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11th Annual ATC Invitational Tournament
It's with great pleasure that we invite you to the 11th Annual ATC Invitational Tournament to be held on Saturday 16 June 2012 in Pretoria.
Tournament details:
| Date: |
Saturday 16th June 2012 |
| Venue: |
Northern Gauteng Wrestle Hall,
26th Street, Menlo Park, Pretoria |
| Entrance fee: |
R180 per participant (On or before 1 June 2012)
R200 per participant (After 1 June 2012)
Final day for entries – Friday 8 June 2012
NO ENTRIES ON THE DAY |
| Registration: |
7h30 – 8h30 |
| Opening ceremony: |
8h45 |
| Prize giving: |
18h00 |
Invitation
ATC Reporter
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2011 ATC Yearend Function
It was that time of the year again for all to be recognised for their hard and dedicated
commitment during the year. With many dressed to rock the evening it started off
with a rainy night. But no rain could dampen the spirit of rock legends and class
wining students receiving their trophies and certificates. The function then moved
over to a braai for the hungrier student and once again no rain could stand in the
way of a hungry student. Best dressed rock legend was chosen and awarded for the
effort made by all students to make the theme a memorable evening. The party rocked
on and was enjoyed by all till late. A year to remember!
Jaco Truter
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Carl and Michael receive their black belt certificates!
On Tuesday evening 22 November 2011, Carl Joubert (SA-1-300) and Michael Loubser
(SA-1-301) received their 1st Dan black belt certificates from their instructors
Karel and Annari Wethmar. The black belt certificates are produced and issued by
the ITF HQ office in Vienna, Austria and signed by the ITF president, Prof. Chang
Ung. They both graded to 1st Dan on 27 November 2010.
From your instructors and all the ATC students, a warm congratulations to Carl and
Michael for receiving their 1st Dan black belt certificates!
ATC Reporter
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Kids Taekwon-Do for 2011!
On Tuesday morning 22 November 2011 the ATC Kids Taekwon-Do class in Garsfontein,
Pretoria had its last class for 2011 as well as customary year-end party. After
the kids aged 3-5 performed their tests they received certificates from their instructors
Annari & Karel Wethmar. The kids enjoyed the class thoroughly and are looking forward
to the classes starting again in January 2012! On behalf of the club we would like
to congratulate Hendré, Keagan, Sumari, Nerine, Reon, Marno, Juné and Anel for passing
their test with flying colours.
ATC Reporter
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1st Veritas Tournament
On the morning of 1st of October 2011 a number of Taekwon-Do schools representing
their different federations lined up in front of the Portuguese hall, in Turffontein,
eagerly anticipating the start of the 1st Veritas Taekwon-Do championship.
At the start of the pre-chosen song that each federation had selected all the students
from that federation professionally marched into the hall, lining up in front of
the stage where all the senior officials were waiting. At the command from the most
senior member of the federation all the students snapped to attention and bowed.
As they were commanded back into a parallel stance the next federation’s song started
playing and so on, until finally all the students where neatly lined up, ready for
the tournament to begin.
With a couple of aspiring and encouraging words from the tournament director, the
first categories where announced to start and the tournament took off.
With every ones spirits high we started with patterns in the three well organized
rings, tigers in the one and juniors in the other two. Because of the vast amount
of tiger students they kept the judges busy at the first ring for the rest of that
day and the morning of the next day. The juniors went by quite fast, making space
for the senior and veteran colour belts to do their part for their federations by
collecting as many gold, silver and bronze medals as possible.
After the lunch break it was time for the black belts to show their techniques and
do there jaw dropping patterns. Thanks to the judges, willing to do their
part, the black belts finished their patterns to roaring applause from the audience.
Finally it was time for the sparring to start. The juniors colour belts opened the
sparring rings. Everywhere students were busy warming up with their coaches, going
through their well-practiced combinations to score as many points against their
opponents as possible. With every category finishing there was always a great applause
from the spectators and handshakes all around when the medals were awarded for the
winner of those well fought matches.
