Dear CTFI Members,
Attached is the full information package for your members to participate in at this year’s event, to be held in the City of Richmond (part of Metro Vancouver) on Friday and Saturday November 12 and 13, 2010.
2010 Nationals – Invitation to Instructors French
2010 Nationals – Invitation to Instructors English
NATIONALS POSTER
 Please note that all registration for the event will be via our on-line system.  Students and parents will be responsible for enrolling and making payments.  Registration closes after October 10/10, so please encourage your students to go to our web site (www.ctfi-nationals.com) and register soon!

 If you need any further information, please contact me at 604-944-5425 or kreinelt@triumphtkd.com
 We look forward to seeing you all in Vancouver!

 Sincerely,

 Kevin Reinelt – International Instructor & Examiner
 Triumph Taekwon-Do
  “Achieve personal triumphs”
www.triumphtkd.com

Dear CTFI Members,

An up-to-date list of the current tournament standings can be found at the following link . It also identifies the qualified athletes who automatically advance to the round robin at the Canadian National Championships in Richmond, B.C. on November 12th & 13th, 2010.

Information regarding the National Championships can be found here.

CTFI Members,

The following is information on the XV ITF New York Taekwon-Do Tournament on September 26 , 2010.

NYInformation
www.QTC-ITF.com

Feel free to contact Master Suarez with any questions @ queenstkd@juno.com .

CTFI Members,

The following is information on the 10th Italian Open to be held in Fontane di Villorba (Treviso), Italy on Sunday December 19th, 2010.

2010 Italian Open – Invitation

www.italianopentkditf.com

The Canadian Taekwon-do Federation recently sent a five man team, to the Continental cup in Jamaica.  The team was made up of one man from each weight division, Micro,( Maxime Bujold from Quebec)  light, (Richard Nguyen from Quebec ) middle, ( Aziz Abdellahi from Quebec ) heavy, ( Mike Blom from BC ) and hyper ( Steven Legrow from Ontario ).  The team, headed by Canadian Team Coach Mr. Don Smith, competed against five other Countries- including Jamaica, New Zeland, Argentina, Poland, and Japan- for the Continental gold Cup.  Canada finished third in the team sparring and had several placings in the individual competitions.  They were: micro weight, Maxime Bujold second place, heavy weight Mike Blom third place, hyper weight Steven Legrow third place.

 After this competition was over the six teams them travelled to Orlando Florida to compete in the United States biggest open tournament, the US Open World ISKA Championships.  This tournament brings the best from all over the world and from all Martial art disciplines to in many different events.  The competitors From the six countriesrepresenting the International Taekwon-do Federation competed in the continuous sparring divisions.  Here are the standings from the Canadian athletes:  Richard Nguyen placed third in 159lbs and under,  Mike Blom placed Second in 170lbs-179lbs division Aziz Abdellahi placed first in the 160lbs-169lbs division, Steven Legrow placed second in the 200lbs-230lb division.  Don Smith placed second in the 159lbs and under division.

Downey’s Taekwon-Do Celebrates their 20^th Anniversary (1990-2010)

Downey’s Taekwon-Do Annual Seminar and 20th Anniversary was a great success! Over 130 students attended the seminar and 20th Anniversary Celebration, including 30 Black Belts. Master Downey took the morning session and taught Self-Defense. At lunch time Master Downey and Mrs. Downey cut their 20th Anniversary cake. After lunch Mrs. Downey did a thorough presentation of the “9 Training Secrets” and the “Theory of Power”. Even the younger children were very attentive throughout the session and many raised their hands to volunteer to demonstrate the concepts being taught. Master Downey then took participants through the “Pattern” portion of the seminar and emphasized the importance of implementing the concepts taught by Mrs. Downey’s presentation. Students showed that they were paying attention to what Mrs. Downey had to say because they showed great execution of technique in their patterns. Master Downey then ended the seminar with some pad work and fun racing drills.

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Thank you,

Yours in Taekwon-Do

Master Norman
CTFI President

Athletes chosen to the National Sparring Team at the pre-selections in Oakville, Ontario with Master Norman, Master Laquerre, Mr. Mackenzie and National Team Coach Mr. Nicolas Tran.

On June 6th, 2010, pre-selections took place in Oakville, Ontario.  At these pre-selections, 10 athletes were named to the ITF Canadian National Sparring Team which will compete at the World Championships in Wellington, New Zealand in March 2011. Congratulations to the following:

Please, find in attachment the Official Invitation and the Information Bulletin regarding the OPEN EUROPEAN CUP TAEKWON-DO ITF, to be held from 21st to 24th October 2010 in Bartislava, Slovakia.
Looking forward to seeing you all in Bartislava.
Your sincerely,
Małgorzata Rogaczewska
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All Europe Taekwon-do Federation
Milenijna Street 5/B
20-884 Lublin, Poland
Tel/fax no: 081-743 11 50
Skype ID: a.e.t.f
www.itfeurope.org

On Sunday May 2 Mr. Kurt Ottesen, member of the ITF Umpire committee presented a Class C and Class B umpire seminar in Vernon, B.C. The seminar was sponsored by the ITF of B.C. There were 41 participants. The seminar was divided into two parts: theory and practical. In the morning Mr. Ottesen reviewed rules and procedures for umpire responsibilities. The 4 hour power point presentation was based on the most recent updated ITF Official Rules of competition:

http://www.tkd- itf.org/pub_web/docs/ITF%20Official%20Rules%20of%20Competition%20(2010).pdf

In the afternoon 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. Proper protocol was followed to ensure students understand the correct procedure to start and finish a match. Following patterns students practiced the intricate hand signals involved with centre umpire sparring duties. All too soon it was time to end the seminar.

The seminar was very professional in presentation. Mr. Otessen constantly stressed that safety and fairness were the major responsibilities of an ITF umpire. He also encouraged participants to devote as much time preparing for umpire duties as a competitor prepares for competition. Throughout the day Mr. O related some of his experiences on the world stage both as a competitor and umpire. His stories and anecdotes made the time fly by. We are very grateful to Mr. Ottesen for sharing his wealth of knowledge with us.