Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine - Issue 20 - Usadojo

the IICs having taught 55 up to and
including this one. Over the weekend they
covered the Tuls from Chon-Ji to Tong-Il
and the proper execution of movement
within each. The Grandmasters placed a
lot of emphasis, throughout the weekend,
of understanding the applications for the
movements being performed in Tuls and
sparring (3, 2 & 1 Step) actually trying
them out with a partner to get a sense of
how they work and how they can be
utilised better. The also placed emphasis
on how we should move between
techniques i.e. being relaxed and proper
use of sine wave in order to maximise the
potential benefits of each techniques.
Over the weekend they also covered the
Theory of Power, various warm-up
exercises, types of sparring etc. The
Technical committee were assisted by
Master Weiler 8th Degree who spoke to us,
during his session, on the proper execution
of various exercises and stretching
exercises used in Taekwon-Do to prevent
injury. During one of the sessions Master
Tadeusz Loboda, President of the AETF,
took us Red Belt to 3 rd Degrees while the
Seniors worked on their patterns. He and
The Author with Grandmaster Trajtenberg after the IIC
his assistant showed us some excellent
very basic self defence techniques from
simple grabs. He demonstrated or should I
say his assistant demonstrated them on
Master Loboda with great amusement from
those around including Master Loboda
himself. At the end of the IIC, the Masters
in attendance, including our very own
Master Wheatley from Ireland, presented
the IIC Certificates to the participants. As
we were staying in Budapest until the day
after the IIC we took the opportunity to visit
some of the sights of this beautiful city.
I would like to thank my fellow Irish
Taekwon-Do Association members, whom
I travelled to Budapest with, for a weekend
that will stay with me forever including
some great photo opportunities with the
Grandmasters. Also it would be remiss of
me not to thank the ITF Technical
Committee for another great IIC.
While I have this opportunity, in writing this
report and having attended 7 International
Instructor Courses to date with the ITF
Technical Committee, I would appeal to
those 2 nd Kup Red Belt and higher to avail
of the upcoming IIC being organised by the
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