Syystalkoi is all about upgrading the gym and getting things in shape for winter training. Refreshments for participants! You can stay longer if there's enough to do. We hope that the parents of the enthusiasts will also join in!
Author: Sampo Pajulampi
The Roospuutto 2 tournament in Pori on 7.9. was a success. A strong team in the sports series took theirs and the girls of the beginners' team also brought gold to Helsinki, while the boys were left without a medal.
The Roospuutto 2 tournament in Pori on 7.9. was a success. A strong team in the sports series took theirs and the girls of the beginners' team also brought gold to Helsinki, while the boys were left without a medal.
Business series
Marita and Kirsimarja started the race day in the Over 50 Female category. Great performances from both and the result was gold for Marita and bronze for Kirsimarja, with silver very close for Kirsimarja. Next up was the Pairs Over 30 series, where Laura and Ville competed as a pair, and Marita with new partner Elia Zolfaghar (Manse). For Marita and Elia the result was fourth place, for Ville and Laura the silver medal with an annoyingly small difference of 0,01 points to the gold medallists.
After a break of one series, Laura and Ville continued to the Groups over 30 series, where they competed with their own groups. After a tough competition, gold went to Ville, Tatu Iivanainen (Mudokwai Vantaa) and Jeppe Aukio (Taekwondo Vihti) and silver to Laura, Miia Siutila (Budokwai) and Laura Wild (Mudokwai Vantaa). Laura then had another break of only one series before her individual series, Under 40 Female. Laura took the gold with a confident grip, leaving her teammates Miia and Laura to the fainter medals.
Immediately after Laura it was Sofia's turn in the pairs under 17 series with her trusted partner Lassi Kaasinen (Herttoniemi). The slightly younger competitors were no match for the experienced pair and the result was a gold medal with a clear difference. Later in the afternoon it was Sofia's turn in the individual series (Juniorit Female), which was the biggest of the ranking series. Sofia had a very solid performance already in the first round, as she advanced to the final in 2nd place, only 0,06 points behind the number one. In the final round, the level of performance remained stable as did the ranking, resulting in a silver medal.
So once again, great success to the Taekwondo athletes! Another great detail of the Pori Games was the recovery of the recently scarce judging situation, as for the first time in Finland we were able to compete with a seven-judge system, even on both mats, which is familiar from the World Championships and European Championships.
U17 female: Sofia 2.
U40 Female: Laura 1.
O50 Female: Marita 1.
Cherry series 3.
U17 Pair: Sofia & Lassi (Herttoniemi) 1.
O30 Pair: Laura & Ville 2.
Marita & Elia (Manse) 4.
O30 Team: Ville, Jeppe (Vihti), Tatu (Mudokwan) 1.
Laura, Miia (Budokwai), Laura (Mudokwan) 2.
Match
Venla 1.
Narvin 1.
Eero 5th-8th.
Anton 5-8.
Elias 5th-8th.
We will start the family courses on 13.10.
We will start our family classes again on 13.10. There will be 10 sessions where adults and children will get a variety of exercise. This year there will be two groups. In toddler taekwondo, children aged 1 to 4 and their parents will train, and in family taekwondo, children aged 5 and older will train together with an adult.
Toddler taekwondo for 1-4 years (children with a parent)
Taaper taekwondo is a joint exercise moment for child and parent. Neither of them needs to have previous experience in the sport or even physical activities, so the course is suitable as a first introduction to physical activities. The group is suitable for children of all ages who can walk.
During the lessons, the child and parent practice together the basic skills of exercise and a little also the basic techniques of taekwondo. There are games, skill exercises and feature exercises for both children and parents.
Autumn 2024 schedule
Dates 13.10.-15.12. (10 times).
Time of exercises
Sundays at 10:00-11:00
Dues
The course fee is 120€ and will be invoiced by email before the start of the course. If you would like to pay by voucher or through a sports payment service, please contact us:
Additional family member +€30 (E.g. another parent or child)
Registration
The course can take approx. 10 children and a parent and it is filled in order of registration. Due to high demand, registration is binding on October 1. from (if you have not canceled your registration by October 1st, we will invoice you for the course).
Registration is open.
Priority is given to those who have previously participated in the courses and club enthusiasts with their family members.
Family Taekwondo (children aged 5 and over with a parent)
Family taekwondo is a joint exercise moment for child and parent. Neither of them need to have previous experience in the sport or even physical activities, so the course is suitable as a first introduction to physical activities. Of course, there is some kind of additional challenge for more experienced goers.
During the lessons, the child and parent practice the basic techniques of taekwondo together, but there are also a lot of physical games, games, skill exercises and characteristic exercises. Guaranteed, both of you will get goosebumps on your forehead. Family taekwondo is also a great way to get to know taekwondo in peace before you start training in the exercises of your own age group.