The Saturday ended with a couple of hard fought matches by the senior colour belts
putting their bodies on the line to score those very important end-of-day points
for their federations
At 19h00 on Sunday morning the championship took off at full swing. The tigers going
on with their patterns and the black belts starting with their sparring matches.
The excitement of the black belt sparring is always something to look forward to.
With their advanced techniques and blistering speed, they always keep the spectators
transfixed.
When the black belts had finished with their sparring the rest of us could start
with special techniques and power breaking. The junior’s started with the special
techniques and by showing their skills they finished before the lunch break, raking
in medals and those very valuable points for their federations.
After the lunch break the very popular power breaking event started. People gathered
around the power breaking horse and the competitors as they showed everyone their
strength and skill as they broke the tough breaker boards with the pre-set hand
and foot techniques.
After a very exhausting weekend the tournament finally came to an end on Sunday
night. Each federation lined up and the federation with the most points was announced
as the 1st Veritas Championship winner.
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the people who organized the tournament
it went very well and was enjoyed by everyone.
Overall Results:
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Federations
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Points
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1
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JUNG DO KWAN
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315
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2
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MYONGYE DO KWAN
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256
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3
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GTF
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146
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4
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DAN GUN KWAN
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144
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5
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KANGHAN JASHIN KWAN
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83
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6
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IN NAE KWAN
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44
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7
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SAN KWAN
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44
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8
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MOZAMBIQUE
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30
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9
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JUCHE
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3
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Complete Results
Jacques Botha
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ATC instructors hosts seminar in Vanderbijlpark
On Saturday 13 August 2011, Sabum Karel Wethmar, chief instructor and Bosabum Manie
Naude, assistant instructor of ATC hosted a seminar for the students of the Kodang
Taekwon-Do club and Potchefstroom Taekwon-Do club in Vanderbijlpark, Southern Gauteng
province.
The seminar primarily focused on preparation for the upcoming federation grading
in Pretoria and therefore most of the time was spent focussing on the grading syllabus.
A great thank you goes to Bosabum Stefan van der Linde, instructor of the Kodang
Taekwon-Do club in Vanderbijlpark for organising the seminar and venue.
The instructors were very happy with the standard of training and said they were
looking forward to the upcoming federation grading to see everyone in action. Good
luck to all the grading candidates!
ATC Reporter
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SA-ITF Closed Championships 2011
The 2011 SA-ITF Inter Provincial Tournament or better known as the Closed SA Championships
took place on Saturday 18 June 2011, at the Primrose Wrestling Hall, Johannesburg.
With only the top competitors from each province representing their respective province,
the national tournament promised to be a show down of the best of the best. Northern
Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Southern Guateng, Central Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal
sent teams to participate. A total of 27 ATC students were represented on 2 provincial
teams at this year’s national championships. 18 students from the ATC Elardus Park
dojang in Pretoria represented the Northern Gauteng province and 9 students from
the ATC Thabazimbi dojang represented the Limpopo provincial team. The ATC members
on both these provincial teams received their official Northern Gauteng and Limpopo
provincial colours through affiliated provincial structures.
The 27 ATC students won a total of 44 medals with 19 Gold, 15 Silver and 10 Bronze
medals making up the spread. The instructors of the 2 dojangs, Sbm Annari Wethmar,
Sbm Karel Wethmar and Bsb Thereasa Tolmay said that they were very happy with their
students’ performance at the 2011 national tournament and that their students did
them proud.
Please click on the below link to see a detailed break down of all ATC students’
results achieved at the 2011 SA-ITF Closed Championships.
ATC Reporter
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 ATC Limpopo Team
ATC Gauteng North and Limpopo Team
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Happy Birthday Sbm Karel (July 20)
Thank you for all your hard work and sacrifice. Thank you for your leadership you
have provided to our club over thelast year and for pushing us to strive for excellence
every day.
Thank you for setting an example we strive to follow.
We hope that the year ahead brings joy and blessings to you and your family.
Happy birthday!
