Spring season events and announcements
Don't miss the events of the taekwondo world, read below the latest newsletter of taekwondo athletes. Happy spring everyone!
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Author: Pauli Raivio
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Bronze for Christian from Belgium
Taekwondo athletes Christian Kamphuis was in a strong competitive mood in the movement series of the Belgian G1 tournament on 18.3.
Christian, Olli Siltanen (Budokwai) and Frans Salmi (Budokwai) took bronze in the U30 men's groups. The group was also the best European group, which bodes well for the upcoming European Championships. In general, the level of competition was really tough, when there was, for example, Taiwan's efficient and numerous national team, which cleaned the tables especially in the U-30 series. However, in his challenging elimination chart of his individual series, Christian advanced three rounds to places 9th-16th.
Top performance!
Plum Kopisto and Aino Kortelainen also showed their poomsae skills on international fields. Plum advanced to the final round in the cadet series from among 19 competitors. The final ranking with Plum was sixth, and the medal was really not behind the impossible points. Unfortunately, Aino was the only participant in his series, but the effective performances did not leave anyone cold.
On Sunday, on the side of the match, Plum continued his work in the cadet series. The opposing German was better than Plum this time, but only by a hair. A brisk kicking rally finally ended 15-10. Tuikku Holopainen took care of his first Portuguese opponent with a precise match 5-4. In the next round, the Serb, who faced him, took the even match to his name with the main hit of the extra set. The performances of the athletes in both forms of competition promise a good end of spring in terms of competitions. The race certainty is starting to be found, but there are still a few tweaks to be made. See you in training!
Friday 24.3. Indoor competitions of taekwondo athletes
Participation is free for everyone, and you do not need to register separately. Competitors from outside the club are also warmly welcome.
17:00-19:00 – E, D, and C2 (9-12-year-olds and 12-14-year-old beginners)
18:00-19:00 5-6 year olds have their own skills competition
19:00-21:00 – C1, B1, B2, R1 and H (12-14-year-old cadets, +15-year-olds)
If you are not sure which group you should join, feel free to contact the coaches. In particular, larger C2 boats and those planning to transfer to cadet series should ask if more suitable resistors can be found in a later shift. We encourage all new enthusiasts to participate in the games, even if they don't even know what competing means. The first time you can look at the moods or even try it yourself if you feel like it.
Daedo's GEN 2 E armor is in use all evening on one field. Your own E-socks are therefore highly recommended if you want to fight with electric armor. There are also a few loaner socks in different sizes.
You can borrow the missing protectors from the club, but we encourage everyone to buy their own training protectors, which are regularly needed in training as well. Ask more from the gym's equipment store and coaches.
Note! No other exercises will be organized on the day of the Salika competition.
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Gold for Eddie from Holland
Eddie again to win a hard level tournament
Eddie Quinones was the only representative of Taekwondo athletes in the Dutch G1 tournament. Eddie's goal was gold and at the same time fulfilling the competition criteria. The goal was realized in style, when the reigning Swedish champion of the Nordic countries got a ride in the semi-final. In the final, Eddie knocked down his Dutch opponent in show style 18-2.
Big congratulations to Eddie from the club!
16 medals from the first business series competitions of the season
Lohja Open 2017 opened the competition season of domestic business series on Saturday 11.3. The games had a record number of participants and a total of 32 series were played. Of these, Taekwondo athletes were represented in 13 series, 16 of which won a medal. Officially, the best team was not awarded, but it's hard to say better!
From the ranking series, Plum got bronze for cadet boys as well as under 17-parwith Mia from the Espoo Hwarang Team. Aino and Sara competed with a special permit in the cadet series much younger than the others, but it seemed that age doesn't matter much by grabbing a double win in the series. Gold for Aino and silver for Sara. Bronze for Aino, Sara and EHT's Mia from the under 17 group. Bronze for Christian in both the under 30 men and the elimination series.
