Please Annotation YMCA schedule change: The YMCA class for August 23 will be held in the gym and the class for Baronial 25 is postponed to September vi, due to repair and refinishing work at the Y.
August Testing
More than xxx Stevens Taekwondo Academy students successfully tested for new belt levels Sun at the YMCA, including three for black chugalug levels.
Xi-year-old Arrington Polman earned his 3rd dan blackness belt as he demonstrated the taebek form, sparring, and kick combinations earlier snapping a board with a back spinning hook kick.
Sister Annika Polman, 14 years erstwhile, tested for second dan blackness belt equally she performed advanced kick combinations, sparring and a very sharp keumgang form. She will intermission at a future fourth dimension.
13 twelvemonth former Riley Drechsler moved into the black belts ranks as a
deputy black belt, post-obit her demonstration of v taegeuk forms, advanced kick combinations and sparring. She broke her board with a 360 roundhouse.
2 trophies for excellence in testing were awarded. Green belt Eric Hendrickson took first identify and high green belt Matthew Whitley earned second place.
The testing was judged by Grandmaster Dwight Stevens, and masters Marker Henkel, Neb Dragolovich and visiting master Dr. Matt Ford of Cincinnati.
Other News
Krazy Days Demo: This outdoors sit-in, led by Principal Kim B u e hler and Master Karrie Lane, on an extremely hot and humid mean solar day, included an abbreviated warm-up, combos, purse techniques, poomsae, sparring and board breaking. The participants were: Mandi Hoppa, Bridgette Williams, Kaitlyn Faulks, Bryant Hendrington, Ben Strojny, Annika Polman, Arrington Polman, and JP Bunn.
Healthy Heros Mini-Grade: Master Kim Buehler led mini-classes two days at the Central Wisconsin Children'due south Museums for their Salubrious Heroes week. Participants were: Lauren Shimalunas, Annika & Arrington Polman, Isaac Williams, Shelby Finnessy, and JP Bunn. Maste
r Buehler included a quick warm-upward, basic kicks, bag work, demonstration by red and black belts of more than advanced kicks on the focus paddle,. Tap-tap sparring finished off the class.
Cody Olski in Taekwondo Junior Olympics: Nine-yr-former Cody Olski was the only Wisconsin competitor the Taekwondo Junior Olympics (for 6 to 17 year olds) this summer. Olski, a blue belt educatee of Mr. Stephen Decker in Port Edwards, traveled to San Jose California to compete in sparring. On June 28, Cody's start lucifer went into sudden death overtime, with a loss simply xv seconds before the terminate of the match.
Showing indomitable spirit, Cody was non crushed by the defeat.
"When I first started, I didn't think I would make it this far," Cody said.
Later on the event, Cody was featured in a news slice on WAOW, Channel 9. He had qualified for the tourney at the Minnesota State Championships sponsored by Globe Taekwondo Academy.
Dr. Tom Lisack featured in Wausau Daily Herald : 2d dan Dr. Tom Lisack was featured in the Wausau Daily Herald on Baronial 5 In the interview, Lisack spoke of how he worked out in taekwondo during his work on his doctorate in English language education, finding it to exist a concrete test and good escape from that work. See the whole commodity past Jake Miller at:
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20110807/WDH04/108070341/Boomer-Q-Educator-follows-own-advice-sets-high-goals-himself
Senior Master John Henkel married: Many STA black belts were in attendance when John Henkel, son of senior masters Marker and Hilde Henke50, married Evelyn Williams in Minneapolis July 9. John's brother, senior chief Jim Henkel was the best human being. The bride is a black belt through the UW-Madison Academy Taekwondo Club. The reception was enhanced by the couple's performance of koryo and the opportunity to pause a lath as the trigger for the couple kissing. Black belts assisted in education and board holding for non-martial artists. The couple will live in Palatine IL, where John is an engineer in research and evolution for Motorola. Evelyn is completing her doctorate in botany this autumn.
Steve Decker now a Dad: Third dan black belt Stephen Decker took on a whole new role on August vii with the nascency of Timothy Stephen Decker, who weighed in at 8 lbs and 4 oz, and measured in at a whopping 22 inches long. Both Timothy and female parent Brooke are doing fine and attended the outset of testing to show us their family add-on.
Side by side Generation: The children of masters Justin and Kim Buehler and master Karrie and Jeff Lane also participated in the board breaking at the Henkel wedding. They bankrupt boards very credibly!
Source: http://stevenstkdnews.blogspot.com/2011/
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