From all of us
ATC Students
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10th Annual ATC Invitational Tournament
It was a gloomy morning of grey skies and cool weather that met the students from
all over Southern Africa for the 10th Annual ATC Invitational Tournament
on the 7th of May 2011 that took place at the Gauteng North Wrestling
hall in Menlo Park, Pretoria. All though the hint of cold and clear anticipation
of what was to be an eventful day had students nervous, we were fortunately met
with warm welcomes from both the organisers and the general comrade among students
who have participated together for years. And so with warmth in everyone’s hearts
and great excitement Sabum Karel Wethmar started proceedings with a warm welcoming
to everyone.
Before proceedings got underway Sabum Annari Wethmar had the tournament schedule
and programme on the wall, and in the fashion of her great organisational skills
it was followed closely to the end of the day. A special thanks to all the black
belts, instructors and students who assisted the organisers with judging and refereeing.
For those whom did not notice, each floor requires seven officials for the competition
to commence and for the majority of the day the three floors and power breaking/special
technique area were manned. At the same time many of these officials still had to
participate and rotation was done effectively!
We were also honoured with the presence of Bosabum Chris Van der Merwe founder of
ATC and the Annual ATC invitational Tournament, a special thanks to you for the
wonderful pictures you took, and for starting something that have endured for a
decade and many more to come!
We also would like to extend a special thanks to Millennium Minolta for sponsoring
the beautiful 10th anniversary medals. Also thanks for your sponsorship
of the medals over the past number of years.
Further more the day progressed with relative ease and efficient speed. From tigers
to veterans patterns and sparring were conducted gracefully. With a clear view of
great talents on the rise from all over, we are assured of better and more and more
competitive tournaments to come!
It is however on this day, the 7th of May 2011 that ATC took back the
tournament trophy as the over all winner for the first time in three years! We should
all be proud of this achievement! Under guidance of our exceptional instructors
and with hard work we can now strive to keep it where it belongs!
A special thanks to everyone who participated! Everyone who judged, refereed and
assisted. To the ladies and gentlemen that assisted in the tuck shop. And most special
thanks to Sabum Karel and Annari for organising and running this tournament. And
the awesome guidance they give to us all!
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Club
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City
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Points
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1
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ATC
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Pretoria & Thabazimbi
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175
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2
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Pil Sung
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Kempton Park
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130
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3
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Sim-Wha
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Johannesburg & Ennerdale
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51
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4
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Jungshin
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Johannesburg
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50
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5
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Bul Pae
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Alberton
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39
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6
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Vaalrivier
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Vanderbijlpark
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30
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7
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Hwa Rang
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Lydenburg
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26
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8
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Tong-Il
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Pretoria
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23
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9
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Zimbabwe
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Harare
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14
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10
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Horangi
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Warmbaths
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9
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11
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Juche
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Pretoria
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5
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12
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Potch
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Potchefstroom
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1
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13
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Stingers
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Pinetown
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0
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Results Patterns Results
Sparring
Results Special Techniques
Results Power Breaking
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Best Junior Female - Catherine San Martin
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Best Junior Male - Arnu Nepgen
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Best Senior Female - Isabel Potgieter
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Best Senior Male - Benito Pagotto
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Best Tiger Female - Juane Boonzaaier
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Best Veteran Female - Mereille Nastri
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Best Veteran Male - Jan Bezuidenhout
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Floating trophy winners
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Photos
Pieter van Heerden
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ATC Cullinan re-opens
As most of you are aware, Bsbnim Chris van der Merwe (founder of ATC) opened two
dojang (one for Juniors and one for Seniors) in Cullinan, east of Pretoria, when
he moved there from Randburg at the end of 2005, but had to close the school again
in September 2008 when he got a job-offer in the USA. The economic down-swing hit
the USA just about then and Bsbnim Chris was back in South Africa on 31 January
2009.
Since his return from the USA he has had numerous requests from his “old” students
and their parents to re-open the Cullinan schools. Bsbnim Chris was very reluctant
at first because until March 2010 had been working for a US company and spent prolonged
periods abroad, making sustained teaching impossible. Since joining Standard Bank
Africa head office in April 2010, the situation has normalised slightly, making
it more feasible to re-open ATC in Cullinan.
