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

Christian: palm strike

Jayesh: landing after axkick

 

Frank: middle section punch

TK: taking off for a jumping sidekick

 

Spectators watching board-breaking man belt division white/yellow: from left Frank, TK, Christian, Dan, Michael, Master Theodat.

 

Forms

 

Jayesh performing Tae Geuk Sam Jang

Veronika got first place in women belt division white/yellow/green for Tae Geuk Sa Jang.

Sparring

 

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.

 

Frank fighting for silver ...

... and getting silver.

 

Christian defending with a backkick. Finally he got bronze.

 

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

In the evening, Master took us to an excellent restaurant. China, Jackie, Frank, Nathan and Jayesh enjoying a specialty of the place.

 

Exhibition fight

For inspiration, see some pictures from an exhibition fight between Misha and Dan at the tournament.