The 2008 Stanford Taekwondo Spring Open is just over 2 weeks away. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, May 24th at Maples Pavilion on the campus of Stanford University.
Open to adults and children of all levels, the tournament features both kyorugi (sparring) and poomsae (forms) competition, double elimination, matted rings, match numbering system, electronic scoring system, and referee refresher on Friday night (night before the tournament).
To register, go to: http://tkd.stanford.edu/spropen2008/reg.html
Congratulations to all of our Stanford competitors at this past weekend’s National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships. Everyone competed hard and represented both Stanford University and the Stanford Taekwondo Program with highest level of professional sportsmanship.
Special thanks to all of our volunteers and planning committee members for their time and dedication in helping make this event a success. All your efforts are appreciated.
The Stanford Taekwondo Program is honored to be hosting the 33rd National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships. On April 25th-26th, 2008, over 300 collegiate taekwondo competitors of all ranks from universities from across the country will be vying for the distinguished title of national champion. This championship serves as the first step for blackbelt competitors looking to earn a spot on the 2008 US National Collegiate Taekwondo Team, which will represent the United States at the 10th World University Taekwondo Championships later this summer in Belgrade, Serbia. For more information on these national championships, visit the official website at http://tkd.stanford.edu/collegiates.
At their most recent tri-meet Stanford and UC-Davis tied for 1st place with 13 wins each. UC-Berkeley came in 3rd with 9 wins.
Stanford’s final tri-meet will be April 5th against UC-San Diego and USC.
Stanford will be hosting a Women’s Workout on December 2nd. The event is open to green belts and up who are at least ten years old.
Highlights include:
- National Team Members
- Stanford Team Members
- Lunch
- Bowling
Go to tkd.stanford.edu/womens-workout for more information and to register.
This year’s Western Collegiates will take place at UC Davis on November 17th and Stanford will again be competing. The event is open to both color and black belts who are full time college students. This year’s event also has a Juniors division for 14-17 year old black belts. For all the details, please see the registration packet. To sign up online, click here.
We will be registering as a club, so make sure to bring your entry forms to class. More information will be emailed to the tkd list.
Stanford Taekwondo is hosting a juniors scrimmage on October 27th. The event is open to juniors of all levels, ages seven to seventeen.
Highlights include:
- Unlimited Matches
- 2 Rings with Electronic Scoring
- 1 Ring with Sensor Hogus
- Optional Campus Tour
- Trained Stanford Referees
Go to tkd.stanford.edu/scrimmage to find out more information or to register.
The Autumn quarter black belt test is this Saturday, October 13th starting at 9am in the ACSR Studio. Stanford black belts should show up with full gear to support the candidates. Color belts, community members, relatives, and anyone else interested is encouraged to come and cheer the testers on.
The demo team made the front page of the Stanford Daily with an impressive brick break. The team was representing taekwondo for the autumn Martial Arts Expo.
You can read the article here.
Taekwondo classes start the first week of instruction with the Intermediate Class from 6:10 - 7:30 and the Advanced Class from 7:30 - 9:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Both classes are in the ACSR Studio.
Beginners classes start Wednesday 9/26 and will be from 6:30 - 7:30 in the San Diego Sports Hall in the Ford Center. Classes are Mondays and Wednesdays all quarter.
Sparring class continues at 10:00 - noon on Saturdays with the first class happening on 9/29. The class is open to yellow belts on up.
September 20, 2007 |
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