch :Kicking butt at 76!

Sonja de Coster, Taekwon-Do commuter

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The Copthorne Resort is set in 24 acres of landscaped grounds and gardens on the outskirts of Masterton.

Bring your whole family, one member can attend the seminar while the rest of the family can take a well-earned break andavail themselves of the many onsite facilities at the Solway:

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Surprises: Meet the General, questions and answer session (all ranks), seminar video link, extra junior belt seminars(free!!!) Possibility of senior dan grading.

Course Costs (option 1):Seminar: Blue belt - 2nd Dan: NZ $565 (non ITFNZ members + $50)Seminar: 3rd dan and above: NZ $665 (non ITFNZ members + $50)

All inclusive:3 nights accommodation (twin share)(2 days) Breakfast, morning / afternoon tea, lunchOfficial dinner (Saturday night)

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Course Costs (option 2):Seminar: Blue belt - 2nd Dan: NZ $420 (non ITFNZ members + $50)

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A deposit of NZ $50 is required by May 22nd 2002 (to secure accommodation)

Course costs:Masters class (all grades) 3 hours Saturday afternoon NZ $30 (non ITFNZ members + $20)

Extra nights accommodation:NZ $125 per night (double / twin room)Children under 14 free with accompanying adults.

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The 2002 year will be an exciting one.

We are looking at actions to implement some of our strategicgoals of growing our membership, improvingcommunication at all levels, formulating marketing plan atregional and national levels, running well-organised ITFNZactivities and seeking all available external funding.

To achieve the above we need the help of all our members.If you have ideas and suggestions, please tell yourInstructor or Regional Director.

We have invited Gen. Choi Hong Hi, President of ITF toWellington in July to run a seminar and conduct masterclasses. We hope all members will take this rare opportunityof hearing and learning from the “Father of Taekwon-Do”himself.

For those members who are interested in competition, weare increasingly forging links with our Australiancounterparts with invitations to attend the Oceania andother Invitational Tournaments. Keep watch on ourwebsite.

Under Master Wai Meng Leong’s guidance, the OceaniaTaekwon-Do Federation has been formed to furtherTaekwon-Do activities within the Oceania region.Congratulations to Messrs. Vince Pygott and MaheshBhana on their election to General Secretary and Treasurer’spositions.

President’s CornerExcerpts from Exec Meeting held 1st December 2001

Trish Honey is standing down as RD of Auckland North.(Andrew Niven has since been elected the new RD with VHolmes being the Treasurer for the Region.)

We discussed the possibility of holding a National Campin 2003 and another Instructors Conference 2004. Thesetwo events could be alternated.

We have a corporate pin that allows us to get corporaterates on car rentals. The AWD (Avis World-wide Discount)number is P427923. Any ITFNZ member is allowed to usethis number. In return ITFNZ get Loyalty points which willprovide free rental day vouchers. This should help reduceour spending and save you money. Ph: 0800 284 772(outside Auckland) or 526 3287 (within Auckland) to accessthe priority reservation line.

Discussed was the possibility of having the facility to makepayments on the Internet via a bankcard facility. The facilitywill allow people to pay for products and grading fees etc.

The closing date for the UGS applications is the 28th ofFebruary.

ITFNZ Management plan: suggested that it be bound sothat it can be used for promotional activities. It is importantthat people remember that it is to look forward to the future,that it is a living document that is to be adopted andmodified, that it is a guiding document for the Executiveand Directors.

ITFNZ’s mission statement is, “Helping individuals toimprove their quality of life through excellence inTaekwon-Do”.

Black belt grading fees for 1st dan raised to $500, 2nd danto $500 and 3rd dan to $600 inclusive of GST.

Next Meeting: 13th April 2002 in Auckland, 9:00am at ChesterGrey. This will be the date of the AGM for ITFNZ.

Executive Snippets

1. Junior defined as Under 18. Details of divisions (either weightor height) to come.2. New colour belt grouping for sparring: 10th to 7th Gup (thisdivision is optional for Regionals), 6th to 4th Gup, 3rd to 1st Gup3. New black belt sparring divisions: 1st - 2nd Dan, 3rd Dan &above4. New black belt patterns divisions: 1st Dan, 2nd Dan, 3rd Dan,4th Dan & above5. Specialty Test to change to set heights and distances.6. Coloured Belt Patterns to be split numbers permitting into Junior& Senior. In all likelihood this will probably only occur at Nationals.7. New Event. Black belt team event at Nationals only. 1st and2nd places awarded.8. Calculation of Best Overall Region. This will be on total pointsonly. No dividing by number of competitors.9. Calculation of Best overall club at Regionals. This will be based

on total points with points awarded as follows 6 for 1st place, 4for 2nd, 2 for 3rd, 1 for every division competed in, 1 for everyofficial available for a half day.10. Sparring Gear. To be phased in by Nationals 2003 (this dateis the goal but will be under review). Competitors will have towear the correct colour sparring gear. i.e. blue for blue or red forred same as ITF rules. OR black is acceptable. Recommendationto all instructors to advise students to buy black gear or colouredgear only if they are intending to buy both red and blue.11. Details of what constitutes acceptable gear to be included inthe rules, following ITF rules.12. Sparring mats. Official colours red and blue, same as ITFlayout.13. New safety requirements for handling of blood from lastNationals to be included in the rules.

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by Andrew Salton, IV danPart one of three

Andrew Salton has coached the lasttwo New Zealand teams to competeat World Championships. Here heshares some of the insights he hasgained in his years of training andcoaching, and particularly from hisWorld Championship experience.

I thought that I would like to share afew ideas on how a coach helps andprepares students to get ready tocompete at a world championshipevent. I am fortunate enough to havebeen able to represent New Zealandat a competitive level (1978-1990) andrecently as a coach, where I have beenthe NZ Coach for the last two worldchampionship events, Argentina in1999 and Italy in 2001.

As a small Taekwon-Do participatingnation I think it appropriate to mentionthe fact that we have some of the bestpractitioners and coaches here on ourown soil. I have drafted up a report onsome of the people that I think havewhat it takes to provide theappropriate training technique andguidance to make New Zealand morecompetitive at world championshipevents.

I’m sure that there are plenty of othersthat have got the qualification and theknow-how to do a good job of thisposition, and especially in the comingyears.

A Coach’s View on PreparingHead Coach Andrew Salton I have represented New Zealand onsix occasions in sparring and patternsand have trained under some of thebest Coaches/Instructors in NewZealand and the world and I base mytraining methods on what I havelearned from them.A lot of the world championshipknowledge that I have gained I haveinherited from Mr Hemana, who is our

most experienced Instructor/Coachwhen it comes to WorldChampionships.

I have been fortunate enough to trainwith the likes of Benny “The Jet”Urquidez who helped me develop mycontact sparring, technical ability andring craft.

George Dillman (who helped meunderstand the principles behind agood block and pressure pointtraining).

David Prosser, one of the highest PTIin the NZ Army, who helped meunderstand what fitness drills helpkeeps a person in good shape (as wellas giving the New Zealand teammembers at that time some valuableboxing tuition).

Not to mention my own instructor whodeveloped my skills and mentaldiscipline.

Assistant coach Paul McPhailIn the years I have known Mr McPhail,and I’m sure there will be many of youthat will all agree, there aren’t too manybetter than him at Patterns throughoutthe world.

His wide range of knowledgeregarding the technical side of thepatterns and his own ability to performall the patterns almost to perfectionwould have to sit him within the eliteperformers in the world. He isconstantly kept up to date with anychanges that may occur to the waythe basics techniques may changewithin the patterns.

Mr McPhail, during my competingdays, never lost a patterns event,which was always frustrating for therest of us competing, as we all knewthat the best one of us would do wouldbe to settle for the silver.

