Are you tough enough for all this?

Throughout the course of the year, planning for events is something that requires care and consideration. Sometimes, there may be other stuff going on, maybe you have other sports or events to attend and maybe we even jam pack our own Taekwondo events together.

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TA Membership Application Form

Just a reminder that the Taekwondo Australia Membership is a yearly subscription that needs to be renewed. This also covers insurance and is required prior to entering any sanctioned Taekwondo Tournaments. For those of you who are uncertain, it’s the card with the Taekwondo Australia symbol on the front. You might have a picture on there too if you submitted a passport sized photograph of yourself. There’s also a barcode on the reverse side. The colour of the card appears to change from year-to-year. If you were a member last year, your instructor should have your existing details and a "renewal form" with most your details pre-printed. You just need to update and submit with the appropriate funds. New members and for those whom your instructor has not given you your pre-printed renewal form can print this Taekwondo Australia 2008 Member Application Form, fill out and submit with the correct amount.

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ATA-WA taekwondo founder and pioneer – Mr Sok Pong Kim (1944-1999)

The Australian Taekwondo Academy in WA was founded by Mr Sok Pong Kim in 1975. Sadly he passed away in April 1999, but not without leaving a legacy for his students to continue after him. This article, reproduced from an article written by Kim Seng in 1992 and titled "The West's Taekwondo Pioneer" as a tribute to him.

Mr Sok Pong Kim, 7_^th dan Chief Instructor, is the first Korean to start Taekwondo in Perth Western Australia. He opened the Kim Australian Taekwondo Academy in 1975 with the one single gym and the Academy has now grown to more than 50 branch clubs in most parts of the Perth Metropolitan and country areas of Western Australia.

The Academy teaches the basic elements of Taekwondo as being martial art first and foremost, then, self defence, Olympic sport, fitness (physical as well as mental) and the cultivation of discipline. Mr Kim believes in imparting his learnings and experiences in his 40 years in the art and sport of Taekwondo to all Academy members. There have been well over 10,000 members in WA who have learned Taekwondo through Mr Kim and the network of the Academy Instructors. Mr Kim has graded more than 600 black belts in WA since 1975. Seven of Mr Sok Pong Kim's students, six to 4^_th dan and one to 5_^th dan in the last 5 years. Mr Kim was promoted to 7_^th dan in 1981. (footnote: Mr Kim was 8_^th Dan kukkiwon at the time of his death).

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