At the beginning of November, we attended the seminar led by Master Jerzy Jedut (VIII. Dan), let me point out we have met him for the fifth time so far. For us it is always great opportunity to visit the Czech National Union of Taekwondo ITF seminar, the training with the legendary Master Jedut is traditionally the biggest benefit. The number of not even black belts or European and World Champions has been trained by him, Jaroslaw Suska could be stressed as an example. Was there anything surprising me at the fifth seminar? As always, the training was full of new ideas, inspiring and interes

Ondra Faltin has begun his Taekwon-do journey a while ago in September 2011, when he was 6 years old. On Sunday, 4th of August he reached his first big milestone – the testing for I. dan. The testing is traditionally held at the end of Taekwon-do Summer Camp with Grand Master Hwang Ho-yong, as a highlight. This year we travelled to Votice in Central Bohemia. The candidates hoped and were tested for I. to III.dan. Although the black belt testing can be taken as another in a row of belt testings, it is a very specific event and you can feel under pressure. Based on the complex composition o

In my list of unfinished task there was a red color marked photogallery from last year’s celebration of 20 years of Sonkal. Unfortunatelly the time runs so fast so we get to it now, one year later. And what have we done? We performed an exhibition in Horní Počernice theatre where students from most of our dojangs and many black belts who are the core of our TKD school presented our martial art. In the audience there were not just friends and families of the performers but also our old members who haven’t dressed their doboks in a long time. It was nice to see Lukáš and Petr Legner,

Christmas time has been in Sonkal for many years associated with Christmas exhibitions. After the successful celebration of 20 years of Sonkal in June, we decided to organize a Christmas exhibition in the Horní Počernice’s Theater. On Thursday, December 13, individual performers started to enter the Theater at about six thirty in the evening. We even bought new tatami. After a slightly hectic start, including spilled water on doboks and one of the cameras was upside down, everything was set for the 19th hour and we could start. The theater seats were already occupied by parents and