a word from the chief instructor

Spring has well and truly arrived, and with spring comes our gradings, train-ing camp, all rank sessions and more. First I would like to welcome all our new members. White belts are our next black belts (in 3-4 years that is). We hope you enjoy yourself while training, remember we are here to assist you as much as possible. As with every thing in life, “The more you put in, the more get back”. I have noted the increase in numbers at the Kallangur class of late, a lot of young men whom are about the same age as myself when I first started. Well done to Brett, the standard of these students has been excellent. I look forward to seeing your full potential, stretch hard and attend every class you can folks. And also to all the new members at all the other clubs, we look forward to meeting you all soon.

A couple of weeks ago we held an out door training session on the Brisbane River at New Farm Park. It felt more like summer than spring with the day being in the early 30’s temp wise. It was a good turn out of students, also of black belts, and the assistant instructors from most clubs there to lend a hand. Apart from the Laughing Group that would not shut up for and hour (very strange peo-ple), I ran an intense pattern work-shop with the help coming from Joe, Ryan, Jazz and Tony. While Jason, Brett and company drilled the self -defense, set sparring and the basic combinations, followed with lots of full on sparring. Thanks to every one that made the effort to attend. It was a great day!

Coming up next month we have our All Ranks Training Camp to be held at Camp Constable in the Mt

Important Upcoming Dates:

• 9th - 11th October - All Rank Train-ing Camp @ Mt. Glorious

• 24th October - All Rank Training @ Bald Hills

• 7th November - Tournament Rnd 3

• 21st November - All Rank Training and Social Day @ Bribie Island

• 5th December - Grading

Glorious hills. Numbers are limited so make sure you get your applications in ASAP. What to expect for the first timers? Well you will need food for a start, this is a self cater camp. There are full kitchen facilities with a walk in fridge. There are BBQ’s for those that want to use them. A microwave oven is available (only one so some-times a small wait for you turn) for any pre-cooked meals. There are two main cabins with bunk style accommoda-tion, all you need is your sleeping gear but it is the mountains so take warm stuff for after the sun goes down. Training gear of course, uni-forms, running shoes, pad’s, strike shields, and if any one has small dumbbells of various sizes that they could also take along for a special session. There will be early morning stretching, a rainforest run, weights type work out (if enough dumbbells make it) focusing on martial arts mus-cles, lots of sparring, self defense and ground work plus lots more. These weekends are the highlight of the training year. You can arrive from 5pm on Friday for the first session at 7pm. And we finish Sunday after lunch. Remember that there are NO SHOPS up there so any thing you want, you must take with you.

Round two of our series of tour-naments was a great success, thanks to over 50 competitors that made it such a great day. Thank you to all the people that helped make the day run so well, from the black belt to the parents, and every body that at-tended. Kallangur made a jump up the point’s ladder to make it a contest this year for the top club honors. Redcliffe will surely be planning their comeback with the other clubs all

grabbing their share of medals and point’s. Who will be crowned grand champion for their division? Bring on round three! I would like to make a special note here regarding the fan-tastic job Lynn, Tony and the Banyo club did running the canteen on the day. They raised enough money to purchase 12 new mats for their club. Very well done and thanks to all who supported them.

Now I would like to make a special mention about some one that de-serves a word or two. Last grading we had a young lady by the name of Chelsea Miller receive her black belt, what makes this so special is that Chelsea who is only 16 years of age, is she did it solo, as the only student on the floor at the time so all attention was on her only. Fresh black belts for every spar, self-defense, set spar and as partners for her threw the whole grading process. And they really make you work hard when going for such a high level examination. Chel-sea did Lee and the Bribie Island crew proud, well done girl. Welcome to being a Black Belt and the reward that brings. A black belt is recognized as some thing that requires great character and discipline to achieve, and always goes down well for future references. Once achieved no one can ever take away from what you have accomplished.

Well that’s enough from me for now. Remember to stay focused on your goals. Train hard, kick high and keep striving for perfection.

Mr Peter Cameron 5th Degree Black Belt

Chief Instructor.