Power BreakingGraham Patterson/Lena WaltonGraham of course was a competitorwithin my team at both Argentina andItaly championships as a powerbreaker and pattern competitor, where(if you don’t already know) heachieved the bronze medal status atthe Argentina championships inpower breaking.

Graham narrowly missed out in thepower event in Italy, recording thesecond highest score overall, butunfortunately he was drawn in thesame group as the eventual winner.

Lena was also unlucky missing outon a silver medal in the female powerbreaking as she too was in the samegroup as the eventual winner. It mustbe said that Lena was a member of theladies team that won a bronze medalat the St Petersburg WorldChampionships, also in the power-breaking event.

Special Technique Aaron LangeWe are fortunate enough to havesome good class jumpers within ourranks here in New Zealand; Aaron

Andrew Salton, Rose Cherrington, and Glenn Whiley in 1989Part of victorious NZ team vs Australia

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for the World ChampionshipsLange would have to be one of thebest, definitely within New Zealandas he showed in his efforts inArgentina in 1999. Inexperience and aleg injury at that time affected hisindividual performance at thosechamps. He and the other teammembers went on to perform extremelywell to be one of only two nations tohit three out of five targets.Aaron still has a few morechampionships in him yet and wouldbe keen to trial for the next worlds inPoland in 2003. I’m sure he could be

persuaded to share any trainingtechniques that have got him to theposition he is in at the moment.

We also have some younger membersmale and female coming through thatare jumping extremely well, and withthe right sort of training I’m sure thatthey will do even better in years tocome.

I personally believe that as a nationwe can hold our own with some of thebest Taekwon-Do nations in the world.I believe that the reason we don’tseem to bring home much in the lineof medals is the fact that we are a smallnation trying to compete against thegiants of Taekwon-Do with limitedresources to help us maintain thethings we need to improve on, suchas experience.

Most of the squad members preparethemselves on the basis of twotournaments a year, one regional andone national event. This is not nearlyenough to prepare one for a majortournament like the worldChampionships. There are of coursea few lucky ones that can keepthemselves busy by competing atother tournaments around the country,but of course not all of these are ITF

rules so therefore they could onlybenefit from this by gaining valuableexperience in sparring differentopposition.

We must remember that for a Kiwi tocompete at a world championship,they will need plenty of support fromtheir club, family and friends, and aswell they will need to realise the hugedemands this type of commitment willhave on their body. First of all thesquad members will have to find timeto study/work, train, spend time withtheir family/partners and perhaps ifthe team is unlucky enough not to gaina sponsor then they will also have tofind time to fund raise or seek asponsor for themselves. Which is notan easy thing to do, especially outsidethe Auckland region.

We must also put things intoperspective - most people in NewZealand do Taekwon-Do for a hobbyand are obviously honoured whenchosen to represent their country, butto the Koreans, some South Americancountries and some of the Europeannations it is a way of life, somethingthat we can only imagine. I have beeninvolved with New Zealand teamssince 1978 and to my knowledge theNew Zealand Taekwon-Do team hasnever had a full sponsor.

It is foolish to suggest that we needto change our training methods, whenin fact we need to give ourselves apat on the back for performing so wellat a tournament we realistically hadno chance of winning. I truly believethat we are on the right track and theresults will eventually come; havinggot four competitors into thequarterfinals was a fantasticachievement.

I spoke to some of the coaches fromsome of the other participating nationsand to my surprise they told me thatthey train in the same way we did overhere. The difference being we don’thave anywhere near enoughtournaments, as some of them arelucky enough to enjoy. The author performing a pattern

at his 4th dan grading

When a coach looks to preparestudents for the worldchampionships they must first findout what the student knows inrespect of the actual worldchampionship events that they havechosen to trial out for.

I was quite surprised at the numberof competitors who wanted to try outfor the team event, but did not knowwhat that event involved. So afteran individual discussion andexplanation with each squad member(those who have not been to a worldchampionships before) about theevents they had chosen to trial for, itprompted some of them to pull outof that particular event.

The team event, to me, is probablythe hardest to compete at, as eachmember of the team has to becompetent at at least three of the fourevents available to them, andrequires a lot of training to besufficient at all of the team events.Unless we concentrate on just oneor two of these events.

Next issue we’ll treat you to some ofMr Salton’s thoughts on sparring,and sparring training.

Aaron Lange and Andrew Salton

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by Aaron McIlwee, II dan

What year and how old were you whenyou started Taekwon-Do?I started doing Taekwon-Do in June1975 at the age of fourteen,after witnessing a Taekwon-Dodemonstration put on by Mr. NormanNg and his Palmerston North clubmembers in the Levin Mall. I had alsodone two years of Judo and Aikidoprior to this where I was graded to ayellow belt in both those styles. I alsodid Kyokushinkai Karate for about sixmonths, but none of these stylesreally suited me, as I liked the explosivekicking style of Taekwon-Do better.

What club did you start at, and whowas your Instructor?After his initial demonstration Ianswered an advert in the local paperwhich was looking for interestedpeople to start a club in Levin underthe instruction of Mr. Norman Ng. Ifthe numbers answering the advertwere sufficient, then Mr. Ng wouldstart a club in Levin. I’m pleased tosay that I was one of the originalmembers of that club. After about ayear Mr. Ng passed the Levin clubonto one of his senior members (Mr.Tony Assema) who would become myofficial instructor.

When did you receive your BlackBelt?I received my first dan black belt on22nd April 1978.

When did you start instructing, andat what club was this?My first experience as an instructorwas taking beginners at the LevinTaekwon-Do club, while I was still apractising member in about 1978. Ibegan instructing on an official basiswhen I formed my own club here inLevin in 1986, which I named theHorowhenua Taekwon-Do club, andin 1990 the two clubs (Levin andHorowhenua) amalgamated and Istayed on as the instructor retainingthe name Horowhenua. The Levininstructor at that time was commutingto and from Palmerston North sochose to pass the club onto me.

What are some of the biggestachievements you have made in

Taekwon-Do?As a student I would say that winningNew Zealand national titles andsetting New Zealand national recordswould be hard to beat. As anInstructor I would have to say trainingmy students to become mature andvery competent people in both theirlife and in the art of Taekwon-Do,would have to rate as one of thebiggest achievements we can all make.To be able to help steer someone inthe right direction using the skills ofTaekwon-Do is a great feeling, one thatwe should all benefit from.

What is the highlight of yourTaekwon-Do career?I have two that spring to mind. Thefirst is when I won a multi-style MartialArts tournament in Power Breaking inApril 1990, being the only competitorto break through seven boards with aside kick. This was at the time whenNew Zealand, in particular the SouthPacific organization that I belongedto under Mr. Harry Hemana, had juststarted breaking at tournaments. Atthat time I had just set a New Zealandrecord for the number of boardsbroken at a Taekwon-Do organisedtournament. My other highlight wouldbe the time I won the Wellington KickBoxing title in December 1990 where Iset a New Zealand record in knockingout my opponent in less than 10seconds of our match.

What are your personal goals for thefuture?To continue to train and teach the artof Taekwon-Do, and to conquer thegoals that I set for my club and myselfboth in Taekwon-Do and in mypersonal life.

What are your goals for the ITFNZfuture?To remain a loyal and trustworthymember of the ITF, to be successful inour bid to make new friends, to oneday have our own Masters here inNew Zealand and to maintain our highstandards.

Which practising Taekwon-Dopractitioner do you admire the most?Why?There are many practisingTaekwon-Do practitioners around theworld that we can all admire, there are

those who are great at patterns, thosewho are great sparrers, great jumpersand power breakers. To me the personI admire the most would have to bemy own Instructor, Mr Tony Assema.Although circumstances forced Tonyto retire from Taekwon-Do a long timeago, he to me is still there in heart.What I admire about Tony is his mentalstrength, his ability to teach, to bringout the best in a person and his abilityto read situations and his wide rangeof knowledge.

