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.

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.

On Thursday, October 6, 2011, testers from the Finnish Anti-Doping Agency (ADT) found the gym of Taekwondo athletes for the first time. Sal's instructors and Olympic Committee support athletes Juho Kostiainen and Teemu Heino were able to be tested.

The boys are tested numerous times a year, and neither of them has anything bad to say about the testing. "Doping has not become a problem in taekwondo. It is still important that we are tested, because this is how we prove that we are going clean", says Juho.

ADT's testers were also positively surprised by the facilities of the new hall. "There are great facilities here. Even the tester is comfortable waiting for the test to be completed while sitting on the couch reading a magazine," says one of ADT's testers.

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 "from reading order"!

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!

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!

Welcome!

Taekwondo athletes 2011 ry will open its new hall on September 3, 2011 and will organize an open house weekend on Saturday September 3 in its honor. and on Sunday 4 September 2011. The doors open both days at 10:00 a.m. and the program lasts until 4:00 p.m. If necessary, you can stay in the gym a little longer.

During the open days, the events are divided into two training areas and the cafeteria in the hall. In the second training area, according to the attached program, there are short half-hour exercises open to everyone, which those who want to are very welcome to get to know. No previous sport experience is required. Another training area has a taekwondo related program. In the cafe, we offer coffee, juice and pastries, and Daegu's World Cup grandstand is also open. So the javelin final is no reason to miss our open day!

Program

SATURDAY 3.9.2011

SUNDAY 4.9.2011