Journey Tae Kwon Do

Junior Grand Master Good, Master Don Ross and Mr. Huong Tran will be coming out. Look at the schedule and take advantage of the time slot that has been allocated for you. Opportunities like this do not come along very often, so please make sure you come!

Friday Night, 12/14
6 – 8pm – High Belt Class (Green and up, including all blacks)
8 – 9pm – Black Belt Meeting (Blacks and high reds)

Saturday, 12/15
9 – 10am – Low Belt Class (White, Yellow, Orange and all instructors)
10:30 – Noon – Color Belt Test
Noon – 1pm – Lunch
1pm – 3pm – Black Belt class (and high red)
3pm – 5pm – By Invite Only

COST – $5 each, White – Low Red
$10 each for High Red and Black.

Please come prepared to learn from these very experienced instructors.

Information for 2012 Taekwondo Tournament

DATES: Friday, November 9^th to Sunday, November 11^th

EVENT LOCATION: Grand Rapids Community College,

Ford Fieldhouse
111 Lyon Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

HOTEL LOCATION: BEST WESTERN

Hospitality Hotel & Suites
5500 28th St SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
616-949-8400
TRAVEL:  This year there are many cars going, so an organized caravan is not going to happen.

Those riding in the church van will be leaving the church parking lot at 5am Friday morning.  We will be traveling through the US and need to get there in time for the BB testing.  If you need travel assistance, see Mr. Gartland.  There may be cars going that have open spaces.
COST:   The cost will vary depending on a number of variables.

Tournament Fee: $50.00.  This is for every single competitor.  Make sure you get your tournament fees to me ASAP.

Hotel Fee: $69.00/night.  If you are participating in the tournament, your hotel fees are covered.  If you are not participating, but are attending, please get $40/person to Mr. Gartland.  Checks payable to Journey Christian Church are fine.

Food:  The hotel supplies a nice continental breakfast, so the meals you will need to pay for include:  Saturday Lunch (at the tournament), Saturday Dinner (At Culver’s), Sunday Lunch (at McD’s).  For a normal eater, figure $35 – $40 each.  We will not be stopping for lunch on the way there, so make sure you pack a bag lunch to eat on the way (these general guidelines can change depending on your driver’s decision).  I will be supplying Pizza for the AFTER BLACK BELT CEREMONY mini party we’ll have at the hotel Friday night.

 Gas:  Gas costs are negotiable based on the driver.  If you are riding in the church van, expect to pay $20/person for gas.  Please ask your driver what they expect you to pay.
 
EQUIPMENT:

White/Yellow/Orange: please bring/borrow elbow and shin pads

Green and up: please bring WHITE helmet, mouthguard, chestguard, elbow/shin pads and cup (for guys)

ALL Color Belts: Full uniform required (pants, top, belt)

Black Belts: (Testers) Full color belt uniform and red belt for Friday night, full Black Belt uniform for Saturday.

MISC.

Bring a bag lunch for Friday.  We are not stopping to purchase lunch on the way there.

Plan on having a good time and being an example as my students, students of Junior Grand Master Good,

Grand Master Tae Zee Park and representatives of Journey Christian Church.  Inappropriate behavior, speech, actions or disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated.

Bring whatever electronics you want.  It’s a 9-hour ride one way (at least), so bring whatever you need to pass the time.  Nintendo game systems, iPod/MP3 players, cameras, phones (for texting between cars), etc.  Whatever you bring is your responsibility.

THERE IS NO PLACE TO SECURE YOUR BELONGINGS AT THE TOURNAMENT.  While we will have many, many people there that are not participating, you cannot trust that they will be watching our stuff all the time.  If you plan on bringing electronics (cameras, etc) to the actual tournament, please make sure you have an adult hold them when you are participating in the event.

