Team Taekwondo

Family Fun, Fitness & Self Defence

 

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New training fees   Yearly insurances due Sat Jan 31st   Dec grading pic's  

$1000 cash draw winner   Cool pic's   New Dojang    2009 Calendar   Instructor updates  

Updated club policies - new dojang rules   January Newsletter   Term 1 Team Leaders   Team Tank Tops

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Club Policies

Please be aware that the club policies are there to help with the smooth running of a fast growing club.

Bearing that in mind there needs to be flexibility built into the system to accommodate changes and as yet unforeseen circumstances.

In other words, the club's policies may be added to, or changed, or exceptions made from time to time due to current circumstances.


Dojang Rules.

Hello parents and members. Please help your club out by abiding by the dojang rules.

  • Please keep the noise to a minimum when coming up and down the stairs to and from training.
  • All offices upstairs (adjacent to the dojang) are strictly out of bounds.
  • The upstairs toilets are also out of bounds - please use the main toilets downstairs adjacent to the squash courts.
  • The "Kids Space" area in the dojang is only to be used when waiting for another family member who is currently training. It is not to be used by members between classes. No food or drink is to be taken into this area. Please tidy up after yourself or your children when finished.

Thank You


 Black Belt Card

Black Belt cards are here, exclusive to Team Taekwondo. Each member will receive their own Black Belt card with a hole punched along the bottom edge according to your grading level. Each time you grade another hole will be punched.

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 Black Belt - Gold Card

 

Once you become a Black Belt you will receive a Gold Card. Holders of a Gold Card will receive financial benefits in the way of great club discounts.

 

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Instructorship Programme

Definitions are as follows

Instructor requirements:

  • Must take their own regular class
  • Must be 18+ years of age
  • Must be at least 1st Dan black belt
  • Must hold a Blue Card
  • Must hold a First Aid certificate

 Assistant instructor requirements:

  • Must be 16+ years of age
  • Must be Red Belt +
  • Must hold a Blue Card (if over 18)

Junior aassistant instructor requirements:

  • Must be 12+ years of age
  • Must be Red Belt +
  • Must hold a Blue Card (if over 18)

Guest helpers:

  • Can assist in Little Ninja class only
  • Must be Yellow Belt +
  • Must hold a Blue Card (if over 18)

Team Leaders:

  • An introduction to developing leadership skills.
  • May be asked to take on small leadership roles within their own class

All potential assistant/instructors will undergo a trial period before being officially appointed.


Dress Code

General and Poomse Classes:

Full dobok with badges (Team badge and Tkd Australia badge) sewn on. Alternatively during the warmer months you may wear a white shirt or an official Team Shirt. Dobok pants and belt are still required.

Only white collared doboks are to be worn by white or coloured belts. Black collared doboks are to be worn by black belts only - black belt doboks, including assistant instructors doboks, can be any Taekwondo brand or style except for the official Kwon instructor doboks.

The official Kwon Instructor doboks can only be worn by instructors. 

Sparring 101 and Dragon's Classes:

Although you are welcome to wear your full dobok or part there of, it is not a requirement. In other words - wear whatever you please.

Friday Dragon's Matchplay:

Full dobok including protective gear.

Vests:

Official Team Vests can be worn anytime except during gradings.

Grading:

The appropriate full dobok with badges sewn on must be worn for gradings. If you need to wear a top underneath your dobok it must be white.


Fundraising

 Please note: All funds raised are held in the Team Taekwondo Fundraising account. Cheques from this account need to be signed by both David Vernon and the treasurer. All money raised comes back to the members. In no way does Fat Frog Pty. Ltd. Trading as Team Taekwondo profit from any funds raised. The books are open and processes transparent. Any member is welcome to see the fundraising books at any time by contacting Leisa Brown.

The positions held this year are:

Treasurer : Leisa Brown   

Chairperson : David Vernon      

Committee Members : This is a dynamic group of volunteers that changes over time. Everyone is welcome to attend the Social Committee meetings to volunteer their time, knowledge or suggestions. Contact David Vernon for meeting details.


 Sparring and Competition

Sparring 101:

Anyone can attend (except  Little Ninjas)

There is no obligation for frequency of training, if at all, in other words, just come and go as you please.

There is one strict rule – you need to be at training on time (10.45 Sat) so we can all be shielded and padded up, ready to go at 11am. If you are running late, please do not attend this class.

 

Dragon’s Sparring:

This is a high performance training session. Only selected members may attend.

Dragons must attend their general belt specific training sessions at least once a week to be eligible for Dragons Sparring Classes.

Dragon's will receive a "Team Dragons" badge to be sewn onto their dobok once they have competed at a tournament.

The strict start time also applies.

Only members from the Dragon’s Sparring Team can be selected to participate in a sparring tournament.

