PEI Taekwondo

Given today’s weather and the cancellation of school, the regular classes tonight in Charlottetown are cancelled.

Don’t forget about the Referee and Judges course this weekend. It runs from 1:00 to 3:00 and only costs $15. More information can be found here.

The WTF Taekwondo Association of PEI has announced that the Provincials will be held on April 28th. This tournament is always a lot of fun and is a great opportunity to compete with students from all the Taekwondo schools in PEI.

Check the link here: http://wtfpei.com/2012/03/16/provincials-april-28th/.

More information is to follow.

There is going to be a Referee and Judges certification course on Saturday March 31 (1pm to 3pm).

All students who are 13 years or older, green belt & up are eligible to sign up.  This course is only offered once a year.  All 1^st Dan/1^st Poom are strongly encouraged to have the minimum level of P3. The age & belt restriction only applies to the kids.

Parents & adults of all belt levels (or not) are welcome to take part.  All those who meet the requirements will receive a certificate and be certified as provincial referee.  The cost of the seminar is $15 per student.

Still not sure if you should come? In order to do well at the game, you must know the rules of the game.  The course consists of learning the WTF rules, positions in the ring, the do’s and don’ts and so on.

Participants will benefit greatly with this course.  Any students interested in the national training seminar must have achieved the highest provincial level (P1), to further their training to N3 level.

Please pre-register with your instructors.   Please make cheque payable to WTF Taekwondo Association of P.E.I.

Here is a list of upcoming tournaments. Please let your instructors know if you are interested in attending any of them.

• March 17, 2012 Saint John Open Championship, Millidgeville North School (Morris)
• March 24, 2012 Whites East Coast Cup, Dartmouth, N.S.
• April 14, 2012 Campbellton Open, Atholville, N.B. (Soucy)
• April 28, 2012 IMAC Martial Arts Festival, Sydney, N.S.
• May 5, 2012, NB Open, Moncton, N.B. (Delisle)

If anyone is interested in taking the March Break Camp with please sign up by Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

We had a solid group at the Inner Strength Tournament in Halifax on the weekend. Big congratulations to Chase and Cole Scantlebury who both fought extremely well in a very tough division winning gold and bronze respectively.

Master Beaton’s students did very well too with Kathryn taking gold, Kallie and Madi both taking silver.

PEI was also able to help out with the refereeing and judging with Mandy Li and Harvey Mitchell officiating. Thanks to both of you for doing such a great job as always.

There will be more tournaments coming up both on the Island and in the Maritimes. Please let us know if you are interested in attending any of them.

MIves

Further to the posters that have been posted in the dojang and the announcements by the instructors, I wanted to remind everyone that Master Porter of Inner Strength Taekwondo will be hosting his tournament, the Atlantic Canada Taekwondo Games in Fall River, N.S. this weekend.

This is an excellent tournament and a number of us will be heading over. There is some funding available from the Association to subsidize some of the tournament costs. Information on the tournament is available at www.innerstrengthtkd.com.

Please let me know if you are interested in attending by filling out the contact form on the site.

Thanks,

MIves

There will be no classes tonight due to the school closures.

There will be no classes on Monday, February 20th, since it is a holiday.

Enjoy the night off.

MIves

There will be a Fight School for all belts on Saturday February 18th from 2:00 to 4:00. This is open to all Taekwondo schools on PEI and the cost is $15 per student.

Come get some tournament experience – looking forward to another great turnout.

MIves