Newsletter Newsletter 4/2013 GM Willem Bos seminar in Ukraine
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Newsletter 4/2013
GM Willem Bos seminar in Ukraine

The year 2013 was for All Ukrainian Taekwon-Do Union, leaded by Mr. Valentin Zorba, a realization of a new strategy approved during the last AUTU Election. The strategy assumes a greater engagement in the education of the instructors and competitors and the organizational development. This was realized during the whole year.

On Saturday, November 9th in Kiev All Ukrainian Taekwon-Do Union organized the technical seminar with Grand Master Willem Jacob Bos, 9th Degree - the Member of the ITF Technical Committee and the Director of ITF Board. GM Bos is one of the best instructors worldwide. Despite his age (he finished 60 years), his physical fitness is still impressive and may for sure be and inspiration for young generations of Taekwon-Do students.

In the seminar took part 113 participants from 5 countries: Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Italy and Ukraine. The host country was represented by athletes from 11 regions: Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv City, Kirovograd, Crimea, Lviv, Sevastopol, Kharkiv, Rivne and Chernivtsi AUTU centers. During the seminar GM Bos was assisted by Mr. Leandro Iagher, 6th degree - the head coach of the Italian National Taekwon-Do Team. Following subjects where included into the agenda of the seminar: perfection of the basic techniques, sparring drills and sparring tactic and the theoretical part dedicated to the Taekwon-Do theory with the emphasis on the "Do". The seminar was special also due to the fact that there were four competitors present with the current, gained only two week earlier, World Champion Title: Ms. Ekatarina Kozlatchkova from Russia, Mrs. Katya Solovey from Ukraine and two juniors: Mr. Timothy Bos from Italy and Mr. Ivan Grischuk from Ukraine.

To summaries, all attendees were very satisfied and content with the seminar. GM Bos underlined the great atmosphere and the high level of commitment of all participants. All contestants received the certificate of participation signed by Grand Master himself.

The seminar with GM Bos was the third technical seminar in the going year. The first one was conducted by Master Jerzy Jedut on 19th - 20th January in Kiev. The raport from this event can be read here: http://www.itfeurope.org/NL2013-01-23.html.

The second seminar was conducted by Mr. Tomaz Barada on 23-24th March 2013 in Ivano-Frankivsk. You can find the report under this link: http://www.itfeurope.org/NL2013-01-69.html.

Due to the fact that GM Bos fulfills the function of ITF Technical Committee member and of the ITF Board Director, one of the main goals of his trip was also to learn more about the activity of All Ukrainian Taekwon-Do Union, its organizational structure as well as about its instructors' technical level and potential, which he evaluated very high. GM Bos as the official representative of ITF could also directly clarify the organizational structure of International Taekwon-Do Federation, the benefits resulting from being ITF Member, but also all the requirements and obligations for National Associations and their instructors.

During their stay in Kiev the guests had an opportunity to sightsee the historical center of the Ukrainian Capitol. The AUTU leaders used the opportunity to show the sport halls that may be in the future the venue of many important International Taekwon-Do events.


List of the participants:
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Read also information on the ITF website under the link:
http://www.tkd-itf.com/noticias/lligirmes.php?id=11556&lng=3&idmodweb=1569&pag=0


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