In your view how has Taekwon-Dochanged in NZ in the last few years?I think personally Taekwon-Do in NewZealand has changed, we are moreaware of what techniques there are.There seems to be a lot more technicalinformation out there now than whenI was going through the grades, suchas theory, step turning, step sparring,breaking etc. Unfortunately though Ido feel that we are lacking somemotivation nowadays as compared to,yes all those years ago, it seems thatit is an effort nowadays to attendevents that someone has worked hardto organise for us, the practisingstudents.

What are your favorite handtechnique and foot technique?My favorite hand technique would bea reverse knifehand strike, as I findthis technique to be very powerful.My favorite foot technique would beflying back kick, once again because Ifind it to be very fast and powerful.

What do you think makes a goodTaekwon-Do practitioner?ATTITUDE! I think a goodTaekwon-Do practitioner should besomeone who has the confidence intheir own ability, who is able to saywhat they think and to stand by whatthey do. They should be loyal to theirinstructor, club, organisation, parentsetc. Live by the tenets ofTaekwon-Do to the best of their ability.I believe that it is better to have astrong focused mind than to betechnically proficient. I feel thatsometimes we lose the real meaningof what it is to be a true Martial Artist,and that is of course to be physicallyable but strong enough mentally toresist.

Instructor Profile : Andrew Salton

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Auckland North RegionAvondale

Mr Shaun TolleyWaterview Primary

19 Oakley Ave, WaterviewTuesday and Thursday, 6:30 - 8:00pm

DevonportMs Jeanette Joe

HMNZS Officer Training SchoolNarrowneck Gymnasium, Vauxhall RdTuesday and Sunday, 6:00 - 7:30pm

GlenfieldMr Vaughan Rae

Windy Ridge Primary, Seaview Rd, GlenfieldMonday and Thursday, 7:00 - 8:30pm

Hibiscus CoastMr Vince Pygott

Red Beach Primary School20 Albert Hall Dr, Red Beach

Kids (7-12yrs) Monday 5:30 - 6:30pmAdults (13+yrs) Monday and Thursday,

6:30 - 8:00pm

MeadowbankMr Peter Graham

Remuera IntermediateAscot Ave, Remuera

Tuesday and Thursday, 6:30 - 8:00pm

Nibun ITF Auckland GrammarMr Andrew Niven

Mountain Rd, EpsomMonday and Wednesday

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Nibun ITF BaradeneMr Andrew Niven

Victoria Ave, RemueraWednesday and Friday, 7:00 - 8:15am

Visiting students please obtainpermission before visiting this branch.

Nibun ITF DiocesanMr Andrew NivenMargot St, Epsom

Tuesday and Thursday, 7:00 - 8:15amVisiting students please obtain

permission before visiting this branch.

Nibun ITF Mt AlbertMr Andrew Niven

Wesley Intermediate SchoolSandringham Rd Extn, Mt Albert

Monday and Thursday, 6:30 - 8:30pm

Nibun ITF University of AucklandMr Cameron Snelling

Dance Studio, Recreation Centre17 Symonds St

Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30 - 9:00 am

Stanmore BayMrs Shirley Pygott

Hibiscus Coast Leisure CentreStanmore BayWednesday

Kids under 7: 4:00 - 4:30pmover 7: 4:30 - 5:30pm

Counties ManukauRegion

HowickMr Ryan van HeerdenHowick IntermediateBotany Rd, Howick

Tuesday and Friday, 6:30 - 8:00pm

Infinity ManurewaMr Steve Pellow

Greenmeadows IntermediateGreenmeadows Ave, Manurewa

Monday 6:30 - 8:30pmWednesday 6:00 - 8:00pm

Infinity PapakuraMr Steve Pellow

Kelvin Rd Primary SchoolKelvin Rd, Papakura

Tuesday and ThursdayKids only: 5:00 - 6:15pm

Kidz Kwon-DoMrs Angela Dunn

Elizabeth Campbell Centre, PapakuraMondays 6-7:30 pm

PakurangaMr Mahesh Bhana

Farmcove IntermediateButley Drive, Pakuranga

Monday and Wednesday, 6:30 - 8:00pm

PapakuraMr Paul McPhail

Papakura Normal School GymCnr Porchester and Walters Rds,

PapakuraMonday and Wednesday, 6:30 - 8:00pm

PapatoetoeMr Kane Raukura

Papatoetoe IntermediateMotatau Road


PukekoheMr Luke Thompson

Buckland Hall, Buckland, PukekoheTuesday and Friday, 7:00 - 9:00pm

Tribal Taekwon-DoMr Richard Iotua and Mr Jaime Reti

Otahuhu Primary School Hall41 Station Road Otahuhu


Wairua-DoMr John Harrison

Southern Cross Community CentreNgatapuwai College, Mangere


WaiukuMr Phil Dunn

Sandspit School, Sandspit Rd, WaiukuTuesday and Thursday, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Juniors: 4:30 - 6:00 pm Thursday

Waikato/BOP/TaranakiRegion (WBT)

HamiltonMr Grant Eccles

Forestlake Primary SchoolStorey Ave, Hamilton


StratfordMr Ian Hayward

Stratford Primary School HallRegan St, Stratford


TaranakiMr Neill Livingstone

and Mrs Kirsten LivingstoneFerndale Hall, Barry St

Frankley Rd, New PlymouthTuesday 5:15 - 6:45pmSunday 10.00 - 11.30am

TaurangaMr James Rimmer

Tauranga Girls CollegeCameron Rd, Tauranga

Wednesday 6:30 - 8:00pmSunday 5:00 - 6:30pm

Te AwamutuMr Evan Davidson

The Martial Arts Centre, 350 Bond RdTe Awamutu

Sunday and Wednesday, 6:30 - 8:00pm

WaikeriaMr Ross Campbell

Community Hall, Main St, KihikihiTuesday 6:00 - 7:30pmSunday 5:30 - 7:00pm

Central Districts RegionCloverlea

Mrs Nikki MantjikaCloverlea Primary School

Herbert Rd, Palmerston NorthTuesday and Thursday

6:30 - 8:00pm

HokowhituMs Julie Sandbrook

Hokowhitu School Hall227 Albert St, Palmerston North

Tuesday & Thursday 6:15 - 7:45pm

International Taekwon-Do Foundationof New Zealand

Club Directory

April 2002

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HorowhenuaMr Andrew Salton

Horowhenua College GymNelson St, Levin

Monday and Friday, 6:00 - 8:00pm

International Pacific CollegeMr Kenny Chiang

IPC Recreation CentrePalmerston North

Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30pmSaturday 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Palmerston North AcademyMr Dave Ballard

Chinese Association Hall, Napier RdPalmerston North


Rangitikei DragonsMr Daniel Motu

Marton Wrestling GymWilson Park, Marton


Taekwon-Do CubsMrs Rose Cherrington

Fairfield School Hall, Levin4-10 yrs only: Mondays 4:00 - 5:00pm

TigerMr Michael Lowe

Boys’ High School GymFeatherston St, Palmerston North

Monday and Wednesday, 6:15 - 7.45pmTiny Tigers Wednesday, 5:00 - 6:00pm

West EndMr Don Booth

West End School, cnr College Stand Botanical Rd, Palmerston North

Monday 5:30 - 6:30pmThursday 6:30 - 7:30pm

Wellington RegionAvalon

Mr Byron CumminsAvalon School Hall, 10 Gordon St, Avalon


BerhamporeMrs Lena Walton and Mr Ian Walton

Berhampore School, 106 Britomart StBerhampore


BrooklynMr Brett Kraiger

Vogelmorn Hall, Vennell St, BrooklynThursday, Juniors: 5:30 - 6.20pm

Seniors: 6:30 - 8:30pmSunday 4:30 - 6:30pm

Kapiti CoastMr Greg Trilford

Memorial Hall, Tennis Court RdRaumati South

Tuesday and ThursdayUnder 13 6:00 - 7:00pmOver 13 7:00 to 9:00pm

KhandallahMr Graham Patterson

Onslow College New GymBurma Rd, Johnsonville

Monday and Thursday, 6:30 - 8:00pmPaparangi School Hall

Beazley Ave, PaparangiTuesday 6:30 - 8:00pm

Lower Hutt AcademyMr Wayne Ebert

Dyer St School Hall, Dyer St, Lower HuttMonday 6:30 - 8:00pm

Wednesday, Juniors: 6:00 - 7:30pmSeniors: 6:30 - 8:00pm

MiramarMr René Kunz

Miramar South School, Kauri St, MiramarMonday and ThursdayJuniors: 5:30 - 6:30pmSeniors: 6:30 - 8:00pm

