American Tae Kwon Do Championship, Manchester, NH
Nov. 10, 2001
Eight members of the Tae Kwon Do Club and our instructor traveled to Manchester, NH to attend an annual tournament organized by Grandmaster Lee on campus of Southern NH University. The trip was very successful as we brought home five medals and we had a chance to meet Master Theodat.
Board breaking
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Christian: palm strike |
Jayesh: landing after axkick |
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Frank: middle section punch |
TK: taking off for a jumping sidekick |
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Spectators watching board-breaking man belt division white/yellow: from left Frank, TK, Christian, Dan, Michael, Master Theodat. |
Forms
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Jayesh performing Tae Geuk Sam Jang |
Veronika got first place in women belt division white/yellow/green for Tae Geuk Sa Jang. |
Sparring
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TK got bronze for sparring in man’s light weight division green/blue belt and shared it with Peter. |
Veronika got silver for sparring in women’s belt division green/blue. |
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Frank fighting for silver ... |
... and getting silver. |
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Christian defending with a backkick. Finally he got bronze. |
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Attendants from Stony Brook and Master Theodat. Except of Christian’s bronze, the medal collection is complete at the photograph. (From the left: China, Jackie, Jayesh, TK, Master Theodat, Peter, Frank, Dan and Veronika) |
Dinner after the tournament
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In the evening, Master took us to an excellent restaurant. China, Jackie, Frank, Nathan and Jayesh enjoying a specialty of the place. |
Exhibition fight
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