ITF Taekwondo Gold Coast

Master Class #2 Review-John Abdallah

Master’s Class # 2

14^th August 2010

 Master’s Class was upon us again and this time focus was on sparring, with all the students frantically preparing themselves for another blast of enthusiasm from our illustrious leader Master Michael Daher. This saw the students gathering their gloves, boots and mouthguard in preparation for a beating. Once we began they were all surprised to find a rather different approach to it all, focus was on back to basics, as I would call it. Much the same as building a house, you need solid foundations to be able to withstand the most powerful of storms. Therefore Master Daher began by laying the foundations, setting our minds in the right direction and making sure that we were all aware of what we where about to embark on. Once he had established the importance of focus, he then tested everyone and to their amazement, they failed. So back to the foundations we went and reinforced what was so important, if we were ever going to be prepared for what we could encounter in the future.

Pushing on further and further we ran through a number of different techniques, some of which we had never considered before, adding to the base that we had now developed which gave us all the tools that we needed to be a strong competitor.

Free Sparring takes you to a totally different side of Taekwon-Do. The word free is the key, meaning to move freely using all the movements that we learn in our patterns, we then modify them and use in a rapid fire and an unexpected attack sequence enabling us to score points. Done correctly anyone is capable of taking home the trophy.

Conclusion; Even though we only touched on a small part of sparring, it has made us aware of what we must perfect first which is our solid base, our mindset first and foremost must be correct to enable us to be strong and to be ready to face the ever developing battle ahead.

Many thanks Master Daher look forward to Master’s Class # 3

 John Abdallah

IL Shim Gold Coast

Message from Paris and Jesse

Testimonial message from 2 Students who recently joined our Club

Dear Instructors Mr.Abdallah and Ms Riesser

We have only been training with your club for a short while but already we can see what a beautiful club you are. We are enjoying each and every training experience we share with you.

On Saturday the demonstration was our first but certainly the best yet, we had a blast and hope we can do it again.

Each and every training session is teaching us something new and is helping us to reach our full potential.

Thank you for all the efforts you put into us students, we greatly appreciate it.

From Paris (age 13, 6th Gup) and Jesse (age 14, 2nd Gup)

All Saints Demonstration Review

Saturday the 31^st of July was a day we had all been preparing for... 2 demonstrations, 1 school fair.

 It was time to show the world what we could do!

 To provide the audience with an insight into the world of Taekwon-Do, the demonstration was broken down into sections. These were Fundamentals, Target Work, Patterns, Self Defence, and Board Breaking.

 Fundamentals are the building blocks of the martial art. Whether it be a front snap kick, a jumping back kick or a low forearm block; it is through these movements we learn how to build self esteem, confidence, and motivation to better ourselves. By learning how to perform the right movements at the correct time we can be rest assured that we can defend ourselves and others at the right time.

 Target Work gives us focus, there is no point in learning how to kick and punch unless we know what to hit, where to hit, and how hard. Two lines were formed; green belts and below in one, the other blue belts and above, both demonstrating a certain technique, the main difference was that the higher belts had to jump....

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