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World Poomsa Selections 08Photos |
 | 4th October 2008
Ssturday 4th October will see Nicholas Boag travel to Canberra to participate in the Australian Team selections in poomsae.
Nicholas came 4th in Sydney at the Nationals and hopes to make one of the squads being selected to represent Australia at either the World Poomsae Championships in Turkey, Commonwealth Championships in Canada or the Oceania Championships being held in New Zealand.
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Taekwondo Club Day Sept 29th 08Photos |
| 29th September 2008
Launceston Club hosted an Open Martial Arts Club Day as a beginning to fostering social club participation in a variety of Martial Arts events.
As well as taekwondo clubs represented Shotokan Karate from Scottsdale was also represented. Participants enjoyed a fun day of formwork, sparring, breaking and weapons. Future formats will see further growth including weapons divisions and creative formwork. |
Taekwondo Australia - National Championships Championships Sydney Sept 08Photos |
| September 2008
a Tasmania team travelled to Sydney to particiapte in the National Championships. From our club, Stephen Boag and Nicholas Boag participated in poomsae with Stephen getting 3rd and Nicholas 4th. Well done.
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Taekwondo Australia - Tasmania Championships 08Photos |
| 20th July 2008
Sunday 20th July saw competitors and officials from Launceston travel down to Hobart to participate in Taekwondo Australia's Tasmanian Championships. Officials David Warren, Stephen Boag and Ben Grant all assisted in judging and referreeeing. Thanks also to Wei- Siong Liang and Debbie Jack as well as other students for assisting with players through the day.
Students from Wei-Siong Liang's Launceston Taekwondo academy experienced their first Taekwondo Australia Championships.
Training that everyone put in over the past few weeks paid off with some excellent results.
Poomsae: Nicholas Boag - 1st: Sparring Chas Woollard - 1st, Andrew Nash - 1st, Alex Brough - 1st, Nicholas Boag - 3rd. All players are eligible to attend the National Championships. |
Invermay Primary School's ProgramPhotos |
| Term 2 2008
Adam Warren is conducting Two six week schools programs at Invermay Primary.
Students are participating in a range of skills aid at developing effective self defense awareness and have some ability to defend themselves in a confrontation.
Anyone interested in training assisting with the class should contact Adam.
Details of any courses can be attained by calluing us on 6343 4904 |
Punchbowl Martial Arts ClubPhotos |
| Term 2 2008
Adam Warren is now running a Class at Punchbowl School on Wednesday evenings from 3.30 - 4.30.
The class is developmental at this stage towards a fully functioning club.
Anyone interested in training here or assisting with the class should contact Adam.
Training in martial arts at Punchbowl may contact Instructor on 6343 4904 |
Punchbowl After Schools ProgramPhotos |
| Term 1 2008
Through Term 1 we have been conducting Martial Arts at Punchbowl School as part of the After Schools Activity program.
Students were introduced to some of the areas that are involved in training.
Self Defense concepts were practised as well as introduction to Sports Taekwondo. Adam went along and demonstrated the weapons systems trained and helped with the students doing breaking.
Students indicated they enjoyed themselves greatly and if enough students show interest a after school class in martial arts will be held during term 2. Students interested in training in martial arts at Punchbowl may contact Instructor on 6343 4904 |
Kobudo Weapons Course with Hennie de Vries 7th dan KaratePhotos |
| 10th/11th May
What a great weekend of training and meting new people.
With students from different backgrounds participating in Okinawan Kobudo learning the Bo and Sai.
Ryukyu Kobudo is a traditional Okinawan weapon system. These weapons include Bo, Sai, Tonfa, Kama, Nunchuaku as well as a few others less known. Master warren along with Adam Warren, Steven Boag, Scott Cure, Seth Cure and Brady Kirby attended the two day training seminar. Adam will be continuing the weapon development with formal Kobudo training classes.
You can find out more about Sensei Hennie from his dojo website at: www.schoolofmartialarts.com.au |
Black Belt Training - Sunday 27th April 08Photos |
| New skills and development made this a great day.
