Final Evolution Series Tournament - February 21st

Rising Son Taekwondo Championships
Saturday, February 21, 2015
DC Everest High School

Please sign up before Feburary 13th if you wish to compete in this tournament.  This is the third and final tournament in the Evolution Taekwondo series, and is sanctioned by the Wisconsin Taekwondo Association.

Tournament Packet

Central Wisc. TKD Championships

American Taekwondo & Fitness Students,

If you will be competing at the Central Wisconsin Taekwondo Championships, please register by November 27th.

An information packet can be downloaded here http://www.atf.nu/tournamentpacket-Dec.pdf

3rd Annual Central Wisconsin Taekwondo Championships

Presents: The Evolution Taekwondo Series Presents: 

SATURDAY DECEMBER 6th, 2014

PJ Jacobs Jr. High School, 2400 Main St, Stevens Point, WI 54481

No Saturday Hapkido Class on October 21st

Due to the Waupaca Taekwondo Championships taking place on October 21st, we will not be having our regularly scheduled Hapkido class.

Important Schedule Changes and Tournament Information

The following changes to the class schedule for Fall 2014 have taken affect.

Hapkido Classes Begin

• Saturday: September 13th-December 13th.  9:00am-10:15am

Sport Taekwondo Classes and Tournament Preparation

• Monday: September 22nd-October20th. 
• This class will be dedicated to competition free-sparring.  Curriculum will include increased conditioning, drills, and Olympic style matches.
• Wednesday: September 24th-October 22nd.  
• Class structure will remain the same, but will include extra time devoted to poomsae and free-sparring.  
• Saturday: September 27th-October 18th.  10:15am-10:45am. 
• Immediately following the Hapkido class, time will be devoted entirely to poomsae and board-breaking routines. 

Upcoming Promotion Tests

• October 3rd.  6:00pm
• December 5th.  6:00pm

Upcoming Tournaments

6th Annual Waupaca Taekwondo Championships

Saturday October 25th

Waupaca Middle School

Free-Sparring, Poomsae, & Board-Breaking

$55/2 events.  $10 each additional

Information Packet

Waupaca TKD Academy

Next promotion testing is Friday, August 1st.

Promotion testing for American Taekwondo & Fitness will be held Friday, August 1st at 6:00pm.

Toby Kinstler - Promoted to Black Belt

On April 4th, 2014, Toby Kinstler was promoted to 1st poom black belt after a very difficult testing.  At 13 years old and finishing his 8th grade year at Delong Middle School, Toby is currently the youngest black belt at American Taekwondo & Fitness.

The examination began with an oral presentation detailing the history of Taekwondo, his experiences in the martial art, and his plans for future goals.  The physical portion of the test was next, beginning with poomsae. Toby demonstrated the forms of Koryo, Taegeuk Pal Jang, and Taegeuk Oh Jang.  After poomsae, Toby endured three 2-minute rounds of free-sparring against three different black belt opponents.  Next portion of the test was self-defense.  Toby deflected multiple attackers using striking skills, ground fighting, joint locks, and throws.  After self-defense was board breaking.  Toby developed a breaking routine to highlight his taekwondo strengths.  Techniques in this routine included a drop punch, spinning backfist, jump-turning-backside kick, jumping-spin-hook, tornado roundhouse, flying-turning-backside kick, and a flying side kick.  The next breaks were determined the judges panel.  The first was a elbow strike through a cement paver, and the second was a dashing-sidekick through three boards.

The panel of examiners and black belt assistants for this test were GrandMaster Henk Boese, Master John McCrackin, Master Mike Fenske, Master Davin Ohms, Master Deverick Ohms, Drew Ohms, Dan Andersen, Jesse Scheuermann, and Morgan Andersen.

Toby Kinstler's Martial Arts Timeline

• 2009 - Began martial arts
• 2011 - Started classes at American TKD & Fitness
• 2012 - GM Ronald Suggs Hapkido Seminar - Eau Claire, WI
• 2012 - Competed at the Central WI TKD Champs - Stevens Point, WI
• 2013 - Day of Dance Demo - Chippewa Falls, WI
• 2013 - Exceptional Athletics Demo - Eau Claire, WI
• 2013 - Competed at the Central WI TKD Champs - Waupaca, WI
• 2014 - Evolution Circuit Free Sparring Seminar - Wausau, WI
• 2014 - Black Belt Test 

April TKD Testing

The next promotion test for American Taekwondo & Fitness will be Friday, April 4th at 6:00pm.

Wausau - Sparring Seminar/Scrimmage

On Saturday, March 8th Rising Son MMA hosted a sparring seminar in Wausau, WI.  Grandmaster Boese, Master McCrackin, Toby, Hayden, Henkster, Darin, and Antonio attended this event from American Taekwondo & Fitness.  Instructors and students from Waupaca TKD (Waupaca), N.E.W. Sport TKD (Green Bay), Five Rings Martial Arts (Stevens Point), Five Rings TKD (Wausau), and Rising Son MMA (Wausau) participated in conditioning drills, free-sparring drills, and 2 minute rounds of free sparring.  This was a great opportunity for the taekwondo athletes of Wisconsin to share their passion for the martial art.

Rising Son MMA
Five Rings MA
Five Rings TKD
Waupaca TKD
N.E.W. Sport TKD

Wisconsin State Taekwondo Championships

2014 USA-Taekwondo Wisconsin State Championship 

 Date: April 26, 2014
 Start: 8:00 AM
 Hosted By: Wisconsin Taekwondo Association
 Sanctioned by:  USA-Taekwondo

 Location: Middleton High School
 2100 Bristol St
 Middleton, WI 53562

An information packet for the tournament can be downloaded here http://www.atf.nu/2014WiscState.pdf

Morgan Andersen - ATF's Newest Black Belt

On Friday, December 6th, 2013 Morgan Andersen tested and was successfully promoted to 1st Poom black belt.  She is now the youngest black belt, and also the first female to achieve this rank from American Taekwondo & Fitness in Eau Claire, WI.

Morgan's exam began with an oral presentation detailing the history of taekwondo, her experiences and achievements in the martial art, and her future goals.  Following the presentation, Morgan demonstrated the poomsae of Koryo, Taegeuk Pal Jang, and Taegeuk Oh Jang.  Then she endured five rounds of free-sparring against five different black belt opponents.  Next was the self-defense portion of the test where she was required to protect herself from a host of black belts acting as assailants. Drawing from her experience from taekwondo, hapkido, and ground fighting Morgan defended herself with multiple strikes, joint locks, throws, and grappling techniques.  Board breaking was the final segment of the test.  Morgan's first break was a routine she devised that highlights her special abilities that require great flexibility, speed, and muscle control.  Over a dozen breaks were included, and most of them involved spinning, jumping, and flying kicks.  Demonstrating Morgan's power technique, she broke a cement brick with a heel stomp.  The grand finale involved a self-defense and board breaking routine - blindfolded.  Without her eyesight, Morgan needed to break free from several grabs and locks and finished with a spinning-heel break.

The panel of examiners for this black belt test were Grand Master Henk Boese, Masters John McCrackin, Mike Fenske, Davin Ohms, and Deverick Ohms.  Black belts assisting with the test were Mr. Skye Doering, Jesse Scheuermann, Dan Andersen, Mike McCrackin, and Toby Kinstler.

Morgan Andersen's Martial Arts Timeline:

• 2007. Began taekwondo at age 6.
• 2008/3. AAU National Qualifier. Forrest Lake, MN
• 2012/11. Central Wisc Championships. Stevens Point, WI
• 2012/12. AAU Judo Tournament. St Paul, MN
• 2013/3. Day of Dance Demo. Chippewa Falls, WI
• 2013/5. USAT Wisc State Championships. Middleton, WI
• 2013/7. USAT National Championships.  Chicago, IL
• 2013/10. Central Wisc Championships. Waupaca, WI
• 2013/11. Exceptional Athletics Demo. Eau Claire, WI
• 2013/12. Test for 1st Poom black belt.  Eau Claire, WI