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Digital Strategy basics for TKD Clubs - Trevor Topfer
Today’s Technological Age - Kristy Leong
How modern technology can assist learning Taekwon-Do, - Duane Meek
events, administration and management
Managing the Books - Barbara Inglis
Taekwon-Do Club Structure
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Kris Herbison
What makes for a successful Taekwon-Do Club - Gwyn Brown
Starting and running your own club
Performing Demonstrations - Daniel Jackson
SIBUM The Knowledge and Advantages of the Taekwon-Do Demonstration - Steve McQuillan
The Auckland Demonstration Team - Amanda Insull
16 easy points before you even grade - Jackie Bebbington
Anxious About Grading - Fran Marshall
Climbing that mountain towards 3rd Degree - Sean Carver
A look at the other side (ITF WTF Grading comparison) - Sean Freeman
Call the Marshal - Brett Kimberley
Are you ready for black??? - Glenis Gummer
Basic Hints for the White Belt Syllabus - Arthur Atutahi
Fitness Test - Evan Impson
How do Gradings Measure up? - Christine Young
ITFNZ Grading Syllabus
- Neill Livingstone
Leaping the Hurdle - overcoming the transition from junior to senior - Anna Hall
Marshalling - An essential skill required by all ITFNZ Black Belts - Rebecca Doogan
Preparation for Black Belt Grading - Suzzane Main
Tips for Grading Preparation - Lousie Chan
Parent, Practitoner and Instructor - Wei Ren
The difference between TKD in NZ and Malaysia
- Ronnie Lee
A Discussion on the Retention of Taekwon-Do Black Belt Students - Peter Cossey
Taekwon-Do and why we enjoy training - Glen Harding
Taekwon-Do - Are the Sacrifices Worth it? - Connor Mitchell
Taekwon-Do Journey as a Korean - Baik Soo Kim
Dealing with Asperger’s Syndrome and Taekwon-Do - Juan de Dios Dougnac
What can we learn from National Taekwon-Do Norway? - Brice Valles
Technology in Taekwon-Do - Scott Sutherland
Is it ‘Party’ time for ITKD - Rana Moanaroa
Community Development in Taekwon-Do - Chanthie Thach
Teenagers and Taekwon-Do - Melissa Timperley
White to Black in Black & White
- Brett Kraiger
Junior's Growth - Mark Trotter
ITFNZ - Past, Present And Future - Peter Graham
Improving ITFNZ for Juniors in Taekwon-Do - Mark Trotter
Japan International Taekwon-Do Federation - the history, management and training style - Kosuke Yamamoto
My Personal Journey with Martial Arts - John Matsuoka
Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu and beginning Taekwon-Do as a black belt - Devon Pittman
On Taekwon-Do in New Zealand and Community Service - Ben Wylie-van Eerd
The Laughing Policeman - Shaun Skedwell
Taekwon-Do as a stress relief, coping strategy - Rodney Thistoll
Taekwon Do, Me and the Thrill of a Challenge - Nikki Galpin
The Pressures of Taekwon-Do - Ross Campbell
Why People Join Taekwon-Do - Toni Moki
Without order there is only chaos - Duncan Head
A Discussion on Muscle Structure and Muscle Building Exercises for Taekwon-Do - Daniel Cossey
Core stability training in Taekwon-Do - Morgan Bowler-Parkin
Training with Anxiety - Fiona Simmonds
Unexpected item on the Dojang - Brian Ricketts
Relearning the Basics - Retraining Muscle Memory - Pip Henry
Nutrition to fuel training in Taekwon-Do - Duane Meek
Eating and Training - Anna Symes
Health Benefits of Taekwon-Do - Fran Marshall
Tabata at Dragon’s Spirit - Phil Moore
Fitness & Energy over 50 - Murray Greig
Neural Plasticity in Adolescents and the positive effects of Taekwon-Do - Simon Lloyd-Evans
Health & Saftey for our organisation - Peter Gudsell
How important is core strength in Taekwon-Do? - Courtney Meleisea
Health and Safety - Helen Caley
A guide for training pregnant & post-natal students - Angela Oliver
Sleep - The most important part of training? - Angela Oliver
The Plank - Mitchell Leong
How Taekwon-Do can benefit those that may have a disability and building confidence - Kristy Leong
Why should Taekwon-Do practitioners be under Chiropractic care? - Courtney Meleisea
Concussion management by coaches of Taekwon-Do - Alex Couling
The Physical and Physiological Differences between Adults and Children - Richard Lavin
Adult ADHD1 and Taekwon-Do, a weakness or a strength– a personal viewpoint - Dennis Burns
The Importance of Proper Breathing in Taekwon-Do - Seida Scholl-Latour