Dragons Sparring Attendance - Juniors

 The very nature of our sport requires us to be extremely fit, skilled and confident. The sparring attendance requirement is designed to ensure that you or your child can perform to the level required to be competitive at tournaments.

 Dragon’s sparring competitors are required to attend at least ¾’s of the Wednesday training sessions if they wish to compete at any given tournament.

 Friday night Dragon's Matchplay:

Only  Sparring Dragon's may attend.


Dragon’s Poomse

The Poomse classes are for members who either wish to compete at a tournament or wish to gain advancement for their grading. Attendance is optional and the class is open to all members except Little Ninjas.

Only people attending this class may compete at tournaments although exceptions can be made in exceptional circumstances ie: If it is impossible for you to make the class and you have a high enough skill level to compete. 

Eligibility to participate at tournaments is not an automatic process. You must be selected by the Poomse instructor in order to compete.

Dragon's will receive a "Team Dragons" badge to be sewn onto their dobok once they have competed at a tournament.


 Refer a friend program

Team Taekwondo appreciates new members being introduced to the club by their friends and we are happy to award the referrer with a free Team Cap.

The refer a friend "free cap" programme does not include immediate family members such as mums, dads, life partners, brothers or sisters, although we will recognise family members such as cousins, uncles, aunties, nieces' and nephews.

 $1000 Cash Give-Away (in conjunction with Refer a Friend)

$1000 cash will be given away at the Trophy Presentation / End of Year Function in November to one lucky Team Taekwondo Member.

For every Team Member that refers a friend to the club, a ticket will be allocated in their name to go into the draw for $1000 cash.

Conditions Apply:

The member that has been referred must join Team Taekwondo (excludes casual memberships)

The "refer a friend programme" does not include immediate family members such as mums, dads, life partners, brothers or sisters, although we will recognise family members such as cousins, uncles, aunties, nieces' and nephews.


Grading Eligibility

Each term, Team Taekwondo conducts gradings where by members can advance to the next belt level.

To be eligible to grade members must first collect all of their relevant coloured stripes pertaining to the skills they have acquired over the term.

Prior to the grading, the grading advice will be handed out to all members (except Little Ninjas). This grading advice must be followed correctly including handing in all relevant and completed material, along with the payment, by the due date. No grading applications can be accepted after the due date.

Applicants will be tested on the verbal terminology at the time of handing in their completed grading application. The written terminology requirements need not be completed for applicants 6 years and under.

Not everyone will be ready to grade at every grading - some people can attend training more often than others and that’s just a fact of life, so please remember (members and parents) there’s always the next grading. 

If you were to attend training at least twice a week, every week, you would probably grade at every grading and achieve your black belt within 3 years. Most people take a lot longer than that, so missing a grading here or there is no big deal. As long as we don’t quit, we will all achieve our black belt in our own time.

 

Little Ninjas:

Little Ninjas, although having stripes awarded to them during the term, do not grade. When a Little Ninja consistently shows a maturity for grading throughout the term, they will be offered a position in the white belt junior class and grade from that class.

Double Grading:

All members, junior and senior (except Little Ninjas) are eligible to double grade at any time up to red belt. Members cannot double grade from red belt onwards and there are no triple gradings what so ever.

If you are contemplating a double grading please consider; you must attend training often and consistently, you must develop a high skill level and you must be fit and well prepared.

All double grading applicants must be cleared to do so by the Branch Instructor.

Missing Gradings:

If you find that you have prepared well for a grading but are unable to attend the grading on the day, due to injury, prior commitments, or whatever the reason, unfortunately you will not be promoted for that term but you may double grade at the following grading providing you meet the criteria.

If you had planned to double grade and could not attend the grading, you are still only permitted to double grade at the following grading. Triple gradings are not permissible under any circumstances.

Grading Schedule:

Gradings are held 4 times a year and are all three months apart, except from Red 3 stripe to Black which is 6 months between. 

Team Taekwondo Gradings are held on the first Sunday of the public school holidays each term, with the exception of the December grading which will change each year depending on how the calendar falls in relation to Christmas day.

 


Membership suspension or cancellation

Membership suspension for members on direct debit need to be in writing. The minimum suspension period is one month and the maximum is 3 months. Suspension periods are from the 1st of each month. Minimum contract periods still apply.

Cancelling memberships on direct debit need to be in writing. The minimum contract periods still apply.

Membership suspension for members not on direct debit can be organized verbally. Suspension periods are a minimum of one month and a maximum of 3 months. Suspension periods are from the 1st of each month.

No action needs to be taken for members canceling memberships not on direct debit.

*Please note that the training fees, regardless of the type, are calculated over a 12 month period and take into account the times when Team Taekwondo are not in operation, such as Christmas holidays.