Congratulations to all our Worlds Competitors AND WORLD CHAMPION!!!
Congratulations to Mr. Webb on his new World Championship Titles!!! He took first in Traditional Weapons, Creative Forms, and Extreme Forms!!! Way to go Mr. Webb!! Mr. Webb is a 9 time World Champion now!
Also competing for World Championship:
Ms. Powell – Competed for World Champ in forms and weapons. She placed 5th in forms and 4th in weapons. Wow!! What an amazing job Ms. Powell!! Ms. Powell is already a 4 time World Champ!
Kim Howell – Competed for World Champ in weapons and combat sparring. She finished up 8th in both weapons and combat sparring. First time competitor as well!!! Great job Mrs. Howell!!!
Duane Cunningham – Competed for World Champ in forms, weapons, sparring, AND combat weapons!! His first time competing and he got to compete in FOUR events!! He finished up with 6th in forms, 5th in weapons, 7th in sparring, 7th in combat sparring as well. Great job!!
To explain a bit more about Worlds: World Championships has competitors from all over the world, not just North America. But it’s limited to the 10 best in the world in each ring, in each event. To even make the Top 10 is an honor in itself, but to place at Worlds is phenomenal. That Saturday and Sunday is the Worlds Tournament that starts a new tournament season and resets points. Make sure to congratulate each of these competitors when you see them. This is a HUGE milestone in their Tae Kwon Do life. WAY TO GO GUYS!!!
READ MOREKnife Defense at Black Belt Testing
This video below shows Mr. Webb demonstrating spontaneous knife defense with the Black Belts. This was a part of their testing and had to learn how to defend themselves from an oncoming knife attack.
The partipants were: Jennifer Hardy, Simon Davis, Christopher Haworth, Marge Sprott, Beau Griffis, Dante Sacco, Gabriel Dungan, Wyatte Reid, and Kyle Turner.
READ MOREJahng Bahng Clinic – November 19th
We had a great turn out on Saturday, November 19th. Mr. Webb lead the class and was assisted by Mrs. Powell (our newest 4th degree certified instructor), Mrs. Cox and Mr. Cox.
It was an awesome clinic. Mr. Church is very excited for the new weapon for the next testing cycle. We are getting them ready for the Valdosta Super Regional Tournament on January 14th, 2012.
Congrats to All for Orlando Tournament October 20-22
Many students attended the ATA Taekwondo Fall Nationals in Orlando, Florida. Ms. Powell tested for her 4th Degree Black Belt. Mr. Cox certified in Combat Weapons. Mr. Webb certified in spontaneous knife defense. Ms. Cox certified in Warrior X Fit.
*Pictures to come*
READ MOREWorld Championships – Day 4
Day four, Sunday, the final day of the Songahm World Championships, found Mr. Webb and Mr. Vialdores starting the morning off at 8am. Mr. Webb, a fourth degree black belt, placed 2nd in Songahm Forms, 1st place in Songahm Weapons, and 3rd in Sparring. Mr. Vialdores, a 1st degree black belt, placed 2nd in sparring.
Next up was Mr. Sibley in the adult men’s color belt ring, Mr. Sibley placed 3rd in Songahm forms after a 5 way tie breaker, and 1st in Songahm Weapons. In the last event of the day for our schools competitors, Mrs. Powell a 3rd degree black belt, took 3rd place in Songahm Forms. Then after 3 hard fought sparring matches Mrs. Powell won 1st place in Sparring in her division.
The day fell to the close after that with the last of Team Performance members packing and preparing to leave, closing ceremonies brought the end to the 2010 Songahm World Championships. But remembering that this means the new Tournament session is underway, and the excitement and new friends that we will meet along the way.
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READ MOREWorld Championships – Day 3
Day Three of the Songahm World Championships are the official start of the new 2010 – 2011 tournament season, for the ATA, WTTU. and STF.
Kameron Anderson, took 3rd Place in Songahm (traditional) Weapons and won 2nd place in Sparring, after a very intense and close sparring match. Also competing was Ryan Spaulding, in his first Worlds as a Black Belt, while I was unable to watch his performances, it was reported that he did a great job and took competitor awards in Forms and Weapons for his boys age and division. Tori Sibley took 4th in Weapons after loosing a 3rd place tie breaker, and then won 3rd place in Sparring.
In the afternoon session Ms. Brittney Johnson a 2nd degree black belt, won 1st place in Sparring for the Girls 14 to 16 age division. Mrs. Powell and Mr. Webb competed in Songahm weapons, as of this posting I am awaiting their results.
Mr. Sibley finished the afternoon, winning 1st place in Creative Forms, 2nd place in Creative Weapons, 2nd place in XMA Forms, and 1st place in XMA weapons. Mr. Sibley competed in the ATA’s new Black Dobak (gi) for XMA and Creative competitors.