Asthma - Considerations for the Instructor - Ian Leitch
A Different View on Health and Performance for the TKD Practitioner - Cameron Snelling
Conditioning and Strength Training - Ross Campbell
Dehydration in Taekwon-Do - Grant Evans
Exercise Without Injury - Graeme Insull
Meditation for the Martial Artists - Stephen Pallant
Nothing Can be Compared to Good Health - Ian Campbell
Pain - Grant Evans
Stretch-Shorten Cycle - Russell Stuart
Taekwon-Do First Aid And Injury Management - Thu Thach
Yoga, flexibility and Taekwon-Do - Cameron Snelling
Yi Soon Sin - Rosemary Pettit
Composition of Taekwon-Do what it means for us? - Shane Rogers
Functional Anatomy of Vital Spots in Martial Arts - Roman Scholl-Latour
An elaboration of Taekwon-Do Jungshin - Bjarne Morris
Based on cultural and historical interpretation
Eui-Am - James Simpson
Won-Hyo: Why the meaning of the pattern is not enough - Dane Canton
Taekwon-Do - A Broken Family? - David Lo
Taekwon-Do Patterns in the context of Korean History - Roman Scholl-Latour
Admiral Yi Soon-Sin - Alisdair Hamblyn
A Plain English explanation of the ITF Student Oath (with help from Calvin and Hobbes) - Grant Eccles
History of Mt Albert Taekwon-Do 1998 - 2001 - Francis Fong
History of Southern Clubs
- Kris Herbison
Korean Culture, An Overview - Mahesh Bhana
Reaction Force - Matthew Bates
Taekwon-Do in Literature - Haydn Cain
The Korean Language - Andrew Niven
Translation of the Chang Hon pattern set into Taekwon-Do terminology in Korean, including an English-Korean/Korean-English Taekwon-Do dictionary - Mark Banicevich
The History and Development of Taekwon-Do - Krishna Reddy
What the heck is Neo-Confucianism? - Sean Maguire
Behaviour, Motivation, and the Retention of Junior Black Belts
- Britany Young
How does Taekwon-Do provide leadership qualities for youth? What do you do in your club In 2021 our seniors were ask this question as a topic for their grading essay. Here are their essays Helen Caley | Shaun Tolley | Sonya Robinson| Alois Vogt | Brendan Doogan | Matthew Davey | Richard Burr | Shane Rogers | Nick Lee |
Giving back in your own way - Joy Mackenzie
How does Taekwon-Do provide leadership qualities for youth? What do you do in your club In 2019 our seniors were ask this question as a topic for their grading essay. Here are their essays |
Old School: Tried and tested, but is it better? - Samantha Young
Leadership in Taekwon-Do - Toni Rouse
Ages and Stages of Children’s Development - Tracey Rouse
Teaching Taekwon-Do to Children with Special Needs - Shannon Ryan
Breaking Down a Sparring Drill - Chris Broughton
The application of the art through observing, practicing and teaching - Stepehen Martin
A Teaching Essay From A Different Perspective - Kishan Mystry
A club based Instructor Development Program - Chanthie Thach
A Framework for Building Quality Instruction - Sheryl Chase
Keeping Interest. To Help Reduce the loss of Students. - Kevin Cale
Recruitment and retention of students for Taekwon-Do clubs - Nicola Tse
What makes an Outstanding Instructor? - Greg Dyson
Instructing Taekwon-Do by way of Part Practice - Richard Rogers
The Life of an Instructor - Matt Davey
Are we protected? - Lena Walton
Childrens' Motivation and Reward Programme
- Brett Kraiger
Competency and Learning in Taekwon-Do - Brett Kraiger
Games your students will enjoy - Peter Chapman
Instructing a Class - James Rimmer
ITFNZ Techniques Handbook Expanded - George Konia
My Experience with Children and Taekwon-Do - Rose Cherrington
How Instructors Approach New Members
- Gwyn Brown
Role Taekwon-Do Plays in Young Learners - Peter Laio
So You Want To Start A Club - Peter Graham
Significance of Social Interactions Among Club Members - Lawrence Mantjika
Teaching Terminology - an Integrated Approach - Shirley Pygott
Teaching the art of Self Defence - Ryan van Heerden
The Bond between Instructor and Student - Richard Iotua
Tips for Taekwon-Do Training and instruction - Terry Woods
Thoughts on Teaching Patterns - Royston Lim
Training Children - Arthur Atutahi
Understanding the ideals of being a better Teacher (Juniors) - Andrew Niven
Ways to make training more fun - Ian Walton
What Makes A Good Instructor - Haydn Cain
Advertising Design and Taekwon-Do [excerpt only] - James Buchan
