Oneonta Taekwon-do

If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll never get there.
- Yogi Berra

Dear Students,
First, thank you very much for the generous gifts. I was very surprised and happy to receive a gift I can enjoy with my family.

I have been thinking a great deal about the coming changes for Oneonta Taekwon-Do and wanted to share my goals with you.

As I started writing my goals, I prepared one of my Zig Ziglar Goal Worksheets which I wrote about in an article here.  There are a couple of interesting downloads and videos there…

If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll never get there.
- Yogi Berra

Theory, theory, theory. Blah, blah, blah.

Over the years I’ve read countless articles and books on personal development and the pursuit of goals.  Most of them were put down, tossed aside, <yawn>, NEXT!

A couple of years ago, I was in one of the worst financial struggles of my life and happened to borrow this video by Zig Ziglar on goals.  Before it was over, I had pen in hand, a half dozen of my goals written down, and the 7 critical factors needed to…

Thanks and congratulations to everyone who tested.  It was great to close the year with a black belt interim test and a long overdue promotion for Cael McCabe.

I’ve posted the videos for each student in it’s own article:

Brian Davis 2nd Dan interim test

Finn Brown-Collins earns yellow belt

Jennifer Butler earns blue stripe

Terri Graig earns a blue belt

Cael McCabe earns his 2nd red stripe

It was great fun to finally do a flying side kick.  Thanks to Jennifer and Terri for their trust and thanks to Mr McCabe and Mr. Goodrich for bravely…

Congratulations to Jennifer Butler on earning her blue stripe!
Basics and Won-Hyo

Jennifer demonstrates self-defense with Kristian and then executes a rear leg side kick to break 2 boards

Choong-Jang has 52 movements. Note that there is very little symmetry in this pattern, making it very difficult to learn and even harder to master

Mr. Davis and Mr. Goodrich Sparring:

4 boards with a back kick:

Congratulations to Phineas Brown-Collins, aka “Finn”, for earning his yellow belt. Finn was able to test in record time due to his excellent attendance and at-home practice.
Finn demonstrates basics:

Finn demonstrates self-defense 1,2,3:

We thank Finn for remembering to bow to the board holders. What excellent courtesy:

Congratulations to Terri on her successful promotion to blue belt. Blue belt carries significant meaning and is a huge milestone in Taekwon-Do training. We wish her continued success and thank her for her dedicated training.

Terri demonstrates basics and Yul-Gok

Terri and Jennifer demonstrate self-defense and 2 step sparring:

Terri breaks two boards with a side kick: