American Taekwondo & Fitness

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

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.

Monday, September 22, 2014

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

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Next promotion testing is Friday, August 1st.

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

Sunday, May 4, 2014

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