University of Sydney Taekwondo Club

Hi again everybody!
Many big changes have been happening lately at the Sydney Uni Taekwondo Club so make sure to read this e-mail until the end. Just as a side note, Olympic Taekwondo in Beijing will start this Wednesday so make sure to watch it as it will be very good!

Night-time classes: Yes! Night time classes are now confirmed! Starting on
August 25th, they will be held on every Monday and Wednesday evening from 5:30pm to 6:30pm at HK Ward Group Fitness room.

Secondly, uniforms and equipment are now available to order from Master Seo. Simply come to our training classes and you can place an order for a "dobok" uniform or equipment such as shin guards, arm guards, etc

If you are going to compete in the Australian University Games, don’t forget to attend our Sunday Sparring Lessons on 3pm to 4:30pm and learn valuable skills that will help you win gold at the games!

Moreover, the Sydney Uni Taekwondo Club will be hold a demonstration on September 2nd at the World Culture Fair at Wentworth Lawns. It is compulsory for black belts to attend this demonstration (green belt and above are encouraged to attend as well) and we will be holding trainings on Sundays from 4:30pm to 6:00pm.

A reminder to all those that come to Friday sparring classes: please bring
a towel with you and wipe down all equipment you use after training, thank
you.

I hope you enjoy your week!

Kind regards,

John (Jung-Ho) Lee
President
Mobile: 0415 409 030
Email: jlee6406@usyd.edu.au

Hi everybody,

As some of you may know, an event known as the World Culture Fair is coming up soon on Tuesday 2nd of September at Wentworth Lawns between 12pm to 2pm. The Taekwondo Club have been kindly invited by the Australian Korean Association to take part in this event by showing the students of Sydney Uni a Taekwondo demonstration! This event is planned by the University of Sydney Union and it is a part of the massive Verge Arts Festival that is happening in the beginning of September. It is compulsory for black belts and red belts to join the demonstration team and we will be rehearsing on Sundays 4:30pm to 6:00pm (right after special sparring training). Colour belts that are keen to join are most welcome to enter our demonstration team, and since this event is going to be at Wentworth lawns, it will definitely bring in BIG crowds!

See you all soon!

John Lee

This is an announcement regarding the new lesson pricing structure. Before I begin on the details I wish to let you all know that we in the club will do our best to give everybody the highest quality of training at the most affordable prices.

To begin with, those that are familiar with the old system will know about the 5 pass card. It has been unanimously decided that the 5 pass card will be removed. However, we understand that there are people out there that still have 5 pass cards, and these people will be allowed to use their cards until the end of the year or until it expires.

So, the options available from this day forward are as follows:

Semester - 2 times a week: $135
Semester - Unlimited: $175
Monthly - 2 times a week: $40
Monthly - Unlimited: $50
Casual Lesson: $8

I suspect people may wonder about the definition of “Unlimited”. Simply put, when night time classes begin shortly we will have a total of 5 classes per week, and thus individuals can purchase an “Unlimited” card
that will let them train as many times as they wish in a week.

Also, the Taekwondo Club has its own definition of a “semester”. Sydney University has a semester of just 13 weeks then followed by exams. However, we in the Taekwondo Club aim to give you more. People that purchase a semester pass can train during the whole of semester 2 (including exams), and on top of that they can train during December and January. To illustrate, an individual with a “Semester - 2 times a week” pass can train twice a week for 6 months and pay only $135! This is an incredible saving, and is much more economical than purchasing 6 monthly passes. Just for your information, these are the very competitive prices, and our prices are better when compared to other clubs (for instance UNSW TKD Club).

This should sum it up and hopefully I’ll be seeing you all at training!

Kind Regards

John (Jung-Ho) Lee
President
Mobile: 0415 409 030
Email: jlee6406@usyd.edu.au

Hello everybody,

How are you all? I hope you have all made the most of your holidays, I know I haven’t. So, I wish you all a big welcome to the second semester of 2008!

Many exciting things are going to happen in the Taekwondo Club for semester 2, and a lot of novel things are currently in development. Firstly, we will be holding beginner classes from week 2, on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3pm to 4pm. These classes will be free of charge!

Regular Taekwondo classes will resume from week 1, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (Fridays are sparring classes) from 4:00pm to 5:30pm as per usual.

For those you that have very late uni classes and cannot come to these training sessions, do not worry, because we are currently in the process of making night time classes! We understand that students studying science and engineering have late classes that go on until 5pm or even 6pm, and also there are those of you that have part-time (or even full-time) work, so we hope that these classes will benefit you greatly. They are likely to be on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30pm to 7:15pm, starting sometime in August.

Moreover, we are currently in the process of restructuring our lesson pricing fees. Nothing concrete has been decided yet, but what I can tell you now is that we will definitely provide you all with much more
affordable lesson fees, which is very enticing for a starving university student such as myself. The new prices are likely to take into effect in the beginning of August, and final details will be e-mail later on this week.

Those interested in the upcoming Australian University Games are recommended to attend the Sunday sparring training classes which will focus on technique and skills that will boost your sparring level
significantly. These will be held on August 10th, 17th, 24th and September 7th, 14th and 21st from 3pm to 5pm. There will be a meeting for AUG competitors quite soon, details of which we will e-mail you in due time.

Lastly, Grading! I’m sure any of you are keen on moving up on your belts and I am happy to tell you all that grading will be held on August the 16th (Saturday) from 1pm to 3pm. Afterwards, as per Taekwondo Club tradition, we will all celebrate with a meal out at Newtown.

I wish you all the best for your new semester, and I hope to see many of you at Taekwondo classes.

Best regards,

John (Jung-Ho) Lee
President
Mobile: 0415 409 030
Email: jlee6406@usyd.edu.au

Mellissa Linardi
Secretary/Social Director
Mobile: 0415 789 984
Email: mlin3186@usyd.edu.au

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