With the Federation President & son of Taekwon-Do Founder, Grandmaster Choi Jung Hwa (L), and VIII Degree Master Robert Wheatley, Promotions Committee Chairman.
Seminar in Cork, Ireland. 30 Sep.-2 Oct. 2011.
100 Taekwon-do practitioners converged from Afghanistan, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, & USA all eager for the opportunity to train under the son of the Father of Taekwon-do. Refining & practicing techniques and re-uniting a part of the global family.
Photo credit: John Burke, Ireland.
Photo credit: John Burke, Ireland.
Photo credit: John Burke, Ireland.
Marika Greets from the USA
Always more to learn
Seminar with Master Nicholls, VIII Degree Black Belt
2-3 July 2011 in Gerlingen. Germany
Thomas Bley
New 1st Degree Black Belt
Congratulations !
Best Student for 2010
Thomas Bley !
Thomas with son Jonathon and trainer
International Open German Taekwon-Do Championships
27 November 2010 in Dortmund-Huckarde
3 Gold and 4 Bronze
7 Participants from our group
Thomas Bley: Gold in Tul & Gold Sparring.
Maxi Beyer: Gold in Sparring & Bronze in Tul.
Simon Emmelmann: Bronze in Tul & Bronze in Sparring.
Felix Schelhas: Bronze in Sparring.
Paul, Finn & Jonathan wonvaluable experience.
Maxi with sparring 1st place trophy
Thomas connecting with a roundhouse kick to the opponent's head.
Seminar with Grand Master Choi Jung Hwa
in Mill, The Netherlands on 6 November 2010
Knights in white satin waiting for the seminar to start.
With Master Beuerkins, NE
Talking with a world champion and an old friend from Scotland
Helping President/Master Choi correct juniors
Listening intently to Master Choi.
Notice the big stick he carries just like Mr. Forbes at FDMS.
Bob getting personal attention from Master Choi.
Karate & Kick-Boxing Legend Bill (Superfoot) Wallace
Visits Training 11 October 2010.
Two new 1st Degree & 2 new 3rd Degree Black Belts.
Congratulations!
Town Festival Parade
Voluntary members participated in the Schwebda parade on 5 September.
Another Test and More Promotions
Cross-Training
Our very own Iron Man. Thomas participated in the 2010 (40th) Skull March of 100 kilometers in Belgium. There were 10,605 Starters. 25 Nationen were represented. Only 6,510 (or 61 %) finished. Competitors came from as far away as Ecuador und Mongolia. Congratulations Thomas!
We support our national team in the Soccer World Cup 2010
Jonathan showed true colors in a parade June 2010 in Reichensachsen.
Students and Trainer honored.
Six students and the trainer for Taekwon-Do Central (TC) were honored at the Meinhard Community Sports Award Evening on 16 April. TC members were recognized for Taekwon-Do championship titles won over the last three years. Persons from other sports were also honored. The community mayor presented a certificate and a medal to the individuals.
Best Student 2009, Siyawasch Hosseini
He earned the honor a second year in-a-row. With the title, he received a trophy, a distinctive patch for his Dobok and a certificate with US President Obama's signature. Taekwon-Do Central's best student award program seeks not only to recognize individual achievement but also to promote group performance.
Another German Champion
International Open German Taekwon-Do Championship
Adding to Taekwon-Do Central's impressive list of champions, Siyawasch won Gold in Tuls/Forms amidst stiff competition at this championship on 28 November in Herne, Germany. There were 260 plus competitors. Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Czechnia were strongly represented. Like a man possessed, he was totally concentrated, exacting and powerful. Having recently turned 14, it was Siyawasch's first competition in the age group of 14 - 17 years old. The only other member to compete, Nadine, earned Bronze in sparring. It was Nadine's first competition in the seniors category. Nadine got much hands-on training as a point referee in sparring. This first German Championship organized by a recently formed organization, under the leadership of Olaf Brämer, 6th Degree, was truly impressive in its organization and the number of competitors it drew. We will be back in numbers strength next year.
