If some action is repeated annually for the fourth time, you can call it traditional. So our traditional action is Christmas TKD camp for red belts and higher. After Christmas holidays, our highest grades went to three-day-long stay in Malé Svatoňovice to enjoy the end of year together. This year from Friday to Sunday, this extended weekend was full of training, trips and enjoying free time. Have a look at the pictures!

Sadly these are not names of our new students. Just two of our members passed their I. Dan exam - Jirka Novák and me (Jan Dvořáček). Our exam took place in Brno on December 8. It went like this....Ondra Vrábel woke up us at 7:40, I packed my equipment a waited for hour for Jirka (I will sleep longer next time!). Then breakfast and we went to dojang. We brought Tom and Jana to train station on our way as they were travelling to Třebíč to watch some thaiboxing match. Everyone was preparing in dojang, warming up and stretchnig. Ondra registred us and we were informed about procedure o

National seminar with GM Hwang took place in Brno December 7th. We had to wake up early for Saturday to be in Brno in time as it started to snow in Czech republic that day. One car driven by our instructor Martin Svitek left his home at 7 AM with me, Jirka Huml and Jirka Novák. I don´t know how was the jurney of other car (with Ondra Vrábel, Tomáš Vodička, Jana Kovářová and Vendy Benediktová), but we enjoyed our very much as Mrs. Nováková (Jirka´s mum) prepared so much food that all of us had to gain at least two kilos of weight during 2hours trip. Arriving to Brno without any

What? Refferees on toboggan? In suits? Of course not, but it is partly true as you will see later.There were International referee course and seminar hosted by Czech Taekwon-do Federation. It took place in Aqua palace in Prague so now you probably undestand why I mention toboggan all the time. Seminar participants had chance to use all aqua palace facilities to both relax and enjoy themselves. And they had right to do it as Saturday training took 7 hours of training with GM Hwang Ho Yong. Theoretical part was led by master Michael E. Prewett. Both part of event were held in friendly athmosph

Festive day of Monday was cloudy. Few brave individuals went for morning run, rest stayed in bed dreaming of breakfast. After breakfast dreamers went to bed again, hyperactives played some games. Morning training was focused on hand striking and foot techniques with some time for team patterns. Hard cardio followed so lunch was sincerely appreciated. We used lunch break to visit town where is a castle with scenic garden and very antisocial bear. Afternoon training was led by Svíťa (Martin Svitek) focusing on sparring stepping and pad drills. It was two hour of very hard work. Som

It was second half of September when instructor meeting took place near Lipno. Participants from most of Czech TKD schools arrived during Friday Afternoon. First training with GM Hwang started the meeting. We revised the basic techniques, patterns and also applications of the techniques. This training was “for warm up”. Immediately after that came Jan Mraček and Jan Klaška who led together a training aimed for sparring. Both of these trainers of Czech representation team took their roles very seriously. For us participants it meant two-hour-long marathon of combinations and techniques

It is getting warm so people are starting to complain saying "It is horribly hot." me having an answer in my mind "What do you want in summer? If cold weather, move to Greenland." So let me cool you by memory of winter. We were planning (=chating about while drinking beer) with Štěpán Procházka (friend of our school from Toi-gye Prague, who is training with us as add-up to his training, but still he trains in our dojang more than some of our own students!) to go skiing as taekwondo event. I was interested because Štěpán like to hurt himself while doing long jumps and various tricks. A

Spring grading took place in our dojang in Černý Most. All 28 participants were succesful. Also highest grades - 1.kup were achieved. Congratulation to everyone, enjoy photos. Next grading is planned as part of our summer camp.

Easter is commonly understood as coming of spring, unfortunately it was just a joke this year with winter holding tight. Fourty Sonkals trained hard on our traditional training camp no matter what. We got 13 trainings in 5 days, focused mainly on coming grading and also improving skills in sport sparring. Easter monday was in name of tradition when girl got (gently) beaten and boys splashed by water. It was quite a battle. And it was also time for poetry (because Tereza Žilinská lose a bet :-D ). Big summer camp is coming and signing in will be available soon. And because so many pe

124 photos from special training with members of korean national demonstration team available!