ATA member Cameo Rascale nails it at the Grand Final of Australia’s Got Talent 2009

The Capener family acrobatic troupe, performing as Cameo Rascale nails another great performance at the Grand Final of Australia’s Got Talent 2009.  Their performance was sharp and crisp and demonstrated a multitude of skills and techniques that mesmerized the audience and judges.  I have watched all their shows in this AGT series and each time they rotated their star showing, in the end all 4 are equally as good and each with their own specialty skill sets.  They have flexibility, balance, strength, timing, showmanship, flair, poise and great co-ordination and rhythm – all great attributes for taekwondo.

Red Symons said "It is a privilege to see the skills are not lost and are being passed down from the parents down to the children".  Tom Burlinson thought they were like the Incredibles (superhero family) and that they that did a wonderful performance despite the injury to Steve (the father and anchor of the troupe) before the show.  Danii Minogue chipped in commenting what an amazing performance and great to see tricks that was nail biting and thought the acting and presentation was fantastic.  Grant Denyer, the host of the show thought the family did a dynamic job.  The ending of the act was exciting and nail biting when Gayle (all curled up) slid down Steve (standing up) but stopped just short of hitting the floor.

I think the family showed great determination and I know they spent hours and hours in practice honing their skills and their act to top their last act.  Said Steve "I thought we would have great difficulty to top the semi-final act, but we were glad this one came off".  Nicole recently did her grading 10 days previously and she performed her bend back flexibility after the grading to the delight of the members at the grading.

There were 8 acts in this Grand Final and if you enjoy their act, I encourage you to vote for them by calling the following number 1902 55 33 33 or SMS "Cameo" on 199 77 77 2.  Either method will do.  Make sure you do it before the deadline of 12 noon on Saturday 18th April 2009.  The result will be broadcast on Wednesday 22nd April – don’t miss it!  Just to prove to you how good they are, here is a link to their act.  Click here and have another look-see.

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ATA member wins spot in the Grand Final of Australia’s Got Talent 2009

The family acrobatic team performing as the Cameo Rascale makes it into the Grand Final of Australia’s Got Talent show on 18th March 2009.  They were the first act up in the semi-finals and it is always a tough act to start the show, but they nailed it.

They wowed the judges and the audience.  The family is an all round acrobatic act and contained many different skills ranging from strength (Steve Capener, the father), grace and poise (Gayle, the mother), great flexibility (Nicole, the daughter),  balance and guile (James, the son). All the judges gave them the thumbs up.

Danni thought they were fantastic, while Tom marvelled with the precision and commented that they were well prepared and fun to watch.  Even Red Symons was impressed with this family working in sync, it is great.

The other contestants were very good too, especially the 2 little kids in the Australian Martial Arts team and their instructor (Hakan) who just kept on spinning and flipping like the kung fu masters in the movies.  I remember in 1998 when the Australian national junior taekwondo team were in Istanbul for the world junior championships and we took Hakan and members of the team to be interviewed on Turkish TV and he performed on Turkish television with an impromptu demonstration, he was 10 years old then.  11 years on, and he is still performing, this time as an adult.

Now we just have to wait for the big Grand Final and hope our member and her family get to win the $250,000 1st prize money.  Come on Cameo Rascale. Click here to watch the winning semi-final act – Cameo Rascale.

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Richard Huynh 2008 Australian Taekwondo Nationals Poomsae Video

Richard Huynh wins first place – in the 4th Dan 31-40yrs with a score of 8.2 – at the 2008 Taekwondo Australia Nationals and Australian Open Championships held inside Olympic Park, Homebush, Sydney.