Adam, who is clubs weapons expert began the day with refreshing the staff work for some and beginning skill development for others. it was great for Master Warren to be able to be a student for a change.
Everyone enjoyed the two hour session and look forward to future developments that Adam imparts to us all.
Noon saw Black Belts undertaking some refresher work in using multiple skills for defence/counter work. These skills were worked on so as to be able to develop the new syllabus for students over the coming months. Blue and Red Belts have some exciting new skills to develop.
Following the skill session was continued work on the New WTF Pattern, a compulsory element this year in All Black Belt Gradings. Currently we have Steve and Nick Boag able to perform the complete pattern with others 50% through the form consistantly well.
Instructors spent some time discussing and formulating new skills for various grade levels, this will be continued at a future senior black belt day in May. |
Club Grading 20th April 2008Photos |
| Our first grading for 2008 showed how well everyone has been training.
Master Warren, Subomnim Adam Warren and Stephen Boag formed the grading panel which put the students through some intense scrutiny of new skills that have been developed this year.
Warrens Taekwondo is always looking at how to advance students skills to ensure they are at the forefront of Taekwondo. This grading showed how well students are adapting to some new advancements we have made.
All our cadets also showed they have been advancing in skill development and this year even though they are still only 7 or 8 yrs old will all be advanced to junior grades where the training is much more complex. Already they have begun training with aerial triples, more complex directional arma nd leg combinations.
The best grading was by Brady Kirby doing 2nd Kup Red. Brady participates in every variety of training we have, from weapons, sport to Traditional and it shows in his level of knowledge and skill. We expect to see him Black belt by christmas, what a present!
NEW BLACK BELT - Congradulations to Alexandria Lukic on here 1st Pum Black Belt - now all three from the Lukic family, Michael, Marlie and Alexandria have reached Black Belt. Well Done!
Well done everyone and a special thankyou for the excellent job that the junior black belts, Caitlyn, Brady and Marlie did in assisting as partners with all the students at grading.
Next Grading will see many Black belts attempting higher gradings this year, should be very interesting with the new Poomsae developed by the WTF being performed. |
Club Camp - Camp BanksiaPhotos |
| First Club training was held at Camp banksia with great success.
All the black belts arrived early on the Saturday for training. We begun with freestyle actions, working around the floor space using a creative application of skills. Master Warren had us move onto working on basic spinning techniques, to ensure we kept our high standard of skill. Subomnim Adam Warren then took the black belts through new blocking techniques, as well as encompassing some practical application of these.
After the rest of the students arrived we all sat down for a great lunch then headed down the beach for some fun. On the beach we did some kick paddle work, then Subomnim Adam Warren took the rest of the students through the new blocks and application of them in self defence/step exercise routines.
As the tide was out, we all went back to camp and seperated into three groups. Master Warren took one group for some archery, and almost managed to lose an arrow or two in the bushes! Subomnim Adam Warren took the second group for some basic staff work. The final group supervised by Subomnim's Debbie Jack and Subomnim Elaine Jackman worked in the hall practicing poomsae for Sunday's competition. We rotated between these activities for an hour and a half, then afterwards went down to the beach to have a swim! The water was great, and the students all had fun jumping and dunking each other in the waves.
After the beach we headed back to camp for dinner, then we all watched Ratatouille. After the little kids went off to bed, some of the older kids and black belts watched Unleashed, then it was off to bed as we had a very early morning to wake up to!
Subomnim Adam Warren woke us all up at 6.40am, and we went down to the beach where he took us through a meditation and breathing routine. After which we had to run up the beach.By the time we were done we were definately looking forward to breakfast!
During breakfast we sung happy birthday to the Norquay boys, as they were lucky enough to turn 13 while on camp!
Morning training saw Master Warren conduct a formal training class where we went through some training and sparring.
To finish the morning we moved into the hall for a form competition! Everyone did really well and some students have improved dramatically over the last few months!
After the competition, we went and had lunch, and then to celebrate Elliot and Mitchells birthday we had some cakes. To finish off our camp, we all went back to the beach. Unfortunately the tide was out, so the kids had a long walk to get to the water to play. As parents came to pick the students up, we finished off another great camp. Lots of fun was had by the students, and hopefully next camp we can see more students come along and participate in a great club event.
