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GRADING PHOTO'S

Below are a selection of photo's from the coloured belt grading held at Maddington in March 2010. Please click the photo to make them larger. Further photo's can be found on our facebook page by searching Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Australia in the facebook search box.

POOMSE SEMINARS IN NEW ZEALAND A SUCCESS

Oh Do Kwan Master Instructor Carmela Hartnett conducted poomsae seminars for the Taekwondo Union of New Zealand on the 20th February. The seminars were conducted on the occassion of TUNZ national instructors training camp and were held in Christchurch. Some 60 instructors and assistant instructors participated in the camp and gained valuable experience from Carmela.

Among Carmela's Poomsae achievements are 4 World Championship Bronze Medals, 4 US International Open Gold Medals, 2 World Taekwondo Expo Gold Medals and a World Taekwondo Festival Silver Medal. In addition Carmela has won a plethora of Poomsae medals in places such as Mexico, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, England, Korea, Thailand and Holland.

WORLD YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT

Maddington Oh Do Kwan Student Taiha Gorton has had the honour of being selected to represent Australia at the World Qualification Tournament for the Youth Olympic Games. Taiha (17) who trains Oh Do Kwan Head Instructor and former Olympic Head Coach Ross Hartnett won the Australian qualification competition held in December in the 49-55kg division. Although Taiha won the December selection she has had a nervous wait while selectors decided which three of five weight division winners would be chosen to represent Australia in the Female divisions.

The competition to select the best youth athletes to compete at the Youth Olympic Games later in the year in Singapore is being held from March 3-9 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The Tournament will serve to qualify 60 Athletes from around the world who will compete in the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in which Taekwondo will be one of 26 Official Olympic Sports participating.

Taiha who has been training for some 10 years in Taekwondo had her most successful year in 2009 with a Gold Medal at the World Taekwondo Expo in Korea, A Gold medal at the International Clubs Championships in Malaysia, A bronze Medal at the British International Open in England and of course Gold at the Australian selection trials among a plethora of state and interstate titles including the Victorian Open.

Some180 countries are expected to send athletes to the World Qualification Tournament and only the top 6 athletes from each division going onto the Youth Olympics.

INFORMATION FOR OH DO KWAN PERTH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Date: 21st March 2010
Venue: Oasis Leisure Centre, Cnr Abernethy & Alexander Rds Belmont

Time: Junior & senior Poomse 9.00am - 10.00am
Junior Sparring 10.00am - 1.30pm
Senior & u18 Sparring 1.30pm - onward

Weigh-in
Saturday 20th March: 11.30am- 12.30pm
Oh Do Kwan Maddington Unit 2/123 Burslem Drive Maddington
10.00am-11.30m Port Kennedy Oh Do Kwan Unit 1 4-6 Bakewell Drive Port Kennedy
Sunday 21st March: 8.30am-9.00am Oasis Leisure Centre Belmont

Player entries: $35 for sparring, $25 for poomsae or $20 if entering two events. Cheques and Money orders must be made out to Taekwondo Central Fund
Closing dates: Entries and fee should be collected by individual instructors by the 4th of March Closing date for entries is Monday 8th March and need to be received on that date at 10 Coolie St Huntingdale 6110.

Spectator Entries: $8 Adult
$6.00 Child
$22.00 Family

Protectors & Guards: Participants and clubs are to provide all their own Chest Protectors, Head Guards, Arm & Shin Guards, Groin Guards. Mouth Guards & Hand mitts are compulsory.
Note: No instep protectors

NEW ZEALAND TRIP FOR MASTER CARMELA HARTNETT

Master Carmela Hartnett 7th Dan Black Belt has been invited by the Taekwondo Union of New Zealand to conduct poomsae seminars for Instructors and students at a variety of locations during February.

Carmela has in the past won 3 WTF World Championship Bronze Medals and 1 World Open Bronze Medal, 4 US Open Gold medals as well as medals from Canadian Open, Mexican Open, Dutch Open, English Open and a variety of other international competitions.

GRADING PHOTO'S

Below are a selection of photo's from the various gradings between October and November. These include Kalgoorlie region grading, Dan grading, coloured belt Gup grading and the little tigers grading. Please click the photo to make them larger. Further photo's can be found on our facebook page by searching Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Australia in the facebook search box.

