Newsletter 3/2014 A Look Back on 2014 Summer
Summer of 2014 was memorable throughout Europe in the world of Taekwon-do. There has been a few competitions, summer camps and there was the World Championship, which was one of the biggest event for most countries. This article is a quick look back on the most interesting/important events which surely worth to mention / watch.
31 May - 1 June 5th Holland cup
The summer has started with the Holland Cup in the Netherlands at the end of May / start of June. The competition was an Open cup which has been held for the 5th time.
You can read the full report with photograps on our website at http://itfeurope.org/NL2014-02-52.html.
5 - 8 June Romanian Open Summer Cup
The competition took place in Oradea, Romania. The event was organized by the local team King Do Oradea, led by Mr Romeo Tulkos. The competition had all the categories according to the ITF rules. 288 competitors arrived from Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia and of course Romania.
The organizers have invited a lot of VIP guests at the event including Attila Cseke, previous Minister of Health, Master Frank Vanberghen 8th degree with Annick Van Driessche 6th degree, Marius Oltean 6th degree, previous president of the Romanian ITF Taekwon-do Federation, Cosmin Oprescu 2nd degree, president of the Romanian ITF Taekwon-do Federation, as well as Marius Muti 3rd degree, president of the College of Black Belts of the Romanian WTF and Ionel Bara, 8th degree, president of the World Traditional Fudokan Shotokan Karate Do Federation.
Results:
Kids Results (PDF, 106 kB)
Juniors Results (PDF, 99 kB)
Seniors Results (PDF, 99 kB)
A photo set shot at the event is available on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152478722708554.1073741844.754348553&type=1&l=a409002859.
6 - 27 June Ukrainian Summer Camp
The camp was held in 2 turns of 10 days in Ukraine, under the Carpathian Mountains in Ivano-Frankivsk region, led by Ukraine’s honored coach Mr. Oleg Solovey. A report of the event is available at http://itfeurope.org/NL2014-03-09.html.
4 - 13 July Central Summer Camp in Poland
An international camp organized by the Polish Taekwon-do association. A great video compilation is available to watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsFBfXHiqPg.
11 - 14 July ITA Summer Camp
“There were 137 participants on the ITA Summer camp this year. The main camp organisers were Mr. Mark Buckley VI Dan and Mr Stephen Ryan VI Dan. The camp was divided into 3 groups; black belts aged 13 and above (with over 70 in the group from 1st to 7th degree and with several of ITA’s masters actively training on the camp), colour belts aged 13+ and children aged 10 to 12. Each group had three training sessions per day, with the opportunity for individual and small group consultations each evening. In their off time participants could make use of the swimming pool and sports facilities or just relax. The classes were conducted by some of ITA's most senior instructors and focusing on all aspects of Taekwon-Do; some of the ITA instructors were: Master Wheatley, Mr Stephen Cooley, Mr Stephen Smullen, Mr Adrian Byrne, Mr Niall Jones, Mr Stephen Ryan, Ms Anne-Marie Kinsella, Ms Laura Ryan, Mr Stephen Ryan, Mr Mark Buckley, Mr Luke Laffan. This was the second year we have invited a special guest (last year was Sabum Stephen Tapilatu) and this year was Sabum Tomaz Barada. Mr Barada conducted 2 classes with the black belts each day, 2 classes with the colours belts aged 13+ and one class with the kids group each day. Therefore all groups really had the opportunity to to progress under several hours of tuition form one of the leading coaches in ITF. Mr Barada often let the classes run over time so that he could spend more time with the groups to impart his knowledge. The feedback from all participants was excellent and everyone was really happy with all classes. Next year we will be inviting another well known ITF instructor/master as our special guest and details will be announced soon on www.taekwondo.ie. For some photos and video clips of Mr Barada in action visit the ITA facebook page: www.facebook.com/IrishTKDAssociation. “
The following video was shot on the kid’s group, on a training conducted by Mr Barada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-_9iE26AYQ.
(Special thanks for Mr Stephen Ryan for the detailed information)
5 - 15 July Czech International Summer Camp
The camp was held with a participation of 3 countries with 13 clubs altogether. A detailed article can be found at our website at http://itfeurope.org/NL2014-03-10.html.
27 July - 1 Aug NTN Summer Camp
The NTN Summer camp is also a well known camp amongst TKD practitioners. They have made an awesome video of the camp available on vimeo: http://vimeo.com/105009217.
18-22 Aug - Vision TKD Summer Camp for Children
It was not a big international event, however it does worth to mention as they made a lovely video of their camp, available at youtube. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwI7cTXuL_I.
26 - 30 Aug ITF World Cup in Jamaica
This event was not held in Europe, however this was surely the most important event for many European TKD clubs and federations. The World Cup took place at an exotic location, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The official reports of the categories and results can be found at http://wcup2014.pztkd.lublin.pl/index.php.
A great video compilation is available on youtube with the greatest moments of the competition at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxem6Jhqbjs made by David Lim.
