SUMMER Taekwon-Do Classes have already started….. see you at the next class!

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Thursday – Adults Class – 6:30pm to 8pm

Dates: Jan 26th and Feb 2nd

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Sunday – Tamaki Development Squad – 3:00pm – 4:30pm (OPEN INVITATION)

Dates: Jan 29th and Feb 5th

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Sunday – Mix Kids + Youth Class – 4:30pm to 5:30pm

Dates: Jan 29th and Feb 5th

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–> If you have friends / family / colleagues who would like to give Taekwon-Do a GO – please invite them along to these summer training classes!!

Classes will officially resume on: Thursday February 9th 2012 – Start of Term 1

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Auckland Lantern Festival 2011 – Year of the Rabbit

Head to the Auckland Lantern Festival – Friday 18th (7:30pm to 7:50pm) and Saturday 19th (7:20pm to 7:40pm) of February – to watch our talented TMWTA Demonstration Team in action, performing a range of Taekwon-Do techniques, patterns, pre-arranged sparring, power and special destructions and more…..

We hope to see you there!

Tamaki Taekwon-Do Highlights 2010 – Prizegiving Video

- ITKD National Tournament in Wellington, NZ
- Mt Wellington Sports & Community Festival
- Tamaki Taekwon-Do Demonstration Team
- Special Techniques Session with Mr Aaron Ross
- Taekwon-Do Open Night for Beginners
- Gradings – Coloured Belts & Black Belts
- Tamaki Cup Challenge:
King of the Mountain Fundraising Challenge & All Whites Indoor Soccer Challenge

What a great 2010 year!! Go Tamaki (aka TMWTA)!!

Tamaki Mt Wellington TKD Academy is proud to present…..

“OPEN NIGHT 2010 – Monday 6th September”

Download OPEN NIGHT Flier

Open Night is a great way to introduce beginners to Taekwon-Do as well as celebrating the art that we practice.

Each class will be preparing a series of demonstrations to be performed on Open Night. Ranging from pre-arranged sparring routines, team patterns, power and special technique breaking involving wooden boards and tile breaks.

Join us for a quick social with drinks and nibbles upstairs from 8pm to 9pm.

Please invite your friends and family to come along. We hope that it will be a fun and entertaining evening.

Check out the latest July news!

Tamaki Kids

Tamaki Adults

Tamaki Tournament Squad

Star Series Tournament 2

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“I shall be a champion of freedom and justice” “I shall build a more peaceful world” – Student Oath

Let the games begin!

We are now halfway into 2010 and so far Tamaki has achieved many successes. The highlights being the first ever community demonstration, the Auckland regional tournament and most importantly five of our students being promoted to 1st degree black belt!!
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• Auckland Regionals – Congratulations to our six competitors, who all did very well in their events. Well done to Conor Hill for winning the best overall junior yellow belt award! Results: Conor – Gold in patterns, Bronze in sparring; Luke – Gold in sparring; Damon – Gold in sparring; Sharon – Silver in sparring; Callum – Gold in Sparring; Casey – Bronze in sparring.

• ITFNZ Nationals/Oceania Championships – 3-4 July 2010 – This promises to be an exciting international tournament, this year it will be held in Wellington, our capital city. All the best to our members who will be representing our Auckland North region.

• Grading Promotions – Congratulations to our newly promoted 1st degree black belts – Mr Bjarne Morris, Mr Angad Nayyar, Mr Jackson Taylor, Mr Leon Wang and last but not least Mr Damon Williams. Awesome effort guys!!

• The Tamaki Cup Challenge has commenced on the 24th of May – an exciting and new intra-club competition consisting of four teams (blue, red, green and yellow) battling throughout the year to see who will win the first ever Tamaki Cup competition!

