Category: General

Hilla Palvianen from Espoo's Hwarang Team represented Finland at the ongoing Youth European Championships in Pafos on Thursday (October 7). In the first round, he stepped against Danish Annika Grete Hvisthule, who had to be humiliated with 10-5 points. The beginning of the match was tentative, but when Hilla caught the plot, the game was clear. In the next round, Iceland's Ingibjorg Erla Gretarsdottir was better with a score of 15-0.

”Hilla on mennyt intensiivisen harjoittelun myötä viime kuukausina vahvasti eteenpäin. Toki maailman huipulle on vielä matkaa, mutta kun harjoitteluun sitoutuu vahvasti, kaikki on mahdollista.”, toteaa VK1:n valmentaja Sampo Pajulampi.

On Saturday, the men's team Baltic Sea Cup invitational tournament will be held in St. Petersburg. There are teams from Russia, Korea and Finland. Among taekwondo athletes, our country is represented by Teemu Heino (+80 kg), Petteri Kauppinen (-80 kg) and Juho Kostiainen (-68 kg). The team is strengthened by Sami Lahtinen (-58 kg), representing Loviisa Taekwondo. The team's coach is Sampo Pajulampi, and the delegation also includes the chairman of the Finnish Taekwondo Association, Markku Murto.

The competition is played in a cup system, team against team. According to preliminary information, there will be 6 teams and the best parts of the tournament will be seen on television (in St. Petersburg). The scoring devices are the new KP electronic scoring devices, which have been tested in Korea for a long time.

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 several times a year, and neither has anything bad to say about the testing. ”In taekwondo, doping has not become a problem. But it is important that we are tested, because it proves that we are clean,” says Juho.

The ADT testers were also positively surprised by the facilities in the new hall. ”The facilities here are great. Even the tester can enjoy waiting for the test to be finished on the couch in the cafeteria, reading a magazine,” says one of the ADT 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 ”on the reading schedule”!

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!