STA NATIONALS PHOTO'S

Below are a small selection of Photo's from the STA Nationals held recently in Perth in November. Congratulations to all Oh Do Kwan competitors who competed on the days. Please click the photo to make it larger. Further photo's can be found on our facebook page by searching Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Australia in the facebook search box.

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

On the 28th / 29th / 30th of August Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan participated in the WTF A Class British International Open and associated events held in Manchester, England. The participants from Oh Do kwan were Mr Ross Hartnett Coach, Taiha Gorton, Catherine and Julie Dawson competitors. The team arrived in England four days prior to the competition and were taken to Doncaster to be looked after by Mr Peter Adamson former National Coach of Great Britain and Adele Deakes. Peter is head instructor for Scorpion Taekwondo who have been British Champion club for the last three years.

The competitors had the opportunity to train at Scorpions full time HQ club in the centre of Doncaster, were they sparred with British National team members, which was invaluable preparation. On Friday the 29th the team travelled to Doncaster with the Scorpion Taekwondo team for weigh in, while Coach’s Ross Hartnett and Peter Adamson participated in the WTF coaching program seminar held in conjunction with the competition.

The 30th saw the first day of competition with over 500 black belts from 33 countries competing. Catherine and Julie had three bouts each, while Taiha had four bouts. The first day saw Julie make the semi finals in the under 40kg division were she lost narrowly to take out the bronze Medal. Catherine went a step further in the under 55kg division making the finals, but having to settle for the silver medal in a close fought match. The 31st saw Taiha taking out the Bronze medal in the under 52kg division again narrowly loosing to the eventual winner of the competition. Coach Ross Hartnett was pleased with the performance with Catherine and Taiha doing very well with using the new Le Just Electronic Hogu’s for the first time.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTIONS

(Carmela on her way to gaining the highest score recorded at the selection trials)

Congratulations to Carmela Hartnett on selection to the national team to the World Poomsae Championships in Cairo, Egypt from the 27th – 29th November. Congratulations to Ruth Rowe and her Coach Cynthia Cameron from our South Australian Affiliate Total Taekwondo on Ruth's Selection to the World Sparring Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark from 14th – 17th October.

(Ruth scoring to the head in one of her three bouts)

8th INTERNATIONAL CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP
24 - 26 July 2009

Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan led a team of 70+ competitors,  and Officials to the 2009 ICTO championships in Malaysia with 1300 competitors from 18 countries competing. Team Australia won 1st Place team trophy in Open Age Category, 2nd place in 14-17 age category. In minor 1 age category placed 6th and in Minor 11 age category placed 5th.

Countries participating in the Championships were Australia, Brunei, Canada, England, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

A total of 61 Technical Officials from 11 countries officiated in this event, they include; 3 Competition Supervisory Board Members, 20 International Referees, 21 National Referees, 14 State Referees and 3 scoreboard Technicians from Vietnam.

(The Stadium for the 8th ITCO Championships)

The Opening Ceremony was Officiated by YB Senator Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department on 25th July at 3:30pm. All participants and members of the public were treated to a Spectacular Demonstration Performance by the ShinShung University Demonstration Team from Korea and the Self-defence demonstration by our Armed Forces of Malaysia.

The Closing Ceremony was declared by YB Dato’ Joseph Salang, Deputy Minister of Information, Communication and Culture on 26th July at 6:30pm. Once again the ShinShung University Demonstartion Team put on another impressive performance to the delight of the crowd.

(Julie Dawson collects Gold in the Senior Division)

Julie Dawson form Oh Do Kwan Maddington/Vic Park won best female competitor of the competition after winning Gold in her 14-17 age category on Saturday winning 5 fights and then backing it up with 5 victories in the senior division on Sunday to take out the double Gold. Carmela Hartnett and Sherman Kwan had a commendable result in the pairs poomsae gaining the Bronze whilst up against the current WTF World Champions from Vietnam.

The team was coached by Ross Hartnett, Anita Tippet, Stephen Brown, Cynthia Cameron, Brad Emmett, Justin Warren, Daniel Hartmann and Darren Rix. A number of International referees from Australia accompanied the team, Carmela Hartnett, Jennifer Crutchett, Michael Tan and Shane Hartmann did a great job representing Australia in an officiating role.

