2011 Australian Nationals – Canberra

The 2011 Australian Taekwondo National Championships has been awarded to the ACT and will be held in city of Canberra from 8th to 11th September 2011.  The venue will be at the Australian Institute of Sports (AIS).

The event will be hosted by: ACT Taekwondo on behalf of Taekwondo Australia Ltd

Competition Dates:

Thursday 8th September (Individual poomsae and Individual creative poomsae plus champion of champions – all belts)
Friday 9th September (Teams, pairs and family poomsae; plus team creative, pairs creative with music and hosinsul)

Saturday 10th September (coloured belt sparring; u10, u12 and u16 junior black belt sparring; plus u18 black (5 divs) and open black belt sparring (4 divs)
Sunday 11th September (u14 black belt, plus u18 black (5 divs) and open black belt sparring (4 divs); plus masters divisions (all belts)

Competition Venue: The Australian Institute of Sport Arena (AIS Arena) corner Leverrier Cres & Battye St, Bruce, ACT

Click here for the Information package, divisions, prices and entry process.

Entries open: 28 July 2011
Entries close: 23 August 2011; early bird entries close 11 August for discounted fee.

Selections for WA representative players will be via the WA state championships held in Perth 25 – 26 June 2011.

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2011 WA State Championships

Taekwondo Western Australia Inc is hosting the 2011 WA State & Selections Taekwondo championships on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June 2011 at the Kwinana Recreation and Leisure Centre (Kwinana Recquatic).  This invitation is extended to all TWA registered Head Instructors, their member clubs and members to participate in this annual event and come together to meet in friendly tournament competition.  These championships will select the players (1st, 2nd or 3rd placing) for the Taekwondo Australia Nationals being held in Canberra, ACT from 8th to 11th September 2011.

The state tournament is hosting more than 200 competitors for sparring & poomsae (patterns) competitions.  

Saturday 25th June 2011:  State Poomsae Championship

start 2 pm to 4:30 pm

Sunday 26th June 2011:  State Sparring Championship

start 9 am to 12 noon for juniors

and 12:45 pm to 4:30 pm for u18 and seniors

click here for the program schedules.

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2011 Kyorugi (Sparring) Referee course

posted by Kim Seng at 10:42 pm in Referee, Sparring Competitions, Upcoming Events

TWA is conducting the Sparring (Kyorugi) Referee course, including refreshing for the existing current referees and qualification for members wishing to qualify as Sparring Referees or those seeking upgrades to a higher class level.

Date: Saturday May 28, 2011

Venue: Kwinana Recreation & Leisure Centre, cnr Gilmore & Chisham Avenue, Kwinana. Directions

Course type: Qualifying C, IC, 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st class referee qualifications.

All referees have to re-qualify their referee class level every 4 years to remain current. Australian qualifications are required if you wish to remain current and to referee in Australia. Assessments and tests will be conducted on the day.

This course will cover all the latest competition rules, including the latest 2011 WTF rule amendments as implemented by the WTF for 2011 events.

Registration: from 8:30am. Please complete the Application Form and bring to the course with payment or send in at least 1 week prior.

Course times: 9:00am to approximately 5:30pm finish; lunch break for 30 minutes.

C, IC and 4th class will finish earlier at approximately 4:30pm.

Those attending to refresh knowledge or awareness can finish anytime after lunch.

Dress code: Taekwondo uniform with gym training shoes.

For more information please read the Referee Course Notice

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2011 Poomsae judge course

posted by Kim Seng at 10:40 pm in Poomsae Competitions, Referee, Upcoming Events

TWA is conducting the Poomsae Judge course, including refreshing for the existing current poomsae judges and qualification for members wishing to qualify as Poomsae judges or those seeking upgrades to a higher class level.

 

Date: Sunday May 29, 2011
Venue: Kwinana Recquatic Centre, Gilmore & Chisham Avenue, Kwinana – Directions
Course content: Poomse standardisation (all poomsae) Poomsae standardised judging

Qualification course for new judges

Registration: 8:30am.

Please complete the Application Form and bring to the course with payment or send in at least 1 week prior, with the appropriate course fee.

Course times: 8:30am to approx 4:30pm finish; lunch break for 30 minutes.

Tests will commence from 3:00pm. Refreshers (those not testing) can finish by 3pm.

Dress code: Taekwondo uniform with gym training shoes
Course fees: $80 for qualification and upgrade to higher class levels

$45 for refresher or just standardisation only.

Who can attend: Black belts over 15 years old who want to qualify as poomsae judges:

1st class: from 6th dan upwards

2nd class: 5th dan

3rd class: 4th dan

4th class: 3rd dan

C class: 2nd dan

D class: 1st dan

Black belts 13 years and above can attend for poomsae standardisation and judging awareness learning.

Red belts who are nearly black belts can attend and test but will not qualify as judges until they reach 1st dan black belt status (D class)

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2011 ATA Hedland grading and seminar

posted by Kim Seng at 10:19 pm in Gallery, Gradings, Photos, Port Hedland, Upcoming Events

 

Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th December 2011

At: The J Hardie Centre, South Hedland:

contact: Tim Turner, club Instructor for details – 0447 200 155

Grading Form

 

Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th August 2011

At: The J Hardie Centre, South Hedland:

contact: Tim Turner, club Instructor for details – 0447 200 155

 

Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th June 2011

At: The St Cecelia's Primary School, Port Hedland:

contact: Tim Turner, club Instructor for details – 0447 200 155

 

Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th April 2011

At: The St Cecelia's Primary School, Port Hedland:

contact: Tim Turner, club Instructor for details – 0447 200 155

You can view the photo gallery below of the seminar and grading.

Click here to view the photo gallery of ATA Hedland training seminar and grading held 9-10 April 2011
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