Gallery
Ross & Shanes last Training Night 09
Our last sparring training night was enjoyed by all, and well taken by Ross & Shane. The club managed to also raise another $200 out of their club fees to help send the boys overseas and as a thank you for the training they have received over the lasy few months. And as you can see, we also had a guest for the night with Mr Kyle Caldwell enjoying a training session with the kids, his first in a number of years.
You can see a video of Kyle winning Gold at the 2002 world champs here.
Club Demo Day at Te Puna School
Thanks Bonnie for the photo’s of our demonstration at Te Puna School on the 17/10/09
Here are some photos of the night.
Club Mufti Night
We were on the verge of seventy dollars; around the same as last time so we are on our way to getting club T-shirts. Training in mufti was certainly a wake up call for all of us but it was also very insightful. The added weight and lack of flexibility were points that were covered on the night. Practicing in civilian clothing can help you prepare for real world situations, in which most of your kicks would not be effective. This is where self defence helps a lot. If someone was to mug you on the street, you would find it difficult to kick with bulky footwear. This being said, hand techniques or holds can be useful or good low kicks with hard shoes. Hopefully we will do this again to improve our ability to defend ourselves in civilian attire. It if quite a valuable skill as we will not be fighting in our Dobok but in standard inflexible gear that will weigh us down.
Here are some photos of the night.
Midlands Coloured Belt Tournament
13 Members of Silla competed in this tournament organised by Ms Lander of the Papamoa club, with nearly all gaining a placing. Congratulations to Jack (far left) on earning best overall white belt student!
Midlands Regional Tournament
Congratulations to you all for your success over the weekend. Not only did Silla members win many trophies, we also won the Team Spirit Trophy, presented to the club that shows the best support of its members.
Interclub Tournament
Congratulations to all Silla members who competed in the Interclub tournament over the weekend, photo’s are below!
Mr Skedgwell and i were very proud to be your instructors and see you all participating and enjoying what for most of you was your first tournament. We will be holding more of these smaller events over the year to give you confidence and experience, and we encourage you to enter the National Star Tournament Series throughout the year.
Regional camp photo’s
Shilla members attended the regional camp this year and had a great time. Some of them are below
Club End of Year Breakup
On Sunday the 14th Silla club members held their club breakup at Saphire Springs. 60 members and their families attended, swam, had a BBQ, and watched the club demo team perform for their families. You guys were great, see you on the 19th January!
Club Training
Our last training session for 08, with some students missing, and some regular extras at the back (In particular our special guest from far north Hurupaki Club Miss Amy Reeder).
National Juniors Camp 30/11/08
More photo’s here!
Some club members and others from around the country attending the camp
Epson Star Tournament 4 16/11/08
3 Shilla club members had a great day at the last Epson Star Tournament of 2008, collecting 4 medals between them, congratulations to James, Josh and Holly
Club Demo at the Te Puna School Fair
Members of the club demo team put on a great display and even though most have been training for less than 1 year, the standard was awesome, especially the specialty jumping and breaking!
Combined Training Night 10 September 08
We welcomed members from the Tauranga & Papamoa clubs along with Mr Rimmer, nearly 80 students altogether in our small Do Jang!
Master D Club Visit 14/8/08
Our Trip to Cambridge!
Bumping along all ten of us, in the back of a huge campervan
Screaming, yelling and playing games, we all wish we had a fan
Arriving at the Do Jang we all jump out
We’re all over excited but we dare not shout
Practising patterns, stretches and line work
Not one of us being a jerk
The class ends and we all head to KFC
Lucky we don’t have to pay the fee
Yum yum we’re all done
Time to head home to mum
So thanks for the great trip we all had fun
We’re all tired and need to go to sleep like the faded sun
Written by Bonnie May Gibson 14/8/08
Midlands Regionals
Just a few pictures of Holly Fleet in action at the Midlands Regionals in Te Awamutu in June.
International Instructors Conference
Held over the weekend of 18 July 08 and attended by Silla’s two instructors
Club training night
This gallery is for photo’s of Silla’s students doing their thing!
Korea – 07
These are just some of the 300+ photo’s of my 3 months teaching experience in Sth Korea in 2007.
Breaking Stars
This gallery is for those students that have shown skills beyond their graded level. This is Connor Williamson receiving the $50 prize for being the first junior student to break the Black Polar board. Connor has been training for only 6 months and also won the $30 prize for being the first to break the red polar board.
Well done Connor, you are an inspiration to the whole club! (Now i will have to do a lot more practise)