(Taiha Gorton scores against her opponant)

Team Australia Coach's Ross Hartnett, Anita Tippet, Cynthia Moir, Daniel Hartmann, Darren Rix, Stephen Brown, Brad Emmett

Manager Mark Tovey

International Referees Michael Tan, Shane Hartmann, Jennifer Crutchett

Players Carmela Hartnett, Julie Dawson,Catherine Dawson, Michael Baldwin, Sherman Kwan, Ben Henry, Chloe Deleport, Ashley Howlett, Ross Deleport, Ajana Plunkett, Bailey Maloney, Sarah Turner, Rodney Hartmann, Jake Read, Adam Henry, Kee'arnah Thompson, Jason Yoo, Leon Shaw, Ulrich Engels, James Carter, Ricky Phongthai, Taiha Gorton, Ketisha Gill, Shuanie Moreton, Kasia Majewski, Darrien Low, Cody Emery, Amelia Griffin, Jamie Gaymer, Steven McDiarmid, Joshua Milne, Jake Read, Katy Jones, Jesse Campbell, Ben Jerez, Brandon Madaffari, Jonathan Caripidis, Dylan Gaymer, Rebecca Caripidis, Brad Tovey, Jake East, Amber Carter, Chelsea Corbett, Heather Gradidge, Elouise Dempsey, Tamara Bingham, Ashleigh Brown, Amanda McDiarmid, Susan Mountstephen, Ruth Rowe, Nicole Mitsigeorgis, Patrick Dawson, Brogan Ng-Stewart, Thomas Power, Ben Hartmann, Alex Sejournee, Kristopher Hartmann, Tyson Phillips

(Team Australia)

Team Australia Medal winners. Gold: Thomas Power QLD, Julie Dawson WA, Ruth Rowe SA, Nicole Mitsgeorgis SA, Julie Dawson WA, Taiha Gorton WA, Dylan Gaymer WA, Ajana Plunkett WA

Silver: Susan Mountstephen SA, James Carter SA, Sarah Turner WA, Ross Deleport WA, Bailey Maloney WA, Katy Jones WA

Bronze: Amanda McDiarmid WA, Ashliegh Brown Vic, Jason Yoo WA, Alex Sejournee WA, Ricky Phongthai Vic, Amber Carter WA, Tamara Bingham Qld, Heather Gradidge Qld, Leon Shaw SA, Amelia Griffin SA, Jake East WA, Adam Henry WA, Rebecca Carapidis.

(First Place Team Trophy - Open Division)

WA INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Western Australian Invitational Championships hosted by Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan was held at the Oasis Leisure centre in Belmont on the 7th June had over 350 entries this year, including a team from J H Kim Taekwondo in Singapore. Results for Oh Do Kwan Students are as follows:


(Catherine Dawson turning kick against her opponant).

POOMSAE
GOLD MEDAL: Zanora Samad, Shimona Surin, Julie Dawson, Carmela Hartnett, Rudolfo Alagere, Larnie Henness, Adriane Alagre, Chloe Deleport, Jason Oliver, Brandon Tranter, Wing Yi Chan, Kee’arnah Thompson, Ben Henry, Sherman Kwan, Phillip Wei, Lisa Constanzo


(Eunice Lau turning kick)

SILVER MEDAL: Kasia Majewski, Eunice Lau, Denise Mercer, Jack Vince, Jayden Baraiolo, Kerfehgar Mistry, Madeline Edmett, Jayme Lee Smith, Rebecca Hughes, Josh Jovanovic, Ebony Bilcich, Riley Humphries, Matthew Savich, Kong Fong, Rodney Hartmann, Alysha Ahnantakrishnan, Ajana Plunkett, Darien Low, Ross Deleport, Tim Hayward, Jordan Jancovic.


(Jea Seung Yoo axe kick)
BRONZE MEDAL: Catherine Murphy, Cathy Hayward, Daniel Chila, Timothy Savich, Bailey Maloney, Liam Heidt, Maya Smith, Liana Oliver, Tom Wallace, Aquila Bashir, Adam Hart, Talesha Panting,Jake Klumpp, Kara Phipps, Issac Whatt.

