Taekwon-Do practitioners red belt and above are invited to the next ITA national technical seminar, which takes place in St. Flannan's College, Ennis Co. Clare on Sunday May 27th 2012. The seminar will be conducted by the ITA Technical & Instruction Committee: Master Kenneth Wheatley VII Dan, Mr. Niall Jones V Dan and Mr. Stephen Ryan V Dan. The seminar costs €30.00 per person, payable on the day. The seminar will run from 10.00am to 4.00pm and will cover various aspects of the ITA syllabus, ITF patterns up to Tong-il, physical development (core and strenght exercises to develop kicking ability), fundamental movements, etc. Register now by emailing your name and grade to sryan@taekwondo.ie.

Poster

The ITA Business Committee would like announce that professionally designed flyers are now available to all ITA instructors at excellent rates. The text on these flyers will be fully editable to suit the marketing needs of your school/club. The flyers are available as double sided A5 full colour gloss and include designs to market for adult and teen classes, kids classes and a flyer which combines adults, teens and kids classes. For more information please contact the business committee at lcullen@taekwondo.ie

Those applying through the expansion package will have these flyers available free of charge

Photos of designs can be viewed here

The ITF Umpire Course taking place in the University of Limerick, Ireland, hosted by the Irish Taekwon-Do Association is shaping up to be a great event. 100 people have already registered including participants from Ireland, England, Scotland, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Hungary. This is going to be a unique IUC as members of the ITF Technical Committee (Grandmaster Marano and Grandmaster Bos), ITF Umpire Committee (Master Katz, Master Dunbar and Mr. Ottesen) and ITF Tournament Committee (Master van den Heuvel, Master Cecconato, Master Vones) will all be in attendance. Many other famous masters and instructors from around the world are also attending. We will also be honoured at this IUC by the presence of ITF senior vice-president Master Weiler and AETF president Master Loboda. 

ITA wish to invite applications for the Summer Black Belt Grading which will take place on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th June 2012. Please read this bulletin carefully to ensure you are aware of all requirements and details. 

The deadline for applications to be sent to the Secretary General, with fully completed documentation is Wednesday 30th May 2012