North WellingtonMs Beryl Pimblott

West Park School, Broderick RdJohnsonville

Monday and ThursdayJuniors 5:00 - 6:00pmSeniors 5:30 - 7:00pm

SilverpineMr Nick Carter

Pinehaven School, 93 Pinehaven RdPinehaven


UnitedMr Blair Martin

St Brandon’s School HallTrentham, Upper Hutt


South Island RegionDunedin

Mrs Helen KettingsSt Clair Primary School Hall

Richardson St, St ClairMondat and Thursday, 6:00 - 8:00pm

GreymouthMs Sonia Smith

Greymouth High School, High StWednesday 6:30 - 8:00pmCobden School, Cobden

Sunday 10:30am - 12:00m

MosgielMr Mark Allen and Mrs Teresa Allen

Taiera High School GymChurch Rd, Mosgiel


NelsonMrs Pam Colee

Scout Hall, Richmond A&P ShowgroundsRichmond, Nelson

Monday 7:00 - 8:30pmWednesday 6:30 - 8:00pm

Otago UniversityMr Kris Herbison

Activities HallClubs and Societies Building

Albany St, DunedinTuesday and Friday, 4:00 - 6:00pm

RedwoodtownMr Rex Stuart

Cnr Cleghorn and Weld StsRedwoodtown, Blenheim


RiccartonMr Stuart Mayes

Villa Maria College, Peer StUpper Riccarton, Christchurch


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President - Mr Norman Ng, PO Box 67, Palmerston North, Ph: 06 357-5426, [email protected] - Mr Vince Pygott, PO Box 457, Silverdale, Auckland, Ph/Fax (09) 426-6696, M (025)965-947, [email protected] - Ms Margaret Pepper, PO Box 97999, Sth Auck Mail Centre, Ph (09) 278-0984, 277-8278, [email protected] North Regional Director - Mr Andrew Niven, Ph (09) H 846-3551, (021) 444-077, [email protected]/Manukau Regional Director - Mrs Sue Breen, Ph (09) 521-3244, (025) 277-9210, [email protected]/Bay of Plenty/Taranaki Regional Director - Mr Ian Campbell, Ph (07) 871-4063, [email protected] Districts Regional Director - Mr Mike Lowe, Ph (06) 358-3171, [email protected] Regional Director - Mrs Beryl Pimblott, Ph (04) H 234-7343, W 234-7832, [email protected] Island Regional Director - Mr Shane Rahui, Ph (03)352-2067, [email protected]

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DOTTY DILEMMA

Welcome to the third edition of Kicks for Kids, thefeature especially for our junior members. Please, pleasesend in some pictures for this page. It’s much betterthan blank spaces or advertising! Either post to Kicksfor Kids, P.O.Box 457 Silverdale Ak 1462, or E-mail usat [email protected]. There must be some photos outthere somewhere!

Yop chocolate chagi. YUM!

By Shirley Pygott 2nd Dan

Use the clues in the shapes to figure out the identity of the mystery stance.

?

I am very useful for sparring

My weightdistributionshould be70/30

My name begins with an N

I am 1.5 shoulderwidths long

My back leg should be bent

Shade in allthe areaswith dots inthem. Wherewould youfind thesesymbols?(hint: look onyour dobokand on yourtechniqueshandbook)What do youthink thesymbolsmean?

Which Stance am I?

Look closely at the centralletters of the ITFNZ logo.It has the same Han-Gulcharacters as the onesabove. They are arrangedleft to right instead of downthe page, but they say thesame thing.

They arewritten in theKoreancharacterscalledHan Gul.These are thecharactersforTaekwon-Do.

The first saysTAE

The second saysKWON

And the last saysDO

Remove..................before entering

................ and

.................... enter first.

Bow when....................... or....................... the Dojang

Store ............. neatly inaccordance withthe .......................

.............. to theinstructor and other seniors in the dojang.

Entering the Dojang

Fill in themissing words:

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THE WONDERFUL HWARANG

SA DA-HAM:

Part Two: Last time we found out what it took to become aHwarang Warrior. A great Hwarang not only learnt the skillsof battle and strategy, but also spent a lot of their time gettingin touch with nature, writing poetry and singing songs. Butwhat did they do once they were trained?

Actually they then became teachers, and trained even moreHwarang in the art of being a Sensitive New Age Warrior.The really successful Hwarang went on to become generals(kukson) in the King’s armies, and helped Korea to defend itselfagainst the many of her unfriendly neighbours who were alwaystrying to invade the country.

They became famous because of their ferocious fighting spiritand strict rules of conduct (Sesok Ogye):

Hwarang Code o f Conduc tHwarang Code o f Conduc tHwarang Code o f Conduc tHwarang Code o f Conduc tHwarang Code o f Conduc t(Sesok Ogye)

Be loyal to your King

Be obedient to your parents

Be honourable to your friends

Never retreat in battle

Make a just kill.

The code of conduct eventually became the ‘rule of life’for all the people to live by and aspire to, not just theHwarang.

Hwarang Roll of Honour:There are many heroesof the Hwarang. Some of their actions might seem a bitextreme to us, but show how they followed the Hwarang

Code of Conduct ALWAYS.

Raised an army of 1000 when he was 15yrsold. After his best friend died in battle, he starved himself to death to honour a promise he had made to him.

KIM YOO-SIN:Helped to unify Korea. He once frightened half to deatha Chinese General he was having an argument with. Hissword is said to have leapt from its scabbard into hishand all by itself, at a crucial part of the argument.Needless to say the General let him win the argument,and even apologised to Yoo-Sin.

YI SOON-SIN: (yes, Choong-Moo strikes again)Stayed loyal to his King even when he was demoted to acommon foot soldier (he had done something the Kingdidn’t like.) He beat a fleet of 133 Japanese with only13 Kobukson (turtle) ships. Admiral Yi was reknown fornever giving up in battle. He had true indomitable spirit.

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by Dr Cameron Snelling, II dan,Chiropractor

We have all come together with acommon passion, the passion forTaekwon-Do. And yet with thiscommon passion there is alsodiversity, diversity in practice, focusof training, goals, and observable (andunobservable) benefits for eachTaekwon-Do practitioner. Howeverthere is always one constant ‘thehuman body’, the training of it, andits striving to excel.

To be effective in Taekwon-Do or anyother martial art you need to havebalance, in yourself and in youractions. This is so that you cansummon up all of your skill andtraining and convey it through yourbody at the appropriate time for theappropriate situation to be sufficientfor victory. You want no interferenceto this process obviously, becausewhen using the martial arts in theirultimate test it really comes down to alife or death situation.

I am a passionate Taekwon-Dopractitioner, I want to be balanced inmy art and myself, and I want to getthe ultimate use and function out ofmy body, that is why I get checked bya Chiropractor and actually pursuedto study to become a Chiropractormyself since it became a life changingexperience. This is the focus of thisarticle: to shed some light onto whatthe objectives, philosophy, and art ofchiropractic really are and how thosewho are serious about their bodies,their health, and their Taekwon-Do canbenefit from the chiropractic lifestyle.

From BirthAll essential ingredients for healthand self-repair are within the bodyitself.

From the moment of birth your bodyhas manufactured all of its ownhormones, enzymes, acids, blood,sweat, tears, and all the other vitalchemicals to keep you alive; and hasdone this merely out of the foods youate, fluids you drank, and the air youbreathed. When you cut your skin

from practicing destructions, thesevered edges were healed from theinside out with the materials made byyou. If you were unfortunate to breaka bone when landing from a dodgyflying side-piercing kick, the union ofthe bone was achieved with thematerial manufactured inside yourbody. If you have a black eye it getswell because of the function of yourinternal repair mechanism.

In most instances the body, given thetime, is capable of achieving its owncure, so long as there is nointerference with its proper functionand manufacture of essentialingredients. In other words your bodypossesses an internal wisdom thatrequired no training or education, aninnate intelligence. It is respect for thisinnate ability and its awesome powerthat we have lost in today’s societyof pill-popping one-stop-shoppingpeople. But times are changing.

The Control System of the BodyAll the manufacturing processes (andeverything else) inside the body mustof course be directed. Just as intraining you need an instructor whocoordinates, directs, and organisesthe class; the same is true for the body.

The master control system (instructor)for the body is the ‘Nervous System’;it is the system that directs and co-ordinates the functions of all othersystems - “one ring to rule them all”.These systems include the digestive,

respiratory, circulatory, musculo-skeletal systems, etc.

The nerve system is concerned withthe integration of function throughoutthe body and supervises the reactionsand adjustments of the body to itsenvironment and with conscious life.These adjustments are called‘adaptation’ and are basically whatseparates us (living beings) from thewood or concrete on which we train.We adapt to and offer resistance tothe environment; this is the verydefinition of being alive.

The Foundation of the BodyThe body is not just a chemicalfactory, it is also a dynamic machinemade up of millions of moving parts.There are more than 200 bones alone,including the spinal bones, which aremoveable through infinitely variabledirections and ranges of motion. Howdid you think we could actually do allthe fantastic Taekwon-Dotechniques?

Ask any engineer or mechanic abouta machine with moving parts. He orshe will tell you that any suchmachine, especially when in use for24 hours a day, month after month,year after year for an entire lifetime,will need periodic maintenance.Moving parts constantly under stressbecome misaligned and requireadjustment.

Life is full of many types ofstress - physical, mental, emotional,chemical, bacteriological (yes, alsoTaekwon-Do). Not only is itimpossible to avoid all stress but muchof it is essential for the body’swellbeing. From an early age you ran,jumped and fell, heaved, tugged andstrained, got jolted and bruised,sparred Hong Looi, Jon Sawden, orVaughan Rae. You may have workedin awkward or restricted positions forlengthy periods of time.

Vertebral SubluxationWhen the demands of such activityexceed the ability of the body to adapt,fatigue and damage occur which canwork the mechanical parts of the body

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out of alignment. When spinal bonesbecome misaligned not only is normalmovement affected, more importantly,that part of the nervous system thatpasses through and between thespinal bones is prone to interferenceand irritation, this is called ‘vertebralsubluxation’.

Without normal nerve function thevital information doesn’t get to it’sdestinations as was intended and thebody cannot direct and co-ordinatethe actions necessary for health andfunction. Organs and tissuesdeprived of their normal nerve controlshow altered function and impairedadaptability. Disease and ill-health canresult.

The Path to Optimal HealthTo regain true health, normal nervefunction must be restored. To restorenormal nerve function the structuralparts which have been: strained,jolted, or forced out of alignment mustbe adjusted back (obviously) toproper alignment and mobility. Whennormal spinal function has beenrestored the nervous system can againdirect the normal processes of thebody; and if damage has not gone toofar the body can once againmanufacture the materials and tissuesnecessary for self-repair and health.

Enter the ChiropractorWhat kind of diseases dochiropractors treat? The answer isNONE. Chiropractors base theirpractice upon a respect for the innate(born with) ability of the body to healand organise itself (innateintelligence). They recognise that agreat deal of sickness and suffering iscaused by failure of some body partsto function properly. Even infectiousdiseases are more likely to occur whenresistance has been lowered by

disruption of normal function.

The Chiropractic AnalysisSo how does chiropractic fit into thepicture that has now been described?Well, the chiropractor analyses yourspine for areas of interference to yournervous system; ie they check forvertebral subluxations. Sincechiropractors know that thesevertebral subluxations are a detrimentto your health and body’sperformance (thus Taekwon-Do) theywant to help our body remove them.

Once the subluxations are found theyare corrected by means of achiropractic adjustment. Anadjustment is a very quick and specificlow depth force applied to thesubluxated vertebra, unlocking thejoints and freeing up its movement.The body recognises that asubluxation is bad so its uses themuscle to try and realign the vertebra,and thus very little ‘specific andcorrect’ force is needed by thechiropractor to adjust the vertebralsubluxation.

Patients and SymptomsMany people seek chiropracticassistance for headaches, backacheand musculoskeletal pains becausethey have been told that chiropracticis good for those things. Well in truththose probably did get goods resultsfor those problems; HOWEVER, asmentioned before the chiropractor didnot treat those problems. The bodydealt with them because that is whatit does, it heals itself when given aproper chance.

People are amazed when symptoms farfrom the spine start to subside, andpeople with little or no discomfort aresurprised when the chiropractor findsareas of the spine that are severelysubluxated affecting their overallhealth and performance.

Your Body Expresses your HealthRemember you were born with aninnate intelligence, an internal wisdomthat continually tries to obtain optimalperformance from your body in all

respects. But when there isinterference to the control system thebody cannot do this as effectively.Whether it is Taekwon-Do, digestinga kebab, or taking in information froma book or this article, all aspects ofyour body are working below par ifyou are subluxated.

Chiropractors seek, therefore, not totreat the sickness or the symptoms,but rather, through the correction ofspinal misalignments, to restorenormal function in the spine so thatthe body can repair and organise itselfoptimally and express full health.Healing comes from the within oncenormal function has been restored.Continued good health is the resultof harmonious body function.

The Chiropractic LifestyleVertebral subluxations can occuranywhere in the spine, that is from thebase of your skull right down to yourtailbone, many can go unnoticed, butthat doesn’t mean they aren’t affectingyour health and performance. Onlyregular spinal checkups by yourchiropractor will detect thesesubluxations and deal with themappropriately.

It is funny how a person will take theircar for a service even if they don’tknow anything is wrong with the car.People do this because they know ifthey get it serviced regularly problemscan be detected and fixed before theybecome major, and the person will getmuch better performance and life(hence resale) out of that car if it isregularly maintained. So it has to beasked, “what is more important, yourcar, or the body that you will have fora lifetime?”

Everyone wants the most out of theirbody especially Taekwon-Dopractitioners, and your body is thesingle greatest and most amazing thingyou will ever own, so make it last.Every body has a spine thereforeeverybody deserves to be underchiropractic care to ensure its properfunction. Make sure your health andperformance is closer to 100%, getyour spine checked!

the Taekwon-Do Practitioner

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by Willy van de MortelITF Netherlands

At the end of 2001, I look back on thisyear as a coach of the Slovenian team,as the head instructor of my own clubHosin, and as the coach of TomazBarada. This is a small report aboutthe last one.

In January we were making a programof the tournaments where Tomazwanted to compete in the year 2001;as a World Champion he competesonly in 5-6 events a year - the biggestones!

In February we started with the OpenSlovenian ITF Championships, atournament he has also organised nowfor the 7th time, then to the main eventof the year - the 12th ITF WorldChampionships. After that only twoweeks’ break, and then the preparationto defend his WAKO-PRO World Titlein Kickboxing in September, in hishometown of Maribor, Slovenia. Thenin November to the second ITC inUruguay, and ending the year 2001with the Master-Cup in Stockholm,Sweden, at the end of November.