On Tuesday, 10 May 2011, Bsbnim Chris received a phone call from Captain Coralie
Nel of the Cullinan SAPS imploring him to please reconsider. It was the final straw
and the decision was made. A venue had to be sourced and contracted, the word had
to be spread, the latest syllabus and supporting documents had to be sourced, SA-ITF
executives had to be informed, lesson plans had to be drawn up (at least for the
first month), dobok and gear suppliers had to be found, etc. etc.
The first three classes kicked off in the Centenary Sport Centre, Main Street, Cullinan,
on Tuesday evening, 17 May. For the time being Bsbnim Chris teaches both the Tigers
(6yr to 13yr) and Seniors (14yr and older) dojang while Kyosa Lannea Botha teaches
the Cubs (pre-White belts, 3yr to 5yr old).
On the first night the Cubs had 1 student, Cullinan Tigers had 13 students and Cullinan
Seniors had 6 students. By the third class the Cubs stood at 3, Tigers at 19 and
Seniors at 9.
“It certainly appears as if ATC Cullinan is back in full force,” said Bsbnim Chris
with notable strain in his voice. “I just wish I had a Black belt or two who could
help carry the work-load.”
We wish ATC Cullinan all the best for the future. Go ATC!
ATC Reporter
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Seminar in Thabazimbi
On Saturday 16 April 2011, the 3 of us, Isabel Potgieter, Danniell Botes and I,
Mike Loubser arrived in Thabazimbi at the ATC Platinum Dojang (Setaria) after a
drive through pouring rain and a picnic on the side of the road to find a highly
enthusiastic young bunch of Taekwon-Doins waiting for us. I know they were enthusiastic
because they had all arrived an hour and a half before us and were raring to go!
We started off with hand and foot techniques and moved on to sparring and special
techniques. This was interspersed with numerous rounds of padwork, which was no
doubt thoroughly enjoyed by the parents who had stuck around to watch and support.
We trained from 10:30 until around 16:30 (with a break for lunch) and the students
worked really hard throughout that time.
After training with ATC Platinum for that Saturday, I can honestly say that the
cold, miserable weather was more than compensated for by the warm, kind people who
looked after us during our time there.
We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and look forward to seeing them again soon.
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Mike teaching
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Johan and Dylan sparring
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Biance and Dylan sparring
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Michael John Loubser
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10th ATC Tournament
It is the 10 year anniversary of the annual ATC Tournament
and warriors all over the world are preparing to join in the celebrations by competing
in this joyous event.
The brave warriors will be challenged in not only sparring and patterns but power
breaking and special techniques as well!
Are you brave enough to rise to this challenge?
Then enter now and join the warriors as they assemble for the great celebration
on Saturday the 7th of May, 2011 at the Northern Gauteng Wrestle
Hall, 26th Street, Menlo Park, Pretoria
Invitation
ATC Reporter
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ATC perform at the 2011 SA-ITF Autumn Tournament
On Saturday 2 April 2011, 7 ATC students participated at the SA-ITF Autumn Tournament
held at the Primrose Wrestling Hall, Johannesburg. The ATC team was accompanied
by one of their instructors Karel Wethmar and parents and friends that supported
the students on the day. Gustav Gous (1st Degree black belt), apart from participating
also assisted as an umpire at the tournament through out the day.
The results for the ATC students were as follows:
Gustav Gous (30yr) (1st Degree black belt) – Sparring: Gold, Patterns: Gold,
Jacques Botha (18yr) (Red belt) – Sparring: Silver, Patterns: DNP,
Tawie Wolvaardt (20yr) (Green stripe) - Sparring: Gold, Patterns: Gold,
Juané Boonzaaier (11yr) (Red stripe) - Sparring: Silver, Patterns: Gold,
Janco Hanekom (11yr) (Blue stripe) - Sparring: -, Patterns: Silver,
Sarel Swanepoel (8yr) (Yellow belt) - Sparring: -, Patterns: -,
Zonique Boonzaaier (5yr) (Yellow stripe) - Sparring: DNP, Patterns: Bronze,
We wish to congratulate the students with their great results and achievements.
In addition we would also like to thank all the parents and friends that supported
the ATC students on the day.
