More Taekwondo In May

Local Students Shine at Taekwondo Championships

Martial artists from three branches of Stevens Taekwondo Academy schools medaled at the recent state championships and qualified for national competition.

Isaac Williams sparring

Black belt Isaac Williams used a butterfly kick a spinning hook speed break and an autobahn kick to snap three boards and win first place in the 12 to 14 year-old division.  Williams also took second place in the forms and sparring competition for his division.

Third dan black belt Charles Zoromski took home the third place medal in men’s lightweight sparring competition.

Stevens Taekwondo Academy had a strong contingent in the blue belt divisions. Lydia Miller earned two first place medals, breaking two boards with a long-stepping side kick and a butterfly kick for the board breaking first, and then won the youth forms competition.  Her mother Jill Miller took first place in the masters division for blue belt forms.  Tanner Rogers won the mean blue belt breaking competition snapping three boards with an autobahn kick, a 270-side kick and a switching front kick.  Rogers also grabbed the second place medal for feather weight sparring.  Blue belt brothers Griffin and Reece Peeters won first and second place respectively in the cadet division for forms.  All blue belts performed the challenging tae geuk yuk jahn form.

The 2013 Wisconsin State Taekwondo championships were sponsored by the Wisconsin Taekwondo Association and drew more than 200 competitors to Middleton High School for the May 4 competition.  Medaling at the tournament qualifies these students for participation in the 2013 USA Taekwondo National Championships which will be held in Chicago, July 3 to July 9.

Contributing Rightly

Also in May, our demo team presented at the Children’s Museum in Stevens Point with Masters Kim Buehler and Karrie Lane, assisted by youngsters Raven and Jeffie.  Another great way of getting the word out about taekwondo for young and old, as even a small white belt demonstrated how to break a board.

More Celebration

The YMCA class enjoyed singing happy bierthday to Dr. Stevens, the day after his birthday, and sharing a birthday cake.  Dr. Stevens also received a book of photos from his birthday celebration with the black belts, last month.  Dr. Stevens also showed off his special uniform, gift of grandmaster Robert Stevens, which notes his service in Korea.