News Flash! 2 Banyo Raffle Results 2 Master The Art 2 Kallangur News 3 John’s Defence Tips 3 How R UR Patterns? 3 Tournament Wrap up 4 Tournament Results 1 4 Bribie Bulletin 5 Tournament Results 2 5

Inside this issue: Super Secret Training Tip Corner

The Subtle: Use a leg switch to quickly change range and give your for-ward leg kick more power!

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mentum as possible travelling upwards. You generate momentum by moving your body mass upwards in a short pe-riod of time. To do this, bend your knees and jump of the balls of your feet, tucking your knees to your chest in one ex-plosive motion. At the same time, throw your arms and even your head upwards to help gain extra height. Squat Jump Tucks are an excellent way to strengthen your legs muscles allowing them to be more explosive so you can

jump higher.

Jumping high allows you to perform the advanced techniques like jumping double and tri-ple kicks as well as spin-ning techniques like the 5400 spin hook or even the 7200. Remember the last round of the tourna-ment is just around the

corner and jumping kicks are a great way of beating your opponents guard and scoring an easy 3 points.

Joseph and Robert Sandona

Hanging High The key to executing successful jump-ing techniques is getting enough hang-time to fully perform the kick with good technique. In order to do this you need to jump as high as possible to allow yourself enough time to fully execute your technique and land back in a spar-ring stance so you are less vulnerable to counter attacks.

How to improve the height of your jump:

The first step is to create as much mo-

MASTERING THE ART

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Page 2 BREAKING GROUND

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who bought tickets in our raffle for their generosity. Without all of your help we couldn’t purchase the equipment to provide the high standard of training that our students deserve.

The winning ticket was A61 which belonged to Jenny Klerks, a mother from the Redcliffe club. Con-gratulations Jenny and family, I believe you probably took a few knives home with you, left there from the disgruntled non winners.

After 3 years of hard work we now have a great area of rubber matting to train on. (see pic)

Thanking you all very much on behalf of the Banyo Breakers

Tony

Finally the announcement is made about this years social day. After a lot of deliberating over what to do this year, it has been decided to have a Family Fun Day, with activities and games for all IMT members and their families!

This years event will be held on the 21st November directly after the training session at Bribie Island. We ask that you bring along any and all fun beach games that you may have (Frisbees, footballs etc) and we will supply the rest of the activities for everyone. Of course it is on Bribie, so don’t forget your togs and towel.

For lunch we ask that you bring a plate to share as well as any drinks you would like for yourself. It promises to be a great day and we can’t wait to celebrate a fantastic year with the IMT family!

Next year will also be a big year for Black Belt gradings, it is with pride that we announce the eligibility to grade for their 2nd Degree Black Belts of Mike Griffith, Brenton Dodds, Jack Wellington, Jacinta Forbes, Ryan Forbes, Daniel Sgualdino and David Sgualdino.

Also is the eligibility of Joseph Sandona, Robert Sandona and Daniel Jays for their 3rd Degree Black Belts. These will be events not to be missed or forgotten by anyone lucky enough to witness them. Good luck to all with your preparation!

With Camp coming up in a months time, we would like to get eve-ryone well prepared for some really different sessions. If you own any hand weights or dumbbells bring them along for the Chief Instructors weight training sessions. Running Shoes, extra towels and old casual clothes suitable for training will also be required.

Camp time is always a good time to invest in a 2nd uniform, we have plenty of stock available, so let your instructor know if you require one. Casual shirts are also still available in most sizes.

Lastly regarding the camp, you may have a family member or more attending with you, encourage them to get involved in some of the running, weight or fitness sessions, who knows, they may even get a taste for training and do the whole camp!

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Always practice your self de-fence moves hard, fast, and with one aim in mind, ‘TO SURVIVE AND SUCCEED’.

Don’t give in to pain and en-deavour to reverse a bad situa-tion. Always be aware of your surroundings, and watchful of people around you. Stay in con-trol and focus hard as one small mistake could be your undoing.

Self defence is a very important and one of the main reasons we train in MARTIAL ARTS.

All aspects of our training are learning tools for strong self defence. Fitness training is a vital area, practicing patterns gives us a system that helps to flow your moves and stances, set sparring for focusing your attacks, all go towards helping you coordinate your body for any situation that may arrive.

