PEI Taekwondo

Master Beaton will be giving a sparring seminar at PEI Taekwondo in Charlottetown on Saturday (November 26th) from 2:00 to 4:00.

The cost is $10 and is open to all ages and belts. This is a great way to improve your sparring skills … hope to see you there.

MIves

The Annual General Meeting for the WTF Taekwondo Association will be held on December 14, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:00 in room 125 in the House of Sport (across the inside hall from PEI Taekwondo).

This is an important meeting where we will discuss upcoming initiatives and policies. There will also be elections for Board positions – please let us know if you are interested.

Just a reminder that there will be classes in Charlottetown on Thursday night (November 10th) even though there is no school that day.

Just a reminder that there will be no classes this Monday night (October 31st) as it is Halloween.

Have fun trick or treating but make sure you are careful.

MIves

Given the popularity of the Montague classes, starting November 1st there will be two new class times added – an early class on Thursday at 6:15 and a Saturday afternoon class. Please see the new schedule below and let us know if you have any questions.

Tuesdays
7:00 Kids (All Belts)
8:00 Teens/Adults (All Belts)

Thursdays
6:15  Basic Kids (White to Green Stripe) 
7:15  Advanced Kids (Green Belt and up)
8:15  Teens/Adults (All Belts)
 
Saturdays
1:00  Kids (All Belts)

While there are not usually classes when there is no school, there will be advanced classes in Charlottetown at the usual times this Thursday night (October 20th).

MIves

Since it is a holiday on Monday, there will be no Taekwondo classes in Charlottetown.

Generally, the rule is when there is no school, there is no Taekwondo.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

MIves

Master Jim Faralli and Kathy Shaw, two exceptional Hapkido instructors are visiting PEI and have offered to give a seminar to our students this Thursday during the Teens/Adults class from 7:30 to 9:00.

Like Taekwondo, Hapkido is a Korean martial art employing kicks and hand strikes but at closer distances it also uses pressure point strikes, joint locks, or throws. As such, we will be offering this only to the adults and teens.

Please let me know if anyone has any questions.

The Xavier Taekwondo Tournament will be held on October 1, 2011 in Antigonish, N.S. Click here to see the package.

There are a number of us going. For anyone interested in going please let us know as soon as possible as ALL competitors myst be registered by Monday night (September 26th).

MIves

Attention all instructors and anyone interested in coaching,

Please see the attached notice and schedule from Sport PEI on upcoming NCCP Courses:

MIves

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NCCP Course Schedule 2011-12

Please see attached the core NCCP Multi-sport coaching course calendar.  Our athletes are our most precious resource in sport on PEI and no one is in a better position to develop this resource than qualified and trained coaches.  We are proud to offer these programs to Island coaches and look forward to seeing more and more coaches taking these training opportunities.

At Sport PEI we believe that competent and ethical coaches are essential to the provision of a safe and positive sport environment.  Coaches that take NCCP training develop their competency and learn how to make ethical decisions.  We believe this is important because:

• Earning public trust obligates coaches to meet established standards for safety, ethical behaviour, and competency.
• Standards allow individuals, families, and communities to identify and select competent and ethical coaches who will protect the physical and psychological safety of participants and athletes.
• The National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) is the Canadian standard of coaching competency.

New NCCP Programs this year!

1-     Sport specific modules: If your sport needs a specific module (i.e. – Making Ethical Decisions, etc…) we can send out one of our Learning Facilitators to your choice of site to run the module for your sport group.  We can customize this training based on your sport group’s needs. Minimum of 6 participants needed.

2-     Rural NCCP training modules:  If your sport or area needs Multi-sport training in a rural area, we can send out one of our Learning Facilitators to your community to run the module(s) you need.  Minimum of 6 participants needed.

We are able to offer these courses at such a reasonable cost because of the gracious support and funding of the Department of Sport, Recreation and Healthy Living of the Government of Prince Edward Island.  We thank the department for their ongoing support of our programs.

Jamie Whynacht
Coaching and Canadian Sport 4 Life
Sport PEI