SPARRING
GOLD MEDAL: Zanora Samad, Aquila Bashir, Taiha Gorton, Catherine Dawson, Julie Dawson, Sherman Kwan, Jason Yoo, Shelby Lock, Shaydn Gill, Blake Shanahan, Adam Cumming, Alana Broomer, Jordan Jancovic, Issac Whatt, Rossouw Laubscher, Kade East, Larnie Henness, Bailey Maloney, Dondee Alegre, Jayme Lee Smith, Leim Hiedt, Jake East, Rodney Hartmann, Patricia Wituszynski, Ross Deleport, Robert Van Der Watt, Adam Henry, Sarah Turner, Ashley Howlett, Cody Emery, Joshua Billingham, Jesse Ramshaw, Joshua Beynon, Jarod Roemer, Dayne Rowden, Matthew Savich, Ulrich Engels, Ben Henry, Jasmine Klumpp, Jake Klumpp, Kristopher Hartmann, Patrick Dawson, Riley Donovan, Ebony Swan.

 
(Patrick Dawson scores with turning kick)

SILVER MEDAL: Tyson Phillips, Ben Jerez, Eunice Lau, Micah Zanich, Josh Jovanovic, Tom Wallace, Ryan Almen, Belle Ramshaw, Grace Turner, Cheyenne Duffy, Ebony Bilcich, Michel Corver, Abbie Lombardo, Matthew Fowler, Sarah Fowler, Indiana Summers, John Downey, Riley Hunphries, Waqaar Shaikh, Jacob Larkin, Stephanie Emery, Jameson Moloney, Kurt Golding, Larnie Henness, Edward Soemali, Talesha Panting, Roberta Worrall, Katy Jones

BRONZE MEDAL: Diogo Araujo, Georgia Pescod, Brianna Pearsall, Liam Donovan, Connor McEwan, Kalea Miller, Ashleigh Watson, Adam Hart, Malan Laubsher, Muhamad Hashim, Ebony Bilicich, Carloz Ortiz, Riley Humphries, Will Watson, Kurt Golding, Benjamin Hartmann, Daniel Fairweather, Adrian Alagre, Jayden Fitzgibbon, Ajana Plunkett, Darrien Low, Caleb Henness, Georgia Maloney, Jake Read, Victor Lau.


(Ben Henry connects with turning kick)

Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan congratulates all on a great performance wether winning a medal or not. We also thank our great volunteers for a job well done.

GRAND MASTER SEMINAR

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Some 90 Oh Do Kwan Red and Black Belts took part in Poomsae and sparring seminars with World renown Grand Masters Hae Man Park 10^th Dan and Grand Master Young Woo Kwan 9^th Dan from Korea. The students and Instructors spent several hours being taken through their poomsae by Grand Master Park with the assistance of Grand Master Kwan, before grand Master Kwan conducted a energetic sparring seminar with sparring competitors. While Master Kwan looked after the sparring competitors, Grand Master Park took some 10 high Dan instructors and students ranging from 4^th Dan to 7^th Dan through their higher Dan forms and the finer points of poomsae.

 Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan has a long relationship with Grand Master Park whom Head Instructor Mr Ross Hartnett was introduced to in 1992 and has crossed paths with various Oh Do Kwan Instructors on many occasions since. Ross first met Grand Master Kwan in 1993 at the Singapore Open along with another of his meetings with a much younger Grand Master Park as reflected in the below photo from the event which Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan were the winning team at the event.

MR SHIN BOO KIM

It is with great sadness we report the passing of Mr Shin Boo Kim 8th Dan of Bunbury. Mr Kim was a pleasant and well liked stalwart of the WA Taekwondo community, contributing to the growth of Taekwondo in WA since the 1970's. Many of our Instructors and students had interaction with Mr Kim on many occasions over many years due to the various positions he held in Taekwondo.

On behalf of all at Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan who knew Mr Kim we pass on our condolences to Mrs Kim and son Harry Kim. Mr Kim will be greatly missed by all.

OH DO KWAN WA INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

7TH JUNE

BELMONT OASIS LEISURE CENTER

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TAEKWONDO SUPER SEMINAR
GRAND MASTER HAE MAN PARK 10th DAN
GRAND MASTER YOUNG WOO KWAN 9th DAN

Grand Master Hae Man Park (10th Dan) Former World Taekwondo Federation Technical Director and Chairman of the Committee that created the WTF poomsae. Grand Master Park is accompanied by Grand Master Young Woo Kwan (9th Dan) a former 5 time Korean National Champion and a instructor for the Kukkiwon, the World Taekwondo HQ.