SCHEDULE:

Friday,

4:30am – Meet at church
5am – Leave for Michigan
10am – Lunch somewhere along the way
2pm’ish – Arrive at hotel
4:30pm – Arrive at GRCC Ford Field House for Black Belt Test
7:30pm – Pizza at the Hotel
9:00pm – Devotions at Hotel
11pm – Lights out

Saturday,

7:30am – Leave for GRCC Ford Field House
8am to 9am – Registration and pre-registration check-in.
9:30am – Start tournament
12pm to 1pm – Lunch
1pm – Resume Color Belt / Black Belt Tournament
6pm – Finish ( Approx. ) and back to hotel
7:30pm – Dinner at Culver’s
9pm – Devotions at Hotel
11pm – Lights out

Sunday,

6:30am – Everyone meets to load vehicles
7am – Leave for NY
Noon – Lunch somewhere along the way
5pm – Arrive at Journey Christian Church

Come join us for a Halloween Open House Party on Sunday, October 28 from 6pm to 8:30pm.

This event is for TKDers and their families! Please bring a dessert, a favorite food or a bag of your favorite Halloween candy! There will be games, food and friends. What could be better! Please RSVP as soon as possible.

If you are not at TKD student, please come and see what it’s all about.  We’d love to meet you and show you around!

3955 Mt. Read Blvd.

Enter by the stairs on the South (Vintage Road) side.

On October 13, 2012 four of our very own will be traveling to Michigan to test for 1st Dan.

Stacey Sarmiento
Willow Smith
Samara Smith
Tim Keenan

Updates will be coming soon on how they did!

The next color belt test is 9/22.

Time of the test is 1:30pm.
Black belts should arrive at 12:45, all others at 1pm.  Test will start promptly at 1:30

Please make sure you have:
Full Uniform
All appropriate sparring gear
Money for boards ($4 each)

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Gartland or Miss O’Grady

The new 2012 Journey TKD T-Shirts are here.

If you have not ordered yours, we have plenty of the most common sizes left.

$15 snags you one of these space-age, sweat-wicking, Traffic-stopping yellow T-shirts!

June 23 is the date for the next color belt test.

Black Belts, arrive at 9:15am
Color Belts, arrive at 9:30am

Test starts promptly at 10am.

Green and up, please make sure you have all appropriate sparring gear.
Boards will be available at $4 each.

If you have any questions see me, Mr. Gartland or Miss O’Grady.

On April 15th, two of our very own will be driving to Hillsdale, MI for black belt testing.  Jackie O’Grady will be testing for 1st Dan and Mr. Gregory Gartland will be testing for 3rd Dan.  Encourage them if you see them!

On Friday night, March 30th there will be a 3 hour high belt class starring Mr. Anthony Kim and Mr. Dan Duba from Michigan.  If you are green belt or higher, please plan on attending.  Class time is 6pm to 9pm.  Bring all sparring gear and plenty of water.

On Saturday, March 31st from 10am to 4pm there will be two separate classes.  The first class (from 10am to 1pm) will be for red and blacks ONLY.  It will focus on tournament team building.  If we are to build a tournament team at Journey TKD, we need to know how it’s being done in Michigan.  Mr. Dan Duba will be going through severe conditioning, stepping, sparring techniques, defense and nutrition.  This class will be the most intense class you have ever attended.

The second class will run after lunch, from 2 – 4pm and will be a self defense class.  Any rank is invited to this class.

If you have any questions, see Mr. Gartland or Miss O’Grady in class.

Our next color belt test is Saturday, March 17th

The test starts promptly at 11:00am.
Black belts please arrive at 10:15
Participants are expected at 10:30

This test will be judged by Junior Grand Master Mark Good in person.  It will be his last trip to NY before he moves to China, so you won’t want to miss it.

Please make sure you wear full uniform.

Green and up, please make sure you have pads, armor, headgear and appropriate groin protection.  Boards for breaking can be purchased the day of the test for $4/board.

If you have any questions, please see Mr. Gartland or Miss O’Grady