In the yellow women, Maija took silver, a really great performance from a first-timer! The minion trio Bella, Victoria and Sofia roared both among amateur women and among the lynx in their own age group. Gold for Bella in green women, green lynxes, lynx couples with Victoria and amateur group with Victoria and Sofia. Victoria also took gold from blue ladies and blue lynxes. Sofia took her lynx series as a warm-up and saved the bangs for the amateurs, from which the silver came off right after Victoria's gold. Bella and Victoria disturbed even more in the pairs of upper belts by taking silver there as well. The wild results and the number of sets speak once again about the effectiveness of the coaching activities and the athletes' goal-oriented approach to training. So thank you to the poomsa coaches, athletes and supporters!
Essi and Petteri acted as coaches in the competition.
All results
Cadets:
3. Plum
Cadet girls:
1. The only one
2. Sara
U30 men:
3. Christian
Under 17 pairs:
3. Plum and Mia (EHT)
Under 17 groups:
3. Sara, Aino and Mia
Lynx greens:
1. Bella
Lynx blue:
1. Victoria
Lynx couples:
1. Bella and Vickan
Yellow ladies:
2. Maia
Green Women:
1. Bella
Women in Blue:
1. Vickan
2. Sofia
Top Pairs:
2. Bella and Vickan
Enthusiast groups:
1. Bella, Vickan and Sofia
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March belt exams
March belt exams
- 7-15 year olds on Wednesday 15.3.
- Yellow belt winners at 17:00-18:00
- Green ribbon performers at 18:00-19:00
- Green belt and above 19:00-21:00
- Those who do not have an exam have exercises as normal
- Adults on Thursday 16.3.
- from 19:00 to 21:00. The test starts during the fitness circuit workout and lasts until the end of the stretching workout
- Those who do not have an exam have exercises as normal
- Getting to the belt exam requires, depending on the belt rank, a sufficient number of exercises and training months from the previous belt exam. Instructors check the training times in the login system. All participants in the belt test will be sent an invitation by e-mail. The list can also be seen at the instructor's desk in the hall about a week before the exam
- Always ask your coach for permission to participate in the belt test and make sure you know all the required techniques and movement sequences
- A sports license from the Finnish Taekwondo Association is required for all participants in the test
Taekwondo athletes were successful in the opening race of the domestic match season
Loviisa's traditional match competition gathered 144 junior and amateur league players and 36 league league players. The smallness of the league series is partly explained by the Bulgarian G1 tournament held at the same time. The race day dragged on a bit after the technology got thrown around and became quite whimsical. However, the long waits did not hinder the team members of the taekwondo athletes, who at the end of the day carried the precious metal home with both hands.
In the junior series, Taekwondo athletes were represented by a six-member strike group. Hulikkala's brothers, as usual, showed sure grips. Henri won his first match by points, but had to bow out in his second. Lauri, on the other hand, took care of both of his matches with style and calm, snapping home the points with excellent timing. Kaisla Seimola won her three matches in a confident style. After all, the first opponent managed to take the points from Kaisla once, the others no longer had the same privilege. This time, Jade Salko faced her betters right from the start, but the match went really well. Janika Tatti competed in two series, in one of which she won gold with two clear victories and in the other she lost in the final to a familiar opponent, Loviisa's Emma Johansson. Jenny won her only junnum match, but this was just a warm-up for the afternoon dawn.
In the afternoon, the representation team was small but even more efficient. Luca Leskinen's legs didn't run out of power when two league appearances meant two consecutive matches this time. Herttoniemi's Rene Vainiomäki had almost the same situation, so the boys put together six rounds of quite fast-paced taekwondo rally. As a result, Luca won the first of the matches and narrowly lost the second by a point. In the final of the first series, unfortunately, Jyväskyä's Jesse Viitala was better. Jenny practiced the main contact match in two friendly matches, both of which she won with amazing lightning moves and even more lightning high kicks. The king of the day was Plum Kopisto, who, in addition to two series wins, also grabbed the title of the best male athlete of the games. Plum's only problem right now is that the limits of the trophy cabinet are starting to come into play.
Ali Lahti, who made his debut as a match referee, also deserves a special mention.
Taekwondo athletes congratulate all the medalists!
