Congratulations to all those who tested. This was a pretty large test. Thanks to Theo and Finn for their help in “producing” the videos. Thanks also to Terri for being the videographer.
Red belt patterns, sparring, and board breaking
By the way, did you know that students have sort of a “home page” on this website?
You can type in http://oneontatkd.com/wordpress/tag/ followed by the student’s first name and last name separated by a hyphen in lower case. This url will bring up all…
The following was submitted to the Hometown Advantage for the October release.
On September 24, 2009, Taekwon-Do International recognized 14 year old Worcester resident Owen McCabe as a certified black belt. Having trained diligently since March of 2006, Owen was invited to test by Oneonta Taekwon-Do instructor Ray Mannion. In addition to his training in Oneonta, he attended camps and seminars under Grandmaster Suk Jun Kim, a 9th degree black belt and founder of Taekwon-Do International.
For promotion to black belt, Owen was required to…
Thank you Jenny my wife, Matt Goodrich and John Buck for generously making the trip down to New York City to support me for my test.
Thanks also to my sisters Kathy and Trish for embracing the Soju experience. Of course, I am eternally grateful to Grandmaster Suk Jun Kim for his teaching and support.
Rather than focus on videos, I would like to emphasize here the oath we take and renew as blackbelts. Links to videos are below.
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There is a video clip which plays on the digital picture frame in our DoJang of Grandmaster SJ Kim performing a front turning kick to break 5 boards. After catching glimpses of the various frames in the video, I decided to do some clipping to highlight what I believe are the critical components. To see the video in full motion, please visit the page at SJKimTKD.com
Alex Lusins article back kick board break board breaking Brian Davis Cael McCabe Children Christina Hill class David Howard demonstration dylan winsor fred schwed goals Grandmaster Kim green belt Hwa-Rang jennifer butler John Buck Ken Graig kristian frye mannion matt goodrich owen mccabe pattern Patterns Personal development priscilla mccabe promotion rear leg side kick red belt schedule self-defense side kick sjkim SJ Kim sparring Test Testing toi-gye tom hill Tyler Hill Video yellow belt
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