ITF TAEKWON-DO AUSTRALIA DEGREE PROMOTIONS

ITF Taekwon-do Australia conducted degree promotions for 5 of its members on 13 February 2016 in Sydney. The gradings were conducted by our President Master Michael Daher who put the candidates through a rigorous testing of all technical requirements to their respective ranks.

Master Daher tested;

Patterns, Fundamental movements, Step Sparring, Free Sparring, Ground Sparring, Slow Motion & Accuracy techniques, Power Breaking, Speed Breaking, Fitness test, Ground Self Defence & Theory.

Members and rank promotion as follows;

5th degree Trevor McIntyre
5th degree Tomasz Bohdan
3rd degree Sam Murray
3rd degree Niklas Larsson
3rd degree Zoran Lazic

ITF Taekwon-do Australia congratulates you all on achieving your new ranks and wishes you well in your Taekwon-do future.

MASTER SPARRING & UMPIRE SEMINARS

6-7 February 2016 Sydney Australia.
What a weekend of TKD, saw a fast paced sparring seminar conducted by Master Daher and Mr El-Sheikh. We covered some training techniques that had not been seen before that proved very challenging even for the most experienced.
The event saw a number of senior members attend in support, Mr Harper, Mr Christensen, Mr Abdallah and Mathew O’Neil 4 Dan from the Central Coast who originally graded to 1st degree under Master Daher a number of years ago. It was a pleasure having him there.

The following day saw the first of 3 of these courses this year by Mr Kelly, ITF Taekwon-Do Australia Umpire director. There were 22 participants at the event which covered the basics of umpiring. With the use of a powerpoint presentation, Mr Kelly was able to deliver a terrific presentation for the future of umpiring in Australia. All in all it was a very good weekend, if you get the chance we highly recommended you attend these courses to improve you knowledge even if you don’t want to do umpiring it will definitely help you understand the rules as a competitor. If you are 2 Dan and above you can apply for a B grade certificate through ITF
Headquarters and 4 Dan’s and above will be heading to New Zealand to obtain
their A grade certification later this year.

Sunshine Coast Umpire Seminar is scheduled for 14 February 2014 and also a Melbourne seminar is scheduled to be conducted by Mr Gerard Kelly.

More technical seminars will be scheduled by ITF Taekwon-do Australia Executive Board in its strategy to develop and promote Taekwon-do in Australia leading up to the 2018 ITF World Cup Championships Gold Coast Australia.

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National Squad 2017 Dublin Ireland

ITF Taekwon-do Australia invites all National Association & Allied Association members to register for the National Squad to be eligible for selection onto the Official National Team to represent Australia at the 2017 ITF World Championships to be held in Dublin, Ireland.

The following members have registered thus far:

Oxana Gorskina

Cecilia Love

Adele Barnes-Cooke

Paul Generakis

Dylan Delicana

Musa El-Sheikh

Omar El-Sheikh

Zak Scott

Shelley Shamrok

Erin Carter

Brooke Ryan

Trent Hayden

Shawn Sutton

First squad session with the National Coach will be 6 March 2016 at Netball Central Sydney Olympic Park following the ITF FIGHT SERIES 1 event being held at the same venue on 5 March 2016.

ITF FIGHT SERIES 2

ITF Taekwon-do Australia is proud to announce ITF FIGHT SERIES 2 is to be held at the newly built Sports Super Centre at Runaway Bay, Gold Coast on Sunday 12 June 2016 with National Squad team training being held at the same venue the day before on Saturday 11 June 2016.  This is an open martial arts event with ITF rules for competition and everyone is welcome. We look forward to an amazing event in an amazing city. See you all there on the Gold Coast.

Invitation here

CHALLENGE YOURSELF !

ITF TAEKWON-DO NEWCASTLE

ITF Taekwon-do Australia welcomes it’s newest member organisation ITF Taekwon-do Newcastle headed by Mr Trevor McIntyre into the National Association. After meetings and discussions with ITF Taekwon-do Australia President Master Michael Daher ITF Taekwon-do Newcastle officially affiliated on 3 January 2016.