Now, at the end of the year, I can saythat we made the right plan, especiallywhen I look to the results: competingthis year in five big events, and fivevictories were the result. That TomazBarada is one of the best in ITFTaekwon-Do, we can see from his longlist of titles, with 2 World titles and 2second places, 6 European titles,“King of Taekwon-Do” in ’97 inTokyo, and 2-time winner of theInternational Taekwon-Do Circuit.

But that’s not all; he’s also a championin kickboxing: with 2 World titles, 5

European titles and 2 ProfessionalWAKO-PRO World titles, you can sayhe’s a Champ.

Tomaz and I are very proud of theseresults, but we both know that we wereworking really hard to receive them;we invest a lot of time, money andenergy in this.

And in our situation it’s not alwayseasy – with Tomaz living in Sloveniaand I in the Netherlands, there is a1250 km distance between us, so wesee each other only during trainingcamps, held in Slovenia or theNetherlands, and sometimes also inother countries such as Austria,Germany or the USA. But fortunatelythere is the telephone: we stay incontact by phone very often to talkabout training, for example.

In all my years at Internationalcompetition level, I never saw a personwho focuses so well on the goals thathe makes for himself, with suchdetermination to find the joy of thevictory - not over his opponent, butthe victory over himself.

For that reason we are always lookingfor new goals like kickboxing,Taekwon-Do Circuit, ProfessionalKickboxing and the all-style fightinglike in the Master-Cup in Sweden. Butthe biggest goals for Tomaz werealways to become a ITF Taekwon-DoWorld Champion. Even after 2 titles, Iam sure that we can find the motivationto be in shape for the next WorldChampionships in Poland in 2003.

But the year 2001 has been the mostsuccessful for us. He won titles thisyear in different disciplines likeITF Taekwon-Do, WAKO-PROprofessional kickboxing, winner of theMaster-Cup (an all-style tournamentwell-known in Scandinavia withdifferent rules). This all confirms forme that Tomaz is becoming very all-round in this kind of competition, andthat he is, at this moment, using theexperience we have worked so hardfor during all the years that we havebeen a team. That will be 10 years, nextyear - a time of blood, sweat, and tears,but also a lot of fun and goodfriendship.

As the Slovenian coach for the 12th

World Championships I was veryhappy with the results of theSlovenian team; first of all with theWorld Title of Bianca Tapilatu, FemaleSparring (under 52 kg); the World Titleof Tomaz Barada, Male Sparring(under 63 kg); and the 3rd place ofSimon Jan in Male Sparring (under 80kg). But also with the results of thenewcomers, under 54 kg and over 80kg, who both made it to the quarter-final - hopefully we can make a strongteam again for the WC in 2003 inPoland. I believe in it.

I am also happy with my own studentsin the Netherlands, in my club Hosin.There are some talents who have thepossibility to make it onto the nationalteam. A couple of them have beenthere already (3 EuropeanChampions), and I hope that they canpresent themselves at the nextEuropean and World Championships.

In the kids’ class, there are alreadytalents who overtake other places, soI am very hopeful for the future of myclub Hosin. You can visit our website(www.hosin.nl) and give yourcomments - we are looking forward tothat.

In the name of the Slovenian ITFmembers, and the ITF members of theNetherlands (especially the membersof our club Hosin), I want to wish allthe members of ITFNZ all the best forthe year 2002, and I hope that we seeeach other soon.

With Regards,Willy van de Mortel

Hosin Taekwon-Do Vereniginge-mail: [email protected]: www.hosin.nl

Coaching a World Champion

Tomaz Barada, World Champion,with coach Willy van de Mortel

looking on

Tomaz Barada, Willy van de Mortel,and Bianca Tapilatu

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by Vince Pygott, IV dan

Mr Bhana and Mr Pygott went to Melbourne for theinaugural meeting of the OTF. Also at the meeting wereMaster Leong, Mr Moore representing Australia, MrsKaiou representing the Cook Islands and Mr Cariotis whowas looking after everyone while we were in Melbourne.

The OTF's main function is to co-ordinate regionalseminars and tournaments as well as senior Dan gradings.Affiliation, breakaway groups, marketing, and advertisingwere also discussed.

Member countries include Australia, New Zealand, Cook

Oceania Taekwon-Do FederationIs and Papua New Guinea, with possibly Fiji. An interimcommittee was set up consisting of:

President: Master Leong, Vice President: Mr Moore,Secretary: Mr Pygott, Treasurer: Mr Bhana, Members: MrRounthwaite & Mr Kaiou.

A lot of things need to be ironed out more thoroughly, aconstitution needs to be developed along with looking athow the OTF will actually function and who the electedcommittee members will be.

More information about the OTF will be coming in the not-too-distant future.

Technical Tipsby Paul McPhail, VI danMany of you have already ordered the new Black BeltHandbook which is on sale for $10 (or $80 for 10) from SueBreen, our Sales Manager.

We have greatly simplified the requirements for 1st dan.The idea is that grading for 1st dan is a test of all thecoloured belt syllabus. In theory for example, it is nowonly necessary to know the contents of the gup syllabusplus the meaning of Choong Moo. All other theorypreviously required has been shifted up the ranks in agraduated fashion, with the more philosophical andinstructor relevant material for 4th and 5th dans.

We have also simplified the certification requirements. Wehave found over the years that many people have found itvery difficult to attend the necessary courses, given thatthere are only a certain number of them put on each year.We also know that there is a big drop-out rate after 1stdan, and we want to target this problem area and encouragepeople to stay on and continue their gradings. With this in

mind, we have also dropped the requirement to write anessay to sit for 2nd dan.

There are many more minor tweaks - so here are the newfeatures of the syllabus:• Breaking requirements for 2nd dan and above changes,

to come more into line with World Champs power andspecial techniques breaks.

• Age for hand breaks has been decreased from 15 to14, in line with the encyclopaedia.

• Self defence has been simplified. When testing for 1stdan, applicants are expected to be able to perform alltechniques from the coloured belt syllabus. For 2nddan we have introduced ground self defence and havealso listed all the ground techniques in attack anddefence sections. For 4th dan we have introducedthrowing and falling techniques.

• No essay required for 2nd dan. Essay for 3rd dan,thesis for 4th dan only (none for 5th).

• No Umpires certification required for 2nd dan.• No First Aid certificate or CNZ required at any level• ITF Course certification required for 4th dan and above

- as per ITF rules.• Fitness test scoring has been simplified.• Theory for lower dans has been reduced and simplified.

Theory for seniors has been increased and relates moreto instructing and philosophy.

• Syllabus and application forms are now separate.Samples of the forms are in the handbook, but theactual forms will be on the website. Fees will also bepublished on the website separately.

• Credit points are now to be allocated by the Instructoror Regional Director, instead of the examiners. Theexaminers will check it only.

• Credit points have been increased for senior dans -now at a ration of 10 points per year.

• Bonus points can now be allocated by the examinersin any area of the grading (not just breaking andcredits).

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by Mark Banicevich, IV danTKD Talk correspondent in Sydney

An early flight to Sydney saved halfof the New Zealand team from beingcaught up in air traffic control strikeson Thursday 21 March. MasterMichael Daher met Mr Paul McPhail,Mark Trotter and Toni Moki at the air-port and took them for a quick tour ofSydney.

Thursday night Master Daher cookedup a feast for an army, which was for-tuitous because Mark Banicevichjoined them for the occasion. He andMaster Daher continued to eat longafter the others had pushed back theirplates.

Friday morning Mr McPhail, Mr Trot-ter and Miss Moki departed forCanberra in the luxury of MasterDaher’s BMW. The three hour drivewas over in a flash, and the team spentthe afternoon looking aroundAustralia’s capital.

Meanwhile, Darren Ward and KevinJoe arrived. They journeyed toCanberra with Andrew Maait (whosome may remember from the EpsonOpen), Mr Banicevich and MichelleSmith. They arrived close to midnight,grateful for a bed.

