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Northern Ireland Steps It Up in Russia 12-17/Oct 2009
The ITF World Championships were held in
St. Petersburg, Russia between the 12th and 17th October 2009. Eighty three countries were represented with eleven hundred competitors. The Northern Ireland ITF Team Coach Mr. Leo Maguire was present with the national team of three competitors; Mr. Michael Maxwell (II Dan), Mr. Stephen Fitzsimons (II Dan) and the new boy on the team, Mr. John Mitchell (I Dan).

John and Michael competed in the Patterns section of the championships and later Michael and Stephen competed in the Sparring sections. Michael Maxwell remained in the competitions until the quarter final stage of his weight category (-57 kg) and Stephen Fitzsimons narrowly missed out the quarter final stage in his weight category (-78 kg).
Stephen Fitzsimons also entered the
Special Techniques section.



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New TANI Board 29/Jun 2009
A new TANI board for the forthcoming year was elected at the TANI Annual General Meeting. We wish them well in implementing the TANI 4 year plan which will make Taekwondo the most successful martial art within Northern Ireland.

TANI BOARD 2009/2010
CHAIRMAN	Mr Bertie Nicholson
HONORARY SECRETARY	Mr John Johnston
TANI CHILD PROTECTION and EQUITY OFFICER	Ms Caroline Beck
FINANCE DIRECTOR	Mr Gerard Smyth
DIRECTOR	Mr Paul McCartney
DIRECTOR	Mr Barry Hamilton
DIRECTOR	Mr Leo Maguire
DIRECTOR	Mr Adam Askew
DIRECTOR	Mr Keith Farrell

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Gold in Bonnie Scotland 15/Mar 2009
Competition success continues for WTF Junior Korugi fighters,this time a little further afield in Scotland. Sun 15th March saw junior NI Squad development fighters compete in the 2009 Scottish Cup kyorugi competition, in Carronshore, near Edinburgh, which attracts teams from all over GB and Ireland.

The team of four came away with 2 gold, 2 silver (with the opportunity for 2 further being denied due to injury and having to leave to get the ferry home!)

Kyorugi is the combat sporting side of Taekwondo. It is a dynamic, fast action display of superb, movie style kicks. It takes effort and dedication to go all the way to the top but through the NI Kyorugi Squad Training we hope to get people to 2012!






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100% Me 21/Jan 2009
TANI attended a presentation given by Sport UK on the 100% ME initiative. 100% ME is an athlete-centred education and information programme that aims to increase understanding of drug-free sport amongst the whole sporting community through providing high quality, relevant and up to date information on anti-doping, and promoting the positive attitudes and values of sportsmen and women in the UK who have competed successfully in sport .





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Ouch! 07/Dec 2008
Master Bae performing a perfect back kick during his seminar on kyorugi techniques and tactics as part of the ongoing High Performance Clinics programme of inviting specialists in Olympic kyorugi to Northern Ireland.

Master Bae (6th Dan) is a former Korean Nationals gold medallist and is a coach to the Korean Navy team. Having also been in the running for the position of GB Coach it was a great privilege to train with him.

Also part of the clinic was Master Evan (6th Dan); being an international referee Master Evan gave an insight to the upcoming changing rules and the implications to fighting tactics.

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