How to create a massive Taekwon-Do School - Hayden Breese
How to Raise Money for Taekwon-Do through Sponsorship - Carl Matthews
Marketing your Taekwon-Do Club - David Ballard
Maintaining a WebSite - Gray Patterson
Participation Motivation in ITFNZ Taekwon-Do
- Hayden Breese
Retention of Taekwon-Do Students - Craig Evans
So, you want some money for your Taekwon-Do club - David Lo
Taekwon-Do - Are the Sacrifices Worth it? - Connor Mitchell
My Future and Journey through Taekwon-Do - Kazzeus Ruaporo Ngatuakana
My Life Saver - Wedaad Waja
My Taekwon-Do Journey - Alex Petrovich
Acting, Taekwon-Do and Success - Jacqueline Geurts
My Instructor and I - Matt Bowden
Benefits of Taekwon-Do for the Student-Athlete - Melissa Timperley
Motivation - Dennis Burns
Ramblings of a third dan - Matt Davey
A Plan Changer - dealing with a major injury - Kara Timmer
Benefits of Growing up with Taekwon-do - Robert Meleisea
The story begins back in 1967 in Vietnam - Hung Nguyen
Taekwon-Do and the Mature Student - Sonya Robinson
Taekwon-Do, A Way of Life - Greg Christie
A guide to getting from white to black
- Hayden Breese
Mature Student's Journey in TKD - Florinda Petterson
Females in Taekwon-Do
- Kirsten Lingstone
From one Black Belt to Another - Murray Smith
How did Taekwon-Do influence your life - Marlene Lee
Mind Power In Taekwon-Do Training - Ms Christine Young
My Pregnancy and Taekwon-Do - Kirsten Livingstone
My Story so far - Wayne Ebert
My Taekwon-Do Career - by Max Hana - Beryl Pimblott
Success and Taekwon-Do
- Vince Pygott
Taekwon-Do as a "Way of Life" during the formative years - Anthea Markstein
Taekwon-Do Under Fire - Ali Gul Ali
The Mountains we Climb - Kane Raukura
The Psychology of Success - Sean Carver
Planning & Organising a Taekwon-Do World Champs - Craig Hannah
(Financials removed)
Organising an ITFNZ Taekwon-Do Tournament
- Mark Banicevich
Organising your first Seminar - Nathan McKendrick
ITFNZ Camp Toolkit
- Melina Wilcox
Black Belt Grading - how to organise - Suzzie Ponting
Like not Is misses the Why - Simon Williams
The Tenets of Taekwon-do: What they have done for me - Tamara Ruaporo Ngatuakana
Tenets and Tikanga - Hine-Anahera Nolan
Integrity - RMichael Onland
An exploration of the ‘Do’ of Taekwon-Do - Richard Forder
Does Physical Ability matter? |
Loyalty Ian Campbell | Peter Graham | Kevin Joe | John Matsuoka | Vince Pygott | Kane Raukura | Christine Young | Jake Pearson |
Teaching the Do |
Living The Tenets - Florinda Petterson
Moral Culture - Louise Chan
An Artistic Interpretation of the Patterns
- Matthew Breen
Children - Attitudes and their life - Helen Kettings
"Do" in Taekwon-Do - Rene Kunz
I shall Build a More Peaceful World - Dave Ballard
Loyalty |
Philosophy and Principles of 3 Martial Arts - Suzanne Main
Societies View of a Martial Artist - A Personnel Approach - By Rodney Thistoll
The Juche idea - Beryl Pimblott
Juche & Ko-Dang - A brief History - Helen Miller
The Five Tenets - the soul of Taekwon-Do - Bob Markstein
Taekwon-Do : Sport, Art, Science or Philosophy? - Sandi Galpin
The Importance of Respect in Taekwon-Do - Jeremy Hanna
Sport or Martial Art - Christine Young
Sport vs Art - Toni Moki
The way - Neil Kettings
Is Taekwon-Do practical for street Self Defence? How do you know? Those testing for 5th & 6th dan in 2018 and 2019 were asked this question. This is what they said. Richard Iotua | Hung Nguyen | Brett Kimberley | Tim Couling | Craig Hannah | Brice Valles | Kevin Joe | John Matsuoka | Debbie Hart |
Stick and Knife Defence - Sean Carver
How to teach Ground Self-defence to 1st Degree Black Belts - Debbie Hart
Thoughts on Self Defence Training - Shaun Skedgwell
A Guide to Basic Stick Self Defence - Alois Vogt
Teaching Taekwon-Do in a club: It’s not just all-about the student … - Hung Tri Nguyen
Club Instructor protocol for parents
Teaching children en masse - Sonya Robinson
Application and effectiveness of Taekwon-Do
in the face of modern combat
techniques and styles - Tomonori Shibata
Adding Realism to Coloured Belt Self Defence Syllabus - Carl Robinson
Self Defence - Alois Vogt
Self Defence - What is it? - Mark Turner
Self Defence and Competition Sparring - Brett Kimberley
Dallyon: Conditioning for Self Defence - Richard Lavin
A Guide to the ITFNZ Self Defence Syllabus
