Competition training will recommence on Monday 9th February, Moonah Hall at

5.45pm.

If you wish to participate in either of the competition squads

please see your Instructor.

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Eagling’s Taekwondo

Club Newsletter

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The start of training for 2015 is looming fast. We have about one week before we resume for the year. Last year proved to be a very successful one for the club. We enjoyed good attendance levels throughout the year with many students reaching for some significant goals, that were achieved. It saw our biggest black belt grading for a number of years. John Redgrove achieved his 6th Dan pre test, Angela Eagling and Scott Cure achieving their 5th Dan Black Belts. All passed well with sound results. These are high level exams that take at least 15 years to achieve. Congratulations, at achieving this level. We also had Ethan Macgregor, Leno, Tom & Mia Taglieri grade to 1st Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo. Tony Wise, Julie McMullen and Woody Brown also successfully gained their 1st Dan Black Belts in Hapkido.

Well done this is a great achievement. Sometimes the journey to black belt can seem long and arduous... It is! But it's not unachievable, anyone can achieve this as long as you are prepared to put in the time and dedication to see it through. I

January 2015

The Year Ahead

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Success is a Journey not a

destination. We wish you well for

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This year we fielded three athletes from Eagling's Taekwondo who travelled to Adelaide to compete at the Sports Taekwondo Australia (STA) 2014 National Championships. The competition is by far Australia's pinnacle event for the best Taekwondo athletes. STA, Australia's Recognised National Taekwondo Sporting organisation, represents the only pathway for Olympic Taekwondo Selection in Australia. The competition bought together over 1200 elite Taekwondo athletes to compete for national titles and future possible selection to represent Australia internationally.

After making selection at the Tasmanian Taekwondo Open in June our three Tasmania athletes were the only ones to represent the state at this year's competition. The Eaglings Taekwondo athletes have trained hard all year to ensure they were able to complete at their peak best for the competition. Under the watchful eye of Master Instructor, Hugh Eagling , the three Tasmanian athletes performed extremely well, all achieving medal winning performances. Milad Sahraei (Black Belt, Open - 80kg to 87kg) Gold Medal Milad, had two very hard fights that were completely draining. His strength, courage and skill won through with both fights finally winning the gold medal and picking up the club's first Australian Championship for

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encourage all our players to have the courage to achieve this as part of your Taekwondo journey. I also set a goal last year and travelled to Sydney to sit my 8th Dan Jidokwan and 5th Dan in Hapkido. I passed both and have to thank Grant Chilcott who came with me to be my grading partner. The next step is to travel to Korea in a few weeks time to sit my Kukkiwon 8th Dan, something you have to do in Korea. We have four instructors coming along for a week of training in Taekwondo and Hapkido. We will

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also attend the 69th Jidokwan Anniversary Celebration while we are there. We introduced a fitness class on Wednesday nights last year that is aimed at all fitness levels and is open to anyone that wants to attend. We are looking forward to keeping that class active this year after its success last year. Wednesday nights at 5.45 pm for anyone that wants to come along. Our tournament team took it to the next level last year coming away from the Nationals in Adelaide with a gold and two silver medals. You will find a full report in this newsletter. On a more personal note I wanted to finish by extending my heart felt thanks to my Instructors who kept the club firing away after I injured my hand in October, particularly Angela who coped with the pressure as a true professional. Thanks also to Grant Chilcott and Ian Snape who picked up the coaching roles in preparation for the Tournament team. Grant also acted as the senior instructor for our Hapkido club in my absence, also handling the pressure as a true professional. I look forward to being back on deck when we resume training. We have reset the format this year to provide an engaging program for all levels. Use the beginning of the year to set your goals for the year and have the tenacity to see them through to the end, no matter how tough the going gets. Good luck and I look forward to seeing you on the floor.

Dates to Remember Gradings Held on Sunday mornings. 8.30am arrival for a 9.00am start Sunday 19th April 2015 Sunday 5th July 2015 Sunday 20th September 2015 Sunday 13th December 2015

Dale Eagling Memorial Champs Sunday 15th November 2015

Public Holidays

will not be held on following Public

Monday 9th March 2015 - Eight Hour Day Monday 6th April 2015 Easter Monday Monday 8th June 2015 Queens Birthday Thursday 22nd October 2015 Show Day School Holidays Little Devils Classes will not be held during the school holidays on the following dates Monday 6th April Tuesday 7th April Monday 13th April Tuesday 14th April Monday 6th July Tuesday 7th July Monday 13th July Tuesday 14th July Monday 28th Sept Tuesday 29th Sept Monday 5th October Tuesday 6th October

Training re-commences for the year on the

FOLLOWING DATES

Moonah Club: MONDAY 2rd February 2015

Sandy Bay Club: TUESDAY 3th February 2015

Kingston Club: TUESDAY 3th February 2015

Hapkido Club: THURSDAY 5th February 2015

Little Devils: Moonah Monday 16th February 2015

Kingston Tuesday 17th February 2015

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2014 Nationals Continued: many years. Isabel O'Dowd ( Black Belt, Open - 53kg to 57kg) Isabel won her first match on a 12 point split. She came off that fight with a hyper-extension injury to her knee. The final was always going to be hard because she was not able to apply full pressure with her injured leg. Despite that she went out and performed exceptionally well in an incredibly strategic fight, holding the score even until the last round and the score slipped away to see her pick up the silver medal. Ethan Macgregor (Red Belt, 15-17 years - 63kg to 68kg) Ethan had a very close, hard fought strategic match the final score ended with Ethan losing by one point 7-6 in a great fight to achieve a silver medal. It was a mature calculated performance and a great improvement from last year and it will be an interesting step for him into the Black Belt Divisions for next year. In all respects the result achieved has been a great achievement for Tasmanian Taekwondo athletes.

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Club Merchandise

Eagling ‘s Taekwondo carry a full range of high quality martial art

equipment from uniforms, shoes, pads guards and bags.

Club Jackets and t-shirts are available

for purchase through your club instructor

2013 Memorial Championships DVD’s

are now available @ $5.00 each.

If you want marital arts training equipment see your instructor

lesson ill be as Individual player $50.00

Family - $100.00 (two family mem e $10.00 for each additional family

Casual lesson - $15.00 per le Little Devils l $35.00 per m t

$10.00 per leFitness class - $10.00 per session (non members) Tournament levy $60.00

Single - $60.00 e

Family - $50.00 e

Little Devils class - $35.00 e

All memberships include membership and personal accident insurance with Eagling’s Taekwondo.

Dale Eagling Scholarship: Ethan Macgregor Club Awards Moonah Senior Player John Roberts Junior Matthew Laugher Little Devils Tess Stansfield Sandy Bay Senior Player Mia, Tom, Bianca

& Leno Taglieri Junior Not Awarded Kingston Senior Player Karl Shea Junior Fiona Wise Little Devils Not Awarded

Make 2015 the year for getting your body in shape. Come and join our Wednesday night fitness class. Class is open to every one and runs from 5.45pm to 6.30pm. We focus on strength and conditioning at all levels of fitness. Personal fitness and self defence coaching is also available.