200812 Belt Grading
Congratulations to all the students who took their belt promotion test last December 14, 2008. Mr. Hal Lipscombe, 6th Dan ITF, administered the test and he was quite impressed at how the kids have progressed. Most of the them even jumped one belt level because of their impressive performance. Excellent work everybody! Keep it up. Here are the complete results. Name Tested for Belt Received Dana Blue Stripe Blue Stripe Manuel Blue Stripe Blue Stripe
1st COLOURED BELT TOURNAMENT
November 2008 1st COLOURED BELT TOURNAMENT The First Annual Coloured Belt Tournament was held at the Champlain Heights Community Centre in Vancouver. It’s aim was to give coloured belts some experience in competitions but in a less stressful atmosphere. Net proceeds from the tournament are donated to the BC women’s team and the Covenant House. This year, our representatives were Dana and Manuel who performed exceedingly well for very first competition. Although they were on different teams,
Fifth Annual ITF President’s Seminar
October 4 – 6th 2008 Mr. Andaya, Dana and Manuel Andaya attended the Fifth Annual President’s Seminar hosted by the Pacific Rim Institute of Taekwon-Do. The seminar was conducted by the President of the ITF, VIIIth Degree Black Belt Master Tran Trieu Quan and his son Mr. Nicholas Tran IVth Degree Black Belt . Master Tran and Mr. Tran brought new teachings to a variety of different students from white belts to 6th degree black