Oneonta Taekwon-do

with Caroline Huxtable of Badra Bahiya Dance Troupe.
Saturday, March 27 at

Oneonta Tae Kwon Do
12 S. Main, Oneonta, NY 13820
11am – 2pm with a one-hour lunch break

The workshop will introduce students to tribal fusion bellydance, shimmies and layering, finger cymbals, and will include a short choreography. $20 prepaid or $25 at the door.

Contact Caroline at (607) 547-5909, (607) 434-3525 or upstatebellydance@yahoo.com.

Come on and DANCE!

Here is a sample of a performance by Badra Bahiya, recorded in December, 2009:

Please download and print our school calendar for 2010.

This calendar contains test dates, closings, as well as Taekwon-Do International events and the dates for Grandmaster Kim’s summer camp.*

*Calendar is subject to change

otkd 2010 calendar

Time sensitive. Act quickly as spaces are going FAST!

Dear Parent,

My name is Ray Mannion and I’ve been teaching self-defense in Oneonta since 2004.  People have been asking me for years to teach children’s classes but I’ve resisted until now.  It was very important to me that I establish a school with a reputation for integrity.  After 5 years, I believe our adults and teens have earned us respect in our community and I am now pleased to invite your child to join our school.

The truth of the matter is I love working with kids. …

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…

Snuggle in, it’s a long one…..

Competition classes

Thank you to all students who participated in the competition classes. This was the first time we offered classes geared toward the sparring and competition aspect of Taekwon-Do. It was fun to give everyone the chance to take a break from patterns awhile and hit each other.

New students

In November, we welcomed several new students including Anthony, Dr. Mark, Aaron, and Finn. We are also pleased to welcome back Sky Monosson who was temporarily out due to an injury. As such, classes have become a bit more crowded. Thank you…

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Full contact sparring is required for red belts during promotion tests. Here is the video of Kristian and Priscilla sparring. Note that more footage is available on the…

Oneonta Taekwon-Do has donated a 3 month tuition package including a uniform and 2 private lessons to Main Street Oneonta, a non-profit agency. The package will be auctioned on October 23rd at the Foothills Performing Arts Center as stated below. This package is valued over $250 and will be auctioned with no minimum.

A complete list of items for auction will be made available at MainStreetOneonta.com next week.

Main Street Oneonta to hold 10^th Annual Auction at Foothills Performing Arts Center

Please join us for the 10^th Annual…