Next Camp - September 2008 |
Demonstration - Punchbowl School Fair 14th March 08Photos |
| Well Done all. given two weeks to put together a team and train for a demonstration is no easy task.
Adam worked hard to development something that would be exciting for the audience and an experience to remember for the students.
A stage that was only 3.5 metres wide is not easy to perform on, but everyone put in a great effort and showed how well they can do Taekwondo.
Studnets that wish to continue in a demonstration team will now develop more routines with higher skill levels so they can perform at functions where requested. Ask your school if they would like a taekwondo demonstration at an event. |
Black belt training Feb 17th 08 |
| Warrens Taekwondo held it's first Black Belt training day for 2008. An excellent start to the year with some new inovative ideas being trialed for training. Follow up session wil be at Camp Banksia at 9.30am on Sat 15th March. |
A Tasmanian First - 7th Dan Master Instructor |
| Warrens Taekwondo again shows the way in Taekwondo with Master Instructor David Warren being Graded to 7th Dan. This is the first Tasmanian Master Instructor to reach this rank and again provides members with advancement to the highest levels of Taekwondo. |
Master Warren selected for World Poomsae Korea 2007 |
| Master Warren becomes the First Tasmanian to ever officiate as a judge at a World Poomsae Championship. This has followed from previous representation as a manager and coach with Australian Teams. Warrens Taekwondo continues to show it is the premier club in Tasmania when it comes to experience and knowledge. |
World Championship Team Selections and Australian Open 2nd June, Melbourne, 2007 |
| Warrens Taekwondo had 7 competitors attending the Australian Poomsae Open in Melbourne on 2nd June. Debbie Jack (Gold), Nicholas Boag (Gold), Stephen Boag (Gold), Billy Jack (Gold), Zoe Jack (Bronze), Grace Hinds Choi, Nicky Heywood (Bronze) National Champions Debbie Jackand Nicholas Boag also competed in the World Championship Team selections in an attempt to make the Australian Team which will compete in the 2nd World Championships in Korea in October 2007. |
| Joshua Warren becomes the First Tasmanian to compete in Europe in a Technical Event. Invited to participate with the German Team he participated in Poomsae finishing 11th in a field of 50 competitors. An excellent result given the short time to prepare and the first time in a European Event where judging is not currently to the same standard as the World Championships where Joshua finished 10th. |
Joshua Warren - 2006 Medal Tally |
| Joshua Warren has shown how well warrens taekwondo produces elite athletes. Whether it be sport or technical the results show hard work by athletes and well skilled coaching. This year Joshua has competed in several interstate, national and international events. the emdal tally consists of Gold, Silver, Bronze |
Commonwealth Championships Brisbane 2006 |
| Joshua Warren becomes the First Tasmanian to compete in Commonwealth Championships in a Technical Event. Held In Brisbane, Joshua showed his class in winning 2 Gold and a bronze to finish up with male athlete of the competition trophy as a bonus to his hard years work. |
1st World Poomsae Championships Korea 2006 |
| Joshua Warren becomes the First Tasmanian to compete in a World Championship in a Technical Event. Selected in the Australian Team as part of the teams event Joshua and his team of Dale Bryce and Mark Johns finished 5th in a field where .05 of a point would have given them a medal. |
World Juniors and Hwarang Taekwondo Fesitival 2004 |
| Warren's TKD Students attend competitions in Korea
Firstly, Congratulations to Jacynta O'Rourke of Devonport in being selected by Australia to compete in Korea at the World Juniors for Creative Poomsae, this is a great success for Jacynta. Warren's Taekwondo has also selected Joshua Warren, Toni-Anne Digney and Danielle Jack to compete at this event in Technical Poomsae.
Due to lucky dates, these 4 athletes will then be staying for the Hwarang Taekwondo Festival, with Jacynta competing in Poomsae and Josh, Danielle and Toni-Anne competing in Sparring and Poomsae. |
| A Great Success
Congratulations to all that entered, the day was a great success. Results can be downloaded before
Results can be downloaded HERE |
Vic Open Poomsae - Medals 2004 |
| Medals
Saturday 27th March saw Joshua Warren and Jacynta O/Rourke compete in Victoria as a practice event prior to the National selections to be held in April in Canberra. This gave them experience infront of judges so as to fine tune their performances.
