Wolves Martial Arts

The 2010 South African Championships were held on the 17th of April in Bloemfontein

In total Wolves Academy brought 50 medals home – 11 Gold, 17 Silver and 22 Bronze

Here are the individual results for the students;

COMBAT TANG SOO DO

Abigail Thrush – 1^st Sparring

Amandus Niewenhyus – 2^nd Sparring

Brandon Britz – 3^rd Weapons

Bronwen Buitendach – 2^nd Sparring. 3^rd Forms

Chandre van Wyk – 3^rd Sparring, 2^nd Forms

Christo van Wyk – 2^nd Sparring

Daniel Teixeira – 1^st Forms

Elise Scheepers – 2^nd Sparring, 3^rd Forms

Emune van Wyk – 3^rd Sparring, 3^rd Forms

Francois Buitendach – 2^nd Sparring

Francois Theron – 3^rd Sparring

Frans Naude – 3^rd Forms

Franzel Theron – 2^nd Sparring

Johan Viljoen – 1^st Sparring, 3^rd Weapons

Juane Niewenhyus – 1^st Sparring, 1^st Forms

Karel Boshoff – 3^rd Sparring

Laurie Theron – 2^nd Sparring, 3^rd Forms

Marco Belo – 3^rd Sparring

Matthew Christopher – 3^rd Sparring

Nathan Benade – 1^st Sparring, 3^rd Forms

Raymond Britz – 2^nd Sparring, 3^rd Weapons

Raymond Kriel – 3^rd Weapons

Stefan Scheepers – 1^st Sparring, 1^st Forms, 3^rd Weapons

Wehan Viljoen – 1^st Sparring, 3^rd Weapons

Zeza Teixeira – 2^nd Sparring, 3^rd Forms, 2^nd Weapons

HAEDONG KUMDO

Brandon Britz – 3^rd Forms

Cisca Scheepers – 2^nd Forms

Jacqueline Teixeira – 2^nd Forms

Marco Belo – 1^st Sparring, 2^nd Forms

Raymond Britz – 2^nd Sparring, 1^st Forms

Stefan Scheepers – 3^rd Forms

Zeza Teixeira – 2^nd Forms

THE WHITE TIGER DOJANG, on behalf of the INTERNATIONAL COMBAT TANG SOO DO AND HAEDONG KUMDO CONFIDERATION, INVITE YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS to be held at the UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE, BLOEMFONTEIN on the 17^th of April 2010.

VENUE: University Sport Centrum

UFS Gym

Map is attached

TIME: 7:00 All students for registration, with a meeting for all judges

9:00 Opening and start of tournament

COST: R120 for CTSD or HK

R170 for both

CATEGORIES: CTSD – Forms, Fighting and Weapons

HK – Forms and Fighting

Team Forms – for HK and CTSD

• 2 categories: under 18 years

: 18 years and above

• 3 students per team
• teams may consist of men and women
• any form according to the highest rank
• synchronized

FIGHTING RULES: According to the rules that were applied for Poland 2009

RSVP: Please have entries sent in by the 10^th of April 2010

SELECTION: This championship will serve as the first selection for the 2011

Martial Arts Games to be held in Estonia!!!

COME AND BE PART OF A WINNING TEAM!!!!

Regards

Kwan Ja Nim Liza Coetsee

White Tigers

29A Maluti Avenue

Spitskop

Bloemfontein

Wolves Martial Arts Acadmy has a new dedicated forum up and running, the link is;

http://wolvesacademy.medecins-maroc.com

Please join the forum and participate in the descussions and topics on the forum

Do you sometimes feel that you are not confident enough to take action in a threatening or potentially life-threatening situation?

At Wolves Academy it is our main objective to transform this deceptive perception to a positive knowledge of “I can really pull this self-defence tactic of”.At our Academy we teach practical, simple and effective techniques;

Tang Soo Do

1^st Dan

Shane vd Hoven

Abigail Thrush

Henco Pieters

Bella Busschau

Theo Busschau

2^nd Dan

Stefan Scheepers

Raymond Brits

Monique Rautenbach

Results for the Tang Soo Do & Haedong Kumdo World Championships that was held on 17 / 18 October 2009 in Poland

