Nov, 12, 2011 2011 CTFI National Taekwon-do Championships, Calgary, Alberta

Ten Competitors with their families braved the winter weather conditions to participate at the 2011 National Tournament held at the Talisman Centre in Calgary, Alberta. As expected, our students gave their all and came back winners with 7 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze medals. Below are the medal tally:

Nov, 6, 2011 Class C and B Umpire Training , Coquitlam, BC

Students from blue belt to blackbelt attended the Umpire Seminar held in Coquitlam. Mr. Rod Johnson and Mr. Chris Law updated the students on all facets of Class C and Class B umpire duties and responsibilities. The seminar was based on the most recent updated ITF Official Rules of competition.

The practical component consisted of umpire exercises for both patterns and sparring. Volunteers were asked to perform various patterns to allow the participants the opportunity to practice judging patterns based on the five criteria: technical content, power, balance, breath control, and rhythm. Following patterns students practiced judging sparring. To assist Class B registrants an additional 2 hours was added at the end of seminar to review centre ring umpire duties, hand signals and protocol. There was a written test for both Class C and Class B registrants. All students passed with flying colours.

October 1, 2011 BC Team Trials and Training Camp

Led by Coaches Master Mike Barker, Mr. Kurt Ottesen and Mr. David White, Vernon, BC

Congratulations to the following for getting through the first round to become a BC Team member.

• Dana Andaya (Team Patterns Junior Girls)
• Manuel Andaya (Team Sparring Junior Boys)
• Eleazar Pestano (Team SParring Junior Boys)

August 6 , 2011 Pinoy Fiesta Parade Unang Hirit sa Taginit

July 1 , 2011 Canada Day Demo with the Pacific Rim at Castle Park Coquitlam

Our affiliate Pacific Rim Institute of Taekwon-do called for support and we were there to give our all. Every year the Pacific Rim group provides a demonstration for the citizens of Port Coquitlam and this year we were lucky enough to participate and show them what we can do on patterns, sparring and breaking. Among the special techniques displayed was a team pattern by Dana Andaya, Manuel Andaya, Roanna, Edgar and Roni Deguzman, and Angelito Ruiz. Dana also demonstrated the application of techniques used in the pattern Joong Gun. Mr. Andaya showed great form in breaking with a flying triple kick and a hammer fist break on a cement brick.

April 9, 2011 Provincial Championship Kamloops,BC held at the Tournament Capital Centre

January 28, 2011

Congratulations! 

Student	Current Belt	Promoted to
Ezekiel	Red stripe	Red
Ethan	Blue	Red Stripe
Edgar	Blue Stripe	Blue
Roanna	Blue Stripe	Blue
Qi Shin	Blue Stripe	Blue
Rinzel	Green	Blue Stripe
Nicholas	Green	Blue
Roni	Green	Blue Stripe

 

January 14, 2011

Congratulations! 

Kharl promoted to Green Stripe

Christopher promoted to Yellow Belt

Jared promoted to Yellow Belt

January 1, 2011

Happy new year!

December 17, 2010

2nd Annual Skills Demonstration and Christmas party

Thank you very much for all the parents and friends who attended our 2nd Skills Demonstration and shared some of their favorite dishes. Thanks Mr. Chris Law for coming in and showing support to our students.

The Annual Skill Demo was introduced in order to show parents what their children have learned throughout the year. Much like a music recital, or an art exhibit, the demo gives the student a chance to show off their skills (which under normal circumstances) they cannot do anywhere else. Students who won competitions during the year are also honoured by announcing their current titles or medals received.

After the bow-in, recital of the oath and a quick warm up, demo started with Alex, Danayee, Glen and Jay  showing their basic fundamental movements, followed by a team pattern (Chonji) by Jared,  Christopher, and Hikaru.

Roanna and Edgar, was next and delivered an exciting prearranged sparring.

Kharl was fierce as he demonstrated self-defense against three opponents (including a slow-motion.)

Edgar, Roanna, Rustin and Rinzel performed a high flying overhead kick.

Next, was a team pattern (DoSan by Nicholas, Qishin, Xiang Wei and Sue.

Rinzel performed a fast, one-leg three section turning kick.

As an intermission, Roanna sang My grown-up christmas wish.

Mr. A demonstrated self-defense against a knifeattack or gun.

The yellow belts consisting of Andrea, Jeremy, Benjamin, Raymond, Renato and Philip, stood up to do their version of Danggun. 

Next was a breaking demo of various techniques by Alex, Christopher, Hikaru, Nicholas, Jared, Darryl, Rustin, Roni, and Andrea.

Ezekiel demonstrated a double knifehand side strike followed by a head strike breaking two boards.

Eleazar followed by jumping off a wall breaking a board with a jumping turning kick and a reverse turning kick to another board.

Sue did a one leg fast break with a turning kick, hook kick and side kick.

Ethan broke boards with a split kick followed by a middle punch.

Dana did a one hand cart wheel followed by a double reverse knifehand strikes.

