The taekwondo athletes' gym had a break from normal training between Christmas and the New Year, but Juho K and Petteri spent the week training like a camp with the help of Kim Sinisalo. At the same time, Teemu went to find his own series' opposition in Denmark, where the Danish Olympic qualifying team had a sparring camp. Teemu's week included e.g. 11 full matches, so the sparring with the World Cup silver medalist was for all the money.
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Large Budoleiri for 8-14 year olds
Budoleiri is a sports camp for 8-14 year olds who are interested in aikido, karate, kendo, taido and taekwondo, which is organized in Tampere, At Varala Sports College.
The camp is organized for the 14th time. Over the years, the composition of the participating sports has varied, and in addition to aikido, taido and WTF taekwondo, this year's camp also includes karate, kendo and ITF taekwon-do. That is why the camp is also organized in two parts.
This year, the first camp starts on Friday 8 June 2012 and ends on Sunday 10 June 2012. Included are aikido, WTF-taekwondo and kendo.
The second camp will continue right after with a new sports lineup on Sunday, June 10, 2012 and will end on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. In the second camp, the sports are taido, karate and ITF taekwon-do.
In addition to fast-paced sport training and sport trials, the camps also have a surprise program. However, the content is still a secret.
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Mahama Cho visited our training sessions
Mahama Cho, a heavyweight competitor of the English national team, trained in our gym the week before Christmas and helped Teemu prepare for the Olympic qualifiers. In the week before the camp, at the tournament in Paris, Cho took a clear victory over the reigning Olympic champion and has success from other tournaments as well.
At just 22, Cho is one of the most promising heavyweights in the world. He welcomed the opportunity to train with an experienced top. ”After these training experiences, Teemu is one of my favourites for the European qualification tournament. He definitely has a good chance to qualify for the Olympics” said Cho.
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Christmas and New Year training break
In the gym of taekwondo athletes, all standard exercises in the week between Christmas and New Year (week 52) have been cancelled.
- The last training day of 2011, as usual, on Friday 23 December 2011.
- We will return from the Christmas break on Monday 2 January 2012 according to the current 2011 schedule
Merry Christmas to all taekwondo athletes and their families!
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Juho and Teemu at the Paris Open
The Paris Open, which served as a general practice for the Olympic qualifiers, went moderately well for the Finns. Suvi Mikkonen won two matches and lost to Great Britain's Jade Jones, the series' reigning World Cup silver medalist. Juho Kostiannen also won two matches, but lost to Italy's Claudio Treviso in the third round. Teemu Heino's path to the first round against Croatia's Vedran Golec was already cut off with a 2-2 referee's decision, as even the Extra Set did not bring clarity about the winner.
The Paris Open was the last big tournament before the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament at the end of January.
All results can be found from here>>
On December 4, 2011, indoor competitions with Daedo's electric armor were held in the hall of taekwondo athletes. The competitors were mainly juniors, but there were also some older ones participating to test their match fitness. The juniors diligently played an average of 2-3 matches per nose, with the most enthusiastic taking on up to five matches within three hours.
The taekwondo athletes would like to thank all the participants and welcome them again to the next indoor competitions in early 2012. The exact date will be announced around the turn of the year.
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Teemu and Juho K. in Burgos
Teemu and Juho started their Spanish camp weekend with a small competition in the beautiful city of Burgos, a couple of hundred kilometers north of Madrid. Teemu beat both his Spanish and French opponents. Juho cleared his first challenge with a routine, but in the second match travel fatigue was visible, and Juho was not able to perform at his sharpest. So the training buddy from Madrid grabbed Juho's place in the finals and Juho won a bronze medal from the Games. The races dragged on late, and after a long car ride, we didn't get to the hotel in Madrid until a little before three in the morning.
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The first belt tests
In the first belt tests of TU11, the following people achieved the 8 kup belt value:
Kevin Urumov
Okko Pasanen
Emilia Röyttä
Ergjan Feka
Vocker Feka
Aldona Miettinen
Simas Miettinen
Janett Gerlikorge
Ella Jaatinen
Anna Pitkänen
Ida Kuoppala
Jaakko Saha
The belt exam was taken by Petteri Kauppinen (4th dan).
Congratulations to all participants for their first belt, it's good to continue!
The league finals in Turku at the weekend brought two awards to TU11's athletes.
Juho Ranta won the over 80 kg category and at the same time secured the first place in the entire match league.
Sophia Vassilaki won the D-girls under 150 cm category.
More information and all results: http://www.budokwai.fi/taekwondo/content/liigafinaali_default.php
League results on the association's website: http://www.suomentaekwondoliitto.fi/?x103997=415924
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Pictures from the WC
Videos on Youtube:
Petteri vs. Timo Räkköläinen (HIPKO), short
Petteri vs. Timo Räkköläinen (HIPKO), second round
Here are pictures and videos from the WC. We will add these to this page when we receive them from the photographers. If you have pictures that you would like us to publish, send us a mail at info (a) taekwondourheilijat.fi
TU11 would like to thank all the organizers, participants and spectators of the WC. We especially want to cheer on Timo Räkköläi, who injured his leg in the match against Petter.
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