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

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

GM Brian Jang's Poomse Seminar

On Saturday, September 14th John McCrackin, Dan Andersen, and Mike McCrackin attended GrandMaster Brian Jang's Poomse Seminar in Waupaca, WI.  The event was well attended by taekwondoists from all over Wisconsin and Illinois.

GM Jang provided a refreshing look at all the Taegeuk poomse and also the black belt poomse from Koryo - Jitae. The group spent 6 hours breaking down the individual steps in the forms while GM Jang gave critical adjustments to our techniques in accordance to the rules and regulations of sport poomse.

American Taekwondo & Fitness is very grateful for this unique opportunity and would like to thank GM Jang for sharing his expertise and spending his time with us.  We would also like to thank Master Stephen Decker and the Wisconsin Taekwondo Association for organizing the event.  And also Becky & Dar Peterson of Waupaca Taekwondo for providing the venue.


More info on Grand Master Brian Jang:

• 7th Dan Kukkiwon
• Owner & Master Instructor of Jang's Taekwondo in Elgin, IL
• US Official Referee
• PATU International Official Referee
• WTF International Referee
• 2011 - Illinois State Taekwondo Championship- Gold Medal
• 2011--US Open Taekwondo Championships--Silver Medal
• 2010--US Open Hanmadang-- Gold Medal
• 2006--US Open Taekwondo Championships-- Gold Medal
• 2002 - Present--Officiating Referee at many national and international championships
• 2000 - Present--Master Instructor/Owner of Jang's Taekwondo, Inc.
• 1998 - 2000--Master Instructor at Y. H. Park Tae Kwon Do, Inc.
• 1996 - 1998--Tae Kwon Do Instructor at Korea University International Summer School
• 1992 and 1995 - 1998--Tae Kwon Do Instructor at Korea University Taekwondo Club
• 1997--Korea National Collegiate Tae Kwon Do Competition Winner
• 1993-1994--Military service in the Korean Army; Tae Kwon Do Instructor in Battalion, Company and Platoon
• 1993--Korean Army Tae Kwon Do Competition Winner at Battalion, Regiment, Division and Corps levels
• 1992--Korea National Collegiate Tae Kwon Do Friendship Championships-- Bronze Medal

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jangs-Taekwondo/149851071691680
http://jangstkdinc.tripod.com/masterjang.html

Master Instructor Seminar

On August 10, 2013, John McCrackin attended the Master Instructor Seminar in Stevens Point, WI.

I would like to extend a big 'thank you' to GrandMaster Robert Stevens for conducting this excellent seminar, and also to Master Stephen Decker and the Wisconsin Taekwondo Association for hosting this event.

The topics covered at this seminar included how to properly create respect, show rank, nurture students, training tips, and techniques to use at demonstrations.  Many of the things we learned we were already expected to know as higher ranking black belts, but were never officially taught.

This was a great opportunity to further my development as a master instructor, and I am very grateful to have attended this event.

Wisconsin State Taekwondo Championships

On Saturday May 4th, Morgan Andersen and Ian Griffin competed in the first annual Wisconsin State Taekwondo Championships in Middleton, WI. Both athletes did exceptionally well and American Taekwondo & Fitness - Eau Claire is very proud of their performance. 

Morgan competed in the red belt bracket and was awarded 2 gold medals and one silver in Poomse (Taegeuk Chil Jang), Boardbreaking (spinning backfist & tornado roundkick), and freesparring.

Ian competed in the green/blue belt bracket and was awarded 3 gold medals in poomse (Taegeuk Som Jang), boardbreaking (dashing sidekick & tornado roundkick), and freesparring.

A special 'thank you' to Master Stephen Decker and the Wisconsin Taekwondo Association for organizing and hosting the tournament. The event was well organized, and all the competitors seemed to be really enjoying the day. We look forward to next year's tournament, and appreciate the efforts towards a unified Wisconsin taekwondo community.