As from Wednesday June 9th on, indoor sport sessions are permitted again for groups up to 50 persons. So far without contact, and still with quite some restrictions and measures, but this is another step forwards on the way to a more ‘normal’ life.
Annick Van Driessche
Fuji Mae Online Tour
On Sunday June 6th quite some instructors and members ITF-Belgium will participate at the first Fuji Mae Online Tour with Master Jerzy Jedut, Master Jaroslaw Suska and Leonardo Oros Duek.
Another ITF online event to look forward too!
National Instructors Course 2021 Online
Zoom, May 23rd
As the feedback on the online NIC’s of 2020 were good and on the General Assembly of January the instructors asked to repaet the format, and since it’s still difficult to have training sessions ‘in live’, another online National Instructors Course was organised this Sunday morning (open to all instructos and assistant-instructors ITF-Belgium).
On the program this time: Choong-moo. The first 45 minutes some fundamental movements from the pattern were exercised, afterwards the pattern was done on count, with explanation of the details, and in the own pace. The last part of the seminar consisted of a Q&A: on Choong-moo, but also on other patterns and aspects of Taekwon-Do.
The next NIC is planned for June 20th.
ITF Policy on Harassment
Although due to the pandemic the ITF Board is not able to meet in person, since April 2020 the Board Members had a Board Meeting through Zoom every month, always on a Sunday morning 7.00 am CET, for 5-6 hours. A lot has been done and decided during these many hours, and also the ITF Bylaws have been revised, many ITF Policies have been updated or written, etc.
On May 2nd also the new ITF Adult Harassment Policy was voted after several months of work and 16 draft versions. Meanwhile a Children Harassment Policy is on its way.
The policy comes with an awareness campaigh against all kinds of harassment, to show that ITF has zero tolerance against harassment.
ITF-Belgium will implement the policy in its own rules, at this moment the Disciplinary Committee and the API’s are working on this.
The policy is published on the ITF website and on the website ITF-Belgium, in the section ‘Documents’: click here.
ITF Taekwon-Do e-World Championships 2021: announcement of the team
The ITF e-World Championships, an alternative on the WC that were postponed to 2023, will take place between 4 and 19 September 2021 in the disciplines tul, teamtul and pre-arranged free sparring. The national coaches announced the selection on May 12th. ITF-Belgium is proud to announce the names of the team members:
- Andreea Musca: tul IV-VI degree, teamtul, pre-arranged free sparring
- Esther Meulemeester: tul III degree, teamtul
- Amber Dellaert: teamtul
- Laura Mouret: tul II degree, teamtul, pre-arranged free sparring
- Tomàs Chacon Torrealba: tul II degree
- Margaux Pollefeyt: teamtul
- Juan Martinez: tul I degree
- Maximilien Boyens: tul I degree
- Tabitha Van Lierde: tul junior II degree, junior pre-arranged free sparring
- Matteo Preys: tul junior II degree
- Lisa Ghijsens: tul junior I degree, junior pre-arranged free sparring
- Rune Schuddinck: tul junior I degree
