Club News

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CoViD-19 update

The Ontario Government has mandated that all non-essential businesses be closed to the public for the next two or four weeks (depending on location). We are considered non-essential, therefore we will be closed until January 24 at the earliest. We will be switching to online classes after January 3, for those who wish to join in. A schedule will be posted early in the new year.

Belt Promotions

Six students advanced to new belts on Saturday, November 28.

In the morning these four students earned new belts: Hayden - 9th gup / yellow stripe Landen - 9th gup / yellow stripe Paul - 8th gup / yellow belt Ewa - 7th gup / green stripe and in the afternoon, we had just two testing for advanced belts: Eric - 5th gup / blue stripe Gabriel - Dan Bo / club black Congratulations to you all, you were awesome! It was a slightly different type of test than we've done before, but everyone still was able to show us how much they deserved their new belts! Congratulations to you all!

Readers' Choice Awards

Thank you to everyone who voted for us this year! Voting is finished and we earned the Platinum designation. Many thanks to those who voted for us, we very much appreciate your support!

Belt Promotions

Thirteen students advanced to new belts on Saturday, February 29. Congratulations to you all!

In the morning the following five earned their new belts: Hanora - 9th gup / yellow stripe Liam - 9th gup / yellow stripe Owen L - 9th gup / yellow stripe Juna - 8th gup / yellow belt Cici - 8th gup / yellow belt and in the afternoon, we had these eight testing for advanced belts: Rubin - 4th gup / blue belt Elana - 4th gup / blue belt Kyle - 2nd gup / red belt Isaac - 2nd gup / red belt Keiran - 2nd gup / red belt Hazel - 2nd gup / red belt Matt K - 2nd gup / red belt Dila - Dan Bo / club black Other than a couple of stubborn boards and a twisted ankle, everything went well. We're very proud of them! Special thanks to those who helped with self-defense, breaking and marking: Master Nutbeam, Lucas, Natalie, Liam, Jakob, Keith, Gulay and Gabriel.

Black belt grading

Congratulations to Natalie and Jessica on testing for their third black belt on February 1! It was a small grading, but they worked very hard to be ready and the effort paid off. Their patterns were precise, their self-defense was impressive, their sparring was energetic and their board-breaking was dramatic. Well done, ladies, on achieving third poom for Natalie and third dan for Jessica!
Many thanks to those who helped with the grading: Master Nutbeam, Master Dana, Master Rikki, Liam, Jakob and Keith.

January events

January was quite busy, and we the first of the 2020 tournaments under our belts.
A former student who is now attending and competing for the Royal Military College in Kingston was at Canadian National TKD Championships in Laval, Quebec and did us proud. Hannah Lee placed fifth in the U30 Female Individual Poomsae division, with a strong performance against some very tough competitors. She then teamed up with the first and fourth place finishers to place FIRST in U30 Female Team Poomsae division. The next stop for this team is World Poomsae Championships in Denmark in mid-May.
On January 25, Master Nutbeam and I officiated at the KPNP Open tournament in Markham. We had one competitor in the 13-14 male blue belt division. Congratulations to Matt K. for an excellent sparring performance, coming back in the second round of his final match to win by 1 point! Thanks to Master Nutbeam for coaching Matt to his win!

December events

We had a relatively quiet month in December, and were closed for the holidays from December 22 to January 1, 2020. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings, and a healthy and prosperous New Year!

November events

On November 30 we had a smallish belt promotion test which saw the following students advance to new belts:

Eric - 7th gup / green stripe Xzavier - 7th gup / green stripe Dominik - 7th gup / green stripe Leandro - 6th gup / green belt Gabriel - 1st gup / black stripe Good job, everyone, your new belts are well-deserved!

October events

We were closed for the Thanksgiving weekend, and students are now back to wearing full uniforms for classes. We were also closed for Halloween, as we really didn't think anyone would rather come to class than go Trick-or-Treating!

Tournaments

On September 28 two of our former students (who now compete for the Royal Military College in Kingston) were at the Markham Pan Am Centre. Kara competed in the Jung Ko Classic and placed first in poomsae and second (?) in recreational black belt sparring. Congratulations, Kara!
Hannah competed in the second Taekwondo Ontario Team Selection event, which was held concurrently. She also did very well, placing fourth in her U30 individual recognized poomsae event and third in U30 pairs with team-mate Samuel Xiao. Well done, Hannah!

Belt Promotion Testing

Ten students tested successfully for new belts on September 21.

Congratulations to: Juna - 9th gup / yellow stripe Aleena - 8th gup / yellow belt Fatima - 8th gup / yellow belt Sharjeel - 8th gup / yellow belt Yazmeen - 7th gup / green stripe Mekaeel - 4th gup / blue belt Kyle - 3rd gup / red stripe Matt S - 3rd gup / red stripe Matt B - 2nd gup / red belt Nick - Dan Bo / club black It was a good day, and everyone did well. We're very proud of them!