Joshua finished 2003 as National Black Belt poomsae champion and he again showed the high level he has attained by winning silver. This puts him on track for future repreentation in an Australian Team to compete at future World Championships. Jacynta was National Creative Champion in 2003 and is trying to make it again so as to represent Australia at the World Junior Championships. She has been working on a new poomsae and with it only three quarters finished took out bronze.
A great effort from them both. Warrens Taekwondo shows the way in Tasmania with National Sparring and Poomsae Champions. |
| Poomsae Tournament
This is the current division list for the WTKD Invitational Open.
Traditional
Male
6-7 Yellow : Billy Jack, Liam Keane, Jonathan Digney, Joseph Chilvers, Patrick Chilvers
8-9 Yellow : Jack Melton, Nicky Heywood, Ben Barrett
8-9 Blue : Jacob Keane
14-17 Blue : Nicholas Stewart
18-30 Yellow : Lenny Wyngard
31-40 Red : Andrew Keane
18-30 3rd-4th Dan Black : Joshua Warren
41-50 1st - 2nd Dan Black : Shane Morrison
Female
4-5 Toddler : Chelsea Barrett
4-5 Yellow : Zoe Jack
8-9 Yellow : Grace Hinds, Natalie Maslin, Carissa Mason, Alexandria Lukic, Meg Humphrey
8-9 Blue : Darlene Digney
10-11 Blue : Jade Leary
14-17 1st-2nd Dan Black : Jacynta O'Rourke, Toni-anne Digney
Creative Poomsae
Male
Under 14 Yellow : Liam Keane, Joseph Chilvers, Patrick Chilvers
Under 14 Blue : Jacob Keane
18-30 Red : Todd Ruffin
18-30 Black : Joshua Warren
31 and Over Red : Andrew Keane
31 and over Black : Shane Morrison
Female
31 and over Red : Katrina Keane
Creative Poomsae to Music
Female
14-17 Black : Jacynta O'Rourke |
| Tasmanian Sports Star Award Finalists
Congratulations to Danielle Jack, Toni-Anne Digney and Krystal Chugg on reaching the finals of these awards. Also congratulations to their coach David Warren for also reaching the finals. Unfortunately neither senior male athlete Jason Cassidy or Joshua Warren reached the finals, but both believe it was an honour to be nominated. |
| Junior Elite Athletes
Congratulations to students Danielle Jack and Toni-Anne Digney on their invitation to attend a National Junior Elite athlete training camp.
This selection is a great achievement for these two girls, best of luck to them in their training.
Hobart based athletes Ben Cleary and James Evans were also invited to this camp, that means all four Tasmanian athletes that were being considered were invited. Congratulations. |
| Tasmanian Sports Star Award Nominations
Congratulations to students Danielle Jack, Toni-Anne Digney, Krystal Chugg, Jason Cassidy and Joshua Warren on their nominations to different Athlete of the Year for Tasmanian Sports Star Awards. And a massive congratulations to Coach and Instructor David Warren for his nomination to Coach of the Year.
All athletes have experienced a great success this past year under David's coaching, and hopefully all these achievements will be recognised at these awards. |
| Tasmanian Institute of Sport Scholarship
Krystal Chugg awarded Institute Scholarship for fourth year.
This scholarship is an increase in funding and assistance from the TIS. This will assist Krystal greatly in 2004 to attend International training and competition.
Well Done and Congratulations to Krystal as she has worked very hard as a competitor to reach the level she has attained.
As part of the Olympic Shadow Team Krystal will be expected to increase her training to achieve a standard that will consistantly place her in the highest levels of international competition.
Taekwondo Australia have the last input into Scholarship applications for Taekwondo and again our players show the highest skills to attain such rewards.
2004 will provide opportunities for our junior and senior elite to attain similar support as Krystal through the TIS. |
| Results from Healthpac Masters Games
This was the first time that a team attended a Matsers Event.
