On Wednesday, our gym was visited by young Korean taekwondo experts. Ku Tae Kim and Hye Jin Choi from the World Taekwondo Federation's Taekwondo Peace Corps program led two exercises. There were a lot of kicks, physical exercises and dance suitable for the shows.
Thank you to everyone who participated and especially to Vesa Suomalainen from Lohjan Mudo Taekwondo for the opportunity to train with these positive and enthusiastic whores,
More on the weekend
At the weekend, Mudo Lohja organizes a camp led by Koreans. Read more at the link below.
For young people, some of the groups have been combined so that the advanced ones also get their own exercises. Anyone with a yellow belt (8th kup – 7th+ kup) can participate in the advanced group. Anyone with a green (6th kup) or higher belt rank can participate in the advanced exercises.
Espoo
Tapiola and Kalajärvi practice times, groups and start times can be found on their respective pages:
The enthusiastic juniors of Kalajärvi's first courses in a group photo
Taekwondo activities in Kalajärvi will continue after the summer as before. The first rehearsals will be held on September 4, 2014, and the rehearsals will continue well into the winter, around Christmas. Taekwondo athletes welcomes all old and new enthusiasts to participate in taekwondo!
Practice times
The first autumn exercises will be held on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 16:30-17:30, when 7-10 year olds will practice. New starters and last year's veterans in the same group. The next class from 17:30 to 18:30 is intended for people over ten years old. The plan is to continue with the same schedule throughout the course, younger students at 16:30-17:30 and older students at 17:30-18:30. If you can't join right from the start, feel free to join anytime during the season!
Training equipment
You can start practicing taekwondo in sweatpants and a t-shirt, after the first belt test a taekwondo suit is recommended as an accessory, i.e. dobok. Training takes place barefoot, i.e. no shoes are needed. You should also take a drinking bottle with you.
Course price
Sysky's taekwondo course in Kalajärvi lasts about three months and costs €98. At the end of the course, there is a belt test where the enthusiasts try to pass the test required for the new belt rank. The price of the belt test is €20, including a possible new belt.
Contact information regarding the course
The instructor of the course is the coach of Taekwondo athletes Juho Ranta, who has also supervised the previous courses. Questions related to the course can be asked Konala to our gym from 17:00 to 21:00 when the staff is there or send an email directly to Juho: juho.ranta@taekwondourheilijat.fi
Malminkartano's Elojuhli is becoming a tradition among taekwondo athletes. At this party, the show was held for the first time before the hall had even been renovated for training. Last year we already had a big group to enjoy the show, and this year we were supposed to make it even better. It would be really great if all those who are capable of nailing come along to present taekwondo athletes at Malminkartano's Elojuhli and thus strengthen the position of taekwondo in Malminkartano.
Taekwondo athletes organize a series of indoor competitions
The most enthusiastic ones have already asked, because the next indoor competition will be organized. Taekwondo athletes will organize a series of indoor competitions during the fall of 2014 in Konala. The next indoor competitions will be held on September 12. and these competitions open the autumn indoor competition season. Indoor competitions will be held on Fridays in the coming season. As usual, the races start at 5:00 p.m. with the children's and youth races and continue with the adult races from 7:00 p.m. onwards.
NOTE! The adults also have the opportunity to practice the movement series competition. The business series are evaluated and you get feedback on them with the idea of what should be improved in order to be successful in the business series competition. Children and young people can also stay and do sets of movements for the adults' turn.
Everyone is more than welcome to challenge and accept challenges. In the spring, it was really nice to see enthusiasts of other sports also trying out their skills in a taekwondo match.
¨For TU11 enthusiasts, the gym competition is included in the normal training fees, others are charged a participation fee of ten euros.
Sophia fought well, but Roberts even better. Roberts did not place in the medals
World Championship silver for Niko Saarinen
The most joyful surprise of the competitions was Budokwa's Niko Saarinen's silver in the boys under 53 kg category. In the final, Korean Ui Hyeon Lee was better 11-6.
Sophia Vassilaki will represent Finland at the cadet World Championships in Baku
Sophia competes in the girls under 47 kg category and the Match Day is Saturday 26.7. The draw will take place on July 22, and after that the opponents for the first rounds will be known. Sophia will be coached in the competition by national team head coach Kim Sinisalo.
The Finns' opposition in the first round:
-33: Ida Tammila – Paula Antunovic,CRO/Cindy Arcolas,PHI
-41: Emma Reiman – Aleksandra Perisic, SRB
-47: Sophia Vassilaki – Olivia Roberts, AUS
-51: Noora Rannikko – Shahad Ahmed, EGY
-33: Oskar Mäkinen – Benjamin Konde, KEN
-37: Oskari Koskinen – Maksym Plachita, UKR
-53: Niko Saarinen – Abdulbasit Abutaleb, KSA
Sophia's opponent is a multiple champion of her country, although only 12 years old.
The match referee committee of the Finnish Taekwondo Association will organize a basic taekwondo match referee course on August 16-17, 2014 in Kisakallio, Lohja. The committee hopes that especially clubs that act as competition organizers and clubs that are actively involved in match activities would send their members to the course. The match activity is growing strongly and in order to increase the domestic competitions, we need more match referees. In addition, clubs that are heavily involved in match activities should invest in refereeing, because an active referee in their own club can offer a surprising tactical perspective on match coaching.
The match referee committee welcomes all interested enthusiasts who are at least 16 years old and have at least a 6th cup (or equivalent) belt rank to the course.
On Wednesday, our gym was visited by young Korean taekwondo experts. Ku Tae Kim and Hye Jin Choi from the World Taekwondo Federation's Taekwondo Peace Corps program led two exercises. There were a lot of kicks, physical exercises and dance suitable for the shows.