ATC Reporter
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2nd Gauteng North ITF Taekwon-Do Championships
On Saturday the 26th of March the 2nd Gauteng North ITF Taekwon-Do Championships
took place at the Menlo Park Wrestling hall. Thanks to the brilliant organisation
of Sabum Annari Wethmar the competition ran smoothly and ended in good time.
ATC Elardus Park who was represented by the majority of its students once again
proved to be the dominant club in the Gauteng North region. Taking 64 of the 102
medals on offer for the day. We were followed by ATC Platinum (Thabazimbi) with
16 medals, Hwa Rang (Lydenburg) with 11, Tong-Il (Pretoria) with 9 and Juche (Pretoria)
with 2.
Amongst the many medals proudly won by ATC, 24 members received their Gauteng North
Taekwon-Do Provincial Colours and will represent ATC and the Gauteng North Province
at the National Champs in Johannesburg from 16-18 June 2011. Please view the names
of the ATC members who received their colours here.
Congratulations to everyone! It was a truly successful tournament for ATC. And thank
you for everyone who came early and stayed behind to assist in the preparations
and clean up!
And a special thanks to Sabum Karel and Sabum Annari for their excellent organisation
and training helping all of us to achieve!
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Gauteng North Taekwon-Do
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Medals
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Opening Ceremony
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ATC Reporter
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1st ITF Seminar in Northam
On Saturday, 12 February 2011, the ATC Platinum Taekwon-Do club were fortunate to
have Sabum’s Karel and Annari Wethmar to present our first seminar.
We were busy for 3 hours concentrating on all Taekwon-Do aspects: foot and hand
techniques, patterns, set-sparring, free sparring and self defense.
The students enjoyed the seminar to bits and learned so much.
We at the ATC Platinum Taekwon-Do club would like to give our thanks to the 2 Sabum’s
for such great and useful information.
ATC Platinum club greetings!
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Lined up
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Excercises
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Taekwon-Do kicking
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Taekwon-Do punching
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Stretching
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Thereasa Tolmay (ATC Platinum Instructor)
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1st Tong-il innovation Tournament
On Saturday the 12th of February the first Tong il innovation tournament
took place at the Tong il dojang in Groenkloof, Pretoria.
It was a beautiful sunny morning, a delightful change to the recent gloomy days
in Pretoria. With a lot of enthusiasm and certainly some tension the young tigers
and juniors started to arrive at the honourable Senior Master Kim Jong Su’s dojang.
Young students from all over Gauteng and ATC’s very own young Sarel Swanepoel and
Tristan Blokker completed their registrations and the tournament swiftly got under
way.
Our two young ATC representatives accompanied by their parents and Bsb Manie Naude,
Bsb Isabel Potgieter, Bsb Carl Joubert as well as Pieter van Heerden and Willie
Smith showed an excellent comfort and focus. Sarel won his first match with ease
and grace, a rather soothing sight from such a young and still very inexperienced
student, with his second not being as successful against a far more experienced
student. Tristan proved to be every bit as competent as we expected from such a
talented young man. Although he lost his first match and drew his second, he certainly
proved that he will be a future medal winner.
I am happy to report that the future looks rather bright for our youngsters from
ATC, and we can be certain that ATC will continue its exceptional performances on
both the national and international levels. We can all be proud and exceedingly
happy to be students of Sbm Karel and Sbm Annari Wethmar whose continuous guidance
and warm support has proven to be remarkable from tiger to veteran level.
I believe this year will be a great one for ATC and look forward to seeing everyone
in class!!
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Sarel Swanepoel
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Sarel sparring
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Tristan sparring
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Tristan Blokker
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Pieter Van Heerden
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Taekwon-Do Kids!
ATC has expanded it’s borders and under the leadership of Sabum Annari Wethmar started
Taekwon-Do Kids. This is a training initiative for 3 to 5 year olds and focuses
on training beginner Taekwon-Do techniques with the young ones. She started the
initiative at one of the local nursery schools, Snippersnip, in Garsfontein, Pretoria
East. A number of demonstration classes were given to test the children’s response
to training Taekwon-Do and although starting very small the group training actively
has grown to 8 students over the past month.
Congratulations Sabum Annari with the success of your new initiative!