Carla and Elaine have been attending training Saturdays to prepare for this event. The last week saw Joshua assisting in their forms development. It paid off with excellent results.
Well Done and Congratulations to Elaine Jackman from Campbell Town and Carla Rainbird from Ray Jones club in East Launceston. This is their first Gold and no doubt will not be their last.
Results: Elaine Jackman Gold-Sparring; Gold-Forms; Bronze-Team Forms, Carla Rainbird Gold-Sparring; Silver-Forms; Bronze-Team Forms
The State members attended in Tassies new outfits and would have looked great as a team.
The club now has a strong precence in Junior, Senior and Master events both sparring and technical. We invite any other student over 30 to consider taking part in competition as it is very rewarding. |
| Results from Nationals
All of our athletes performed with skill and a professionalsim that has not been seen before.
This was the first time for Nick Stewart, Jacynta O'Rourke and Darlene Digney. The team dedicated themselves to training and the results came because of the training.
Well Done and Congratulations to Krystal winning her first senior national championships. The club results: Krystal Chugg Gold, Jason Cassidy Bronze, Joshua Warren (Gold - Forms), Debbie Jack (Gold- Vets: Open-Bronze), Danielle Jack(Forms-Bronze: Sparring-Bronze), Toni-Anne Digney (Gold), Jacynta O'Rourke (Creative Forms-Gold),Nick Stewart (Forms-Bronze, Sparring-Bronze), Darlene Digney (Gold, Silver).
Everyone looked professional as a State Team.
Some of our players have been nominated to be in the National Junior Training Squad - Toni-anne Digney and Danielle Jack - Well Done. |
| Team for Nationals
With less then two weeks until our Tasmanian team travels to the Nationals, all of our athletes are are finishing their preparations for this competition.
This is the first time in a few years that we have taken a significant team to an Australian Nationals, and with this being our first Australian Open (meaning there will be International competitors) it stands to be an exciting event for all.
The team attending this event consists of: David Warren (Head Coach), Joe Pavic (Assistant Coach), Ian Vaughan (Assistant Coach, Competitor), Krystal Chugg (Assistant Coach, Competitor), Jason Cassidy (Assistant Coach, Competitor), Joshua Warren, Debbie Jack, Danielle Jack, Toni-Anne Digney, Jacynta O'Rourke, Jessica White, Ben Cleary, James Evans, Michael Woodruff, Anne Harry, Prue Evans, Dana Cleary, and Darlene Digney.
Everyone will be looking professional in Team Jackets and Shirts that we are buying through "Tassie Tees" who have been very supportive getting the tracksuits at short notice.
We wish them all the best of Luck. |
| Back from Korea
Krystal, Danielle and Joshua returned from Korea yesterday, Danielle sporting a Gold and a Bronze medal around her neck. Krystal had a tough fight in the semi-finals against an opponent who had just returned from a strong performance at the Worlds, unfortunately Krystal was defeated, earning a bronze medal.
Joshua lost his fight to a Malaysian fighter, but fought well and will benefit well from his experiences.
Overall the Australian team that attended did well, receiving 6 senior fighting golds, 3 technical gold, and numerous silvers and bronzes. The team came away as best Fighting team and best Technical team. |
| Master Warren,Krystal,Joshua and Danielle off to Korea
This is the first time we have officially taken players to Korea. Krystal has competed there before as part of an Australian Team and as part of the World Universiade, but we have never had our students attend an event in Korea.
Joshua, following his Gold Medal in New Zealand will be out to gain as much experience as possible to set him on the path for future Australian selection. He has worked very hard and achieved much this year as a competitor.
Danielle has been allowed to attend as part of her future development as a Junior representative for Australia.
These players have attended sport training at least three sessions a week for the past nine months. This experience will help them compete in the Nationals in October.
We wish them all the very best. Good Luck. |
| INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Korea will host 2004 World Junior Taekwondo Championships.
Spain will host 2005 World Taekwondo Championships.
Vietnam will host 2006 World Junior Championships.