Date: 2nd May
Time: Poomsae 2.30pm - 4.15pm Sparring 4.15pm - 5.30pm
Eligibility: Red Belt and Above
Venue: Richard Rushton Recreation Centre, Baron Way,
Gosnells Cost: $45 for Poomsae or Sparring/$55.00 for Both.
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JULIE TO REPRESENT  AT U.S OPEN

ODK Member Julie Dawson is one of only 6 athletes from WA to be selected to represent Australia at
the U.S Open in Las Vegas, Nevada this month. The U.S Open is one of the biggest Open event in the Pan
American Region, with over 1700 athletes from 59 countries attending the event. Julie was selected
due to her outstanding performances at recent national events.

(Julie competing at the 2007 National championships)

ODK Member Mariaapan Rajedran has also flown over to Las Vegas for an international referee's course
and seminar.

ODK Members have won 2 Gold and 2 Silver medals at previous U.S Opens, and
We wish both members the best of luck in their individual endevours.

OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS SUCCESS

The 2008 World Taekwondo Federation Oceania Regional Championships were conducted on the 6th & 7th of December. 5 Oh Do Kwan members won selection into the Australian National Team that contested the event.

The Members pictured above were Julie Dawson, Catherine Dawson, Dylan Gaymer, Byford Instructor Neil Brickwood and Maddington assistant instructor Sherman Kwan. The 5 members won 8 medals between them. Julie Dawson won Gold in Sparring with sister Catherine coming 2nd in the same division. Dylan Gaymer won Bronze in sparring. Sherman Kwan won 2 Gold and one Silver Medal in Poomsae Competition with Neil Brickwood winning a Gold And Silver in Poomsae.

For Julie Dawson (Pictured above in red) the Oceania Title is her second having also won in 2006. Our congratulations on all our members on a great effort.

WORLD POOMSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Master Instructor Carmela Hartnett 7th Dan has continued her extraordinary success winning selection to the National team to contest the World Poomsae Championships to be held in Turkey from the 17th—20th December. Carmela is Australia’s most prolific medal winner at World Championships having won four Bronze Medals at previous World Championships. All at Oh Do Kwan wish her the best of luck in Turkey.

DAN GRADING RESULTS

Over 50 participants attempted to pass a variety of Black Belt levels on the 30th November. Central Grading which was held at the Thornlie Community centre saw Oh Do Kwan members from clubs all over the Metro Area and as far as Bunbury and Kalgoorlie put through their paces. Special mention goes to Kasia Majewski and Tahia Gorton who both achieved the highest pass marks at the grading

4th Dan/Poom
Robert Dawson, Patrick Dawson, Jason Yoo, Catherine Dawson, Julie Dawson, Taiha Gorton, Kasia Majewski

3rd Dan/Poom
Anthony Murfitt, Lauren Bezant, Edmund Pang, Isabella Wituszynski

2nd Dan/Poom
Lorrelle Klump, Denise Mercer, Ajana Plunkett

1st Dan/Poom
Alexander Gibson, Shelton Sanft, Ben Azaro, Daniel Lowe, Luke Pallier, Thomas Jenkins, Amanda Stillitano, Kyle Watson, Kristopher Hartmann, Katherine Gibson, Rodney Hartmann, Kurtis Gray, Jayden Fitzgibbon, Caleb Hanness, Mohamed Osman, Daniel Jeavons, Emma Buswell, Gabrielle Sepe, Ross Deleport, Jordan Alweyn, Gareth Tay-Fernandez, Rhys Edwards, Roberta Worrell, Tiffiny Mitchell, Esme Squires, Kee’Arnah Thompson, Sian Chapman, Edzel Dangazo, Chen Liow, Paul Harrison, Richard Charlton, Jelayne Charlton.

2008 NATIONAL SELECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 4^th & 5^th October saw Sports Taekwondo Australia conduct the 2008 National Selection Championships to choose teams for the World Poomsae Championships to be held in Turkey in December, The Oceania Sparring & Poomsae Championships in New Zealand also to be held in December and the Commonwealth Sparring & Poomsae Championships to be held in Canada in November. The Championships were held at the Australian Institute of sport in Canberra.

Members from our Oh Do Kwan Maddington, Port Kennedy and Victoria Park Branches, along with members from our South Australia Affiliated Branch Total Taekwondo competed in the tournament, coming away with considerable success.