ATC Reporter
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Taekwon-Do Kids
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Sanko Lewis hosts class
On Thursday 3 February 2011 Mr. Sanko Lewis (4th Degree black belt) from
Seoul, South Korea visited the ATC Elardus Park dojang for some interesting training.
He is also the Federation head of the Soo Shim Kwan (Potchefstroom region) and a
black belt holder in both Taekwon-Do (4th Degree) and Hapkido (1st
Degree). He also trains in Ju-Jitsu and Taek-Kyon while he resides in Seoul.
Mr. Lewis’ work contract with the Sahmyook University in Seoul has been extended
for another 12 months. He works in the department of English studies at the University
and teaches English Literature. Currently he is on holiday in South Africa to visit
friends and family before departing for Korea on 26 February.
The class was used to share interesting ways of doing fitness and strength exercises.
Then came the fun part where the class was introduced to Taek-Kyon training. The
students learned the basic movements, kicks and hand techniques as Mr. Lewis shared
his wealth of knowledge of the ancient Korean Art. He also shared his views and
knowledge on where certain ITF techniques originated between the cross pollination
of Karate (of which Genl. Choi was a black belt holder) and Taek-Kyon.
The students enjoyed the class immensely and are looking forward to Mr. Lewis’ next
visit to the ATC Dojang.
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Warming up class
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Sanko stretching
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Taekwon-Do kicking
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Sanko with Boonzaaier sisters
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ATC Reporter
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Taek-Kyon Kick
Self Defence
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Robertson Seminar January 2011
We at the Robertson Dojang in the Western Cape province of South Africa, were fortunate
to have Sabum Karel Wethmar give our first ITF seminar for 2011 in our small and
humble town! Bright and early on the 22nd of January after many hours of travel
we started our seminar at the Robertson dojang.
To kick-start the seminar Sabum Karel went through all the hand techniques for all
the belt groups that were represented at the seminar. Afterwards we worked on kicks
followed by my favourite... Patterns. Changing and adjusting as we went along to
correct body posture and hand positions time seemed to have no speed limit as it
flew by and before we knew it lunch was upon us!
After a much appreciated snack we continued working through the syllabus covering
special techniques, breaking, set-sparring, free sparring and self defence. We were
getting so excited we almost didn’t realise that we were already past the time.
Ahhhh then came the grading...... As we all know this is the part where we think:
“Do I really know everything? Am I going to be able to break? Will I pass this grading....?”
I am going to say this not just as the instructor of the ATC Robertson dojang, but
also as a friend..... THE STUDENTS WERE AWESOME!!! They knew their theory, surprised
me with breaks on the special techniques, hand and foot techniques came naturally.....
I couldn’t be more proud!
As darkness set in around us the grading came to a close. The results were read
and the relief was instant, gratitude flowed through the hall like a light breeze
at the end of a hot summer’s day.... everyone passed!
The next morning after a good night’s rest we all came together for a photo session
and to fare Sabum Karel well as he was on his way again. Now we are excited to begin
learning the new syllabus for the next grading and getting to work for our next
seminar, hoping it will come soon as we all learned and enjoyed it a lot!
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Riëtte Burger,
Karel Wethmar,
Elize Burger,
Stephan Maritz,
Deidre van Eck
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Elize and Deidre
training
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Robertson Dojang
and students
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Stephan Maritz (3rd Degree – ATC Robertson Instructor)
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ROBERTSON
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ATC in Antarctica
As experienced by Mike Loubser
It’s my second trip down to Antarctica, where I have been working as a field scientist
doing research on climate change and landform evolution. We left Cape Town harbour
on 8 December 2010 and sailed south for the Great White Desert. We will be away
from home for almost three months, returning back to Cape Town on 18 February, 2011.
After a three week voyage on the SA Agulhas, we arrived at South Africa’s Antarctic
base, SANAE IV. SANAE IV is one of the most advanced bases in Antarctica, making
use of a revolutionary design that is now being adopted by other countries that
operate here. It is truly something magnificent and something of which all South
Africans can be well proud.
