Sabumnim Michael Nguyen attended the Master McPhail Seminar on the 17^th & 18^th August at the ITF Fitness Center in Sydney. There were close to 50 black belts in attendance. Day 1 combined fundamental movements as well as Patterns Chon-Ji up to Yoo-Sin lead by Master McPhail. He is full of knowledge and it was amazing to train with such a dynamic and passionate Master in the Oceania region. He is one of the members on the ITF technical committee.  Our Senior Dans were very fortunately to be able to get some personal tuition from him on Day 2 covering all 4^th Dan Patterns.

Over the two day seminar, GM Daher the seminar participates on their toes through a variety of intensive sparring drills and unique methods. He offered insight into how your opponent thinks and how to read your opponent’s movements. He also offered advice to participants who are serious about developing their sparring abilities for international competition.

Towards the end of Day 2 we participated in an umpiring session conducted by Mr McIntyre which is an important element of competitive ITF Taekwon-Do on an international level. Mr McIntyre covered current tournament rules from an umpire point of view for patterns, pre-arranged and free sparring. It was a great chance to ask questions and understand how to impress the umpires/judges and get the edge on your opponent.

It was a very enjoyable event. We are very much looking forward to the IIC in New Zealand next year.

Michael Nguyen VI Dan ITF

International Instructor & Examiner

Impact Taekwon-Do Australia

In July Impact Taekwon-Do Australia, sent a team of 18 to the RMIT Championships. It was a well run event and students thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Thank you to the organisers for the invitation.

Results from the RMIT Championships in St Albans. Congratulations to everyone who competed today as well as a big thank you to everyone who came and supported! It is the biggest team we’ve ever brought to a tournament, with 18 people and 30 medals in hand.

Michael Nguyen
1st in 18+ y/o Male 2nd to 6th Dan Patterns
1st in 18+ y/o Team Patterns
1st in 18-35 y/o Male 1st Gup to 6th Dan 64-73kg Sparring

In June, Impact Taekwon-Do Australia sent a team of 6 to Sydeny attend the ITF Australian National Championships. It was a great event. Thank you to the organisers for inviting us.

Final Results from the 2019 ITF Nationals in Sydney

Michael Nguyen
2nd in 18 to 39 y/o Male 4th to 6th Dan Patterns
2nd in 18 to 35 y/o Male 1st Dan+ 63.5kg to 72kg Sparring

Adriana Enciso Galindo
3rd in 18 to 35 y/o Female 4th Dan Patterns
3rd in 18 to 35 y/o Female 1st Dan+ 55kg to 68.5kg Sparring

Larita Bouphasavanh
2nd in 18 to 35 y/o Female 2nd to 3rd Dan Patterns

Trevor Foulstone
3rd in 40+ y/o Male 5th to 1st Gup Patterns
3rd in 36+ y/o Male 5th Gup to 2nd Dan 78.6+ Sparring

Angela Foulstone
1st in 12 to 14 y/o Female Colour Belt Special Techniques

Thank you to Man Tim Hon for coming along to support and coach the team! Everyone did so well today. Now to rest and relax! Congratulations!!

Impact Taekwon-Do would like to welcome Ms Adriana Enciso Galindo from Columbia who is living, working and studying here. She is a 4th Dan in ITF Taekwon-Do and 3rd Dan in WAKO Kickboxing. She brings a wealth of international experience being to 2 World Cup (Jamaica and England) and 2 World Championships (Spain & Ireland) representing her home country. She is also multiple National, Panamerican & Sudamerican Champion in patterns and sparring in both styles. She will be representing Columbia at the her 3rd ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships in Germany this year in Patterns and Sparring. We look forward to exchanging knowledge as well as working together with her. Taekwon!

Thank you to families, parents, friends, and supporters of Impact Taekwon-Do Australia for all your help in making our school such a great success in 2016. Please take note of the dates below: –

• Seniors will recommence on Tuesday 24th January 2017.
• Beginners & Juniors will recommence on Tuesday 7th February 2017.

Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday.

Taekwon!

Impact Taekwon-Do Australia sent a team of seven to the USMA Junior tournament today. Thank you to Master Cariotis for inviting us once again.

The team managed to win 5 x Gold; 5 x Silver; 7 x Bronze. Well done everyone.

Thanks to Leon for coaching and Larita for being our photographer and managing our competitors.

Results from the competition

Tommy Le

1st – Peewee patterns

1st – Peewee round robin tag sparring

2nd – Peewee special techniques

Philo Lee

3rd – Junior mixed middleweight round robin sparring

3rd – Junior male special techniques

Crystal Tan

3rd – Junior blue-red belt patterns

3rd – junior female special techniques

2nd – junior mixed round robin sparring

Ryan Le

2nd – Junior lightweight round robin sparring

Carmen Smith

1st – Junior intermediate female round robin sparring

1st – Junior female special techniques

Sandra Smith

3rd – Junior sparring mixed blue/red round robin sparring

2nd – Junoir blue-red belt patterns

Mahdi Hassan

3rd – Junior lightweight round robin sparring

1st – Junior male special techniques

Impact Taekwon-Do students attended the USMA Championships hosted by USMA today. Thank you Master Spiridon Cariotis for the invitation. The students all enjoyed themselves. Well done to all students that competed in the true spirit of Taekwon-Do. We were fortunate enough to return with 9 GOLD, 6 SILVER & 3 BRONZE. A great result.