Coaches Ross Hartnett, Anita Tippet, Daniel Moir and Graeme Hartnett were all pleased with the overall result and congratulate athletes on their efforts. The following athletes have been selected for the following International competitions representing Australia as members of the official national team to these World Taekwondo Federation events. It is hoped that Anita Tippet will be included in the Oceania team as a coach.

 World Poomsae Championships - Turkey

Carmela Hartnett

Oceania Sparring Championships – New Zealand

Chad Cross
Catherine Dawson
Robert Hissey
Julie Dawson
Dylan Gaymer
Ruth Rowe
Jasmine Cross

Oceania Poomsae Championships

Neil Brickwood
Sherman Kwan 

Commonwealth Sparring Championships – Canada

Graeme Hartnett
Taiha Gorton
Shaunie Moreton
Michael Baldwin
Leon Shaw
Vincent Passarelli
Graeme Riddell
Nicole Mitsigeorgi

Past success from some of our competitors indicate that our members should see success at these championships, with Carmela Hartnett a 4 time World Championships Bronze Medal Winner, Ruth Rowe a World University Championships Bronze Medal Winner, Julie Dawson, Chad Cross and Jasmine Cross all previous Oceania Championship medal winners and Catherine Dawson an Asian Championships Bronze Medal winner. We wish all competitors luck at their respective championships.

TAEKWONDO AUSTRALIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

Congratulations to all students who participated in the championships in Sydney, taking place from 4 - 6th September 2008. The championships had over 2200 entries, with overseas entries from Germany, Italy, Korea, Samoa, New Zealand and Malaysia making up some of the numbers. The following students achieved medals -

(Chad Cross Gold Medallist)

POOMSE
GOLD - Kasia Majewski, Ben Henry.

SILVER - Alexander Wallace.

(Julie Dawson Gold Medallist)

SPARRING
GOLD - Justine Warren, Cassidy Keleher, Damon Rooney, Erika Darr, Eve Yeung, Amber Carter, Liam Heidt, Owen Ridgewell, Alyce Macualey, Ross Delport, Barry Porter, Dylan Gaymer, Chad Cross, Julie Dawson.

SILVER - Tiger Turner, Keegan Thompson, Joshua Yeung, Amelia Griffin, Keearnah Thompson, Bailey Maloney, Nicholas Carter, Lorelle Klumpp, Daniel Mountstephen, Darren Rix.

BRONZE - Jesse Ramshaw, Kyle Bock, Sean Warren, Rebecca Caripidis, Sarah Turner, Chloe Delport, Amanda McDiarmid, Johnathan Cripidis, Jordan Alweyn, Dion Moustos, Ludek Seda, Patrick Dawson.

(Dylan Gaymer with coach Anita Tippett)

TKD WA STATE TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

Congratulations to all students who participated in the championships on the 7th and 8th of June 2008. The following students achieved medals -

POOMSE
GOLD - Ashlyn Wilinson, Larnie Henness, Jacob Larkin, Alexander Wallace, Sian Champman, Janette O'Keefe, Rodney Hartmann, Ketisha Gill, Kasia Majewski (3 Gold), Catherine Dawson, Ben Henry, Robert Collings, Esme Squires, Talesha Panting.

SILVER - Alana Bloomer, Deborah Dean, Cassidy Keleher, Olivia Dearle - Sheane, Erica Darr, Liana Oliver, Chris Mercer, Jordan Alweyn, Talesha Panting, Julie Dawson, Adam Henry, Robert Dawson, Andrew Duddy, Shane Page, Katisha Gill.

BRONZE - Havanna Gill, Shaydin Gill, Justine Warren, Luke Buhlmann, Kyle Bock, Jordan Javanovic, Jessica Dean, Sean Warren, Keearnah Thompson, Darragh Nagle, Steven Dawson. 

SPARRING
GOLD - Emily Green, Jesse Ramshaw, Josh Jovanovic, John Dowey, Zoe Broomer, Bailey Maloney, Rossow Laubscher, Cyril Norment, Jayme-Lee Smith, Erika Darr, Jack Robertson, Keearnah Thompson, Sarah Turner, Ross Delport, Caleb Henness, Ajana Plunkett, Adam Henry, Georgia Moloney, Katisha Gill, Ben Henry, Liam Heidt, Amanda McDiarmid, Julie Dawson, Taiha Gorton, Nebojsa Radulovic, Steven McDiarmid, Patrick Dawson, Dylan Gaymer, Catherine Dawson,  Jasmine Cross, Alex Sejournee, Vincent Sew Hee, Chad Cross, Neil McLagan, Tanya Howlett, Lorelle Klumpp, Stephen Ball, Kristopher Hartmann, Ben Elphick, Keegan Thompson, Chloe Delport.

SILVER - Ella Mongomey, Cindee Della - Pollina, Daniel Sepe, Malan Laubscher, Tiger Turner, Kymberley Warren, Jordan Javanovic, Sean Warren, Raian Darr (2), Zoe Broomer, Taj Wood, Shaydn Gill, Kyle Bock, Cassidy Keleher, Ashlyn Wilkinson, Jessica Dean, Matthew Reuben, Esme Squires, Katy Jones, Jake Read, Justine Warren, Roberta Warrell, Tanaya Ellis, Ashley Howlett,  Cassandra Hankinson (2), Marizaan Laubscher, Amber Carter, Catherine Dawson, Jasmine Klumpp, Shaunie Moreton, Jake Klumpp, Deborah Dean, Julie Dawson, Damon Rooney, Patrick Dawson, Janette O'Keefe, Denise Mercer.

BRONZE - Kymberley Warren, Alana Boomer, Sebastian Hira - Gardiner, Wil Watson, Connor Watts, Justin Norment, Jasmyne Tweed, Benjamin Hartmann, Jacob Larkin, Liam Reuben, Rodney Hartmann, Georgia Moloney, Teighan Mercer, Aiman Kamar, Jordan Alweyn, Bailey Milne, Julia Oliver, Anthony Shaw, Shane Emery, Jason Yoo, Tana Vogel, Blair Wootton.

OH DO KWAN SUCCESS AT 2nd WORLD TAEKWONDO CULTURE EXPO

(Welcoming Committee greeting the team at Incheon Airport)

A team of 25 Oh Do Kwan representatives recently returned with a swagger of medals from the 2nd World Taekwondo Culture Expo held in Jeollabuk-Do from the 4th - 11th of July. Participants from Maddington, Port Kennedy and Bunbury all travelled with coaches Graeme Hartnett, Anita Tippet, Justin Warren and Melissa Warren. The competition was used as a development exercise for the athletes as well as gaining some international experience for the more inexperienced athletes.

Arriving in Incheon on the 3rd of July, the team took a 3 hour bus trip to Jeonju, where they spent 4 days experiencing the hospitality and culture of Korea. From there it was onto Muju, the venue of the competition, where the following athletes achieved medals.

(Dylan Gaymer on his way to the gold Medal against Korea)

Poomse
Gold: Shaunie Moreton, Catherine Dawson, Julie Dawson
Silver: Graeme Hartnett
Bronze: Kris Hartmann, Steven McDiarmid

Sparring
Gold: Alex Sejournee, Shaunie Moreton, Jasmine Cross, Dylan Gaymer, Chad Cross
Silver: Steven McDiarmid, Kris Hartmann, Patrick Dawson
Bronze: Jake Read, Graeme Hartnett

(Poomse Medallists after day 1)

After the event, it was back to Seoul where athletes got to visit the home of Taekwondo, the Kukkiwon. After some much needed rest and relaxation the team then headed back home to Perth.

(Coaches with Organising Committee Member Yoo In Jong 6th Dan)

2nd World Taekwondo Expo

A contingent of 21 Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan’s members will make up our club team to the 2^nd World Taekwondo Culture Expo a international open tournament to be held in Muju, Korea from 4^th – 11^th July. The competition although a medium level international competition will be a excellent development exercise for our up and coming competitors and good preparation and practice for our competitors wishing to compete at the selections for the national team to the Commonwealth and Oceania Championships later in the year. 

Oh Do Kwan coaches for the event will be Anita Tippet, Justin Warren, Melissa Warren and Graeme Hartnett who was recently the Junior National Female Coach to the World Junior Benchmark event the World Junior Championships.

(Graeme Hartnett coaching Catherine Dawson at recent World Junior Championships)

The event will see competition in sparring, forms and breaking categories in both senior and junior divisions. Our competitors are expected to do well with both national & international champions in both poomsae and sparring making up part of the team. In fact Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan is the Australian club that has won the most medals in the Benchmark event for World Poomsae, the World Taekwondo Federation World Poomsae Championships, having won 3 Bronze Medals. The expo will be good practice for our poomsae competitors who will have the opportunity later in the year to compete for a spot on the National Team to contest the 3^rd World Poomsae Championships to be held in December this year. 

(Julie Dawson on her way to success in poomsae at the 2007 Nationals)

Our competitors for the competition come from a number of our clubs including Maddington, Port Kennedy, Vic Park and various locations in Bunbury. The competitors are Dylan Gaymer, Chad Cross, Jasmine Cross, Shaunie Moreton, Steven McDiarmid, Jake Read, Alexander Sejournee, Kristopher Hartmann, Catherine Dawson, Julie Dawson, Patrick Dawson, Jasmine Klumpp, Jake Klumpp, Ashley Howlett, Ajana Plunkett, Branden Madaffari and Tanya Howlett.

Several of the team have signifigant international experience having won medals or competed at a variety of international competitions on a variety of occasions, these include Chad Cross, Catherine Dawson, Jasmine Cross, Julie Dawson, Jasmine Klumpp and Shaunie Moreton.      

(Chad Cross on the way to Medal Success at ICTO 2007)

 We hope our experienced players add to their success and our newcomers to international competition have success and benefit from the experience. Oh Do Kwan is in the position were it can offer to our clubs experienced leadership in all areas of Taekwondo from the traditional self defense aspects to elite level competition in sparring and poomsae.

World Junior Championships

4 Oh Do Kwan members have recently returned from Turkey after having participated in the 7th Junior World Taekwondo Championships in Turkey. The Oh Do Kwan contingent was made up of Graeme Hartnett who was selected by Sports Taekwondo Australia as the National Junior Female Coach for the event. Jasmine Klump, Catherine Dawson and Chad Cross all garnered selection through a national selection competition held earlier in the year by Sports Taekwondo Australia.

The team departed for Izmir, Turkey on the 3rd of May, with Perth athletes meeting up with the rest of the country in Singapore. After arriving in Turkey after exhausting travel the team took a couple of days to both relax and prepare for the competition ahead. The team also got to attend a Welcome Dinner at one of the official hotels of the event to honour the more than 1,000 participants from 80 countries before their minds were firmly focused on the competition ahead.

Catherine Dawson from Maddington and Vic Park clubs who previously represented Australia at the Asia benchmark event the 2007 Asian Championships were she garnered a Bronze medal, competed on the first day. Catherine received a bye into the 2nd round of the competition. It was a very long day as the event was delayed over 4 hours due to a computer crash, with Catherine not fighting her first fight until 8:00pm. Catherine who was matched against Chinese Taipei, one of the Worlds powerhouse nations, was unable to defeat her taller Chinese opponent and was unable to add to her medal tally at benchmark international events. 

Jasmine Klumpp from Justin Warren's club in Bunbury also had a bye on day 3. Jasmine came up against an opponent from Russia and although inexperienced at this level, showed plenty of resolve but was narrowly beaten by 1 - 0. Jasmine has had negligible international experience and her participation in the Junior World Championships is sure to accelerate her development and add to the natural talent she displays and the improvement already evident in her skills thanks to her club coach, Mr Warren.

Chad Cross from our Port Kennedy club was the final competitor for Australia competing on day 5, and after Australia's first medal of the event the previous day (Chloe Iriyadi from Victoria came away with Silver) confidence was high in the Aussie camp. While this was Chad’s first competition of this magnitude he has had significant international experience with success through Oh Do Kwan international club initiatives and the efforts of his Instructor, Anita Tippet. Chad had a tough fight first up against China who are renowned for being tough to beat in the heavier divisions. Chad looked very focused during his first fight and managed to come away with a win against the favored Chinese opponent 5 - 8. Hopes were high and with Chad now in the Quarter Finals, one more win would guarantee him a medal.

His Quarter Final fight was against a more defensive Jordanian fighter, and although Chad came close, he couldn't defeat his opponent who ended up being the eventual Gold medalist and Junior World Champion.

After the competition it was time to relax with the farewell dinner before the team departed back home the next day. All Oh Do Kwan and Australian athletes did themselves and their country proud and we wish them all continued success in the future.