Warrior Taekwon-Do News: 28 October

Dear Members,

What an awesome colour belt grading last week! Congratulations to all of our newly promoted students! You will receive your results and new belts/stripes in class over the next two weeks.

This week we feature Warrior Kubz and preschool instructor, Miss Jacky Geurts in our newsletter.

Staff Profile - Miss Jacky Geurts
Jacky has been teaching for all ages for 15 years across different disciplines, from marine biology, swimming, drama and dance, acrobatics and more. 

Since 2009 she has trained in Taekwon-Do and other martial arts, currently training at High Performance level. 

Outside of Taekwon-Do she works as an actor / performer and uses these skills in her work as a Kubz and Mini Kids Instructor at Warrior TKD.

Kids Aged 3-12
The Pee Wee Tournament is now a couple of weeks away. Make sure you register now so that we can give you your club badge to sew onto your dobok in time! 

We've updated our article on how to get the most out of the Pee Wee Tournament:

Seven Ways to Maximise Your Pee Wee Tournament Experience
One context you will be familiar with for Taekwon-Do is gradings. Another is tournaments. The Pee Wee Tournament Series is for kids aged 12 and under and a great "first tournament" for kids new to tournaments. These events are extremely well run and held at Valley Rd School, Pukekohe.

Here are some tips to make the most out of your experience!

1.  Enter All The Events
Pee Wee Tournaments give kids experience competing in the Taekwon-Do competition disciplines in a friendly, safe and fun environment.  For just $20 your child can enter all the events - making it a great opportunity to give all the competition disciplines a go.  The events available to enter are:

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Visitors at 6.30pm Tuesday/Thursday and Special Guest
For the next month we will have Remuera Taekwon-Do Club visiting our Tuesday andThursday 6.30pm classes (as their own venue is unavailable). Please treat our visitors with the utmost courtesy and give them a warm Warrior welcome.

We also have a special guest this Thursday evening - Master Daher, 8th degree black belt from Australia will be taking the 6.30pm class. We are looking forward to what he has to share with us! All members who usually attend 5.30pm or 6.30pm classes are invited to come on Thursday to train with Master Daher.
 
Under 18s Tournament
A team of 10 young Warriors headed to Pukekohe on Saturday to compete in the Under 18s Tournament. All of the kids did extremely well and can be really proud of themselves for stepping out of their comfort zone and giving it their best shot. The official results are yet to be posted on ITKD but we have heard that Warrior Taekwon-Do came 4th in the medals table.

Have a great training week!
    

Best wishes,


Rachel Bates
Manager 

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