Wolves Academy took 71 medals in total – 16 Gold, 24 Silver and 31 Bronze

Tang Soo Do

• Abigail Thrush – 3^rd Modern Forms, 1^st Sparring
• Brandon Brits – 3^rd Group Forms
• Chandre v Wyk – 2^nd Group Forms
• Christiaan Rautenbach – 3^rd Group Forms
• Christo v Wyk – 3^rd Group Forms, 3^rd Breaking
• Cisca Scheepers – 3^rd Weapons, 2^nd Group Forms, 1^st Yidan Ahp, 3^rd Breaking, 1^st Sparring
• Johannie Steenekamp – 1^st Traditional Forms, 2^nd Tag Team Sparring, 2^nd Yidan Ahp, 2^nd Sparring
• Joshna Nagar – 3^rd Traditional Forms, 1^st Modern Forms, 2^nd Group Forms
• Kiara Raschke – 3^rd Bong Forms, 3^rd Group Forms, 2^nd Sparring
• Kurt Kruger – 3^rd Modern Forms, 2^nd Sparring
• Laurie Theron – 2^nd Modern Forms, 2^nd Team Sparring
• Matthew Uys – 1^st Group Forms, 2^nd Team Sparring, 3^rd Yidan Ahp, 1^st Sparring
• Monique Rautenbach – 2^nd Traditional Forms, 3^rd Group Forms, 3^rd Team Sparring, 2^nd Tag Team Sparring, 2^nd Yidan Ahp, 1^st Breaking, 1^st Sparring
• Pierre Smith – 3^rd Modern Forms, 2^nd Yidan Ahp
• Raymond Brits – 2^nd Group Forms
• Raymond Kriel – 2^nd Team Sparring, 3^rd Breaking
• Stefan Scheepers – 3^rd Tradtional Forms, 2^nd Bong Forms, 2^nd Weapon Forms, 2^nd Group Forms, 3^rd Team Sparring, 3^rd Tag Team Sparring, 3^rd Breaking, 3^rd Sparring
• Tyron vd Merwe – 3^rd Tag Team Sparring, 3^rd Sparring
• Xander Davis – 3^rd Weapon Forms, 1^st Group Forms, 2^nd Team Sparring, 3^rd Tag Team Sparring, 1^st Breaking, 3^rd Sparring

Haedong Kumdo

• Chandre v Wyk – 3^rd Cutting
• Christiaan Rautenbach – 3^rd Forms, 1^st Cutting
• Cisca Scheepers – 3^rd Forms, 1^st Cutting
• Johannie Steenekamp – 3^rd Forms
• Monique Rautenbach – 2^nd Forms, 1^st Cutting
• Raymond Brits – 1^st Forms, 3^rd Cutting
• Stefan Scheepers – 3^rd Forms, 2^nd Cutting
• Xander Davis – 1^st Forms

Monique Rautenbach

1 Gold Forms

1 Silver Sparring

1 Bronze Forms

Christiaan Rautebach

4^th place Forms

Dewaldt Bothma

1 Silver Forms

Team South Africa

1^st Place – World Champions

Best Sportmanship award

Best Cheering award

Best Instructor award

Wolves Academy has opened up its own small kiosk. At the moment we are only selling drinks and small snacks but we are preparing the shop to also sell food in the near future

The prices are as follows;

Drinks

Red Bull                    R20-00

Lucozade                  R12-50

Energade                   R9-90

Soft Drinks                R7-50

Oros                          R6-50

Snacks

All Sorts                    R2-00

Energade Sweets       R6-50

Here is the link for the official Website of the 2009 Poland World Championships

http://www.worldcup-tsd.org/portal.php

New members

The following members joined the Academy effective 1 June 2009 and we welcome them to the Academy.  May your stay with us be fruitful and filled with satisfaction.

Birthdays

The under-mentioned students are congratulated with their birthday.  We wish you a happy birthday and a blessed year:

Gradings

A total of 90 gradings were conducted successfully in June 2009.   

The following Dan members had a successful Dan grading on 20 June 2009 in Johannesburg:

Haedong Kumdo

Xander Davis                              3^rd Dan

Elise Scheepers                        1^st Dan

Raymond Britz                           1^st Dan

Tang Soo Do

Cisca Scheepers                       2^nd Dan

Branson Britz                            2^nd Dan

Congratulations to all of you, you held our Academy’s’ name high.

Tournaments

The next tournament will be held on 15 August 2009 at Wits and I would like to see all the students from Wolves Academy at the tournament.  A letter has been circulated in this regard and feedback must reach me on or before the 27^th of July 2009.

The tournament is compulsory for all students who will tour Poland as part of the delegation who will represent South Africa’s National team; however, it is also open for all students who want to participate.  Please support the Association with their tournaments and let us as Wolves turn up in numbers.

As soon as we have some figures, we will look at the possibility of arranging transport by bus or kombi’s.

International Tours

Four of our members are part of the National Team who will tour Korea for the Haedong Kumdo Championships which will be held in Busan, Korea this month.

Sabumnim Xander Davis (senior national team). Kusanim Monique Rautenbach (junior national Team). Bokusanim Dewaldt Bothma (Junior National team) and Christiaan Rautenbach (Presidents development team) will leave for Korea on 19 July and will return to South Africa on 29 July 2009.

All the best for you all and make us proud of our Wolves as usual.