As a geomorphologist, I and my two team-mates will be travelling into the frozen
wastes by snowmobile and helicopter, far away from the comfort and security provided
by SANAE. There we will check and replace equipment that has been planted at various
locations and transmit the data that has been gathered back home. In addition, we
will explore the beautiful snowy mountains that stick up above the ice here, trying
to understand why they formed in the way that they did.
Antarctica is without a doubt the most beautiful place in the world. It is desolate
and hostile, but wild and beautiful. It has been the great privilege of my life
to come here and see the things that I have seen and to live in a place that is
almost completely untouched and untamed by man. It is nature wild and chaotic. It
is a place for your soul to be free.
As you can see on my photos, I found some time in between work and recovering from
the icy cold to train Taekwon-Do.
Michael John Loubser
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ATC Year-end function and prize giving for 2010
The 2010 ATC year-end function and prize giving took place on Friday 26 November
2010 in Waterkloof, Pretoria. This event, which took on the theme of dressing up
like your “Favourite superhero or villain” coincided with a social braai (barbeque)
for dinner. From Peter-Pan to Cat Woman, from Zoro to Captain Hook, from Two Face
to Samurai Jack, from Clark Kent (alias Superman) to Power Puff Girls and from a
Jail bird to Batman to mention just but a few, were all in attendance.
Before formalities started the best dressed members were voted for by the ever involved
audience. After a blink back over the 2010 Taekwon-Do year by chief instructors
Annari and Karel Wethmar, capturing all the highlights of the events participated
in by the club over the past year, the prize giving started.
The “ATC Black belt of the year” award went to Gustav Gous. The “Most promising
student” award went to Nathan Shatkovsky and the “Most improved student” award went
to Tawie Wolvaardt.
The “Tenet” trophies which the students vote for during class were awarded as follows:
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“Courtesy trophy”
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Noah White
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“Integrity trophy”
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Isabel Potgieter
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“Perseverance trophy”
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Mike Loubser
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“Self control trophy”
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Gustav Gous
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“Indomitable spirit trophy”
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Matthew Shatkovsky
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“Tiger of the year” award went to Juane Boonzaaier, “Junior of the year” award went
to Matthew Shatkovsky, “Senior of the year” award went to Susan von Wielligh and
the “Veteran of the year” award went to Bobby Rizzo.
The main award of the evening was the “ATC achiever of the year” award and for the
2010 year it went to Matthew Shatkovsky.
For a complete list of all the winners of the 2010 awards and floating trophies
please visit the “Roll of honour”.
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Courtesy
- Noah White
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Integrity
- Isabel Potgieter
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Perseverance
- Mike Loubser
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Self control
- Gustav Gous
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Indomitbale spirit
- Matthew Shatkovsky
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Black belt of year
- Gustav Gous
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Most improved
- Tawie Wolvaardt
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Most promising
- Nathan Shatkovsky
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ATC Reporter
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Matthew Shatkovsky - Achiever of the year
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SA-ITF Annual awards 2010
It’ with great honour that we announce that 2 of ATC’s students received the annual
Presidential Student of the year Award, in their respective categories.
Susan von Wielligh received the Presidential award for Senior Female of the SA-ITF
for the year 2010.
Bobby Rizzo received the Presidential award for Veteran Male of the SA-ITF for the
year 2010.
As the chief instructors of ATC we would like to congratulate both Bobby and Susan
on this great achievement.
Karel Wethmar
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Bobby Rizzo, Karel Wethmar, Susan von Wielligh
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Black belt and colour belt grading
The 2nd black belt and 4th colour belt grading of the Dan-Gun
Federation for 2010, took place on Saturday 27 November 2010 at the Elardus Park
Dojang, Pretoria. The day got under way at 7h00 with the colour belt grading conducted
by Federation co-heads Karel & Annari Wethmar. Students from the Dan-Gun Federation
(Pretoria and Vanderbijlpark dojangs) participated in this grading. The grading
examiners expressed their satisfaction with the standard of the grading and 25 students
passed their test.
Congratulations to all the students with their great achievement!
