Senior General Choi Cup  
   
Ring 3 – Specialty  
       Male Black Senior Specialty  
1 st Trent Hayden(ABERD)
2 nd Rick Scholes(ABERD)
Ring 3 – Power  
       Male Black Senior Power Breaking
1 st Charlie Van Beelen(SUNNY)
2 nd Tony Nguyen(IMPAC)
3 rd Michael Nguyen(IMPAC)
       Female Black Senior Power Breaking
1 st Marlee Tyson(TOON)
2 nd Marika Carr(DYNA)
3 rd Michelle Harper(MELBO)
Ring 2 – Patterns  
       Senior Female 1st – 3rd Dan Patterns
1 st Marika Carr (DYNA)
2 nd Amelia De Viana (GOLD)
3 rd Marlee Tyson (TOON)
       Senior Male 1st – 2nd Dan Patterns
1 st Trent Hayden (ABERD)
2 nd Rick Scholes (ABERD
3 rd John Lane (BUNDA)
Ring 2 – Sparring  
       Male Senior 1st-4th Dan Middle Sparring
1 st Michael Nguyen (IMPAC)   3 wins
2 nd Michael Jasser (PARRA)   2 wins
3 rd Paul Raymond (PL)   1 wins
Ring 1 – Patterns  
       Senior Male 3rd-4th Dan Patterns
              1 st Michael Nguyen (IMPAC)
              2 nd Tony Nguyen (IMPAC)
              3 rd Russell Smith (JN TG)
Ring 1 – Sparring  
       Female Senior 1st-3rd Dan Middle Sparring
              1 st Laonie Therrien-Tremblay (PARRA)   3 wins
              2 nd Oxana Gorskina (PARRA)   2 wins
              3 rd Samantha Faddoul (JN TG)   1 wins
       Male Snr 2nd-3rd Dan Light Heavy Sparring
              1 st Trent Hayden (ABERD)   3 wins
              2 nd Rick Scholes (ABERD)   2 wins
              3 rd John Lane (BUNDA) – DRAW
Junior General Choi Cup  
   
Ring 3 – Specialty  
       Male Special Senior  
1 st Fletcher Britten(YY)
2 nd Lachland Strang(JN TG)
3 rd Aidan Hulm(GOLD)
       Black Belt Senior Female Special
1 st Gillian Thornton(JN TG)
2 nd Jasmine Butler(YY)
       Male Special Child  
1 st Braden Henricksen(BUNDA)
2 nd Daniel Sarkis(PARRA)
3 rd Adrian Chea(JN TG)
       Male Special Junior  
1 st Luke Tyson(SYD)
2 nd Leon Sejranovic(IMPAC)
       Male Special Teen  
1 st Tom Barry(DYNA)
2 nd Jayden Massoud(PARRA)
3 rd Nathan Butler(YY)
Ring 3 – Power  
       Female Power  