Our champion with proud parents and trainer.
Nadine with Bronze
Master Wheatley Meeting
Bob met with Master Wheatley for a working lunch on a wonderful Autumn day, 21 October, near the Frankfurt International Airport. Master Wheatley was underway in his travels through several European countries. The weekend before he conducted a two-day seminar in Hungary. Accompanying him were his son, Paul, Mr. Csaba Csanyi & Mrs. Ilidic Csanyi. The Csanyis lead the ITF member organization Orion Taekwon-Do in Canada.
Thank you, Peter Thull
Self-Defense Training Against Kidnappping
Using the unfortunate and often recurring reports of child kidnapping as memory jogger, self-defense measures are practiced as part of normal training in our group.
Cross-Training
Thomas participated in the 40th Skull March in Belgium 14 & 15 August.
Motto: Walking for a Better World. March started at 9.00 p.m. and with a window of 10 to 24 hours to finish the 100 km. route. 10,793 starters and only 6,406 (or 59 %) finishers! Our man finished in just 15 hrs 42 mins! A good example of perseverance. We can imagine how good that beer must have tasted after 100 km.. Congratulations Thomas!
Cross-Training While on Vacation
Nadine participated in Kick-Boxing training by Gardasee Lake in Italy.
True champions keep the edge even on vacation.
Special Seniors Seminar with ITF President
Grand Master Choi Jung Hwa in London. First Ever.
16 masters and 64 senior black belts
Another European Champion for Us
Nadine Imm won Gold at the 2009 European Championship of the World Karate and Kickboxing Association 6 & 7 June in Hamburg, Germany.
In the same Championship, Maxi won 2 bronze and Simon 1 silver & bronze.
Cross-Training in Biathlon
Bob took 3rd place in the Summer Biathlon (run & shoot) in Germerode
on 6 June; He shot a perfect score and finished just 10 seconds
behind the 1st place winner, who was 28 years younger.
He is looking forward to next year's competition.
Picture shows the first start group.
New 1st Degree Black Belt
Matthiasearned his first degree on 30 May.
Andre earned his first degree on 28 March.
The World's First Taekwon-Do Racer ?
Ours is probably the only racer in the world representing a Taekwon-Do group. Many thanks to Thomas for his hard work on it; much appreciated.
Tentativepilot is Simon. Sponsors can be offered "advertising space" in exchange for donations to defray upcoming Taekwon-Do competition expenses. We are ready and waiting for the first competition.
Regional Sports Gold Medal for Philipp Manegold
The region's chief executive officer, Landrat Preuss, presented Philipp a large gold medal at an annual sports
award ceremony honoring sportlers in the Werra-Meissner Region of Germany.Beautiful matching lapel
pin and certificate were also given on 7 February. Philipp earned the honor by winning gold in forms at the International Taekwon-Do Federation NAG German Open Championship in 2008. We are very proud of you Philipp !
Best Student 2008
Siyawasch Hosseini
A model Taekwon-Do student: maximum classs attendance, concerted effort in class and two competitions, helpful partner in training and tests, stayed current on all his theory requirements & an all-around nice young man. He opted for Gen. Choi Hong Hi's Condensed Encyclopedia (in German) over a certificate with the US President's signature! Photos from the last training of the year.
Last Training of the Year
22 December
Gentleman Hendrik & Marika in Chayu Matsogi
University students still fit even months without Mom's home cooking.
Nadine in Model Sparring
Christmas Party
Our annual party on 13 December after training was well attended -- both by students and family members. Our newest 2nd Degree black belt and several students were honored for championships successes in 2008. Tables were filled with delicious and colorful home-made pastries. A slide show of the year's highlights was presented. Students participated in the different exciting games with winners receiving prizes.
Many thanks to: Peter, Uschi and Heidi for conducting the presentations; Nadine and Thomas for conducting the games; and Gero for the slideshow.
Our newest 2nd Degree Black Belt: Henrik
22 November
Sports Hall Construction
Our sports hall complex is nearing completion.