Autumn 2024 schedule
Dates 13.10.-15.12. (10 times).
Time of exercises
Sundays from 11:00 to 12:00
Dues
The price of the course is €150 and it will be invoiced by email before the start of the course. If you want to pay with exercise vouchers or through exercise payment services, please contact us
Additional family member +€30 (E.g. another parent or child)
Registration
The course can take approx. 10 children and a parent and it is filled in order of registration. Due to high demand, registration is binding on October 1. from (if you have not canceled your registration by October 1st, we will invoice you for the course).
Registration is open.
Priority is given to those who have previously participated in the courses and club enthusiasts with their family members.
29.7.-11.8. let's practice summer timetables by.
The only changes to last spring's schedule are combining Monday's first match training for all children and cadets, and moving the 11-12-year-old and 13-15-year-old elementary classes forward one class.
For adults, amateur match training is removed from Monday and self-defense training is added to Sunday instead.
Today we start the two-week summer break. We will continue training on 29.7. to the summer schedule.
Happy vacation!
On June 29-30, 2024, the annual Austrian Open poomsek competitions took place, which have traditionally been one of the biggest poomsek competitions in Europe, and this year the competitions attracted more than 400 participants from many different countries. This year, the Austrian Open also served as the second of the three selection competitions for the World Championships held in Hong Kong in November.
On Saturday, the individual series of all age groups took place, where Aino and Sofia from TU competed in the Female U17 series, Christian Male in the U30 series and Marita in the Female U60 series.
The Junior Female series was huge with 57 participants, so it was divided into two groups, both halves of which made it to the next round to the semi-finals. Aino competed for the first time after the competition break and made it to the semis, while Sofia, despite her good performances, missed the first round. In the semi-finals, the qualifying was rough, as only 8 of the remaining 28 contestants advanced to the finals. Aino made solid and confident performances, but unfortunately came in 10th place and narrowly missed out on the finals.
The U30 and U40 series were played with an elimination system, where the competitors measure each other one against one and the winner always advances to the next round, facing a new opponent. Christian took a clear victory over his opponent in the first round, but in the second round the Norwegian, who finally took the bronze, was better and Christian's final ranking was 9th-16th.
There were two rounds in the Female U60 series, where Marita made her way from the semi-finals to the final round with confidence. Even in the final, Marita made successful performances and the final result was 6th place, right on the heels of World Championship bronze medalist Niina Virtala.
On Sunday, it was the turn of pair and group series, as well as freestyle. Sofia competed in the Pair U17 series with her credit partner Lassi Kaasinen from Herttoniemi and progressed from the semi-finals to the final in the usual style. However, the level was really tough, and the couple who were five short of the European Championship bronze finished 6th in the end.
Marita, on the other hand, competed in the Team Female O30 series with Jenny Nyman and Kati Kuosmanen. This lineup is relatively new, but despite that and thanks to hard training, the performances were successful and the result was 3rd place with Austria taking the silver and Germany the gold.
In the freestyle series, TU was represented by Christian Male in the O17 series. Christian's choreography underwent a small change at the last minute, which did not hinder the process and the performance went brilliantly. The silver medal was close, but Germany's stalwart Steven Behn snagged it, giving Christian a respectable bronze medal to take home.
The third and last selection competition will take place in Zaprešić, Croatia on October 12. to which at least part of TU's competition team is heading.
Results of TU11 athletes:
Aino Kortelainen, junior girls, 10.
Sofia Sarala, junior girls, was eliminated in the first round
Christian Kamphuis, MU30, 9.-16.
Christian Kamphuis, MO-17 freestyle, 3rd.
Marita Jaakkola, FU60, 6.
Sofia Sarala&Lassi Kaasinen (Herttoniemi), junior pairs, 6.
Marita Jaakkola, Jenny Nyman, Kati Kuosmanen, Team F060, 3.
A short travelogue of Sampo, Teemu and Petter's trip to Andorra to meet Master Mun Dong Kun (Kukkiwon 9th Dan).
The "champions" set off on Thursday, and on the way to Andorra they stopped first in Munich and then in Barcelona, where Spain's own product Seat Ateca became the passing game. We got there around eleven in the evening. The drive went comfortably, as the roads were quite empty at that time. On the other hand, we didn't see much of the scenery, when we were traveling in the dark. The champion was still greeted from the evening and it was agreed that we will start training on Friday at 11:00. Hotel Yomo Mola Park provided the refreshments. The hotel was really good and the breakfasts were better. The "masters" sincerely recommend.
Andorra is a pretty epic place for trampers, even in rainier weather.