Saturday was the umpires’ course, at-tended by Messrs McPhail, Joe,Banicevich and Ward. While Mr Trot-ter, Miss Moki and Miss Smith wiledaway the hours watching movies andswimming in the pool, our four um-pires joined ITFNZ Taekwon-Dofriends Mr and Mrs Rounthwaite,friends from ITF Australia, and aroundseventy other attendees in a seminarconducted by Master Leong WaiMeng.

The seminar concluded around 7pm,and the team returned to the apart-ments – heads spinning with the re-surgence of old hand signals. WhileMr McPhail dined with the hierarchy,

and Mr Trotter and Miss Mokipopped out somewhere cheap fordinner, the remaining Kiwis had thepleasure of dining with Mr and MrsRounthwaite and members of RTRTaekwon-Do. Raewyn Coburn ofKapiti Coast and her mother took thisopportunity to meet up with the restof the New Zealand team.

Sunday: the big day. The team headedout to the venue at 7:30am. Theseminar and tournament were held atthe Australian Institute of Sport. Thecomplex is huge! No wonderAustralian tax is so ridiculous! TheKiwis joined teams from Singapore,and the plethora of Australian ITForganisations navigating their way tothe basketball training centre. Threerings were set up in just one third ofthe venue!

Master Leong selected his ringcouncils from the fourteen umpirespresent. Fourteen! Master Leongsummoned more umpires, thenselected his ring councils. Mastersand sixth degrees were selected asjuries, and our very own MrBanicevich was selected as headreferee for one of the rings. And sobegan a solid day of umpiring.

Competition began. Traditionalsparring in ring three was met withcheers and applause, while sparringand patterns were underway in ringsone and two respectively. Male thirdand fourth dan patterns came to ringtwo. Mr Trotter, who hadn’t trained ina few weeks, was still in fine form totake gold in patterns. His performanceof Juche illustrated the beauty ofTaekwon-Do.

Toni Moki was called for femalesecond and third dan patterns. Shehad a tough draw – set to meetSamantha Johnson of ITF Australiain the semi finals (who you mayremember took best overall black beltat the 2001 Epson Open). But thecompetition was tougher thanexpected: Miss Johnson lost the firstround to Dana Bower, of ITFAuthentic Taekwon-Do. Miss Mokialso lost to Miss Bower, despite apowerful performance of Juche. MissBower went on to win gold in theevent.

New Zealand’s success was only justbeginning. Miss Coburn set thestandard in tenth to fifth gup patterns– winning not only gold, but great

comments from the crowd. A wonder-ful performance.

Senior sparring began. Mr McPhailpulled out his new digital camera toget some great shots of the Kiwis inaction. The Kiwis were in fine form,and the competition was wonderful towatch. Unfortunately, Mr Trotter tooka knock to the eye in the closingseconds of his match, leaving himunable to compete in the final. Bothhe and Miss Moki took silver.

Despite one eye closed up from theinjury, Mr Trotter saw well enough todemolish both power and specialtechnique. Not to be outdone, MissMoki also took special technique, andgot bronze in female black belt power.

One event the Kiwis were unable totake out was team event. But what ahighlight. Team sparring in centre ring,cheering from the crowd as theysupported their organisations. This isbound to be a highlight at the ITFNZTaekwon-Do 2002 NationalTournament!

Around 10pm the team headed backto Sydney, looking forward to nextyear’s competition.

Mark Trotter2002 OCEANIA GRAND CHAMPIONGold - Special Technique, male danGold - Patterns, male 3rd / 4th danGold - Power Test, male danSilver - Sparring, male dan up to 60 kg

Toni MokiGold - Special Technique, female danSilver - Sparring, female dan up to 70 kgBronze - Power Test, female danBronze - Patterns, female 2nd / 3rd dan

Raewyn CoburnGold - Patterns, 10th - 5th gup

Kiwis take Gold in OTF Champs

Two Kiwis, one Master,and a whole lot of trophies

The New Zealand Contingentat the OTF Championships

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Hamilton, 24th August 2002

The ITFNZ Taekwon-Do Awards2002 are upon us!The time to make nominations for the2002 Awards is already upon us. Thisyear, all nominations must be receivedby each region’s MarketingCommittee representative before 30June 2002, so get started!Representative contact details arelisted on p4, and at the bottom of thenomination form. Nomination formsare available from the website(http://itfnz.org.nz/about/awards) oryour instructor.

A little advice we would like to passon after last year: the select committeedo not know the activities of everyonein ITFNZ Taekwon-Do. Selections arebased entirely upon what is writtenin the nomination. Be sure to writeclearly why your candidate shouldreceive the award, including a list ofhis or her activities in the past year.You may nominate someone for anyof the awards listed, including ThePresident’s Award.

The ITFNZ Taekwon-Do AwardsThe ITFNZ Taekwon-Do Awardsrecognise the efforts of ITFNZmembers. To receive one of theseawards is the most prestigiousrecognition a member can have. Thisyear, six awards will be presented atthe National Dinner:

(1) Dan student of the year(2) Gup student of the year(3) Junior student of the year(4) Instructor of the year(5) Club of the year, and(6) The President’s Award forOutstanding Contribution toFurthering ITFNZ Taekwon-Do.

In addition to the awards, other itemswill be presented at the dinner (if any):

(1) International instructor certificates(2) Certificates for our seven newsabumnim, and other senior blackbelts(3) ITF umpire certificates, and(4) ITFNZ Taekwon-Do Honorary LifeMembership awards.

The selection procedure(1) Nominations are made by membersand instructors and presented to thenominator’s Marketing Committeerepresentative (see p4) by 30 June2002. There are two types ofnomination (see below) – regularnomination and special nomination.(2) Each region selects one RegionalNominee for each award at a regionalmeeting, and presents the RegionalNominees to Mr Darren Ward. TheMarketing Committee representativeis responsible for his or her regionhaving one Regional Nominee for eachaward, if a potential recipient exists.(3) A special select committee selectsthe recipient of each reward. Thecommittee is comprised of twomembers of the Marketing Committee,and one ITFNZ Taekwon-Do seniorblack belt. Award nominees are noton this panel. The selections arebased on written submissions aboutthe nominees from the regions.

Regular nomination – each year eachinstructor nominates one person foreach award. This person does nothave to be from their club.Nominations are presented to theMarketing Committee representativeof the nominator’s region.

Special nomination – any registeredmember of ITFNZ Taekwon-Do maynominate any other person for anaward. A special nomination must beseconded by another registeredmember of ITFNZ Taekwon-Do. Thenomination is then presented to thenominator’s Marketing Committeerepresentative to be consideredtogether with regular nominations forthe region. Each member cannominate one person per award peryear only.

Format for nominationsRegular nominations and specialnominations must include a writtensummary of why the nominee shouldreceive the award and a list of thenominee’s activities in the past year.These nominations must beaccompanied by a copy of theappropriate form (available fromhttp://itfnz.org.nz/about/awards oryour instructor).

Gup Student of the YearThis award is presented to an outstandingcoloured belt student.

Dan Student of the YearThis award is presented to an outstandingblack belt student.

Junior Student of the YearThis award is presented to an outstandingstudent who is under 18 years of age.

A person nominated for a Student of theYear Award must be actively involved inITFNZ Taekwon-Do and registered at thedate of the Awards. He or she may havehigh achievements in gradings ortournaments, may help or assist regularlyat club, and may be involved in organisingregional or national events. This personwill have excellent moral character, andbe a strong exponent of the tenets ofTaekwon-Do.

Instructor of the YearThis award is presented to an outstandinginstructor of an ITFNZ Taekwon-Do clubwho is registered and instructing at thedate of the Awards. He or she may haveachieved a high proportion of studentsgraded, and may have a very high passrate. His or her students may have greatsuccess in tournaments. The instructormay have overcome major challenges, ormay be heavily involved in organisingregional or national events. He or she willalso have excellent moral character, andbe a strong exponent of the tenets ofTaekwon-Do.

