Two years have passed since the devestating earthquake hit Haiti on January 12, in which the ITF and Taekwon-do lost Grand Master Tran Trieu Quan. Grand Master Tran will always be remembered as a strong and devoted leader in ITF Taekwon-do and is missed dearly. Our hearts and thoughts go out to the Tran family on this difficult day.

1952-2010
With us forever

QTC will be holding a sparring seminar on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at the Holiday Inn-LaGuardia Hotel, located at 37- 10 114th Street - Corona NY 11368. The seminar will mainly focus on improving the sparring skills at the competitive level of its participants. We will have the unique opportunity to meet and train with Julio Carlos - two-time ITF World Champion - and Professor William Perlaza, who has been in charge of Julio's training.

The seminar will be divided into four parts: Physical Preparation, Tactics, Techniques, and Sparring. The main objective of the seminar is to share the vast knowledge acquired by Julio in the process of becoming a world champion. Julio, along with Professor Perlaza, will be sharing and explaining the different drills designed to enhance sparring performance.

Download:
Invitation Letter
Sparring Seminar Form (to be submitted by January 22)
Poster

For more information contact Master Suarez at: Queens Taekwon-do Center 89-18 Roosevelt Ave, Jackson Heights NY 11372 Phone: 718-639-6998 e-mail: info@qtc-itf.com

To all ITF-USA Members,

On April 13, 2012 at the IIC in Nashville, TN, there will be a congress to elect a new ITF-USA board. All positions are open, including: ITF-USA President, Senior Vice President, Secretary General, Treasurer and two Vice Presidents.

All members of the ITF-USA are encouraged to attend and are eligible to run for office. If you wish to run for an ITF-USA board position, please have your application with $50.00 submitted by March 1, 2012.

To run for the board of directors you must submit:

1. A background check
2. Download Application
3. A resume
4. Be in good standing with the ITF & ITF-USA
5. BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ITF-USA
6. Download more Details

Please send your application to:
ITF-USA Secretary General
40F Weston St
Hartford, CT 06120

Dear Members,

Please don’t forget to renew your ITF-USA Individual membership and School Membership for 2012!

• 2012 School Membership Application

• 2012 Individual Membership Application

Benefits of Membership include:

• National and International Affiliation
• ITF Dan Certification
• National & International Competition
• International Instructors Courses
• ITF-USA Seminars
• Business-focused Webinars
• Membership card
• Pin
• ITF-USA patch
• Right to vote in the congress

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Dear Grandmasters, Masters, Instructors and Students:

It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2012 RED TIGER CUP to be held on Saturday, May 19 th in the city of brotherly love - Philadelphia . You and your students are cordially invited to participate and support the 2012 RED TIGER CUP.

We have NEW DIVISIONS for this year's Red Tiger Cup and the schedule of events is as follows:
9:00–11:00 AM Adult BB Patterns, Team Patterns, Senior (31-40) & Super Senior (40-50) and Elite (50+)
11:00 – 1:00 PM Tiger Cubs (4-5), Little Tigers (6-7), Mini Pee Wee (8-9), Pee Wee (10-11)
1:00 – 3:00 PM Super Pee Wee (12-13), Junior (14-15), Super Jr. (16-18), Adult (19-30) & Adult BB Sparring

Lastly, beautiful trophies and medals will be awarded to the 1st – 3rd place winners in the individual events and a team trohpy for the Team Pattern Competition. Participation medals and certificates will be presented to all competitors. Please fill out applications COMPLETELY and SUBMIT BY THE APPROPRIATE DEADLINE .

If you have any questions or special requests please feel free to contact me at the above number or email tigerrojo@aol.com .

In the spirit of Taekwon-do,

Sa bum nim Marcello F. Cancelliere
6th Dan USTC/ITF Tournament Director

Group photo at Saturday's seminar at Harding Taekwon-Do.

Over the weekend of November 18-20, Mightyfist Taekwon-Do was the proud host of Grand Master Van Binh and Mr. Kenneth Rattet who presented a fantastic weekend of seminars and courses. The participants learned a great deal of self-defense techniques and enjoyed Grand Master Van Binh's inspiring demonstrations during the seminars on Friday and Saturday.

   
   

On Sunday, Mr. Rattet conducted an enlightening umpire course, giving great hands-on experience to all attending.

   

Group photo at Umpire Seminar. (Photos courtesy of Mr. Srinivas Annam)

For your consideration, the following proposal document, regarding team selection and training, has been uploaded. Corrections and ideas are welcomed.

2011 Proposal for New Team Selection Process for World Championships

The 2011 World Championships has come to an end, and the USA brings back 2 gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals!

Our two world champions are Julio Carlos for sparring and Joshua Buitrago for patterns!

Julio Carlos receives his medal from GM Van Binh, he is now a two-time WORLD CHAMPION in sparring with his gold medal in the senior male light weight sparring division!

Joshua Buitrago receives his gold medal in junior male second dan patterns, making him a WORLD CHAMPION in patterns.

A BIG THANK YOU to all the coaches and umpires from the USA for all of their hard work to make everything possible. Also a MANY THANKS to the parents and supporters who came loud and proud, cheering on our competitors and sewing on last minute competitor numbers to the backs of uniforms. Thank you all so much for your support. It was a great world championship, and we can't wait for the next one in Bendidorm, Spain 2013!

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