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New York Open Tournament Results

Craig — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:24:45 +0000

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.

CaRMAA Tournament results

Craig — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:40:20 +0000

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.

Annual TKD Picnic

Craig — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:09:35 +0000

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.

White Belt and color belt tests

Craig — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:00:35 +0000

On Saturday, August 13th, we were privileged to test and promote twenty-five white belts to the rank of yellow. It isn’t often a school can put that many white belts, children through adult, on the floor at the same time and have them perform their pattern together nearly flawlessly. They did a tremendous job with basics, vocabulary and board breaking as well. Thanks to all of our fine instructors who did such a great job helping them achieve their first color belt ranking.

In a second test, twenty- seven color belts tested and achieved their new rankings ranging from yellow I to red II. It never ceases to amaze us how much material our students can retain and perform on command. They each did a fantastic job on forms, basics, kicks, self-defense, step-sparring, bo-staff work, patterns, stick, knife and gun defenses, hap ki do and breaking as well as vocabulary and history. Again, all kudos to our super staff of thirty black belts instructors and all those who help, lead, teach and share information to help others reach their goals.

Northeast Open Results

Craig — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:20:03 +0000

Congratulations to twenty-four Glens Falls Tae Kwon Do students who participated in the fifth annual Northeast Open Tournament in Albany on July 9th. The night before, a Gala was held celebrating the fifth anniversary of the event. One hundred and fifty participated in a semi-formal sit-down dinner followed by a spectacular demonstration of kicking, weapons and breaking by world record holders. It was an exciting, fun evening for all who attended. On Saturday, well over two hundred participants competed in as many as ten events each in such categories as forms, sparring, weapons and breaking. Our students were very successful, garnering more than forty trophies and medals among them. This event has grown each year, and has become one of the most popular local events ever. Let’s try to bring fifty or more students next year. It’s close, and very well run. Great job, everyone!

Booster Club Meeting Notes – January 2011

GFTKD — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:28:59 +0000

January 14, 2011

Meeting came to order at 6:30PM

The Glens Falls Tae Kwon Do Booster Club meeting was held on Friday, January 14, at 6:30 PM. In attendance were Helen Graves, Anne Towne, Julie White, Shannon Beard, Christina DiManno, Tamsin MacDonald, Rachael Cutter, Melissa Dunbar, and Vanessa Lemery.

During the meeting we discussed the following:

The beneficiary for the 2011 Board Break is the World Awareness Children’s Museum in Glens Falls. The date of the Board Break has been changed to May 14, 2011.

Fundraisers:

Fun Spot – Sunday, February 13, 2011 from 5:30PM-7:30PM. The snack bar will be open. The Booster Club will receive half of the proceeds from admission and the snack bar. In preparation for this event, we will be selling hearts at the Dojang that can be colored, and have sayings written on them. These will be hung on the mirror in the Dojang until February 13. Your heart can be read at the Fun Spot if you wish.
Applebee’s Breakfast – Sunday, March 27, 2011 from 8AM-10AM. Tickets are $5 each.
Garage Sale – Our annual garage sale will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011. We will set up at 7AM, and cleanup at 2PM. Please bring all items priced. NO CLOTHING.
Game Night – Date to be decided upon. Cost $10 for first child per family, and $5 for each consecutive child.
Car Wash – May 7, 2011

Upcoming Dates:

2011 Board Break – May 14, 2011
GFTKD Picnic – Sunday, August 14, 2011
GFTKD Christmas Party – Reynolds Road Fire House – Saturday, December 3, 2011, 5:30PM-8:30PM

The meeting ended at 8:00PM. The next meeting will be held on Friday, February 11, 2011 at 7PM.

Break-a-thon 2010

GFTKD — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:53:31 +0000

The GFTKD annual Charity Board Break-a-thon will be held Saturday, May 22 from Noon-2 PM to benefit Amanda’s House of Glens Falls.

Come and support the students’ efforts to raise funds for a worthy cause.

GFTKD will be holding the following fund-raising events leading up to the Break-a-thon:

Game Night @ GFTKD 4/23/2010, 6-8 PM
Car Wash @ First Baptist Church (across from GFTKD) 5/1/2010
Garage Sale @ GFTKD 5/15/2010

Summer Program

GFTKD — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:58:07 +0000

The Summer Program begins on Monday, July 5th, 2010. NEW STUDENTS will receive 6 weeks of instruction and a uniform for $50.00! Stop by the office to sign up!