The morning workout was a really good idea. We managed to get out of the jams of traveling on our own. In addition, we did movement sets with the master. In the evening, we continued with the master and the master's students, who became familiar with Zu-zu, Marius and Erika. The master's son Carlos also joined the training. At the end of the evening's training, we thanked ourselves when we had done the morning jumps carefully. In the training, we did - in the words of the master - "little pal-chagi". Loosely translated as "a few basic kicks", i.e. kick and punch series until exhaustion. Finally, shared meals with the master, Carlos and Marius, and at the end of the evening it was agreed that we would continue again at 11:00 the next day.
Sweat dripped from Petter onto the carpet.
In Saturday's morning training, the champion had a new gear in mind. The master kept the kick goals himself and made sure that the pace was sufficient. When it was over, the whole group was, in one word, "done". Petteri came up with a suggestion at the end of lunch that we start the evening workouts today at six, which suited everyone. Petter's idea was that if we start at six, we can finish at eight. It didn't quite go according to plan. At nine o'clock the master said that we shouldn't stop, that we should eat something.
Teemu had a slight oxygen deficiency.
On Sunday, we continued again at eleven, and through the repetitions, the movement sequences were memorized. The end result is that now we know all the movement sequences of the memory belts, or at least Petteri and Teemu do. On Sunday evening, having learned from the previous day, the training started just from the standstill. First we did the warm-ups and then we went through the movement series and finally the champion said "little pal-chagi", and even now the lack of oxygen was not avoided. On Sunday evening, the atmosphere could again be described with the word "very ready".
Master Mun put steak on the table so that the boys could sled.
A very nice surprise was that a very honest Finnish sauna was found in the master's gym and Carlos turned out to be a very enthusiastic sauna user. What's better than tiring yourself out in training first and then a sauna and a cold shower.
”Mestarit” lauteilla
On Monday, I traveled home and arrived in Helsinki shortly before midnight. The trip was very rewarding and the following plans were already started during the trip. More about them soon, so stay tuned. All we have to do is keep ourselves nimble and flexible.
We really trained a little, so that it didn't turn out to be tourism. Warm-up and stretching to go.
A very happy summer to everyone who read this far!
Petteri, Teemu and Sampo
Fact box:
- Master Don Kun Mun 9th dan
- Gimnasio Escaldes 1050m above sea level
- Taekwondo practice on the trip approx. 13h
- About 20 hours of travel in total
- Andorra has 80,275 inhabitants (200th largest country in the world
The next indoor competitions will be held on Friday 31.5. You can join without registration and the gym race is our free amateur race.
People outside the club are also welcome, and we ask for a cash or Mobile Pay donation to our coffee fund.
Indoor competitions belong to the training of all enthusiasts and are an important part of growing towards a black belt and beyond.
Indoor competitions are a mandatory part of training for those training with a competition contract, either as participants or as officials. We hope for a lot of participation!
Belt exams are also held on Friday, so you can also participate in the gym competition in conjunction with the belt exam!
Schedule:
17.00-17.15 Joint warm-up / children
17.15-19.00 Matches and movement series / children
19.00-19.15 Joint warm-up / cadets, youth and adults
19.00-21.00 Matches and business series / cadets, youth and adults
Indoor competitions in spring 2024:
May on Friday 31.5.
June on Friday 14.6.
TU11's young team (strengthened by the ever-young Riku) was successful in Ikaalis on 25.5. in the competitions held. Mari Laipnsalo and Bardia Mirzaei, who coached the team, were satisfied with the performances of the youngsters. In addition, the games saw an interesting debut, when Aina Kortelianen started her business series judge career.
Match results
Hobbyists
D2 Lynx Male -33
2. Österlund Eero
3. Nissin Anton
5. Wager Elias
D2 Lynx Female -36
1. Copper Venla
League series
C1 Cadets Female -44
4. Endah Vivian
C1 Cadets Female -51
4. Lievonen Aleksandra
C1 Cadets Female -55
1. Endah Milay
B1 Young Female -55
2. Endah Milay
All results of the match: Ikaalin Open 2024 Kyorugi results and graphs.pdf
Business series
Hobbyists
Diesel men
2. Riku Kytömäki
All movement series results: Ikaalinen Open 2024 Poomsae all results.pdf
The match's adult EC competitions will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 9-12. Among the taekwondo athletes is Chahrazed Boughrara. Chahra fought on Saturday. The opponent in the 1st round was a Russian, to whom Chahra unfortunately lost 2-0.
More information and diagrams:
https://europetaekwondo.org/
The match's adult EC competitions will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 9-12. Among the taekwondo athletes is Chahrazed Boughrara. Chahra fought on Saturday. The opponent in the 1st round was a Russian, to whom Chahra unfortunately lost 2-0.
You can watch the games live:
https://eurovisionsport.com/explore/federation?id=LandingPage-ETU
More information and diagrams:
https://europetaekwondo.org/
News from the Finnish Taekwondo Association:
https://www.suomentaekwondoliitto.fi/uutiset/ottelun-em-kilpailuissa-vankka-suom/