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Tags: national tournament, traditional poomsae

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ATA members win 8 gold medals at the Australian Taekwondo Nationals held in Sydney 4-6 Sept 2008

Results:

Gold medal: 1st placing:

Jed Calicdan (Mandurah); 31-40 years male 1st dan black belt poomsae

Miranda Seng (Mandurah); 10-11 years female 2nd poom black belt poomsae

Roy Khoh (Mandurah); 18-30 years male 3rd dan black belt poomsae

Richard Huynh (Morley); 31-40 years male 4th dan black belt poomsae

Elanie Schoeman (Rockingham); 18-30 years female blue belt poomsae

Elanie Schoeman (Rockingham); open female blue belt 67-72 kgs

Aneldi Schoeman (Rockingham); 14-17 years female yellow belt 55-59 kgs

Zachary Platt (Halls Head); 10-11 years yellow belt 46-50 kgs

Silver medal: 2nd placing:

Alice Warren (Mandurah); 10-11 years female red belt 25-28 kgs

Bronze medal: 3rd placing:

Miranda Seng (Mandurah); 10-11 years female black belt 34-38 kgs

Aneldi Schoeman (Rockingham); 14-17 years female yellow belt poomsae

4th placing:

Liam Fossey (Morley); 12-13 years male 1st dan black belt poomsae

Stephanie Fossey (Morley); 10-11 years female red belt poomsae

7th placing:

Alice Warren (Mandurah); 10-11 years female red belt poomsae

Report

Elanie Schoeman (Rockingham) produced the best performance from the ATA team members when she won 2 gold medals while representing WA at the Australian Taekwondo nationals being held in Sydney during 4th – 6th September 2008.

Elanie won her poomsae division with a high score of 7.47 beating her 2nd placed opponent from Queensland who scored 7.12 (a 0.1 point gap can be similar as a 1-point difference for sparring). In the sparring contests she beat Victoria and NSW by runaway 7 point gap scores of 9-2. She executed her roundhouse kicks to precision placing them squarely on her opponent’s trunk scoring areas. She has potential to reach greater heights in her development towards her red belt next year and then black belt in the following year.

Next best performed were Aneldi Schoeman (Rockingham) and Miranda Seng (Mandurah) who both won a gold and a bronze medal each.

Aneldi was trailing 1-0 in the 1st round and scored a head shot with 2 points to lead 2-1 but her NSW opponent scored the next 2 points to counter back into a lead of 3-2 until the last few seconds when Aneldi scored the important 1 point to tie the score 3-3 to force a sudden death round which she won. Aneldi scored 7.13 in her poomsae to win bronze in a field of 6 players.

Miranda Seng (Mandurah) won her poomsae division with a score of 7.35 beating her next placed opponent from Victoria who scored 6.78. Miranda lost her sparring to Victoria in the semi-finals and bowed out with a bronze medal.

Zachary Platt (Halls Head) won his semi-final fight against Queensland in a close match 2-1. In the final, also against Queensland, Zach unleashed 5 unanswered point scores before the end of the first round before slowing down in a sporting move to allow the contest to play out time and the other player to play the game. His opponent came back to score another 2 points before Zach let fly with 2 more roundhouse kicks to win convincingly 7 points to 2.

The other gold medal winners were won by our male black belt poomsae players; Richard Hunyh with a score of 8.20 (2nd placed was 7.83); Roy Khoh with a score of 8.10 (2nd placed was 7.35, a massive gap of 0.75); and Jedi Calicdan with a winning score of 7.68 (2nd placed was 7.18).

Alice Warren (Mandurah) went kick for kick in her sparring match with South Australia. She caught up after being 1 point down in the 1st round to tie the score 1-1 to force another sudden death round but was unlucky to lose by a golden point to the SA player in the end. Many of both players’ kicks went begging for points and nonetheless it was an exciting match as both little tyros just went for it. The little pocket dynamos embraced after the fight displaying good sporting spirits.

The hard luck stories belonged to brother and sister, Liam and Stephanie Fossey from Morley. They were both placed 4th amongst 8 and 9 players in their divisions. Liam scored 7.58 to lose bronze by a mere 0.02 points gap while Stephanie scored 7.18 to lose bronze by 0.07 points gap.

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Pooms required for Yellow Belts

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