Congratulations to our students who successfully tested at Oneonta Taekwon-Do last week. The test featured demonstrations by Lori and Ben, Jake and Guaire, Kent and Finn, and Cael.
Please see their individual posts for videos or visit our YouTube channel to browse our entire archive.
Congratulations to soccer star Cael “McLegs” McCabe on earning his first black stripe.
After demonstrating red belt level kicking techniques with legs made like rubber bamboo,
and Hwa-Rang,
he broke 2 boards with each leg using back kicks.
Finally, he sparred with his cousin Finn.
We hope Cael has a successful fall soccer season and look forward to his return to the black belt path in winter.
Kent made his first appearance at a promotion test in Oneonta. He demonstrated Dan-Gun and basic techniques along with step sparring before finally breaking a board with a rear leg side kick.
Congratulations to Phineas Brown Collins on earning his blue belt. Blue belt signifies “the plant reaching up to the sky”, indicative of Finn’s strength and power. His precise movements in Yul-Gok are indicative of his dedicated practice and we are proud of his growth and successes.
It was fortunate that Finn could spar with his cousin Cael who earned his first black stripe:
The smooth and graceful movements of Guaire are nicely complemented by the intense powerful force of Jake as they earn their green stripes.
Congratulations to both boys on their fine achievement.
Congratulations to our new Black Belts!
After training long and hard Kristian Frye, John Buck and Priscilla McCabe have earned their first Dan.
Master Kelly, a friend of Mr. Mannion’s was supposed to attend and administer the test, but due to vehicular issues was sadly, unable to attend.
The black belt test was long and tested their strength. The test started at 3:30 pm yesterday with a 2 mile run that all three completed under 18 minutes. Afterwards, the three took a written exam to test their knowledge of Taekwon-Do. At the promotion test…
Our promotion testing this past week was an interesting one. We had two black belt interim tests and our lowest rank testing was a green belt.
Everyone had trouble breaking boards it seemed. It’s been my experience that sometimes you just get a tough batch of boards.
I hope everyone took away some confidence and determination from this test. Sometimes you break the boards and it is easy. Sometimes it doesn’t work and it is not so fun. But, if you never push yourself too far, you never know how far you can go.…
Oneonta Taekwon-Do sent two representatives to Grandmaster Kim’s April Championship in New York City. This is the first time anyone from our school has gone to compete. Both students returned with trophies. We are very proud of Mr. McCabe and Finn. We greatly appreciate their commitment and the time dedicated by Finn’s dad, Richard for making the drive.
What follows is Finn’s summary of the day. Please be sure to congratulate Finn and Owen on their accomplishments!
On April 24, a sunny Saturday morning, I took a trip with my father and my cousin…
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