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France Wins Overall Title (Ray) 2. Kids programs (jeff kiral) 3. USA Taekwondo national chip update. (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:55:06 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] France Wins Overall Title Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net France Wins Overall Title at 1st WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships 11 Jun 2009 France won three gold medals to clinch the overall title at the 1st WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 10, 2009. Host Azerbaijan grabbed one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals to rank second, followed by Turkey with one gold, one silver and three bronzes. Spain came next with one gold and two silver medals, followed by the Russian Federation with one gold. Chinese Taipei stood at sixth with one gold, while Iran came next with one silver and one bronze. Guatemala came next with one silver. Israel followed with one silver, while six countries - Mongolia, the Philippines, Korea, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom - ranked next with one bronze each. The Good Fighting Awards were given to the Philippines, Israel and Guatemala, while the Active Participation Awards went to Azerbaijan, Turkey and Mongolia. About 30 countries expressed their intention to attend the inaugural World Para-Taekwondo Championships. The Para-Taekwondo Championships, which took place at the Baku Sports Hall in Baku, marked the first WTF- promoted event to use electronic protectors. The event featured one female category and seven male categories. In the seniors female A -67 / bantam category, France's Prescillia Schiel Laura won the gold medal, while Turkey's Celik Gulsun and Great Britain's Trusdale Amy earned their respective country the silver and bronze medal. In the most heated men's seniors A8 -68 / fly division, Russian Kan Artur grabbed the gold medal, while Spain's Amado Garagarza Gabriel won the silver. The bronze went to Korea's Han Kook-hyun and Mongolia's Gankhuu Ankhbayar. Under the WTF's new Competition Rules, an instant video replay system and a new scoring system were introduced for the Para-Taekwondo Championships. There were also some changes to the new WTF Competition Rules. Head kicks were not allowed and a one-minute, three-round system was adopted. There were some calls for an instant video replay and the one-day event ended successfully. The WTF plans to hold the second WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships in 2010, with an aim to including taekwondo in the official program of the Paralympic Games in the near future. Prior to the final matches, an opening ceremony for the 1st WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships and the 2009 WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was held at the Baku Sports Hall. The opening ceremony drew high-ranking sports officials, including Azerbaijan Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov. It also featured a variety of Azerbaijan cultural performances. In his speech during the opening ceremony, WTF President Chungwon Choue said, "Taekwondo has been a sport growing fast and reaching out to all parts of the world. With the growing popularity and balanced development, taekwondo has established itself as a global sport that is enjoyed by tens of millions of people around the world regardless of their race, age, gender, or disability." "The first Para-Taekwondo event, in particular, is part of the step to bring taekwondo closer to every individual and to the Olympic ideal of promoting the universality of sport," Dr. Choue said. "Those who are here are all champions who will demonstrate their strength beyond their physical ability and confidence overpowering the difficulties," Dr. Choue said. Competition results of the 1st WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships are as follows: Seniors Female A -67kg/Bantam 1. Prescillia Schiel Laura (France) 2. Celik Gulsun (Turkey) 3. Trusdale Amy (Great Britain) Senior Male A56 -68kg/Fly 1. Nicolas Saez-Manzanares (France) 2. Alakbarov Rahman (Azerbaijan) 3. Gokbaba Yashar Sami (Turkey) Seniors Male A567 -58kg/Fin 1. Bopha Kong (France) 2. Vidal Alvarez Alejandro (Spain) 3. Orcun Ahmet (Turkey) Seniors Male A67 -80kg/Bantam 1. Kayan Bayram (Turkey) 2. Polishuk Aleksandr (Azerbaijan) 3. Currie Steven (Australia) Seniors Male A68 +80kg/Feather 1. Bayramov Jahangir (Azerbaijan) 2. Ben Elisha David (Israel) 3. Kenneth Martin Stasiak (Canada) Yildiz Ugur (Turkey) Seniors Male A8 -58kg/Fin 1. Santana Athami Jose (Spain) 2. Mejia Alvarez Gersson Josue (Guatemala) 3. Pour Rahnama Mehdi (Iran) Gahramanov Rovshan (Azerbaijan) Seniors Male A8 -68kg/Fly 1. Kan Artur (Russia) 2. Amado Garagarza Gabriel (Spain) 3. Han Kook-hyun (Korea) Gankhuu Ankhbayar (Mongolia) Seniors Male A8 -80kg/Bantam 1. Wu Teng-fu (Chinese Taipei) 2. Jafarzadeh Mahmoud (Iran) 3. Datu Mario Jerard Alexander (the Philippines) Adishirinov Vugar (Azerbaijan) --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:29:08 -0700 (PDT) From: jeff kiral To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Kids programs Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Can anyone give a good program for a kids class? I am looking for ideas for, say, 9-12 and 13-16 yr olds that would fit into a HKD system. This is something new for us, as we have always had adult only ( 16+ ) classes. If you want, please email me directly at:   jeff.kiralpfce@att.net   Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Jeff Kiral     --__--__-- Message: 3 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:50:36 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] USA Taekwondo national chip update. Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net USAT national chip update http://assets.teamusa.org/assets/documents/attached_file/filename/12680/June_05_Update.pdf --__--__-- _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://the-dojang.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/the_dojang Copyright 1994-2009: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest