Senior Black Belt Grading - 25th & 26th September 2010 - Gold Coast

IL Shim Taekwondo will only conduct one senior black belt grading for 2nd Degree Black Belt and above each year. The Grading will be carried out over 2 consecutive days covering Patterns from Chon-ji to up to the level of the person grading. Every movement in each pattern will need to be explained and demonstrated. Every defence move will be demonstrated against an attacking opponent, and the purpose of the movement explained in detail. Participants will be performing 3 Step, 2 Step, and 1 Step Sparring. The instructors will be asked to give their interpretation of the requirements when teaching different levels of students. Their knowledge of national and international competition will need to be explained. Flexibility, strength and endurance will also be tested, and many more aspects of ITF Taekwon-do fundamentals and theory. The purpose is to ensure our instructors maintain both their physical conditioning and theoretical knowledge of Taekwondo.

 Instructors Development Program - 09th & 10th October 2010 – Gold Coast

In the early days (1990’s) IL Shim Taekwondo had 45 clubs. The passing of the father of Taekwondo, General Choi, required Master Daher to spend a lot of his time travelling overseas. During this time the organisation has lost momentum, Master Daher is now focusing all his energy on rebuilding the organisation and ITF Taekwon-do in Australia as a whole. Within a short time the organisation has already started to gain energy and momentum, now it is necessary to begin developing new instructors in a targeted manner. We have 7 students participating in the first of many Instructors Courses with an aim of having them ready to open new clubs under the umbrella of IL Shim Taekwon-do, thus resulting in 7 new clubs opening next year. The course will focus on physical and theoretical aspects of Taewon-do to ensure the participating students receive the correct techniques, knowledge, and discipline required to be good practitioners of ITF Taekwon-do. From World Championship through to the World Cup, and International Instructors Course (IIC), the prospective instructors will learn their responsibilities and requirements for these events. Participants will also learn other aspects of running a club such as; how to choose a location for the School, how to market, how to organise a clubs web presence, and how to be a role model and show strong leadership.

Kick Off Camp - 29^th & 30^th January 2011 – Gold Coast

In 2008 the organisation decided to run a special new event to kick off the start of a new training year, this became known as the Kick Off Camp, held at the end of January for the last 2 years and for years to come. 2009 saw 35 practitioners attend; the highlight of the event is the Mystery Instructor who is unknown until they appear on the first morning of the event. 2009 saw Nelson Toiune as the Mystery Instructor. 2010 saw the event grow to 70 Participants, with Master McPhail from New Zealand attend as the Mystery Instructor.

For 2011 we are expecting over 100 participants with the Mystery Instructor still unknown to anyone other than Master Daher. Master McPhail enjoyed the 2010 event so much he has decided to attend again in 2011. Click here for more information

Over the 2 days many different methods are used to train the students, from stamina work in the sand, to training in the water in full dobok, the students are put through their paces in patterns, sparring, situps, pushups, self defence techniques - all in the water at different depths. Games like soccer are adapted to suit making the kick off camp a fun weekend mixing taekwondo training and games.

For 2012 the camp will extend to 3 days over the Australia Day weekend, the camp will finish on Sunday with the inaugural Kick Off Camp Challenge - where teams or clubs verse each other in team based events. More information to follow......