Seminars

ITF Brussels and ITF Woluwe organized a seminar (13.00-17.00) in Woluwe with Sabum Lylian Doulay (ITF France), February 16th. Sabum Doulay is multiple European Champion, multiple World Cup & European Cup winner and vice World Champion, and preparing for the upcoming World Championships in April. The seminar consisted of lots of exercises on strength & conditioning for patterns, kicks for patterns, stretching and fundamental movements.

In the last part of the seminar there was time to ask questions, and Sabum Lylian demonstrated the pattern Moon-Moo for an audience that was very impressed.

Most of the belgian clubs were present at the seminar, together with some members ITF Luxembourg and ITF France.

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February 16th European Champion tul Lylian Doulay (France) will conduct a seminar in Belgium, in an organization of ITF Brussels and ITF Woluwe. The seminar will be based on fundamental movements, specific conditioning exercises to improve patterns, and the ITF patterns system in general. At the end, there will be a time slot for questions and answers.

All details: see invitation.

IUC, Miesbach, Germany November 24th-25th

Some members ITF-Belgium will be present at the IUC. Amongst them the chairman and one of the members of the ITF-Belgium U&T Committee: Eddy Van Damme & Benito Martinez. They will bring the new information back home, to be included in the next National Umpire Courses.

IKC, Zaandam, The Netherlands, December 1st-2nd: with the participation of one ITF-Belgium black belt, Kevin De Vree.

The IIC in Amsterdam, November 17th-18th, with the ITF Technical Committe (GrandMaster Hecor Marano, GrandMaster Lan Ung Kim and Master Paul McPhail) counts a big number of belgian black belts under its participants: 22 members ITF-Belgium will be participating, from 7 different affiliated clubs.

Also GrandMaster Frank Vanberghen will be present, he was invited as special guest by GM Marano.

On Sunday October 21st the second ITF-Belgium Day of Taekwon-Do & Kids Day of 2018 was held in the ADEPS Sports complex in Jambes.  With 169 participants & 13 instructors a new record was set.

On the Kids Day the youngest members had classes for 1,5 hour, with Esther Meulemeester (III°degree), Nico Tunyck (III°degree) and Margaux Pollefeyt (II°degree) as instructors.

The Day of Taekwon-Do started at 10.00 and ended at 13.30, with a general warming-up and cooling-down by Tomas Chacon (II°degree). Afterward the group was divided in subgroups, depending on age and grade, with tul, hosinsul, sparring and powerbreaking & special techniques. Instructors were Master Annick Van Driessche (VII°degree), Eddy Van Damme (VI°degree), Virginia Dionisi (VI°degree), Yves Pollefeyt (VI°degree), Patrick Crevecoeur (V°degree), Bob Wigman (V°degree), Tom Van De Sijpe (IV°degree) and Wim Vermandere (IV°degree).

Meanwhile some of the black belt instructors present had an individual tul session with Grand Master Frank Vanberghen (IX°degree).

At the end of the seminar, all participants received a certificate of participation.