Newsletter Newsletter 1/2006 Winter Central Camp in Poland

On 31st January- 9th February 2006 in Wisla, the place of birth of the most famous Polish ski jumper Adam Malysz, took place the next Winter Central Taekwon-do Camp in Poland. Organizer of the camp were Lubelski Sportowy Klub Taekwon-do and MKS "Lewart" Lubartów and the class was conducted by Mr. Jerzy Jedut, 6th degree, Mr. Tadeusz Łoboda, 6th degree and Mr. Jaroslaw Suska, 5th degree.

The camp attended in total 80 participants. Poland was represented by clubs such as LSKT Lublin, MKS Lewart Lubartow, KAT Kraków, TSC "So-San" Białystok, MUKS Skałka-Śląsk, LKT Leczna, MKT Milejow, GSKT Gliwice. On the camp took also part competitors from England under the leadership of Mr. Tom Denis, 6th degree, the Coach of the National Team and Mr. Jim Hogan 7th degree ( ARROYO Stuart, BOLECK Jan - 5 gup, BROWN Sam - I degree, BURROWS Stuart - 1 gup, CADLE Matt, CHARLTON David - 3 degree, CROSS Jack - 1 degree, ESAWY Sabrina, 5 gup, KORNELUK Aleksandra - 2 degree, PERNIKS Michael - 1degree, SHALAN Sarah - 5 kup, SHUTOWA Elena, SMITH Gary - 4 degree, SOMWOGERERE Arthur - 2 gup, WALTERS Deirdre, WATSON Ramesh - 1 degree), the team from Ireland under the leadership of Mr. Donal O'Donoghue, (Beyam KING, Siobhan KANGATARAN -1 degree, Nicola MCCUTHEON, Sabina MASON , Darren SMITH, Dawid O'BRIEN, Karl KELLY, Lenka MARCIKOWA, Sheila HARTY, Dolan ANDREW, Luke WOODS) the representatives of Slovak Union of Taekwon-do ITF under the leadership of Mrs. Martina Soltisowa-Semesiowa- 2 degree: (Lenka PALASCAKOVA - 1 degree, Pavol LENHARDT) and the representative of New Zealand: Carolina DILLEN.

   

For the first time the participants of that kind of camp had a chance to ski or snowboard. Thanks to good atmosphere conditions, 2 meters snow and great weather skiing was a great pleasure.

   

   

At the morning there was a time to go ski on 6 different slopes, what gave an unforgetable impressions. The regional kitchen of mountain people doesn't find an appreciation of everyone, so there was also oportunity to try Polish pizza. Beside those activities there was also organized sleigh ride with grilling sausages on an open fire in a forest. Although the beautiful weather encouraged to winter sports, we didn't forget about the Taekwon-do training.

The participants were divided in groups depending on grade and age and had chance to participate two trainings a day per group. Activities consisted of: fundamental exercises (simple but also very complicated), intensive perfecting of very difficult techniques included in patterns, demonstrating techniques, sparring and self-defense.

It was worth to notice that on the camp took part many titled competitors and members of the national teams of Poland, Ireland England and Slovakia.