This is what it looks like on 21 November.
When completed, our bigger and brighter
sports hall will be worth the wait and trouble.
German Championships 2008
Three members competed in the German Championships organized by ITF-NAG in Dortmund-Huckarde on 8 November.
Our Philipp, the lion-hearted, won Gold in Tuls
in a class of 10 competitors! He also won Bronze in Sparring.
Siyawasch won Bronze in both Tuls and Sparring.
Nadine also won Bronze in both disciplines.
Our competitors gave their best of the day and represented us well.
Their parents provided excellent support to our heroes.
Competitor Nadine, trainer-coach Bob and young manager Axel.
Deserved honors !
The Champion and his proud family.
Many thanks to Jörg Imm for photo & video coverage.
Parade
Some members participated in the annual Schwebda celebration
parade on 7 September to show community presence.
Parade theme was "yesterday, today & tomorrow".
We chose to write "timeless" (Zeitlos) on our Taekwon-Do banner.
Werramann: Eschwege's Triathlon 30 August Over 900 participants with more than 200 teams
Taekwon-Do Central participates in this annual triathlon to provide regional presence and as excellent endurance cross-training to Taekwon-Do.
Our Team Members (l-r):
swimmer Johannes Schmidt, biker Bob Borja, & runner Aike Ruhlandt.
Johannes relaxed before the plunge,
lining up in his start group
and is on the way.
A deserved "high five".
Bob shooting for his race bike,
and making the last turn towards the finish line.
Reflecting on performance. Another Taekwon-Do Central
participant in another team as swimmer, Thomas, looks on.
Aike in a strong sprint to the finish line.
Our super fan Simon who is eager to be on our team in just 9 more years !
Result: Our team successfully achieved its goals of improving in the three individual disciplines and total times. Additionally, we advanced the equivalent of seven places from that of last year.
Swim Bike Run Total
2007 00:12:12 00:44:54 00:25:31 01:22:37
2008 11:43 43:38 24:08 1:19:29
Improvement 0:29 1:16 1:23 3:08 !!!
Heart-felt thanks to our winning team members for representing Taekwon-Do Central and supporting the Werra Valley's largest and most exciting annual sporting event. We wish Johannes and Aike all the best at the Göttingen University starting 1 September.
Many thanks to our fans, especially the Emmelmann and Imm families.
Special thanks to Jörg Emmelmann for taking the action photos.
28th Dacascos Open European Championship
31 May & 1 June, Hamburg-Wandsbek
500 Adults, 350 Children & Youths
6 Participants from Taekwon-Do Central won 1 Silver & 5 Bronze.
Philipp and assistant coach Johannes making
sure paperwork is in order for the next round.
Henrik beating his opponent despite the big disadvantages of size and age.
International Instructors Course
with GM Choi Jung Hwa.
28-30 March
Trainer Bob Borja participated in the 22nd ITF IIC. The excellent course, from organization to content, was held in scenic Cork, Ireland. GM Choi actively conducted the course. It was Borja's third such course with the ITF. This highlight event of the year provided instructors a chance to access quality control and to update on techniques, as needed. The event also doubled as another family re-union. There were numerous masters among the 100 attendees. On Saturday night, a well-attended bow-tie banquet celebrated the 42th anniversary of the ITF.
With Master Dalton (host), GM Choi, Master Lee & Master Harry.
With long-time friends, Liz & Master Brown from Scotland.
With friends from Holland; Peter van Dooren & Henk Zonsveld.
Gold Medal for Trainer and Student.
7 March
The region's chief executive officer (Landrat Preuss) presented the gold medal at an annual sports
award ceremony honoring sportlers in the Werra-Meissner Region of Germany.The seldom presented gold medal for single sportlers was presented to only two people at the awards presentation: trainer Bob Borja and his student Siyawasch Hossieni. A matching lapel
pin and certificate were also given.
Landrat Preuss with Siyawasch Hosseini, one promising quality student to watch.