Well done to Anoushka Iyer and Tommy who won 1st place in every event they participated in. Well done guys!!!

A great day, excellent display for comraderie and Taekwon-Do. Thank you to the Tammilehto family for coming down to support our team. It is greatly appreciated.

Results from the competition

Tommy Le

1st – Peewee white to yellow belt patterns

1st – Peewee tag sparring

1st – Peewee special techniques

Philo Lee

3rd – Junior mixed lightweight sparring

Anoushka Iyer

1st – Junior green blue belt patterns

1st – Junior female special techniques

Ryan Le

1st – Junior blue – red belt patterns

2nd – Junior mixed lightweight sparring

1st – Junior male special techniques

Carmen Smith

2nd – Junior red belt patterns

2nd – Intermediate female sparring

2nd – Junior female special techniques

Sandra Smith

2nd – Sparring mixed blue/red round robin sparring

3rd – Junior red belt patterns

Leon Sejranovic

2nd – Junior mixed black belt patterns

1st – Junior lightweight black belt sparring

1st – Junior black belt special techniques

Ashwin Iyer

3rd – Junior mixed blue – red belt patterns

Impact Taekwon-Do Australia attended this year’s Victorian Challenge hosted by Il Shim Taekwon-Do in Melbourne. Thank our Mr and Mrs Harper for the invitation.

Well done to the 12 students who attended today’s Championship. Results are below. Fantastic result for us.
31 medals and 4 Overall Champion trophies. 19 Gold, 8 Silver, 4 Bronze.

Thank you all parents and supporters for helping out. The tournament would not be possible without your help.

Results from the competition

Tom Barry

1st – Open black belt patterns

1st – Open black belt round robin sparring

1st – Open black belt special techniques

1st – Open black belt power breaking

Overall Senior Male Champion

Well done to Impact Taekwon-Do students at yesterday’s RMIT Championships. There were over 135 competitors from all across the nation and different federations working together in the spirit of Taekwon-Do. The standard of competiton was exceptionally high at this event. Impact Taekwon-Do had 22 students who attended. We were fortunate enough to come away with 7 Gold, 9 Silver and 4 Bronze. A great result by everyone.

Thank you to Grand Master Lai and Master Lai for the invitation. It was great to see Senior Master Tam, Master Kordanovski & Mr Hickey again. It was fantastic to see old friendships rekindle and new ones formed. We look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Taekwon!

Results from the competition:

Angela Foulstone

2nd – white to blue stripe female junior patterns

3rd –  junior female sparring

April Tammilehto

2nd – yellow mixed junior patterns

Alannah Tieu

2nd – junior female blue to black belt patterns

2nd – junior female sparring

Angel He

3rd – junior female black belt patterns

Chris Lin

1st – junior blue/red male patterns

1st – junior male lightweight sparring

Ryan Le

2nd – junior blue/red male patterns

1st – junior male sparring

Philo Lee

3rd – junior blue/red male patterns

3rd – middleweight Junior sparring

Michael Nguyen

1st – 4th-5th Dan male black belt patterns

2nd – heavyweight senior black belt sparring

Tom Barry

2nd – 2nd-3rd Dan male black belt patterns

Samuel Rodriguez

1st – middleweight junior sparring

Mahdi Hassan

2nd – junior male sparring

Natalie Jewell

2nd – 1st – 2nd Dan female black belt patterns

Jasmine Butler

1st – Hyperweight female black belt sparring

Sumaya Samitar

1st – mixed junior female sparring

The following day was Fight Series 2 competition held at Runaway Bay Super Sports Centre. Although competitor numbers were lower than usual we had a majority of Black belts being a selection tournament for ITF Taekwon-do Australia  and also being a preparatory tournament for Untited ITF Australia members competing next month in their World Championships in England. The quality of the competition was high amongst the seniors and the day ran very smoothly. .

We would like to thank all United ITF Australia instructors and members who supported the event also all Allied Members and independent organisations who were there. We wish our members travelling to New Zealand for the Oceania Championships luck and all United ITF Australia members luck in England. We know you will make Australia proud. Thank you to Mr John Abdallah for organising the event and a special thank you to all the officials and volunteers on the day who without them none of this would be possible.

Results from the competition:

Leon Sejranovic

1st place – <57kg junior black belt round-robin sparring

1st place – 1st-2nd Dan junior black belt sparring

Overall Junior Male Champion