TKD Association of New Brusnwick

	Junior Nationals & Senior Olympic Trials (Jan. 18, 2012) Congratulations goes out to our Junior and Senior Natioanl team who fought hard and represented NB well at the 2012 National Games and Team Trials in Vancouver, BC this past weekend. Congratulations goes out to out medalist. Carole-Anne Bouchard - Junior Female A - Gold Medal Emmanuelle Boudreau - Junior Female A - Gold Medal Lauren Bower - Junior Female A - Bronze Medal Alex Ouellette - Junior Male A - Bronze Medal Natalie Fleming - Junior Female B - Bronze Medal Reggie Lawrence - Senior Div 4 - Bronze Medal All the athletes competed hard and TKDNB is proud of the results from all athletes and coaches.
	Happy Holidays (Dec. 21, 2011) TKDNB would like to wish all of our members a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In the new year, TKDNB is looking foward to bringing you plenty of seminars and tournaments. We have plans for a coaching seminar, poomse seminar and athlete training seminar come 2012. We are also in the process of getting the schedule for the training center for 2012. Once more information comes available, please check back to the site for the details. From all of the staff and executive of TKDNB we wish you and you family a happy and safe holiday.
	Lottery Draw Winner (Dec. 21, 2011) TKDNB had a fundraising campaign for the past year and a half that was for a new Ford Fiesta. Unfortunately, there wer not enough tickets sold for the car to be won; therefore, it then became a 50/50 draw. The winner of $1,825 was Will Palmer of Saint John, NB. We would like to congradulate Will on the winning ticket and thank all those who purchased a ticket in support of our Junior National Team.
	Provincial Weekend Wrap Up (Nov. 14, 2011) TKDNB would like to thank all participants for coming out to compete at the provincial games. This was the first year the event included color belts and was great to see a good turn out. The competition ran smoothly with a few bumps at the beginning to get started, but all in all a very successful event. TKDNB would also like to thank all those that came out to enjoy the banquet held at the Ramada Crystal Palace Saturday evening. This was the 2nd awards banquet held by TKDNB. The support for this event was great and we look forward to the next one in 2012. Congratulations are in order for the recipients of the awards handed out during the banquet. The winners of each award were as follows: Senior Male Athlete of the Year - Justin Scott - JD Taekwondo Senior Female Athlete of the Year - Kayla LeBlanc - JD Taekwondo Junior Male Athlete of the Year - Zacharie Godin - Quispamsis Taekwondo Junior Female Athlete of the Year - Emmanuelle Boudreau - Patrick Soucy Taekwondo Coach of the Year - Master Patrick Soucy - Patrick Soucy Taekwondo Instructor of the Year - Master Jeff Pollock - Master Pollock's Taekwondo Member of the Year - Master Damon Goodwin - Quispamsis Taekwondo/Chung Institute of Taekwondo Builder - Doreen Flemming (Moncton) and Sherri Fournier (Saint John) There were also 2 Life Time Achievement Awards handed out at this banquet. These awards were presented to recognize two members of TKD that have gone above and beyond to dedicate themselves to teaching Taekwondo in NB for over 25 years. These awards were givent to Grand Master Won Kap Chung and Master Norbert Roy. The dedication and committment that these two individuals have given to Taekwondo over the past 25 years have given NB the solid foundation it has today in the sport/martial art. These two individuals are two people that were the cornerstones to bringing Taekwondo to NB. We thank them for their dedication and continued involvement within our Provincial community. The weekend wrapped up for TKDNB Annual General Meeting. This was a very successful meeting having almost 85% of the schools in attendence for NB. This was an election year for all positions with TKDNB. The following people were elected in: Executive President - Master Allie Vaughan Vice - President - Master Jamie Delisle Secretary/Treasurer - Master Allan Morris, CGA Training Center Directors Training Center Director - Master Jeff Pollock Coaching Director - Master Patrick Soucy Poomse Director - Master Damon Goodwin Referee Director - Jason Davidson Regional Directors Fundy - Sean Whelpley South East - Tina Lessard Capital - Vacant (No representation from this region) North - Pascal Therbge Directors at Large Master Sam Johnston Alex Bland TKDNB would like to thank all those that were in attenedence to all the events this weekend and look forward to seeing everyone again next year. Tentatively the provincial weekend will be held in Saint John next year on the 3rd and 4th of November. This is solely based on availability. The venue for this event is yet to be determined.