2016 is looking to be a big year with ITF Taekwon-do Australia headed by our President and Executive Board working very hard to develop and progress Taekwon-do in Australia into the future for the benefit of its members.

2016 KICK OFF EVENTS

ITF Taekwon-do Australia have sanctioned 2 events which are jointly organised by Il-Shim International Taekwon-do, ITF-KMA & Universal Taekwon-do.

Sparring Seminar 6 February 2016 NETBALL CENTRAL SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK 

Begin the New Year with an in-depth sparring seminar being conducted by Master Michael Daher and Mr Moustapha El-Sheikh. Master Michael Daher was the Australian Coach in 1992 when the historic Oceania regions first ever medal was won by Moustapha El-Sheikh at an ITF Taekwon-do World Championships at the age of 18. 6 hours of sparring training under the Master of the Oceania and the Oceanias first medallist, don’t miss this opportunity in 2016.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Sparring Seminar Fee: $100

Transfer payment with surname as reference to the following account and complete online registration form to be uploaded soon to complete registration.

Account Name: M Daher

BSB : 082365

Acc No. : 866516868

Sydney Umpire Seminar 7 February & Sunshine Coast Umpire Seminar 14 February

An umpire seminar will be held the following day after the sparring seminar to be conducted by one of the Oceania regions top umpires Mr Gerard Kelly. ITF Taekwon-do Australia Umpire Committee Chairman will be coming to Sydney exclusively to conduct this seminar for all members. The Umpire seminar is compulsory for all NA members who are Red Belt and above. All participants who complete the seminar will be qualified to apply for a B class Umpire Certificate from the ITF and will be eligible to complete International Umpire Course to be conducted by the ITF umpire committee date to be confirmed in New Zealand.

Sydney Seminar to be conducted at ITF-KMA Dojang 42 b Yates Avenue Dundas Valley

Umpire Course Fee $40

Transfer payment with surname as reference to the following account and complete online registration form to be uploaded soon to complete registration.

Account Name: ITF Taekwon-do Australia

BSB: 083636

Acc No.: 833406275

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS PROMOTION

ITF Taekwon-do Australia Executive board members all attended the annual IL-Shim International Taekwon-do Black Belt seminar & grading weekend held on the Gold Coast 24 October 2015. The seminar and grading was conducted by President Master Michael Daher and assisted by Senior vice president Mr Moustapha El-Sheikh.

Among the testing candidates were ITF Taekwon-do Australia board members vice president Mr Paul Harper promoted to 6th degree and secretary-general Mr John Abdallah promoted to 4th degree. Present for the whole day showing their support were Universal Taekwon-do instructors Mr Gerard Kelly and 2015 National Team Captain Mr Charlie Van Beelen. ITF Taekwon-do Australia treasurer Mrs Michelle Harper was also in attendance supporting Mr Paul Harper. The seminar grading day was intensive covering all patterns with Master Daher explaining & demonstrating techniques lasting 6 hours.

The executive board members held a general meeting discussing national developments and progress of the NA. A marketing and development committee was formed to be chaired by Mr Alfio Viscusso and member Mr Ken Hayden.

All the students and families joined Master Daher for dinner in Broadbeach where all candidates were officially given their grading results and presented with the certificates. Once again congratulations to our Board Members who were promoted and congratulations to all those who passed to the next rank.

National Squad Schedule Clarification

National Squad schedule clarification of minimum attendance requirements has been raised by Senior ITF Taekwon-do Australia instructor & umpire committee chairman Mr Gerard Kelly.

The proposed schedule is tentative and will be confirmed by the National Coach once appointed by the executive board.

Pending the National Squad members who register and their locations once known, final number of events and locations will be determined by the National Coach.

Squad members are required to attend at least 75% of the proposed National Squad program.

Participation in the ITF World Cup 2016 in Hungary is recommended but not compulsory for National Squad members. It has been scheduled on the program as an ideal event to attend in preparation for Ireland 2017, but once again we state it is not a mandatory event to attend by the National Squad members.

We would like to thank Mr Gerard Kelly for bringing this to the attention of all and hope this clarifies the position to all prospective squad members.

Regards

Moustapha El -Sheikh

Senior Vice President

ITF Taekwon-do Australia