- Chris Fitzgerald
Effective Self Defence - Graeme Insull
Taekwon-Do and the Law of New Zealand - Mark Banicevich
Taekwon-Do Patterns and Sparring as a Form of Self-Defence - Mark Hanna
Taekwon-Do Self Defence and the Law - Graeme Flemming
What Self Defence in the club doesn't teach you - Kane Raukura
The Lost Pattern and The Replaced Pattern - Kees Hooper-Whiti
Breaking Down Breaking - Kara Timmer
A Study of Side Piercing Kicks - Dane Canton
Intermediate Positions - Scott Sutherland
How To Improve Your Side Kick - Dean Jenkins
Exploring the Purpose of Crossing and Pulling Hand in Defense Techniques - Tomonori Shibata
Range of Motion Conditioning Just for Kicks - Nick Lee
Sinewave Those testing for 5th & 6th dan in 2016 and 2017 were asked to write on their understanding of sinewave. These are their essays. Darren Andrews | Grant Eccles | Michael Lowe | Brett Kraiger | Darren Ward | Hayden Breese | Rene Kunz | Kris Herbison | Suzanne Patterson | Ian Walton | Gwyn Brown |
Trying to understand the concept of breath control and sine wave - Seida School-Latour
Power Required to Break Boards - Richard Burr
TKD Movement Fundamentals 101 - Nick Lee
Taekwon-Do and Movement - Shane Rogers
Intermediate Positions
- Peter Gudsell
Quantitatively measuring power – Reaction Force, A pilot study - Ben Wylie-van Eerd
"...the result was that a punch with reaction force was, on average,
35% more powerful than a punch with no reaction force..."
Stances As performed in Patterns Chon-Ji to Choi-Yong - Darren Andrew
Complete Colour Belt Syllabus (18 meg) sample - Rose Cherrington
Name that Technique - Brendan Doogan
Quick Reference Guide for Patterns 10th Kup to 3rd Dan - Simon Mallinson
A Discussion of Commonly Misunderstood and Misused Terminology - Matthew Breen
Biomechanics To Improve Taekwon-Do Technique - Danny Ward
Do You Want To Know A Secret? - Gary Campbell
Jumping Kicks - Daniel Russell
Kinematics and kinetics of the Taekwon-Do turning kick - Jake Pearson
Side kick Thesis - Ian Campbell
Strategies of Attack and Defence - Lawrence Mantijika
Taekwon-Do Breaking - Mike Horsfall
The Power of One - Greg Dyson
Strategies on Captaining and Coaching Team Sparring Event - Lawrence Mantjika
Building an effective New Zealand Taekwon-Do Team - - Nathan Bowden
How my World Championships preparation changed my lifestyle - Jack Watson
Mental and Physical Preparation for a Taekwon-Do Grading or Competition - Kerry McEvoy
Getting in the Ring - Phil Webb
Umpiring Courses - An alternative approach - Richard Rodgers
for conducting iTKD C grade courses
Exploring Methods of Maximising Tournament - Carl Robinson
Participation and Ring Experience Within the New Zealand Setting
Beginner's guide to tournaments - Darren Andrews
Competition Power Breaking - Rene Kunz
Compento del Mundo - Ry Goldsmith
Guide for Umpires - Darren Ward
How to Coach a Winning Team - Grant Eccles
My Experience of the National Tournament 2003 in Dunedin - Jonathon Ormsby
My Growing Concern - Dan Jackson
My thoughts on the World Champs - Lawrence Mantjika
Patterns for Tournaments - Thu Thach
Psychological Skills Training for Taekwon-Do Competition - Jake Pearson
Success of International Competition - Darren Ward
Tips for the Novice Coach - Duncan Head
Tournament Sparring - Shane Eade
Tournament Sparring for the Beginner - Shaun Tolley
Tournament Sparring Profiles - Chris Fitzgerald
Training for an ITF World Champs and what to expect - Mark Trotter
Training for an Overseas Event - Gemma Walton
Umpires Sparring Manual - Bruce Harrison
Why some Countries did better at World Champs - Daniel Kerr
Effective Stretching for Taekwon-Do - Nicola Tse
Tul or not to tul - what’s the point of patterns? - Helen Caley
Exercises for Everyone - Peter Chapman
Mental Motivation - Dean Jenkins
Basic Foot Destructions - Jeanette Joe
Balancing to Perfection - Gwyn Brown
Circle of Composition of Taekwon-Do - Matthew Allan
Plyometrics - Michael Muleta
The Physiological Effects of High Altitude on the Human Body - Grant Eccles
The not so secret training methods of John Matsuoka - John Matsuoka
Training For Your Black Belt - Student Guide - Mahesh Bhana
Training Methods for Improved Jumping Performance in Taekwon-Do - Cameron Snelling
Warming Up And Warming Down - Shau Lai