	Award Nominations (Sept 28, 2011) TKDNB 2nd Annual Awards banquet is being held November 12, 2011 from 6PM until 1Am. At this event TKDNB would like to recognize those members achievements for the past year in each category. TKDNB is looking for nominations for each of the following categories: - Senior Male Athlete of the Year (Male athlete that best represented NB in the past year) - Senior Female Athlete of the Year (Female athlete that best represented NB in the past year) - Junior Male Athlete of the Year (Jr. Male that best represented NB in the past year) - Junior Female Athlete of the Year (Jr. Female that best represents NB in the past year) - Coach of the Year (Coach that best represented NB athletes in the past year) - Instructor of the Year (The instructor that best provided for the students in TKD last year) - School of the Year (The 1 TKDNB school that has dedicated itself to the improvement of TKD in NB) - Member of the Year (The indiviudal member that went above any beyond all else to contribute to TKD in NB) - Builder Award (A non member of TKD that has helped promote and contribute to the growth of TKD in NB) We are looking for nominations in each category. Click here if you wish to nominate and member(s). Please specify which category you are nomination each person(s) in.
	Provincial Games & Awards Banquet (Sept 28, 2011) TKDNB will be hosting the provincial games in Moncton on November 12, 2011. The event will be for both color belt and black belt participants this year. The competition will include individual poomse and single elimination sparring for all divisions. This is a pre-registration event only and no registration will be accepted at the door. Cost of registration will be $50/person for 1 or 2 events. Black belt junior A and Senior will be using the True Score electronic system. Socks are avaiable for purchase at the event for $65 a pair. Location for the event is to be determined. Please check back to the website for any updates on this event. Each registrants will receive 1 ticket to the Awards Banquet to be held that evenign from 6PM until 1 AM at the Ramada Crystal Palace. For additional tickets please contact Glenn Hale. Tickets are $20/person.
	April Training Day (Mar. 30, 2011) The training day scheduled for April 23, 2011 at the training center is cancelled due to the busy competition schedule and the long easter weekend. The next training day at the provincial training center will be the 21st of May, 2011 at 12:30.
	Sr. & Jr. National Results (Feb 3, 2011) The Canadian Senior and Junior Nationals were held last week in Winnipeg Manitoba and Team New Brunswick represented our province very well. There was strong competition throughout the entire event and TKDNB would like to congratulate those athletes that competed for NB at this event. The following were the results for our NB athletes: Emmanuelle Boudreau - Silver Female Jr. A Heavy weight Jillian Breau - Bronze Female Jr. B Light Weight Jacob Savoie - Bronze Male Jr. B Light Weight Kayla LeBlanc - Bronze Female Jr. A Light Middle Weight Natalie Flemming - Bronze Female Jr. B Feather Weight Jenson Hoeg - Bronze Male Jr. B Light Middle Weight Jordan Myles - Gold Female Jr. C Light Middle Weight Ashlyn Arnold - Gold Female Jr. C Light Heavy Weight Reggie Lawrence - Silver Male Senior Heavy Weight Also a congratulations goes to our Referee Director Allan Morris for being awarded 1st Honours Best Referee for the event. Congratulation to all our athletes, coaches, staff and referees for the excellent representation of NB at these National games.
	Shin Lim & Ivett Gonda Seminar (Oct. 17, 2010) TKDNB would like to thank Master Lim and Miss Gonda for taking the time to come to NB and share some of thier knowledge with our members. There was a great turn out for this event and it was great to see the range of support from various parts of NB. Members working together in training and learning will help this province grow and become stronger. If you were unable to attend this event, please keep posted to this website and talk to your instructors as there are possbily more seminars coming up in the future from other great coaches, coaches and referees both in our province and out of our province.