• Panmure King of the Mountain 2010 – Sunday 27th June – An annual fun run which we will be participating in as part of our team challenge – watch this space!
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Tamaki Global Support – a new fundraising initiative that we will be developing to help raise funds for our ChildFund recipient, Rosaline Achando and our newest organisation Save the Children, in which we support a community in Asia. More information coming shortly!
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TAMAKI TOURNAMENT SQUAD
Update: The squad is training with the Auckland North Regional Team – on Sundays from 2pm – 4pm at Auckland Boys Grammar School.
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Fees: Old members, please adjust your payments to ensure that you are on the current fees structure schedule. Please note that the kids class have a “term payment” option – see our treasurer for more details.
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Key Events/Dates

ITFNZ Nationals / Oceanias, July 3rd – 4th, Wellington

Coloured Belt Grading, Examiner: Master Davidson, Tuesday 17th August – 6:30pm start

Peewee Grading, Thursday 19th August – 5:30pm start

World Champs Trials, August 20th – 22nd, Taupo College

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“I shall be a champion of freedom and justice, to build a more peaceful world” – Student Oath

Since 2008, Tamaki Mt Wellington has become a part of the global movement to fight poverty and injustice in the world.  We are providing financial support to a child in East Africa and a community in Asia.

To this date, we have successfully raised over $1000!

But this year we are aiming to double that amount so that more of the impossible can be achieved.

How can you help?

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Our first child sponsor is a young girl living in one of the slums situated in Nairobi, Kenya.  Roseline Achando lives with her parents, brother and sister.  Her family, like many others in the area, are poor and cannot cater for the family effectively.  Her father is unemployed and relies on small manual jobs from factories while her mother is a housewife taking care of the children.  With the lack of income, Roseline and her sibling’s basic needs of education, health, food, and security cannot be satisfied.

But through Child Fund, the organisation that has enabled us to connect with Roseline, and the Mukuru Promotion Centre, the place where Roseline receives benefits (health-care, food etc) from our contribution, we have been able to change her situation contributing to re-shaping and building a solid foundation for her life.

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Starting 2010 – we now sponsor a community in Asia.

More information coming shortly.

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Our ITFNZ organisation is assisting in re-building a village in Papua New Guinea.

We donated our hall for use for the PNG fundraisers.

Please go to our national website for further information on how you can contribute to this cause: www.itfnz.org.nz

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Mr Simione Lo has recently opened a specialised Kempo class

Training Times: Sunday 10:00am – 11:30am

Beginners welcome!

Come and try Kempo for a FREE four week trial! It doesn’t matter whether you are a beginner, or have done a bit before. The classes have been carefully structured to provide a safe and enjoyable atmosphere of all three (beginner, intermediate & advanced) levels.

What is Kempo?

Kempo is one of the oldest Martial Arts systems and is based upon the survival and fighting techniques of five Animals. Those techniques are…

-Tiger : Power

-Crane : Sinew

-Leopard : Strength/Bone

-Snake : Ch’i

-Dragon : Spirit

Each technique has three main functions…

-Self Defense

-Internal Energy Cultivation

-Training the Body and Mind

Who will I be learning from?

The classes are instructed by Mr Lo who has been performing Kempo Kido Karate for at least 10 years. He learnt under Mr Gibbs and wants to give back to the community that supported him in his teenage years.

Monthly Kempo classes are $20 per month or $35 for 2 or more family members. Members of the Tamaki ITF club are entitled to free lessons. If you’re interested come down and talk to us, everyone is welcome!

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March is indeed a very busy month….here are some links to the events happening in March if you are interested in attending these…

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Master Katz Seminar – Auckland
Wednesday March 10, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
81 Gray Avenue, Mangere East, Auckland

Rarely do we get to train with a master from overseas, this is an opportunity not to be missed!!
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‘Get REAL’ (Phase 1) seminar
Saturday March 13, 10am – 5pm
Tamaki Mt Wellington Do jang

Please register online and advise the Instructors of your attendance – as our Club has discounts for these seminars.
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InterClub Tournament
Sunday March 14, 9am – 2:45pm
Tamaki Mt Wellington Do jang

Great for those keen on competitions and if you are able to help out with officiating – the organisers will be grateful for the help!!
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CM Grading Marshalls Workshop
Sunday, March 21, 2010, venue TBC
Workshop for 1st gups and above to learn marshalling skills.

Link: Not yet available. Watch this space!
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CM Youth Tournament
Sunday, Mar 28, 2010, Eastern ITF Pakuranga Dojang
Age groups: 4-10, 11-12, 13-14 years

Link: Not yet available. Watch this space!
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