The black belt grading followed directly after the colour belt grading and was conducted
by Karel Wethmar (Newly IIC qualified instructor) and assisted by Annari Wethmar
(4th Degree black belt, Member of Technical Committee SA-ITF – Northern
Gauteng Region) and Manie Naude (3rd
Degree black belt). 2 Students from the Dan-Gun Federation participated in the grading
and we are very proud to announce that both of them were successful with their attempt.
Carl Joubert and Michael Loubser graded to 1st Degree black belt.
Congratulations to Carl and Michael, your hard work paid off!
ATC Reporter
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Manie Naude, Mike Loubser, Karel Wethmar, Carl Joubert, Annari Wethmar
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SA Championships 2010
The South Africa (SA) National Championships took place over the weekend from 24
to 25 September 2010 in Turfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng. Just over 300 competitors
from clubs and provinces all over South Africa entered and participated in this
prestigious annual tournament. This was the best attended National Championships
to date.
ATC entered 25 participants into the tournament and won a total of 25 medals that
consisted of 9 Gold, 10 Silver and 6 Bronze medals. Overall ATC managed to end in
4th position.
The final points standing were as follows:
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SA CHAMPS SCOREBOARD
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Kwan (Clubs in federaion)
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Points
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1
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Kanghan Jashin (Jungshin)
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269
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2
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Bul Sa jo (Phoenix)
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254
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3
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Jung Do (Dias)
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187
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4
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Dan-Gun (ATC, Hwa Rang)
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104
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5
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Myong Ye Do (Pil Sung)
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92
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6
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Choi Hong Hi (Yong-Hi, Elements, Gi-Baek)
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84
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San (Stingers,
Zululand
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68
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8
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In Nae (Sim Wha)
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47
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9
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Shim Duk (Vaalrivier)
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32
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10
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Juche (Juche)
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16
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11
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Soo Shim (Potchefstroom)
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Manie Naude (left)
- Patterns
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Matthew Shatkovsky
sparring
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Susan von Wielligh (left)
sparring
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ATC Reporter
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Bobby wins 2 medals at the 2010 Junior and Veteran World Championships
Bobby Rizzo (1st Degree), Matthew Shatkovsky (1st Degree),
Riccardo Rizzo (1st Degree) and Karel Wethmar kept ATC’s name high at
the past 9th Junior and 4th Veteran World Championship, held
in Minsk, Belarus from 21 – 28 August 2010. Bobby won 2 bronze medals at this prestigious
event, each for sparring for males under 73kg and for 1st degree black
belt patterns. Matthew kept the club’s name high when he won his team sparring match
against his opponent from Turkmenistan. The self-defence routine for veteran males
where Bobby was the defender and Karel, Riccardo and Matthew the attackers ended
in 5th position.
The members enjoyed their trip to Minsk, Belarus immensely and also included photos
of some of the sights they visited under the Galleries while at the World Championships.
We congratulate all of you with your great results and achievements!
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Bobby - 3rd Patterns
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Karel, Bobby with
medal for patterns
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Bobby - 3rd sparring
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Bobby vs Japan
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Matthew vs Turkmenistan
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SA Power breaking
- Bobby, Karel, Ben Grove
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ATC Reporter
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ATC students to go to 2010 World Championships
The ATC members selected as part of the 2010 SA National Taekwon-Do team that will
be participating at the 9th Junior and the 4th Veteran ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships
that will be held in Minsk, Belarus from 21-28 August 2010 are Bobby Rizzo, Matthew
Shatkovsky, Riccardo Rizzo and Karel Wethmar (Assistant coach).
Bobby Rizzo will participate in the Veteran male division in 1st degree patterns,
power breaking, sparring under 73kg and self defence routine. Matthew Shatkovsky
will participate in the Junior male division in 1st degree patterns, sparring under
69kg, team events and as an attacker in the veteran male self defence routine. Riccardo
Rizzo will participate as an attacker in the veteran male self defence routine.
Karel Wethmar (Chief instructor) was selected as an assistant coach and also an
attacker in the veteran male self defence routine.
We wish to congratulate the ATC members selected for the National team and wish
them all the best of luck when participating at the World Championships.
ATC Reporter
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Matthew, Bobby, Ricardo
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