August 2013 Testing

On Friday, August 2nd American Taekwondo & Fitness held promotion testing for several advanced ranked belts.  Morgan Andersen successfully attained the rank of deputy black belt, and Toby Kinstler achieved the rank of senior red belt.  

Both martial artists were tested on the required material of poomse, free-sparring, self-defense, slow-motion kicking, and board breaking.  Morgan Andersen performed several board breaks consisting of a flying-spin-heel kick, back fist, and also the routine used at the TKD Nationals in Chicago.  Toby Kinstler broke his boards using a flying-turn-backside kick, and an elbow strike.  

Testing was presided over by Masters Henk Boese and John McCrackin.  Assisting with the test was Master Deverick Ohms, Master Davin Ohms, Drew Ohms, and Dan Andersen.  

After the test, the group met at Mr. Dan Andersen's house for a bonfire, pizza and drinks.  

Thank to Ohms Bros. photography for taking the pictures!

Banbury Art Crawl - February 8th & 9th

The Banbury Art Crawl  is back again.  Last year 5,000 people roamed the halls of our building between Friday and Saturday, and many of them stopped to watch our class.  It would be nice to have a large group from the ATF attending, so please plan on attending as many of the classes between Friday and Saturday.  

Click the links for more info:
http://www.banburyartcrawl.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Banbury-Art-Crawl/172368509465823

ATF Schedule:

• Friday, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Taekwondo
• Saturday, 9:00am-10:15am, Hapkido
• Saturday, 10:30am-11:45am, Taekwondo
• Noon - Pizza Party

2012 Hapkido Seminar a Big Success

On Saturday, October 6th American Taekwondo & Fitness hosted a Hapkido Seminar with special guest GrandMaster Ronald Suggs from Swiss Home, Oregon.  GM Suggs has been a good friend to ATF for years, and this was his 3rd visit to Eau Claire.  Some of his accolades in martial arts include a 9th Dan in Hapkido, founder of the United Hapkido Federation, 9th Dan Taekwondo Jidokwan, and 8th Dan Kukkiwon Taekwondo.

We appreciate his time spent with us and expertise.  There were 14 people in attendance for the event, and it was a gratifying experience for everyone.  The seminar began at 9:00am with warm-ups, and basic kicking techniques.  Over the next 4 hours students practiced joint locks, takedowns, striking, and ground fighting. The day concluded with lunch at Pizza Plus.

For more information, visit these links:

United Hapkido Federation

United Hapkido Fedaration Facebook

Art Crawl at the Banbury Place

The Art Crawl is coming back to the Banbury Place this weekend (Feb 11 - 12).

Visitors will be wandering the halls of Building 13 from 9:00am - 3:00pm, and perhaps stopping to watch the morning Taekwondo class.

For more info, check these websites
http://volumeone.org/articles/article/2037/Banbury_Art_Crawl_Returns
http://www.banburyartcrawl.com/

Kicking in the New Year With Taekwondo Testing

On January 7th, 2011, American Taekwondo & Fitness featured promotion testing for a small, but determined group of martial artists.  The applicants consisted of one yellow belt testing to green stripe, and several green belts testing to blue stripe.  The testers were graded on their performance of selected Taegeuk form patterns, self-defense/one-step sparring, free-sparring, kicking techniques, and board breaking.  The testing was presided over by Master Henk Boese & Master John McCrackin with the assistance of black belts Mr. Deverick Ohms, Mr. Drew Ohms, and Mr. Dan Andersen.  Following the test, the group met at Sammy's Pizza Palace and Pub.

On November 5th, 2010, Mr. Dan Andersen successfully tested and was promoted to 2nd Dan Black Belt.  He survived 2 hours of testing and was graded on all Taegeuk form patterns including Koryo and Keumgang.  Several rounds of free sparring, one-minute kicking, and slow-motion kicking were next.  Then the self-defense portion which consisted of one-step freestyle sparring, hapkido techniques, and ground fighting.  The examination concluded with board breaking.  Mr. Andersen's first choice was a Flying-Front-Kick, traveling 11 feet and breaking a 2"  thick board.  His 2nd choice was a Jumping-Spin-Crescent-Kick.  The examiners chose a Knife-Hand-Strike break through four 1" thick boards.

November TKD Testing

Testing will be held:

Friday, November 5th at 6:00pm

Be there at least 10 minutes early
Please fill out the testing form prior to the testing date.

Congratulations Mark and Mandy

We all had great time at the wedding!

TKD Testing = September 10th

Belt testing at American Taekwondo & Fitness will be at 6:00pm on Friday, September 10th.  

Construction on Galloway St.

Construction update

Traveling east on Galloway is blocked with road construction. If you are driving from HWY 53 or Hastings Way, follow this detour. West on Birch St, turn left on Putnam Dr., then left onto Galloway.

Follow the blue route to American Taekwondo & Fitness

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American Taekwondo & Fitness conducted belt testing on Friday, May 7th at 6:00pm. 

There were a total of 12 students tested.  Ranks testing towards ranged from yellow stripe to blue belt.

The highlight of the evening came from Sierra Herman's Spinning Heel kick that broke the board on first attempt. 

The test was presided over by Masters Henk Boese, John McCrackin, and Mike Fenske.

Following the test, the group went out to Sammy's Pizza for celebration.