1 st

Jasmine Butler(YY)
       Male Power  
1 st Lachland Strang(JN TG)
2 nd Nathan Butler(YY)
3 rd Bayley Martin(YY)
Ring 2 – Patterns  
       Junior Male 1st Dan Patterns
              1 st Tom Barry (DYNA)
              2 nd Sebastian De Viana (GOLD)
       Junior Female 1st Dan Patterns
              1 st Sarah Bradford (DYNA)
              2 nd Jasmine Butler (YY)
              3 rd Emily Tisdell (ABERD)
       Junior 3rd-1st Gup Patterns
              1 st Luke Tyson (SYD)
              2 nd Rishi Raj Wig (PARRA)
              3 rd Jacky Chau (JN TG)
       Adult Junior 3rd-1st Gup Patterns
              1 st Gillian Thornton (JN TG)
              2 nd Kelly Harker (YY)
              3 rd Lachland Strang (JN TG)
Ring 2 – Sparring  
       Male Junior Light 8th-1st Gup Sparring
              1 st Bayley Martin (YY)   4 wins
              2 nd Jacky Ghayasy (JN TG)   3 wins
              3 rd Richie Chea (JN TG)   1 wins
       Female Junior Light Heavy 1stKup-1stDan Spar
              1 st Lani Massoud (PARRA)   3 wins
              2 nd Gillian Thornton (JN TG)   2 wins
              3 rd Emily Tisdell (ABERD)   1 wins
       Female Junior Fly 10th-8th Gup Sparring
              1 st Kiara Naik (PARRA)   3 wins
              2 nd Olivia Saroufin (PARRA)   2 wins
              3 rd Sara Abu Fadda (PARRA)   1 wins
       Male Junior 1st Dan Light Sparring Int
              1 st Sebastian De Viana (GOLD)   3 wins
              2 nd Liam Ervine (ABERD)   1 wins
              3 rd Jayden Massoud (PARRA)   1 wins
       Male Junior 1st Dan Light Heavy Sparring Int
              1 st Brendan Love (ABERD)   3 wins
              2 nd Tom Barry (DYNA)   2 wins
              3 rd Hayden Jeffrey (CHM)   1 wins
       Male Junior Fly 4th-1st Gup Sparring
              1 st Leon Sejranovic (IMPAC)   2 wins
              2 nd Mathew Travieso (PARRA)   1 wins
              3 rd Jacky Chau (JN TG) – NO WINS
       Male Junior Super Micro 5th-1st Gup Sparring
              1 st Caleb Ervine (ABERD)   3 wins
              2 nd James Sarkis (PARRA)   2 wins
              3 rd Jacob Khadi (PARRA)   1 wins
       Male Junior Heavy 4th-1st Gup Sparring
              1 st Fletcher Britten (YY)   2 wins
              2 nd Lachland Strang (JN TG)   1 wins
              3 rd Aidan Hulm (GOLD) – NO WINS
       Female Junior Heavy 4th-1st Gup Sparring
              1 st Jasmine Butler (YY)   3 wins
              2 nd Paris Lumsden (GOLD)   2 wins
              3 rd Armanii Haddad (PARRA)   1 wins
Ring 1 – Patterns  
       Junior Female 10th-8th Gup Patterns
              1 st Maya Davis (JN TG)
              2 nd Samira Ghaysay (JN TG)
              3 rd Sachi Shetty (JN TG)
       Junior Male 10th-8th Gup Patterns
              1 st Klaus Wong (JN TG)
              2 nd Dylan Pearton (YY)
              3 rd Arjun Shetty (JN TG)
       Adult Junior 10th-8th Gup Patterns
              1 st Bayley Martin (YY)
              2 nd Keely Thatcher (YY)
              3 rd Millie Leggett (ABERD)
       Junior 7th-4th Gup Patterns
              1 st Fletcher Britten (YY)
              2 nd Zacky Ghayasy (JN TG)
              3 rd Braden Henricksen (BUNDA)
       Childrens 7th-4th Gup Patterns
              1 st Adrian Chea (JN TG)
              2 nd Thomas Ross (PARRA)
              3 rd  Daniel Sarkis (PARRA)
Ring 1 – Sparring  
       Male Junior Super Micro 10th-8th Gup Sparring
              1 st George Khoury (PARRA)   3 wins
              2 nd Klaus Wong (JN TG)   2 wins
              3 rd Jeremy Khoury (PARRA)   1 wins
       Female Junior Super Fly 10th-8th Gup Sparring
              1 st Jiya Wig (PARRA)   1 wins
              2 nd Samira Ghaysay (JN TG) – NO WINS
       Female Junior Middle 10th-8th Gup Sparring
              1 st Keely Thatcher (YY)   2 wins
              2 nd Maya Davis (JN TG)   1 wins
              3 rd Sachi Shetty (JN TG) – NO WINS
       Male Junior Super Fly 10th-5th Gup Sparring
              1 st John Butros (PARRA)   4 wins
              2 nd Dylan Pearton (YY)   3 wins
              3 rd Arjun Shetty (JN TG)   2 wins
       Female Junior Light 3rd Gup-1st Dan Sparring
              1 st Sarah Tisdell (ABERD)   2 wins
              2 nd Jordyn Kindness (CHM)   1 wins
              3 rd Isabella Butros (PARRA) – NO WINS
       Female Junior Hyper 7th-5th Gup Sparring
              1 st Kelsey Henricksen (BUNDA)   2 wins
              2 nd Cassie Mileto (PARRA)   1 wins
              3 rd Millie Leggett (ABERD) – NO WINS
       Male Junior Super Fly 7th-3rd Gup Sparring
              1 st Charlie Dagher (PARRA)   4 wins
              2 nd Thomas Ross (PARRA)   3 wins
              3 rd Daniel Sarkis (PARRA)   3 wins

During the “off-season” a conversation transpired over the phone between myself and Mr Proctor from the Latrobe Valley club. What started as a brief comment around our recent combined grading turned into an idea on how we could encourage further interaction and role-modelling among the young girls from our respective clubs. So it was agreed that I would facilitate a training session for girls only, and invite students from both Latrobe and Melbourne. My main focus was to encourage friendships between the girls so that they could draw courage and inspiration from each other. We don’t often get together since our clubs are a couple of hours apart, so it was great to see them train together so happily.

After some “getting to know you” type activities we covered basic fundamentals, and some kicking drills. Then I introduced the girls to Team Patterns via You-Tube footage. Of course the girls all thought it was too hard and something they could never achieve at their level. So with a little encouragement I asked them to perform Saju-Jirugi (4 direction attack/punch) in time with each other. After all, it doesn’t matter whether it’s a black belt pattern or a white belt pattern, the point is a choreographed routine that reflects timing, teamwork and co-operation! They perforned in sync with each other and so I then began to suggest a couple of ways they could stagger some moves and before they knew it, the girls were performing a team pattern, getting right into the thick of “choreographing” their own routine! I was so happy to see what a little encouragement could do to take the girls from “we can’t do that” to “can we do that again?!”

It was a privilege to host the girls, who bonded so well and they have already asked for more “girls only” training. Actually they asked for it to be a permanent arrangement! But I countered that Mr Harper and Mr Proctor would not be as enthused about that idea 🙂 We certainly will look to arranging more sessions like these, to help increase the confidence of our more shy students, who sometimes can feel that they can’t “match it” with the boys in the club. The great friendships being formed between the girls is also a huge bonus!

Alexandra Proctor (aged 7) was one of the students who attended and I would like to share with you her thoughts on our session (I love her honest, matter-of-fact account 🙂 ):

 

“On the tenth of the first month of 2013 there was a girls training session. 6 girls turned up. There names were Mrs Harper, Katrina, Rose, Isabella, Alex and Jasmine. We did a quick talk so we could get to know each other.  In the talk we told each other our school and our age. We also got to know each others names.

Then we did a few laps. Every body ran ahead of Mrs Harper.

We did four directional attack. We counted in Korean. Katrina was the best at counting in Korean.

After that we did turning kicks. A few people accidentally did slapping kicks.

We then did jumping kicks. They were jumping front kicks.

Mrs Harper showed us some team patterns videos .We tried to do team patterns . After that Mrs Harper gave us books to put down Taekwon-do stuff .

After the class we went to the park for lunch. We played.”

Thankyou girls, I look forward to training with you all soon!

Michelle Harper

Il Shim Melbourne