On October 22, 20 students from our school traveled to Long Island for the New York Open, sponsored by our Grandmaster Y.H. Park. We had an extremely productive day, earning more than thirty medals among them. Events included forms, breaking and sparring. We’re very proud of our students’ results; they represented our school in spectacular fashion. Just as importantly, they had an out-of-school experience and shared the camaraderie of being in the same hotel, eating together and treaveling together to a great event.
Forty-six students from GFTKD attended the CaRMAA Tournament in Shenendahowa on November 5th, helping to collect two pick-up truckloads of food for the local food pantry. Our students represented us in tremendous fashion, garnering fifty-four trophies in such events as forms, weapons and breaking.
For a day that all forecasters declared a wash-out, Sunday the 14th was a spectacular day for our annual picnic at Moreau Rec. Temperatures were perfect for lots of baseball, softball, frisbee, slide rides and lots of other fun, and we were once again very fortunate. The food each person brought was amazing, as usual. The variety of meals and desserts would make any TV food show envious! Thanks again to nearly 100 who were able to show up, despite many other activities going on in their lives.