Back in the dojang, and fee changes
Hi Parents and Students Classes resume in the dojang! Great news – from Tuesday 8 February, classes resume in Churchill Park School and Glendowie Primary School! I look forward to getting back to our equipment. We can hit pads! Remember to scan our QR code with your Covid Tracer App when you arrive. Please note…
Read MoreVaccinations for children are presently optional
Hi Parents I am very excited that the Covid vaccine is now available for 5-11 year-olds. Details for the children’s vaccine are on the Ministry of Health website. My daughter had her first shot on Tuesday 18 January. We found a walk-in clinic nearby, and had it over and done in 20 minutes (it was…
Read MoreSet your goals for 2022
Hi Everyone Let’s plan as if we’ll get the full year back in the dojang. What do you want to achieve? Now is the time to set your goals for 2022, and record them in your training notebook. Start by setting your primary goal. What do you want to achieve by the end of 2022?…
Read MoreTraining resumes this week!
Hi Everyone Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing everyone in our summer classes, starting this week at Vellenoweth Green! Children and juniors, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5-6pm Adults and seniors, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00-7:30pm. We may run Kubz classes on Saturdays 9:30am, if there is enough demand. Email Master Banicevich. If not, Kubz are…
Read MoreAre you around in January?
Hi Parents and Students Happy New Year! Here’s hoping we can train consistently through 2022 – in our venues, with our equipment! Our summer classes begin on 11 January. Are you around? Come along and kick off the year! Taekwon-Do Kubz, if you are around and would come to Taekwon-Do Kubz classes, email me. If…
Read MorePost your action photos to our Facebook page
Hi Everyone Two more weeks before we resume training. How will we last until then? I know – take some action photos while you are training wherever you are this summer, and post them to our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/glendowietkd It is important to practise over the summer, and NZ has wonderful locations for training and…
Read MoreMerry Christmas!
Hi Everyone Final sessions for 2021 are on Thursday 16 December at Vellenoweth Green (juniors 5pm, seniors 6pm); Annual reregistration fees are paid on your behalf using your January fees, due 1 January; Summer classes begin on Tuesday 11 January 2022 at Vellenoweth Green. Final sessions Our final sessions for 2021 are this Thursday, 16…
Read MoreEnd of year and grading
Hi Parents and Students Grading for those below yellow belt, Monday 13 December, 6:00-7:30pm at Vellenoweth Green; Grading for those yellow belt and above, Tuesday 14 December, 6:00-8:00pm at Vellenoweth Green; Kubz grading, Saturday 11 December, 9:30am-11:00am at Vellenoweth Green; Regular classes as normal at that time (so come to training whether grading or not);…
Read MoreChildren clean your own uniforms!
Hi Parents and Students During summer when we train in the park, we design our classes to keep uniforms free of grass stains. Children have a tendency to run around, fall over, foil our plans, and make cleaning uniforms more difficult. To alleviate this problem, we tell all students that they are responsible for cleaning…
Read MoreTraffic light system starts Friday
Hi Everyone This Friday, 3 December, New Zealand moves from the 4 Level system to the traffic light system (COVID-19 Protection Framework) to help protect us from COVID-19. Auckland will be at the red level. Information about how this works for sport is available here. To ensure we don’t spend time verifying vaccination status, please…
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