Oneonta Taekwon-do

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.

Finn and Dylan

Theo

The Hills

The Cael

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…

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

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: