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• 28/11/2011 - Tournaments and State Training Dates for 2012

  Recently Head Instructors had convened for the last General Meeting for 2011 and dates have been set for 2012 Tournaments and State Training and Development

  State Tournaments and State Training Narareth primary school, 176 Crittenden Rd, Findon

  State Training

  
  12th February
  15th April
  17th June
  12th August
  23rd September
  16th October
  11th November

  State Tournaments

  
  11th March Minors
  20th May TAPS Tournament
  8th July (State Selections)

  Dates will be subject to change if needed be. Club Head Instructors will be informed of any changes.
  

• 28/11/2011 - Events for 2012 throughout Australia

  From the National Website, dates have been released for Major Tournaments happening in 2012 all over Australia.
  Please note that these are the only dates/event released at this time.

  
  Date Event

  11 December 2011 Sparring Training Camp (Victoria)
  18 December 2011 Sparring Training Camp (Queensland)
  20-25 January 2012 Poomsae Training Camp and Seminars

  23-27 February 2012 US Open

  11 March 2012 Victorian Open
  18 March 2012 New South Wales Open
  24-25 March 2012 Queensland Open

  2-6 April 2012 European Open

  28 April 2012 Western Australia Open
  20 May 2012 South Australian Open

  30 June - 1July 2012 Western Australia Selections

  1-15 July 2012 Asian Open

  8 July 2012 South Australian Selections
  29 July 2012 Victorian Selections
  4-5 August 2012 New South Wales Selections

  27-30 September 2012 Australian Taekwondo Festival
  Australian National Championships

  November 2012 International Test Event

  2 December 2012 New South Wales Open
  

• 15/11/2011 - Final State Training and Development for 2011

  Details for the upcoming final State Training and Development Session on the 20th November 2011
  
  Cost - $10 per member

  Please note that this will be the last State Training for 2011.

  Details to be released 2012 State Training and Competitions will be released at a later date

  What to bring - All TKD protective equipment- including mouth guard (as you would in a competition plus any other extra padding you like- including shoes).

  Who can attend - Any player, any age chosen by individual clubs including beginners, advanced and elite.

  Essential - TKD Australia Registration and Insurance Card
  **A must or member cannot train - a verbal okay from member or instructor will not suffice**

  Format - The players will break into appropriate groups and the session will be a variety of sparring (- including non, light and full contact.)

  The State Training Session will go for two hours
  All Juniors (13 years and under) will start from 10.00am to 11.30 am

  All Seniors (14 years and above) will start from 11.30 noon to 1pm

  Both group sessions will be split accordingly to belt division and age
  (if need be)

  As you will notice the session has been extended to accomadate time for setting up the mats.

  To ensure full use of time avaiable and ensure maximum time. Any and all members who arrive early are expected to assist with setup of the training mats. This would ensure that everyone is given a fair chance to train with the full amount of time allocated

  Coaches - All coaches are encouraged to attend to assist their own players as well as giving advice to others.

  Important Note - This will be a friendly and encouraging session, yet challenging, with an emphasis on development of individuals as well as a state.

  ***Please note that all participants (Coaches and Competitors) who attend to any State Training and Development Sessions MUST wear the correct uniform (Standard dobok and belt), State Polo Shirts or State Jackets***

  No individuals are to wear their club jackets or any attire that would represent their club. Other than the club badge worn on their dobok.

  Please bear this in mind that this is a State based event which requires a mutual cooperation from all members of the Taekwondo Community to show a united front.

  We look forward to having ALL clubs participate in this training for the development of all players, coaches and clubs within South Australia.

• 03/11/2011 - 2012 Sports Program

  The National Sports and Technical Committees have completed programming of events for 2012. The events listed below are those which are listed as qualifying for TAPS points and events which Taekwondo Australia will target and provide funding assistance to ranked TAPS athletes.
  
  The notional funding for the top 30 ranked TAPS athletes for international events will be:
  • Gold: 1st - 5th top ranked females and males 50%
  • Silver: 6th - 10th ranked females and males 30%
  • Bronze: 11th - 15th ranked females and males 15%
  
  In addition, Taekwondo Australia will also commence its Remote Development Program to assist Tasmania and the Northern Territory in the development of their athletes for both the technical and sparring disciplines with the initial assistance going to Tasmania in 2011 and NT in 2012.

  Please refer to the National Website for details for 2012 TAP approved events
  

• 03/11/2011 - Sparring Training Camp

  Taekwondo Australia is pleased to invite black belt athletes, and their coach, to participate in this unique Sparring Training Camp under the guidance of the Belgium’s Senior National Coach, Rudy Pilgrims.
  
  Rudy Pilgrims comes to us with a renowned international coaching reputation and has several of his own athletes on the Belgium National Taekwondo Team who have competed at the European and World Championships. Rudy’s success as a coach has been comprehensively accomplished by his understanding of current trends, techniques and scoring systems.
  
  In addition, the camps will also include sports science seminars covering periodisation and sports psychology to enhance the athletes competition competencies. These exclusive seminars will be delivered by Dr Raul Landeo (Taekwondo Australia’s Education and Sports Development Manager) and Professor Ian Snape (qualified NLP Trainer).
  
  We sincerely hope that athletes and coaches will take the opportunity to participate in these exceptional series of camps, which without doubt, will be one of Australia’s premier Taekwondo instructional event of 2011. Details of the camp program and the steps that you need to take to ensure you have the opportunity to participate in this prestigious event can be downloaded HERE

  Taekwondo Australia is subsidising these camps and making them available to the top 15 female and 15 male TAPS athletes on a funded basis (inclusive of travel expenses for interstate athletes) and at no charge to coaches, to ensure that our members have access to the very best in sparring tuition at competition level.
  
  The camps will be conducted in Victoria on 11 December 2011 and Queensland on 18 December 2011. Registrations open at www.taekwondoausralia.org.au on 3 November 2011 and close on 5 December 2011 unless sold out previously. Hurry as places will be limited.

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