USA will host 2006 World Cup TEAM Championships. |
| Success once again in New Zealand
As many of you know Jason Cassidy and Joshua Warren recently travelled to New Zealand to compete, and keeping in tradition with previous visits to New Zealand by Warren's Taekwondo members, great success was experienced by these two competitors.
Jason won his two fights to receive a gold medal and title of New Zealand National Feather-weight champion, and Joshua won his division to receive a gold medal and title of New Zealand National Fly-weight champion.
Joshua also competed against 10 other senior black belts to win the Adult Blackbelt Poomsae (forms) competition.
There was a combined effort between our two fighters and three fighters from Tonga against a team of five New Zealanders unfortunately through fierce competition we fell two points short of another victory, receiving a Silver medal for our efforts.
Total Medal Tally:
Jason Cassidy : 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Joshua Warren : 2 Gold, 1 Silver |
| Master Warren and Krystal in Korea
Master Warren is currently in Seoul, South Korea staying in the Olympic Parktel Hotel which was used as the Olympic Park for the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Krystal is currently in the City of Daegu where Master Warren is going to join her on Friday.
Krystal will be competiting on Sunday so think good thoughts her way all day Sunday.
Just a quick note, in the hotel where Master Warren is staying the bedrooms are Korean style, which means there are no beds, just a lovely floor to sleep on. |
| Club Athlete on T.V.
For those of you who are interested, a story on our very own Krystal Chugg will be on Stateline on the ABC on Friday Night at 7.30pm.
Krystal was followed around by T.V. cameras all day today (Wednesday) for this special event. |
| Students to Compete in New Zealand
Due to the Victorian Winter Open being cancelled, a small squad of students will be competiting in the Taekwondo Union of New Zealands Nationals on the 13th and 14th of September.
The squad includes (so far) Joshua Warren and Jason Cassidy. Good luck to them both. |
| Team preparing for Nationals
Our strong team has been preparing hard for the Nationals in Brisbane that will be held in October.
We have a strong group of players representing the Northern clubs including: Krystal Chugg (Perth), Danielle Jack (Launceston), Joshua Warren (Launceston), Debbie Jack (Launceston), Jason Cassidy (Launceston), Toni-Anne Digney (Launceston), and Jacynta O'Rourke (Devonport). We all hope to do well in this competition. |
| Olympic Shadow Team Selection Success
We are pleased to announce that Krystal Chugg was quite successful at the recent Shadow Team Selections, winning a bronze medal, a top 3 ranking in Australia, and earning herself a spot on the Olympic Shadow Team.
Krystal was suffering from alot of nerves due to recent unsuccessful tournaments but pulled through alot to win her first fight. Unfortunately she lost in the Semi-Finals, but made a come back winning 2 Fights in the repecharge to receive the Bronze.
By having to fight through the repecharge, Krystal had to fight 4 fights, when one is exhausting enough. Quite a feat considering the finalists only fought 3.
This means Krystal will be taking part in certain Shadow Team training camps and will return from these events with more experience to pass onto the rest of the Club.
Congratulations to Krystal from everyone at Warren's Taekwondo. |
| Olympic Shadow Team Selections
Longford student and South Launceston Instructor Krystal Chugg will be competing in the Olympic Shadow Team selections this weekend at the Australian Institute of Sport. A 1st, 2nd or 3rd placing will give Krystal a position on the Shadow Team, who train with Australia's Olympians and have a chance to fill positions at the Olympics.
The best of luck to her. |
| Institute Test Athletes
Tuesday Night saw the Tasmanian Institute of Sport coming out to test Krystal Chugg, Joshua Warren and Danielle Jack in training. All three were having their heart rates monitored throughout the session with special Lactic Acid Blood tests taken during Tolerance drills to help our State Coach David Warren further refine our tournament training methods.
Special Thanks to the TIS for their time and to our Coach for arranging everything. |
| Egyptian National Coach holds training
Tasmania was fortunate enough to have the Egyptian National Senior Coach (former World Champion) and the Egyptian National Junior Coach (former World Champion) visit and hold a session for all clubs within Taekwondo Australia. The Egyptian Coaching seminar was a great success, with all that attended greatly enjoying themselves. |
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