Oneonta Taekwon-do

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…

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…

Congratulations to Matt Goodrich on successfully earning his 1st degree black belt. Matt is now certified by Taekwon-Do International to be a black belt in good standing.

For his promotion test, Matt traveled to NYC with his family and fellow Oneonta Taekwon-Do schoolmate John Buck. He completed a written exam, an endurance test, and then gave a demonstration including 3 patterns, basic combinations, sparring, and 3 different board breaks.

In addition to the physical requirements, Taekwon-Do International requires proven examples of living up to the Tenets…

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Free month special,  Next promotion test/Demonstration, Space needed, Black belt classes

Free month special now through September 30th

For the remainder of the month, we are offering a month free to new students when they sign up for a 3 month tuition package which includes a free uniform and two private lessons. If you have contacted us recently about classes, now is the time to join. Due to space restrictions, we can only extend this offer to the next 4 students so contact us today!

Promotion and demonstration Thursday September 24th,

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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.

Taekwondo International Black

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Grandmaster Konrad Spillman is vice-president of Taekwon-do International. His school website contains a very lengthy page concerning school etiquette.

I’ve hesitated offering this information for the simple reason that student/teacher etiquette is something that should be learned from the example of the teacher and senior students.