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International Ch'ang-Hon Taekwon-Do Federation
NEWS
January
to June 2006
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Archives 2006-2 | 2006-1 | 2005-2 |2005-1 | 2004-2 | 2004-1 and 2003
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JUNE 2006
Congratulations, Mr. Fruitstone!
 Chi Taekwon-Do of Miami
Shores was voted "The Best Place to Study Martial Arts" by the Miami Sun Post for 2006. The paper reaches
200,000 readers each month, and is a powerful political and social newspaper in the Miami area. Aaron Fruitstone,
VI Dan, is the owner of the 2 year old school, which offers Ch'ang Hon style Taekwon-Do and Rigan Machado Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu to children ages 4 through adults.
JUNE 2006
Tournament in Venezuela
Chi Taekwon-Do in Punto Fijo
has announced the XVIII Copa CHI Península 2006 to be held in Venezuela this November.
See Tournaments for more information.
JUNE 2006
UK Seminars
Mr. Brian Crawley has announced
Seminars with Master Mel Steiner and Mr. Aaron Fruitstone in two locations in the UK again this October. Details
will be posted later this summer but you can register now with Mr. Crawley. See Courses & Seminars for more information.
JUNE 2006
ICTF Annual General Meeting
The 2006 AGM was held in Ontario
this year. Photographs, results of the meeting and the new executive will be posted on the web site throughout
this week. Click
HERE for a message from
newly-elected ICTF President Master Mel Steiner.
MAY 2006
ICTF AGM & ICTC
Master Cariati has added an
updated schedule of events for the ICTF Annual General Meeting and Inter-Continental Taekwon-Do Championship taking
place June 02-03.
Click HERE to view.
MAY 2006
Martial Arts Nutrition
Mr. Fruitstone has added a
new article to Health
& Wellness.
MAY 2006
Mrs. Nancy Fernandez-Carr
Please send your current e-mail
address to webmaster@ictf.info so that we can send you our organisation newsletters.
MAY 2006
Regarding Upcoming AGM:
Dear ICTF Members,
The ICTF Annual General Meeting will be held Friday June 02 at 7:00 pm at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel
Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario CANADA M9W 1J3.
If you are not able to attend the meeting, you have the right to vote by proxy. Your vote can be assigned to a
specific voting member (each attending member is allowed one proxy vote) or assigned to the Executive Committee.
Click HERE to download the proxy (doc file).
Please contact administrative services if you would like further information, have a proxy vote or wish to request
an addition to the agenda.
Agenda:
1. Welcome/Call to Order
2. Adoption of Agenda
3. Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meeting
4. Financial Reports
5. Appointment of Auditors
6. Executive & Commiteee Reports
7. Business:
Acceptance of New Members
Additions/Amendments to the Constitution
Policy Manual for Members
Election of Officers
Transaction of any other business properly brought before the meeting.
8. Adjournment
Regarding Upcoming AGM: Constitution
and Policy Manual
Click
HERE to download the Constitution
Click
HERE to download the Policy
Manual
If anyone has any suggestions please do not hesitate to make the necessary changes. Please send changes or revisions
to us no later than May 19, 2006: admin@ictf-admin.com.
With these changes please include your name, rank, ICTF Membership Number and your country. All submissions will
be collected and will be discussed and voted on at the AGM. Final details of the agenda will be sent to the members
and posted on this site (click
HERE) prior to the meeting.
MAY 2006
Regarding the Inter-Continental
Championships
Dear Members of the ICTF:
For those who are attending the Inter-Continental Championship, I will be needing a confirmation so that we can
prepare the guest list and name tags for all the instructors. For those who have already replied, thank you in
advance. Also for those of you who are flying in, please let me know your flying schedule so that we can make arrangements
to have a representative at the airport escort everyone to the hotel.
Please note that we will be having a rewards presentation for all fourth dans and up. Please send us your name
and school so that can prepare everything in advance.
Hope to see everyone there.