Always remember, don’t try to get too technical. Keep it strong and simple, don’t get cocky. Keep it cool, calm and never panic. Trust your in-structors and believe in your-self and you will do well.

Cheers!

John Clancey-Jones

2nd Degree Black Belt

What's the best way of testing your patterns for accuracy? You may think that you can do your patterns well, but how well?. Executing your patterns well depends upon many things, be-ginning with the essential accuracy of stances, kicks and hand tech-niques. Power, pace and posture fol-low closely. It all starts in ensuring that you have mastered the basics. Demonstrating these to your instructor and other black belts is an important step - before incorrect techniques be-come habits that are then often diffi-cult to break. During training sessions (when appropriate) seek someone who models good technique and imi-tate his or her movements and posi-tions. When you are practising your pattern, be it at home or at a training session, your muscle memory is de-

veloping whether you are executing the pattern correctly or otherwise. So be careful that you're accurate from the moment you are taught a new pat-tern.

Please remember that a pattern is not just a series of movements. Every action has a purpose. In your mind you need to play make-believe and visualize multiple attackers that are much bigger than you and are really trying to hurt you. The threat, in your mind, should be real and the execu-tion of your pattern should reflect that - a real life-death situation. Whether you are performing your pattern out the back yard, at a training session, tournament or grading, make the pat-tern a real response. Go hard, be accurate in every movement, every

technique. I'm sure that all instructors would agree, a pattern executed with sheer determination, focus, strength, correct posture, pace and accuracy is a wonderful sight to behold. A stu-dent's attitude and commitment to-wards developing the highest (personal) standard of patterns is clearly evident when it is performed. If you're not sure what others see in you when you are per-forming a pattern, get someone to film you and watch it (again and again), reflect upon it, and grow from it.

It's all up to you.

Lee

Training Hard, staying focused in class and practice, practice, practice has helped the Kallangur club take a commanding lead in the points total after the second round of Tournaments. Thanks and congratulations to all of those who competed and helped boost the chances of us winning the perpetual trophy for 2009. Having said that there is still one round left and every-one’s support will be needed to keep us in front, so I encourage all the students to get involved for them-selves and the Kallangur club for the last round in No-vember.

Good luck to all undertaking this grading, do your best and give 100%.

Also training extremely hard this year is Peter Voer-manek from the senior class who will be going for his Black Belt promotion in December. It’s encouraging for all the other students to look at and see the training and dedication required to get ready for Black Belt. All the best to Peter who I’m sure will be fighting fit and ready come December.

Also a big welcome to all the new students who have joined us recently in the junior and senior classes, it’s good to see some fresh and willing faces getting amongst the action and training hard.

Breaking Technique of the Season. 3600 Jump Back Kick When performing this kick you must jump off the leg you are kicking with, this will ensure you get the full 360 degree rotation, Jump high, load your knee back, spot the target and extend through aiming for the centre of the target.

Difficulty – Very Hard

Train Hard - Brett

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What an atmosphere! Round 2 was our biggest tournament yet, with over 50 competitors, some experiencing their first tournament. The Kallangur club really made an impact with their decoration of the hall with motivational pictures and posters. I’m sure at round 3 there will be more clubs vying for wall space to help support their fellow team mates.

Once competition started there was a lot of focus and concentration for the patterns divisions. A stunning upset win by Joshua Burns from Bribie kicked us off in division 1, but competitive wins from Kallangur’s Jake, Aleisha, Max and Daniel saw their club to a healthy points lead as well as extend their own points tally. Will from Redcliffe rounded out the winners column, but there was some very close scores in all divisions with only half a point separating most competitors.

It was fantastic to see so many teams competing in the demonstrations division. With 10 teams to entertain us it was cer-tainly the largest division we’ve ever had and re-affirms our decision to split next years event into two divisions. Teams demonstrations are a great way to learn new and more advanced techniques and this was definitely obvious with a lot of lower grade students demonstrating moves only expected at brown or black belt levels! The standard of demonstrations has improved so much since it was introduced, as everyone gets more experience, the competition gets closer and closer to judge, so keep up the great work. After the dust had settled and the teams awarded their medals, we were treated to an impromptu demonstration by Joe, Daniel, Robert and John. With barely over an hours practice the night before, it was inspiring for everyone to see the black belts in action.