All rankings
| Henri Hulikkala | D2 – Kids -40 Kg | 3. |
| Jade Salko | C2 – Kids -52 Kg | 3. |
| Lauri Hulikkala | C2 – Kids -44 Kg | 1. |
| Janika Tatti | C2 – Kids -37 Kg | 2. |
| Janika Tatti | D1 – Kids -36 Kg | 1. |
| Jenny Vettenniemi | D1 – Kids -30Kg | 1. |
| Jenny Vettenniemi | C1 – Cadets (Friendship x2) | 1. |
| Kaisla Seimola | D2 – Kids -30 Kg | 1. |
| Plum Duplicator | B1 – Juniors -45 Kg | 1. |
| Plum Duplicator | C1 – Cadets -45 Kg | 1. |
| Luca Leskinen | C1 – Cadets -33 Kg | 2. |
| Luca Leskinen | C1 – Cadets -37 Kg | 3. |
I follow five new poom values
Saturday 25.2. five young taekwondo athletes achieved the club's first poom belts. The bar was set quite high when Emilia Lahti, Tuikku Holopainen, Sara Quinones, Eddie Quinones and Plum Kopisto showed their skills in the test that lasted five hours. The group's enthusiasm only grew during the test and the techniques were squeezed out even when the legs started to feel a little heavy. There were no ambiguities about Viisiko's technical skills either. The test administrators Petteri Kauppinen and Pauli Raivio were very satisfied with the performance and whispered positive comments to each other throughout the test.
The experiment started with an effective warm-up, when the experimenters moved around the long end of the hall using various animal walks and skill moves. Through rhythms and step squares, we moved on to Petter's technique section. Despite the fast pace and challenging techniques, the team's kicks and hand techniques held together perfectly. After the technical part, we moved on to the fighting part held by Paul, where the young people got some kind of self-defense and match tasks. The practical applications of the techniques and movement went smoothly, although the attacking pressure was quite heavy in most tasks. After the struggle, the muscles got a moment's rest when we moved on to theory questions and feedback. After the feedback, the momentum was gathered again with the help of jump kicks, and the momentum was found!
The club warmly congratulates the new ones kyosan names! One important milestone has been reached again in the horizon of the next goals.
Traditional summer camps in the first weeks of June
There is no better way to start the summer vacation than by attending a summer camp for Taekwondo athletes. Two week-long day camps for children and young people guarantee fast-paced taekwondo training, pleasant outdoor activities, games and fun together. The camps are suitable for everyone, from beginners to veterans. There is a limited number of places. So don't hesitate, sign up right away!
About the camps
Timing: 1. camp 5.-9.6., 2nd camp 12.-16.6.
Price: €175/camp or €300 both camps (includes exercises, lunch, snack and other possible expenses)
Realization: The camps will take place if there are more than 10 participants/camp registered. The maximum number is 20 participants per camp.
Schedule: Doors open at 9:00 and close at 17:00. The actual exercises and the program are between 10:00 and 15:00. (A more detailed program will be published closer to the camp)
Registration: To register, please send an email to info@tu11.fi. To register, please include name, age, previous experience in taekwondo, allergies and other special considerations and the phone number of the guardian.
Those who have registered will receive more detailed camp information closer to the beginning of June. Please do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions: info@tu11.fi or 045-1827290.
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Friday 24.2. Indoor competitions of taekwondo athletes
Participation is free for everyone, and you do not need to register separately. Competitors from outside the club are also warmly welcome.
17:00-19:00 – E, D, and C2 (9-12-year-olds and 12-14-year-old beginners)
18:00-19:00 5-6 year olds have their own skills competition
19:00-21:00 – C1, B1, B2, R1 and H (12-14-year-old cadets, +15-year-olds)
If you are not sure which group you should join, feel free to contact the coaches. In particular, it is worth asking for the larger C2 shunts if more suitable resistors could be found in a later shift. We encourage all new enthusiasts to participate in the games, even if they don't even know what competing means. The first time you can look at the moods or even try it yourself if you feel like it.
You can borrow the missing protectors from the club, but we recommend everyone to buy their own training protectors. Ask more from the gym's equipment store and coaches.
Note! No other exercises will be organized on the day of the Salika competition.