Master Cariati VII Dan, VP ICTF
Membership/ Promotion Committee
E-mail:
admin@ictf-admin.com
www.ictf.info
MAY 2006
May 15, 2006
Dear Master J. Cariati VII Dan
I just wanted to send you this short note to thank you for all your help with my induction into the ICTF. I have
spent many times in discussion with Master Steiner and he has been a great help and advisor for both me and my
students. Then when I had the opportunity to spend some time at the Miami Tournament with you, my concepts of the
ICTF were confirmed.
In my 25 years of TaeKwonDo I have been involved with two other major associations and have found them to be less
than truly helpful. However, the unselfish support of Master Steiner, your support and assistance to bring me in
helped lay away all my fears. The other Senior Masters efforts to not only make me feel at home but all my students
no matter rank also made them feel comfortable with interaction at any time between students and higher ranks.
My students are always made to feel as if they are part of a family and the ICTF has made me feel as if we have
joined not an association but a larger family. I am looking forward to a very long and healthy relationship in
this outstanding organization. The ICTF is the TaeKwonDo example of what all associations should hope to be on
day.
Again, special thanks to Master Steiner and yourself in helping me find a place my students can grow to their fullest
potential.
Sincerely
Robert Piper VI Dan
Piper Yang Academy of TaeKwonDo
Southern TaeKwonDo Systems
MAY 2006
INTER-CONTINENTAL COMPETITION AT ITS BEST
TORONTO -- Master Cariati, founder of
Woodbridge TaeKwon-Do, ranks as a 7th Degree Black Belt in TaeKwon-Do and is proud to host the 2006 Inter-Continental
TaeKwon-Do Championships to be held on June 3rd, 2006 from 9am to 6pm at the Humber College North Campus in Toronto.
The Inter-Continental TaeKwon-Do Championship is a world-class event featuring some of the top-level black belt
competitors. 500 to 600 competitors from 12 countries are expected to attend. Master Mel Steiner 8th Dan, will
bring 38 competitors and 28 spectators from the United States in support of Master Cariati. Also, Honourable Maurizio
Bevilacqua, P.C.,M.P. will attend and speak at the event. Spectators will witness sparring, pattern, and team events
from confirmed countries of Africa, Poland, Russia, India and the United States.
Click
HERE for the full PDF file of this release PDF112 KB
Click
HERE for the Tournament Media Alert PDF 123 KB
Click
HERE for the Tournament Biographies PDF 122 KB
For more information visit: http://www.woodbridgetaekwondo.com/tournaments.htm
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MAY 2006
2006 ICTF Florida Invitational
and Master's Seminar
April 14-15, 2006
 By Aaron Fruitstone
The Master's Seminar on Friday
was attended by 75 students from the US and Canada. It began with Master Steiner covering the history and evolution
of Taekwon-Do, tracing its roots all the way back to India and China. Then, Master Parris taught fundamental drills
and some variations on step sparring. Following came Master Cariati, who taught self-defence combining joint manipulation
and control techniques with TKD striking. Following a short break, Master Simard taught sparring drills and tactics.
The seminar concluded with Master Rohde covering and demonstrating the theory of power.
On Saturday, the tournament began with Black Belt competition through  6th
Dan. Some of the US and Canada's finest competitors got the chance to show their skills. At noon, coloured belt
competition began. Simultaneous to the coloured belts, a grappling division was held, allowing students with experience
in grappling martial arts to test their skills on the mat, under Florida Federation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu rules.
In all, over 200 competitors got the opportunity to compete in an international arena. We look forward to next
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APRIL 2006
We extend our deepest sympathies
to the friends and family of Matthew Miller, a remarkable young man who died April 17, 2006. "All
at Formby TaeKwon-Do feel that their lives were enriched by having known Matthew and are proud to have trained
alongside of him. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and our memories of Matthew will stay with us.