After an amazing lunch thanks to the Banyo club (and a bit of assistance from Redcliffe), the Black Belts got straight into the action with the junior and senior divisions giving all spectators quite a show. A special mention to Jacinta from Banyo who had to back up for 4 straight fights, a really tough ask, and she had

the whole crowd behind her with enthusiasm and sympathy.

Hopefully all competitors felt safe in the new protective equipment that they helped us purchase, thanks to everyone’s out-standing efforts in fund raising at the beginning of the year. There were a lot of outstanding spars in round 2 from every com-petitor, twins Tiana and Talei from Banyo took 1st and 2nd in the monstrous division 2 with some excellent sparring. Kallan-gur’s Jake, Rachel, Jacinta and Peter extended their points tally with strong wins in their divisions. As always, the Pee Wee division caused all who gazed to grin from ear to ear as they watched these pocket dynamos show us how much fun sparring really is! With Round 3 just around the corner, and the Grand Champion Trophies to be decided, we look forward to an even bigger turn out for 2009! SEE YOU THEN!

PATTERNS Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4

10 - 7 Junior 10 - 5 Senior 6 - 4 Junior 4 - 1 Junior 1. Joshua Burns 25 1(1). Jake Lock 50 1(1). Aleisha Voermanek 50 1(1). Max Barron 50 2. Talei Kohlhase 12.5 2(5). Hugh Waterman 14 2(2). Gordan Edmonds 25 2(2). Jacob Pace 25 3. Tiana Kohlhase 6.25 3(2). Kathy Pascoe 12.5 3(5). Isabel Wellock 7.75 3(3). James Healy 6.25 4. Georgia Harris 3.125 4(7). Vanessa Betts 7.35 4(3). Emma Harris 6.25 3(4). Jacinta Manley 6.25 5. Victoria Spriggs 1.5 5(3). Cameron Hall 6.25 5(4). Nicholas Mintzas 4.625 3. Jordan Chapman 6.25 6. Jackson Pascoe 1.1 6(4). Michael Loeken 4.625 6(8). Anthony Sgualdino 4.225 4(5). Estelle Pascoe 1.5 7. Brady Hill 1.1 7(6). Jordan Pacey 4.225 7(7). Hayden Sinclair 2.2 8. Max Klerks 1.1 8(8). Jordan Alexander 1.1 8(6). Eva Pascoe 1.1 9. Joel Cave 1.1 8(9). Amber Cox 1.1 8. Eliot Wilson 1.1 Division 5 Division 6 8. Kody Scott 1.1

4 - 1 Senior Black Belt 8. Renee Roberts 1.1 1(1). William Cox 50 1(1). Daniel Jays 25

2(2). Zachery Jewell 18.75 1(2). Joseph Sandona 25 TEAMS DEMONSTRATIONS

3(4). Peter Voermaek 15.625 1. Jason Parker 25 Division 1

4(3). Michael Aston-Brien 9.375 4(4). Robert Sandona 9.375 All Ranks 5(5). Rachel Harper 2.6 5(3). Brett Parker 6.25 1. Peter & Aleisha 6. Eva, Isabel, Max & Anna 6. Michael Fraser 1.5 6(5). David Sgualdino 4.625 2. Will, David, Zachery & Hugh 7. Matthew, Michael, Gordon 7(7). Luke Robinson 2.6 3. Nicholas & Anthony Robert & Michael 8(6). Jacinta Forbes 1.1 4. Estelle & James 8. Rachel & Vanessa 8(8). John Barron 1.1 5. Kathy, Jackson & Jacinta 9. Max, Jacinta & Renee 8(9).Matthew Rainbird 1.1 10. Hayden & Michael 8(10). Daniel Sgualdino 1.1

with a massive hall (to seat 700) being built at my school. Whilst I am not sure whether I will be here next year, I know that Mike and the team will be making full use of it. The training session times will most probably change, but we will advise everyone of this as things are finalised for 2010.

In closing, everyone at Bribie wishes Mike (instructor of the senior class on Bribie) all the very best for the final weeks of his arduous and very long university studies as an Aerospace Avionics Engi-neer. Having to balance instructing with everyday life is something that can be difficult at times; something faced by all instructors.