	National Poomse Seminar (Sept. 29, 2010) TKDNB would like to extend a sincere thank you to Grand Master Won Kap Chung and Grand Master Jay Park for putting on a very successful Poomse seminar this past weekend. There was an excellent turn out for this event from numerous schools from around our province. The feedback from this seminar was nothing but positive. All participants thoroughly enjoyed their time at the event and took back plenty of knowledge to share with others. The completion of this seminar will help TKDNB standardize poomse within the province and increase the level of competition. As well, we now have several new black belts that are certified to judge poomse in accordance to the WTF Standardized Rules. This new format of judging will be used at the upcoming TKDNB Provincial Games. We want to increase the level of competition with poomse and we hope this new format will promote that. The new judges will help standardize the way poomse is judged and increase the fairness of competition. All those wishing to participate in individual poomse, pairs and/or team are encouraged to sign up and compete under the same format used at the National events. Again a great deal of thanks to Master Chung and Park for the time and effort they put in to help our province grow.
	Awards Banquet and Social Event TKDNB is proud to announce the 1st Annual Awards Banquet and Social. This event will be hosted on the evening of November 13th, 2010. This event will be after the days events for the Black Belt provincial games. We would like to extend an invitation to all our members, friends, parents and volunteers. Tickets are being sold for $40 to attend the diner and social. If you only wish to attend the social tickets are only $10 each. Awards to be given out are as follows: - Senior Male Athlete of the year - Senior Female Athlete of the year - Junior Male Athlete of the year - Junior Female Athlete of the year - Coach of the year - Instructor of the year - School of the year - Builder We are looking for nominations for each of these categories. Click here if you wish to send a nomination for anyone.
	Poomse Seminar TKDNB is hosting a Poomse seminar on the 25th and 26th of September, 2010 in Moncton. This seminar goes through all the taeguek forms and black belt forms in detail. You will also learn how to properly judge poomse during competition. Given a passing grade on the judging you will obtain a certificate for you efforts. This will be the second seminar hosted by TKDNB and we encourage all to attend. Click here for more information.
	TKDNB Documents now in French TKDNB is pleased to announce that they have taken a step forward in becoming a bilingual organization. TKDNB has translated all relevant documents in to French. We are continuing to provide our French speaking members more information in French so that they are also kept abreast of what is goin on with TKDNB. New documents will be soon uploaded to the website under the About Us tab and sent out in the mail to all school head instructors. Many thanks goes to the government of NB for assisting in this process and assisting with part of the funding to perform this task.
	Government Funding 2010-11 TKDNB is please to announce that we have received $19,700 in funding from the Sport and Recreation and Wellness department of the provincial govenemnt. This comes after many years of hard work in improving our administration, governance and operations within this Assocaition. We would like to extend a great appreciation to the government for recognizing TKDNB hard work and providing us with sufficient funding to provide our members with numerous opportunities to progress in Tae Kwon Do.
	Announcing the new TKDNB training center Taekwondo NB Inc. is please to announce the opening of the new Provincial training center located at the St. Patrick's Family Center in Moncton, NB. This center is available to us once a month and will be used solely to provide the membership the opportunities to learn more, have fun, and come together with other schools. The center offers training and courses in coaching, athlete training for competition, recreation training for non competitors, poomse development and training, and referee certification and courses. We want to welcome all members to participate at the center. For more information on scheduled dates, scheduled events, courses and times, please see the events page. If you have any further inquireies please see the contact page to talk to someone directly. We look forward to seeing everyone there. What is Tae Kwon Do? TaeKwon Do is an unarmed self defense which originated in Korea. Tae means to kick, strike or block with the foot. Kwon means to punch, strike or block with the hands. Do means the way, art or technique. TaeKwon Do uses hand techniques of Karate and Kung Fu and foot techniques of ancient Korean Taek Kyon. Benefits of TaeKwon Discipline - We enforce good rules of behaviour inclass. Channel Aggression - Gives children a positive outlet for all their energy. Assertiveness - We teach confidence building drills in class. Self Defense - Practical, proven self defense method that could save your life. Fun! - We make the class fun and students learn much faster Self Esteem - When kids earn their belts, it gives them a sense of accomplishment that really improves the way they feel about themselves. What DoYou Learn in TaeKwon Do? Students will learn discipline, improved body coordination and strengthening of muscles. They will also learn the "can do" thinking that will build self esteem and confidence. They will make good friends and have fun. It is much more than self defense. Courtesy Integrity Perseverance Self Control Indomitable Spirit Who Can Learn TaeKwon Do? Anyone can learn TaeKwon Do, from children to seniors. Children should be 4 years or older to participate with parents. You don't need to be physically fit to take TaeKwon Do. Students progress at their own pace.