Next was a series of flying side kick. Nicholas over 1 person, Rustin over 2 and Xiang Wei over 1 person.

Ethan, Eleazar, Eezaiah, Dana and Manuel did a great team pattern rendition of Choong Jang.

Mr. A and Mr. Andaya finished up with a prearranged sparring. 

The demo was followed by a great dinner, photo ops and fun games for the kids as we say goodbye to 2010.

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

December 10, 2010

Black Belt Grading Officiated by Mr. Hal Lipscome, 6th Dan and Mr. Chris Law, 5th Dan Held at t3121 Kingsway

Congratulations! 

Darius Andaya promoted to III Dan

Dana Mae Andaya promoted to I Dan

Manuel Darson Andaya promoted to I Dan

November 13, 2010

2010 Canadian National Taekwon-Do Championships

Held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on November 12-13, 2010. Out of 18 delegates (11 of them first-timers), our club continued to be successful in producing quality taekwondo students, receiving a total of 31 medals: 19 GOLD, 7 Silver and 5 Bronze. Congratulations Everyone.

Following the event, a Potluck victory party was quickly organized and the parents brought lots of food on November 19. The kids had fun and the parents had time to get to know each other more.

August 15, 2010

Pinoy Fiesta: Unang Hirit sa Taginit Parade

Our club together with Ms. Diana Henson of Pacific Rim Institute of Taekwondo participated in the parade celebrating the Philippine culture. It was a long walk but our students persevered and showed their mettle. Below is a picture of Darryl. This photo won the Photo contest.

June 12, 2010

Pista ng Bayan Philippine Independence Day celebration 

May 2,  2010

2010 Umpire Certification Seminar, Vernon, BC

The Canadian Taekwon-Do Federation International (CTFI) hosted an official Umpire and Officials Training Course on Sunday, May 2, 2010. The seminar is open to all Red and Black Belts age 16 or over who are often asked to help at all tournaments to judge patterns and free sparring for the lower ranking coloured belts. 

Held the day after the B.C. Provincial Championships (May 1, 2010), the course was run at the Sandman Hotel in Vernon from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. What an information packed day! The program was instructed by Mr. Kurt Ottesen, C.T.F.I. Director of Umpires.

Each participant received the new C.T.F.I Official's Training Manual and the C.T.F.I Officials Handbook. In Attendance was Mr. Darius Andaya who received a class B umpire certificate.

June 3, 2010

Renfrew Elementary talent show. 

Dana and Manuel demonstrated a great taekwondo routine showcasing the different aspects of Taekwondo.  Well done.

May 2, 2010

Mr. Andaya receives Class B Umpire certification.

May 1,  2010

2010 Provincial Tournament Hosted by Sundance, Vernon, BC

Congratulations to our Provincial Champions!

Pictures in gallery

April 22nd 2010

52nd International Instructor's Course In Denver Colorado

Mr. Darius Andaya and Manuel With Grand masters Jacob Willem Bos and Pablo Trajtenberg (ITF President)

The weekend of April 9th - April 11th saw over 120 participants from all over North America attend the 52nd International Instructors Seminar in Denver Colorado. In attendance were instructors and assistant instructors from Pacific Rim Institute of Taekwon-Do  and DSA Taekwon-Do.

The course was instructed by the ITF Technical Commitee consisting of Grand Master Hector Marano ( 9th Dan and Chairman of the Technical Commitee) , Grand Master Pablo Trajtenberg (9th Dan and Acting President of the ITF) and Grand Master Wim Boss (9th Dan and Secretary General of the ITF). Also in attendance was Grand Master Van Binh ( 9th Dan and President of ITF USA) as well as a handful of masters.

The seminar covered all 24 patterns, Step sparring, self defense, free sparring and protocol, the course also introduced new dynamic drills enjoyed by all participants. A special banquet was held to celebrate the course as well as celebrate the 55th birthday of Taekwon-Do.

We'd like to thank Master Fred Akard and his organizing committee for doing a fantastic job all weekend. In attendance was Mr. Darius Andaya, II Dan, and Manuel Andaya, Red Belt.

With Grandmaster Van Binh

Pictures in gallery

March 20th 2010

POW WOW! Demonstration

On March 20th Pacific Rim Taekwon-Do along with DSA Royal Taekwon-Do were invited to do a demo at the "Awakening the Spirit of Ya-Xwa" Powwow. Members in attendance were:  Narrator - Michelle Sokolowski; Instructor & Organizer - Diana Henson; Members: Clayton Sokolowski, Darius Andaya, Brad Smith, Dana Andaya, Manuel Andaya, Eezaiah Pestano, Jay Wittur, Karlos Wittur, Evan Hanson, Georgina Willis, Jasper Gao. The members did some warm up exercises followed by patterns and then sparring that really started to get the crowd excited, especially the fast paced match of Brad Smith vs Darius Andaya. The crowd was also amazed by the breaking ability of our students from Jasper up to an unbelievable triple break by Darius Andaya.

Pictures on the gallery.