I will be back in Nepal by the time the next grading comes around, so I wish to extend my congratulations to everyone for their individ-ual achievements throughout the year. IMT really is an out-standing organisation in every respect, so keep training hard and aiming high.

Lee

Namaste from Bribie Island.

Firstly, congratulations to everyone from ALL clubs who performed so well at the recent tournament. It was a great event in every way. Thankyou to all the families who came along to support their clubs and individual competitors. The Bribie club rates itself as quiet achievers but have been doing well at the tournaments. We do like to quietly make our presence felt when we can, however we may just slip under the radar when the 'big boys' aren't looking.

Our senior class is comprised of teenagers who are currently in the thick of their final years at high-school with the associ-ated exams etc.. impacting on training. We commend them on continuing their training when they can and keeping their sights set on the goals (including studies and Taek-wondo) that they have set for themselves. These efforts will bring their own rewards, so hang in there, guys.

Our training facilities will be hugely expanded next year

Gold Silver Bronze Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Total

Bald Hills 3 2 11 8 19

Banyo 2 3 2 3 14 17

Bribie Island 2 3 2 10 14 24

Kallangur 9 2 3 30 34 64

Redcliffe 2 4 5 24 19 43

Gold = 3 points Silver = 2 points Bronze = 1 point

CLUB POINTS TABLE

SPARRING

Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4

Pee Wee 10—4 Junior 10—5 Senior Male 10 - 4 Senior Female 1(1). Georgia Harris 32 1(6). Anthony Sgualdino 39.1 1(1). Jake Lock 64 1(1). Rachel Harper 58 2. Andrew Devlin 31 2(1). Talei Kohlhase 33 2(3). Jordan Alexander 30.75 2(2). Vanessa Betts 18.6 3(2). Joshua Burns 24.625 3(5). Riley Andrew 26 3(2). Hugh Waterman 21.6 3(3). Kathy Pascoe 8.25 4. Cloe Devlin 16.5 4(2). Tiana Kohlhase 20.5 4(5). Micheal Loeken 15.75 5(5). Victoria Spriggs 15.75 5(7). Brady Hill 15.35 5(6). Jordan Pacey 10.22 6(3). Max Klerks 11.25 6(4). Gordan Edmonds 14.225 6(4). Cameron Hall 6.125 7(4). Jade Cox 10.125 7(5). Nicholas Mintzas 13.625 7. Lachlan Meek 5.5 8(6). Amber Cox 4.1 8(3). Emma Harris 13.25 Division 5

9(7). Joel Cave 3.1 9(7). Anna Mintzas 8.6 4 - 1 Junior Male 10(6). Isabel Wellock 8.2 1(2). Mitchel Bartley 31 11(7). Eva Pascoe 7.2 2(1). James Healy 29 12. Renee Roberts 5.5 3(3). Max Barron 11.75 13. Aleisha Voermanek 4.1 4. Jordan Chapman 11.25 14. Kody Scott 3.1 5. Eliot Wilson 8.25 14. Michael Roberts 3.1 6. Jacob Pace 8.125 Division 6 Division 7 Division 8 Division 9

4—1 Junior Female 5—1 Senior Black Belt Junior Black Belt Senior (1). Jacinta Manly 60 1(1). Peter Voermanek 62 1(1). Luke Robinson 48.5 1(1). Daniel Jays 32 (2). Estelle Pascoe 33 2(2). Michael Aston-Brian18.6 2(3). Daniel Sgualdino 42.25 2. Jason Parker 31 3(3). William Cox 18.375 3(2). David Sgualdino 28.75 3(3). Robert Sandona 23.5 4. Zachery Jewell 17.5 4(4). Jacinta Forbes 8.125 4(5). Joseph Sandona 20 5. Brendan Leamy 11.25 5. Cassie Sutherland 5.125 5(2). Brett Parker 17.5 6. Michael Fraser 5.5 6(5). Matthew Rainbird 3.5 6(4). John Barron 12.625 7. Eike Anderson 3.1 7. Conner Bell 8.125 8. Jason Pascoe 3.1