The Wellington Region National/Oceania coaching team of Richard Lavin, Alois Vogt and John Raptis are starting tournament training from Sunday 14th March 2010.
The training sessions will be from 1.00pm - 3.00pm for coloured belts and 1.00pm - 4.00pm for black belts.
There will be a total of 12 training sessions from the 14th March until the 27th June.
These trainings are open to all students, especially those who are looking to compete at Regionals and/or Nationals (if eligible/selected).
Trainings will be held at the Wellington College, Old Boys Gym, Dufferin Street, Wellington.
Dates are as follows:
March - 14, 21
April - 11, 18, 25
May - 9, 16, 30
June - 6, 13, 20, 27
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 March 2010 18:39
Saturday 27th March, 1pm-3pm (4pm finish for black belts)
A number of the Spirit instructors and seniors are attending the International Instructors Course in March. To ensure that all Spirit members get the benefit of this course a technical seminar is going to be held on Saturday 27th March, run by the Spirit Head Instructor Mr Brett Kraiger.
This will cover all major areas covered at the International Instructors Course, updating everybody on the latest changes. This opportunity should not be missed, especially given its proximity to the April gradings.
The seminar will be 2 hours long, with an extra hour for black belts.
Venue: Khandallah Town Hall, Ganges Road, Khandallah (map)
Please fill out the following registration form
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 March 2010 10:40
The next Kup Grading will be on Saturday 10th April, in Masterton.
Masterton club is the most recent addition to the Wellington Region, and this time it is their turn to host. We will only have to travel this far for a kup grading once every few years!
All the Spirit Clubs are grading in the morning. Grading starts at 9am, so please arrive by 8:30am. And please allow time for unexpected delays on the trip over. It is much better to arrive way too early than it is to arrive late.
Black belts are reminded of their obligation to assist with marshalling at the grading. This is a part of the responsibility of being a black belt, and your attendance is expected.
The grading is at Wairarapa College Gymnasium. The entrance is off Renall St (College Hostel Entrance), Masterton. (map)
Follow the road into Masterton. Turn left into Renall St at the second roundabout. Entrance to college about 500m up street on left. The gymnasium is diagonally across the fields from the entrance way.
General Choi said "Train easy, grading hard. Train hard, grading easy". So train hard!
Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 23:11
The ITFNZ National Championships 2010 are being held in Wellington on the 3rd & 4th July.
With the tournament in our own city, it is a great opportunity to either compete at a National level, or to witness New Zealand's best Taekwon-Doin in action. (Yes, Taekwon-Doin is the proper word for people who do Taekwon-Do!).
The Wellington Regionals are usually held one or two months prior to the Nationals, and you usually have to qualify at the regionals in order to represent Wellington at the national tournament.
The tournament will also require many officials to help out on the day, so if you are qualified then please keep this weekend free so you can assist. For those who are not qualified umpires, there will very probably be an umpires course some time prior to the event.
More information will be posted as details become available.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 08:33
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Pre-gradings are coming up. These are where your instructors get an opportunity to have a look at where you are at, and determine whether you are ready to go for your next belt.
Please note that for the mini-kids programme this only applies to those who already have their First Red stripe and the next stage is to go for yellow stripe (9th Kup).
In a pre grading the instructors are taking into account your technical performance, your theory knowledge, and your attitude. And other factors will also be taken into account, such as frequency of attendance at training and your general approach to class.
After the pre-grading the instructor will be in a position to let you know whether you can attend the Kup grading on 10th April in Masterton. They will usually be able to help you with feedback on the things you need to improve on as well.
Pre-grading takes place during normal class time.
Dates
Thorndon: Monday 8 March
Brooklyn: Sunday, 14 March
Karori: Monday, 22 March
Last Updated on Monday, 01 March 2010 06:32
Sunday 28th March
There is to be a Round Robin tournament held on 28th March at Onslow College.
Normally ITF tournaments are "knock-out" competitions... as soon as you lose you are out. With a round robin competition this does not happen and you will have multiple opportunities to compete.
The tournament will have both patterns and sparring competitions.
The online entry form is available here.
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 February 2010 09:40
Sunday 23rd May
The Wellington regional tournament is scheduled for Sunday 23rd May, at Te Rauparahara Arena, Titahi Bay Road in Porirua (map)
- Power, specialty and patterns open to all age groups and all ranks.
- Sparring open to yellow belts and above.
- We have two divisions for team patterns, black belt and colour belt.
- For pre-arranged sparring, if this event is as well supported this year as it was last year we will look at splitting into a black belt and a colour belt divsion.
The costs are:
$15 one event,
$25 for two or more events.
$45 for families.
$15 per team for pre-arranged and team patterns.
All fees are to be collected by your Instructor. Instructors, please keep a list of entrants and amounts paid, to include with payment.
Competitors and Officials must register on the ITFNZ website. Entries close Friday 14 May.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 March 2010 21:40
Proposed date:
Sunday 10th October, 2010, Ngaio Town Hall. (map)
Course Content
This course covers many aspects of instructing and how to teach Taekwon-Do. There is a mix of theory and practical aspects to this course. The course content provides valuable insights and tools to becoming an Instructor. It is a pre-requisite for anybody who wants to become an ITFNZ instructor.
If you wish to attend you will need to fill out the registration form.
Who can attend the course?
1st Dans and above
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 January 2010 22:42
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