Master Brian Crowley" See
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APRIL 2006
Saturday April 1st, 2006. The
ICTF Western Canadian Championships was held in Edmonton, Alberta, with over 550 competitors taking part. Visit the Gallery for more information.
APRIL 2006
"Brave
cancer patient Matthew Miller proved he is a true fighter -- in more ways than one!"
 A
week after being told his leukaemia had returned for a second time, the determined schoolboy achieved a black belt
in Taekwon-Do. Matthew, 14, of Greenloons Drive, was in remission from leukaemia when he found out the cancer had
returned. He had trained hard for more than a year and was determined to achieve his belt.
Matthew, who took the exam a week before his chemotherapy started, said: "It was a shock when we found out.
We thought it would just be an infection. I decided to do it because I wouldn't have the energy levels to do it
during the treatment plus it would take twice as long and I would have had to work twice as hard. I was determined
I wanted to get it."
 At age nine, he joined Formby Taekwon-Do
but stopped when he first developed leukaemia. During a year of intensive treatment he lost his hair and missed
school but pulled through and spent a further two years in maintenance therapy. He said "It made me very tired
and sick a lot of the time." But it was during a monthly check-up at Alder Hey doctors discovered his white
blood cells had decreased and tests showed the cancer had returned. Although it is in the early stages, he will
undergo six months of chemotherapy and 18 months in maintenance therapy.
The Range High student was awarded the Merseyside Aim Higher Award last year for his school achievements. For earning
his black belt his parents Sharon and Stuart bought him a laptop, which will help him keep up with his studies.
Sharon said: " I was just really proud and all the oncology staff were really proud of him. We have to be
very strong and positive. It was a big shock but we're really proud with how Matthew is handling it."
Grian Crawley, chief instructor of the Alliance Taekwon-Do Formby, said: "Matthew is a dream to teach, he
always works so hard. Everyone in the club wishes him well and our thoughts are with him." |
APRIL 2006
Congratulations to Mr. Francis
Lue and his students who were awarded the Grand Champion Trophy for the most wins:
17 First, 15 Second and 10 Third. Well done everyone!
"Chi Taekwondo Falcón monarca en IX Aniversario de Shaoling"
Heberto León B.,
Coro-Punto Fijo, martes 11 de abril de 2006
Lo más alto del podio
en la clasificación general del torneo abiertos de artes marciales "Shaoling de Paraguaná"
fue ocupado por Chi Taekwondo Falcón, academia que logra alcanzar los máximos honores en esta competecia
por segundo año consecutivo.
 Un total de 17 primeros lugares,
15 medallas de playa y 10 broncíneas bastaron para que los pupilos de los instructores Francis Lue (sexto
dan), Yuleima García (quinto dan) y Meyling Lok (cuatro dan) ejercieran supremacía.
García un tanto molesta aclaró que fueron ellos los capeones del evento y no Shang Tiong, como éste
club lo reflejó los medios regionales. "El año pasado ocurrió lo mismo. Nosotros fuimos
monarcas y salieron por los periódicos diciendo qu eran ellos", acotó.
Además del trofeo "Campeón de Capeones", los monarcas alzaron la estatuillas otorgadas
a la "Mejor Exhibición de Armas" y "Escuela de más particpantes, en competencia celebrad
en el gimnasio Fenelón Díaz, de Punto Fijo.
Ganadores de los primeros lugares
Humberto Peréz (figura
y combate), Thairym Méndez (combate), Génesis Mijares (combate), Anthony Molina (figure y combate),
Osmer Acurero (figura), Hernán Rodríguez (combate), Jorge Méndez (combate), Oscar Martínez
(combate), Gabriel Aldama (combate), Emaycarmen Naranjo (figura), José Naranjo, Carlos Ruiz (figura), Yuleima
García (figure y combate) y José Bustillo (combate). |
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FEBRUARY 2006
Master Simard's School collapses
in severe weather conditions.