Dec 19,  2010

First Annual Skills Demonstration and Christmas Party

On Dec. 19, 2010, DSA Royal Taekwondo held its first annual skills demonstration / Christmas Party to showcase the skills learned by the students so far. Parents and friends were invited to watch the students exhibit their phenomenal abilities in patterns, sparring, powerbreaking, team patterns, special techniques and many more. 

Video and pictures on the gallery.

November 14th 2009

Results

November 14th 2009 saw 141 competitors from BC compete at the 2009 friendship tournament. The tournament was organized by Mr. Kevin Reinelt and Triumph Taekwon-Do. The tournament also served as a fundraising tournament to support our BC members on the Canadian Team.

Congratulations to the following Participants:

November 2008 1st COLOURED  BELT TOURNAMENT

The  First Annual Coloured Belt Tournament was held at the Champlain Heights Community Centre in Vancouver. It's aim was  to give coloured belts some experience in competitions but in a less stressful atmosphere. Net proceeds from the tournament are donated to the BC women's team and the Covenant House.

This year, our representatives were Dana and Manuel who performed exceedingly well for very first competition. Although they were on different teams, Dana was with the SAGI team and Manuel was with the JIRUGI team, both of them performed really well to garner points for their respective teams.

In patterns, Manuel and Dana both took the first place spots on their divisions, earning 50 points each for their teams. They both used Won-Hyo as their competition pattern.

In sparring, Manuel won 1 out of 2 sparring bouts while Dana won both of her bouts. For the sake of our other students, in no-contact sparring, make sure to keep your attacks close but not hitting to get the points. Too far and too separate from your opponent gives you no points.

After all their points were combined, the SAGI TEAM came in first, the MATSOGI TEAM was second, and the JIRUGI team was third.  All members of each team were given ribbons and certificates of participation.

In the end,  although they both won and the ribbons were excellent, what was most important was the experience. Dana, who was very anxious the day before, can't wait to get to the next  tournament. Manuel was aiming for the world cup!

Who knows, if you train well enough, maybe you could get there too!

Pictures in the Gallery

Dec. 14, 2008 BELT PROMOTION RESULTS

Congratulations to all the students who took their belt promotion test last December 14, 2008. Mr. Hal Lipscombe, 6th Dan ITF, administered the test and he was quite impressed at how the kids have progressed. Most of the them even jumped one belt level because of their impressive performance. Excellent work everybody! Keep it up. 

Here are the complete results.

• November12 Surrey Class re-starts

• November 3 Monday Training starts at Collingwood (6-7 kids, 7-8  adults)

October 4 - 6th 2008

Fifth Annual ITF President's Seminar

Mr. Andaya, Dana and Manuel Andaya attended the Fifth Annual President's Seminar hosted by the Pacific Rim Institute of Taekwon-Do.  The seminar was conducted by the President of the ITF, VIIIth Degree Black Belt  Master Tran Trieu Quan and his son Mr. Nicholas Tran IVth Degree Black Belt . Master Tran and Mr. Tran brought new teachings to a variety of different students from white belts to 6th degree black belts. Master Tran talked about how all the different aspects of Taekwon-Do are not separate; they all are equally important. Master Tran kept to this saying by going over all the different aspects of Taekwon-Do from self defence to free sparring to patterns. Master Tran offered a great learning experience for everyone who attended the seminar.

The seminar started on Friday night with a three hour class for the senior instructors. The focus of this class was " how to analyze ITF patterns and tips for competition. Master Tran then worked with the 5th and 6th dans on their patterns.

Once the sparring began everyone saw Mr. Tran start to take over and show everyone a few good moves and strategies in sparring. We all learned key parts to winning in sparring. We were reminded about  distance, and how that at different distances, certain attacks are better to execute than others.  Master Tran also explained to everyone about the nine targets on someone's body in free sparring.  We were also reminded about the three different types of timing; before, during and after the attack. Master Tran and Mr. Tran also explained about how different timings should be used on different fighters at different times during a match.

 On Saturday afternoon, Master Tran also taught everyone different techniques for self defence and how to tell if a moment was very dangerous, where you needed to fight to save your life, or if you could just get away fast and safely. We also learned a variety of new techniques, from ones that would get you away from someone fast to other ones that would make sure the person never came after you again.

Sunday featured a special class for red and black belt instructors,   Master Tran spoke about the importance of practicing and teaching the Do in Taekwon-Do. On this day Master Tran explained how the Do is not protocol, it is not something you memorize, but is something that is in your head, all the time. It also takes part in the different tenets of Taekwon-Do, which symbolize how someone who is practicing the Do should act not only in the dojang but also in their personal life. Master Tran explained that someone who may practice the Do in the dojang but not in their personal life is not actually practicing the Do. Master Tran also showed that through practicing the Do we all can be a step closer to a happier life.

A select few people also had the great honour of going out for dinner with Master Tran, to a Korean barbeque, which showed a lot of people the culture from which Taekwon-Do originated from.

Pictures in the Gallery

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DSA Royal International Taekwondo Club is an affiliate school of the Pacific Rim Institute of Taekwondo

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