Category: General

On Saturday, October 1, 2011, Petteri Kauppinen increased his belt rank, and is now, along with Teemu Heino, the second 4th dan black belt of Taekwondo athletes. This increase in belt rank also formally raises Petter to the rank of teacher.

The increase in Petter's belt value is proof not only of Petter's own technical and methodological taekwondo skills, but also that the instructors of taekwondo athletes want to constantly develop their own skills as well, so that they can teach better and better taekwondo in their gyms. The purpose of the club is to offer the best taekwondo teaching in Helsinki and the whole of Finland, and the instructors' own development is necessary to fulfill this goal.

The Monday practices of the adult (over 16-year-old) elementary group were moved to Tuesdays at 18:30 - 19:30. In this way, even the beginner group enthusiasts can, if they wish, stay directly from their own exercises to the core or supporting muscle exercise that starts after Tuesday's exercise.

In the beginner group of adults, as in other training groups of Taekwondo athletes, there is still plenty of room for new enthusiasts. Welcome everyone to bravely try the great and versatile sport called taekwondo!

See all practice times ”lukujärjestyksestä”!

uropean MasterGames is a multi-sport event for veteran athletes where 20 sports compete. Taekwondo is included for the first time and it was on the program on Monday 19.10.

In taekwondo, the tournament takes place in two age groups: 35-34 years old and +46 years old. In addition, athletes are divided into two categories A (competitive) and B (recreational). You may not participate in the Recreational category if you have previously participated in the World Championships or the Olympics.

VK 1 representatives:

Kirsimarja Kuutschin – Women A 35-45, under 57kg, silver

Osmo Ulmala – Men A +46, -68kg, gold

Also from Finland

Joonas Soila – Men A 35-45, over 80kg, gold

Tomi Aho – Men B 35-45, +80, ranking 5-8.

Osmo Ulmala – Jörn Christian Anderson (SWE), 4-2
SF Osmo Ulmala – Marchiano Raffaello (ITA), XX-XX
FIN Osmo Ulmala – Paoletti (ITA) 9-3
Osmo placement 1.

SF Kirsimarja Kuutschin – Antonella Merlotti (ITA) 5-3
FIN Kirsimarja Kuutscin – Agrasar Del Pillar Suarez (ESP) 0-1
Kika's ranking 2.

Event website: http://www.lignano2011.it/?lingua_sito=2
News on the website of the Taekwondo League http://www.suomentaekwondoliitto.fi/?x103997=379545

The training center's movement series exercises have started at a good pace. On Thursday of last week, kicking technique day was on the program. The topic of the day was the most challenging kick of business series competitors, i.e. the side kick. In the photo, Essi Labart and Mirva Niiranen are looking for more strength in their sides and legs during one of the sub-exercises of the side kick.

The coaching program of the training center's range of motion exercises is built around four sub-areas. Sub-areas include stances, hand techniques, kicking techniques and sets of movements. The business series competitors will get to know the new coaching model very closely in the coming months.

I would like to welcome all business series competitors to the training center. It is especially worth coming if you want to win in business series competitions!

The head of the training center's business series

Petteri Kauppinen

Taekwondo athletes Juho Kostiainen took bronze at the Polish Open held over the weekend.

The results of Juho's matches:

Juho – Cehlar, Ondrej (SVK) 6-0
Juho – Cybul, Bartlomiej (POL) 14-0
Juho – Wielgosz, Karol (POL) 13-1
Juho – Satsyk, Aleh (BLR) 9-9 SD 0-1

Series won by Seo, Jong Bin (KOR)

Among the Finns, Saina Savage and Tanja Pasanen also took bronze medals.

All results: http://www.tpss.nl/Resultdetail.asp?ID=54

The first days of training are now over. On Monday, September 5, 2011, three new courses for junior age groups started, one beginner group for adults and an advanced group for those who had already practiced taekwondo. The interest in the previous weekend's open days had not waned, but on the first day a nice number of new taekwondo enthusiasts from Helsinki, Vantaa and Espoo attended.

However, the spacious hall is not yet full, and new enthusiasts are being taken in all the time. Welcome!

Thanks to all visitors. Teemu Suviyö and Aapo Tuohino won a free training month in the draw, congratulations to the winners.

5.9. from then on, we train according to the normal program. There is still room in all groups. Welcome aboard!

The first open day at the gym for taekwondo athletes is happily over. The program included a few demo workouts led by Petter and Juho K, and especially the enthusiasm of the young children towards taekwondo was great to watch. Many thanks to everyone who participated, both new faces and old acquaintances! The work will continue again tomorrow, welcome to everyone who couldn't make it today - and even those who did. There was still plenty of coffee and bun left for tomorrow!