Club of the YearThis award is presented to an outstandingITFNZ Taekwon-Do club with registeredmembers at the date of the Awards. Theclub is likely to have a great culture andatmosphere, and may even socialisetogether. It will be well represented at allregional and national events. The club maybe large relative to the local community, orbe growing at a healthy rate. The clubmay also be successful at gradings andtournaments. The members will haveexcellent moral character, and be strongexponents of the tenets of Taekwon-Do.

The President’s Award forOutstanding Contribution toFurthering ITFNZ Taekwon-DoThis award is presented to someone whohas made outstanding contributions tofurthering ITFNZ Taekwon-Do. This personneed not be an ITFNZ Taekwon-Domember, but he or she will have helpedITFNZ Taekwon-Do in some major way.He or she may be the backbone of aregion – organising everything, or helpingeveryone. He or she may have written amajor report, or been instrumental in gettingITFNZ Taekwon-Do great media exposure.Whatever the activities, the person willhave dedicated a great deal of his or hertime to furthering ITFNZ Taekwon-Do. Heor she will also have excellent moralcharacter, and be a strong exponent ofthe tenets of Taekwon-Do.

ITFNZ Taekwon-Do Awards 2002

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WaiBopTara Junior Campby Gwyn Brown

Day 1- Friday 16th November

The Ute was full of my 2stepdaughters, Jess & Chelsea andJess’s friend Robin. We were headingout to the campsite at AongateteLodge in the Kaimai ranges towardsKatikati with a Ute full of singing girlsand the obligatory attached trailercontaining food for 55 kids and adults.We arrived and unpacked the trailerand the Ute and started organisingwhere everyone would be sleeping.We had put the children into 4 groups,green, red, blue and yellow. All thegirls formed team red. (I had originallycalled them the pink team, butapparently pink is not a cool girl teamcolour anymore, so they said!)

After most of the kids had arrived westarted with the usual introductionsand explained the format of the campfor the weekend. It was our intentionthat although Taekwon-Do would bethe focus for the weekend, it wouldbe done through fun and games. Ourrange of kids went from 7 to 18 so wehad to cater for all ages and sizes aswell. Each person was then issued witha clip-on clothes peg in the colour oftheir team. They were told that theyhad to keep the peg on them at alltimes, and to lose it would mean notonly a loss of points for their team,but they would have to sing anddance to get their peg back.Something that provided a lot ofentertainment all weekend!

Bedtime arrived after a few games, oneof which saw 4 children singing forthe heinous crime of doodling on theirapplication forms. They were chargedwith defacing official regionalTaekwon-Do property. All 4 pleadedguilty (after not being given thechance to defend themselves) andsang a lovely rendition of Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star; one of mypersonal favorites.

Lights out was at 10pm, but becausethe boys’ dorm chose not to be quietthey were performing press-ups atapproximately 10:15. Call me hard, callme tough, but you can’t call me unfair!

Day 2, Saturday the 17th November

In the morning the children werewoken at 6am sharp to the sound ofMr Bates and myself crashing largepot lids together.

The children were given 5 minutes to

be formed up in their running gear onthe bottom field, with the last teamlosing points. This team was, youguessed it, the girls’ team. With 2teenage girls myself I should haveknown the reason! That’s right, theywere doing their hair and asking eachother if they looked okay!

After much jeering from the boys’teams when the girls did arrive, wefinally set off on a quick run, followedby some more games and fun. Aftershowers, a dorm inspection wascarried out by Mr Rimmer while thechildren all stood at attention by theirbeds. He was impressed with thestandard... that is to say the girls’standard, not the boys!

The first training session conductedby Mr Rimmer got underway in windyconditions with the occasional shower,which did from time to time force us tohurry indoors, but all in all was a lot offun. During this time Mr Grant Eccles,Miss Jodi Collins, Mr Mark Trotterand Miss Jeanette Joe arrived as guestinstructors, and the second trainingsession got underway with thechildren being split up. Lunchtimearrived, with quite a bit of singing fromsome team members that were anxiousto have their pegs returned to them!

The afternoon session involved thechildren swapping around with theirdifferent instructors for more fun andtraining. I would like to say a very BIGthank you to our guest instructors,without your enthusiasm the campwould not have been as successfulas it was.

After afternoon tea we all hiked downto the swimming hole, except for threeof the children who didn’t want toswim, but instead stayed behind toclean their dorms to earn points fortheir team, the little treasures!!

Dinnertime arrived and the barbie wasfired up for sausages and salads forall…okay not all. The girls mostly hadsalad with the boys just sausages andsauce! An evening of games and funwas followed with a video. All thechildren went to bed very tired – noproblems getting them to sleep!

Day 3, Sunday the 18th November

Our intention on Sunday was to letthe children sleep. They were all tiredso we thought we would go easy onthem and get them up at 7:30 forbreakfast at 8:00. However when I was

woken up by Mr Devon Pittman’sarrival at 6am, I noticed some of thechildren up and about. When weinvestigated we found that not onlyhad the girls’ team gotten up, but theyhad also cleaned their dorm ready forinspection and were waiting for us tostart the morning’s exercise! We toldthem to go back to bed, but they wereso keen we decided what the heck, ifthey wanted to run, then far be it fromus to deny them! I went through tothe boys’ dorm, and some of themwere also keen and were alreadydressed and ready. So, off we went!

This was the theme for the weekend.All the children worked hard and hadsuch fun. Their enthusiasm andattitude was very contagious for allinvolved.

The morning’s dorm inspection wascarried out by Mr Eccles, who wasvery tough. He got out his whitegloves and checked the top of thedoors, under mattresses and mats, andbehind fire extinguishers! Afterbreakfast, the warm-up was taken byMr Pittman, who got the childrendoing Tai-Chi, great fun!

Sunday’s training consisted of a minitournament conducted by Mr Ecclesand was followed by a fun sessionand Mr Rimmer’s famous Slime game.We then had lunch, which wasfollowed by the awards ceremony. Asthey had done from the start of thecamp, the girls’ team again showedthe boys why they finally won thejunior team prize with their teamworkthroughout the weekend. Only inSlime did they not come first - welldone, girls.

Camp cleanup followed and wemanaged to get away by 4pm after avery enjoyable but extremely tiringweekend!

The camp was a complete successand my heartfelt thanks go out to allthose instructors, parents and childrenthat attended. You are an awesomebunch of people and I am lookingforward to the next one.

On that note, Matt and I would like toask for people interested in being partof a national junior camp to beheld sometime next year to contacteither of us or express their interest.I can be reached by email [email protected] or Matt [email protected]

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General Choi in New Zealand!The Founder of Taekwon-Do visits our shores.

FundingKris Herbison gives some insight into obtaining funding for clubs, events,equipment, and more.

Injury preventionThis article written by the Accident Compensation Corporation could savelives! ... or at least some nasty pulled muscles...

ITFNZ Taekwon-Do NationalsJodie Collins provides a buildup to the 2002 National Championships inHamilton.

Coaching Part 2 : Free SparringNew Zealand National Team Coach Andrew Salton’s three-part articlecontinues, this time focusing on his personal speciality.

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Due to demand, we are making available to ITFNZ students and instructors over90 minutes of video footage of the Grading Syllabus Seminar held at the 2001Instructors Conference.Messers Graham Patterson, Lawrence Mantjika, Matthew Breen, Mark Banicevichand Jake Pearson demonstrate all patterns from Chon-Ji to Choong-Moo, while MrPaul McPhail indicates the key points in each pattern. The team also demonstrate 3step, 2 step, 1 step sparring, free sparring, self defence, breakfalling and destructions.Even theory!Hear Instructors asking questions on the syllabus throughout the video, and get aninsight into how the syllabus is designed and what the examiners are looking for.

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