"We are blessed that
nobody got hurt"
WOODSTOCK LANDMARK COLLAPSES
By Heather Rivers-Harron, Staff writer Monday February 06, 2006
Reproduced with permission
from Woodstock Sentinel-Review
The Woodstock Sentinel-Review
— The roof of a Dundas Street landmark collapsed overnight Saturday, causing the internal structure to cave in.
Less than 12 hours earlier, the building had been occupied by taekwondo students, according to Dan Simard co-owner
of the Woodstock Taekwon-Do Club.
"The roof is sitting right over the mat where the training area is," Simard said at the scene Sunday.
"Saturday there was a 100 people in there for regular classes. We are blessed that nobody got hurt."
City engineer David Creery said the current state of building, which backs onto Adelaide Street, is "very
dangerous" and that weather conditions and high winds "just make things worse."
"The entire building is compromised. The east wall has collapsed and the west wall is in danger of collapsing,"
he said. "Our biggest worry is obviously the condition of the building. The walls still standing are structurally
unsound but the force of (high) winds could cause the walls to fall down."
One apartment dweller, in a nearby building, has been evacuated.
The building, located at 495 Dundas Street, was built by Edward J. Coles in 1902 and was called the E.J. Coles
Co. Later it housed the T. Eaton Co. Ltd and Reg Hall Ltd., a clothing store. "(The building) has been a landmark
for quite a few years," said Coun. Dave Nadalin. "There’s quite a bit of folklore around it. "Police
have closed off Adelaide Street at Riddell Street "until the such time the risk is removed we have to maintain
a secure perimeter," Creery said.
Creery is unsure of the cause of the collapse."We’re investigating the reason as to why," he said. "There’s
no obvious answer to that."
City officials are still trying to contact the buildings owners, Creery said.
Because of the danger "the building will be demolished as soon as possible," Creery said. Simard speculated
that water damaged may have weakened the structure. "It’s obviously due to wear and tear on the building,"
he said. Simard said his initial reaction was "shock." "Everything I had in taekwondo was in that
building," he said. "I hope I can salvage at least something that has sentimental value like pictures
or uniforms.
Oxford Community Police Service discovered the problem after an alarm went off in a nearby building, tripped by
the collapse. Creery said this is the first time he dealt with "a structural failure of this magnitude."
Sherri Stevens, owner of Stevens Resource Group, houses her offices in a building attached to the collapsed structure
located 496 Adelaide St.
Their building suffered extensive damage.
"Their double brick building fell on our building," she said. "It fell right through our roof –
we’re not sure of the integrity of our building right now." Stevens said she has contacted employees and clients
and is planning to relocate their head office to Ingersoll.
Union Gas was also called to the scene and gas service and gas metres were shut off as a precaution, according
to Jim McBride, duty manager.
Jay Heaman, manager Customer Services for Woodstock Hydro said crews were out in the early hours to isolate the
building. Crews, he added have been in contact with city engineers. Because of the return of winter weather Hydro
crews have been busy all weekend long.
Simard can only look ahead at this time. He said Sunday afternoon that he is currently looking to relocate his
taekwondo classes.
JANUARY 2006
Master Simard's Schedule for Sparring
Seminars
Dear Masters, Head Instructors
and Friends;
I am available to teach Sparring Seminars on the dates listed below. The Seminars are 4 to 6 hrs in duration covering:
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Preparing your training
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Proper warm-up techniques
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Conditioning
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Kicking and Punching Drills
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Combinations
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Attacking Techniques
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Counter-attacking Techniques
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Strategy
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Traditional and Olympic Styles of Sparring.
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And much more......
Available dates in 2006:
February 4, 11 | March 4, 11, 18, 25 April 8, 15
May 6, 20 | June 3, 10
You can send us your request via e-mail at: woodstocktaekwondo@hotmail.com
Home telephone (519) 681-2660 Club (519) 421-7288
This could be a good opportunity for fund-raising for your club as well.
Thank you in advance.
Master Simard, 7th Degree
Sparring Committee. |
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