City West Taekwondo

CHUNCHEON World Poomsae Championships! Korea, here we come 💚💛 Tomorrow our athletes fly out. Safe travels to the players and families travelling in support. Sending best wishes to the Aussie Team, especially our Senior Aussie Pairs - Alicia & Alex and the Junior Team which Savannah is a part of. All focused on competing their best on day 5 of competition, Sunday 20th Sept.
Meanwhile a shout out to our generous fundraising community for getting behind our cause; helping us raise $9K ($3K for each athlete). Valuable funds raised to help meet our athletes travel costs (air tickets & accommodation). Special thanks to everyone that contributed, sponsored or donated... every bit counting towards reaching our target sum. In the end, local pet friendly business Floofs & Fluffs getting us over the line. Great teamworks everyone 🙌

WEEKEND of highs and lows, with some great interstate-level exposure on home soil and plenty of valuable lessons for our fight team.
Over the weekend, fighters were put to the test. Some rose to the challenge, while others fell short of the results they were chasing. But as always, the results only tell part of the story. Every time we step onto the mats, we have an opportunity to learn, grow & come back better.
Saturday our Black Belt fighters Archie, Keira, Kiarra, Jesse & Pizazz took on the Pathways competition. We didn’t get the results we wanted, but we got the experience we needed! We will continue to push ourselves, learn from the difficult moments & keep working towards the level we know this team is capable of reaching.
Sunday saw the first MELBOURNE OPEN event, with some of our more experienced fighters Keira, Kiarra, Pizazz & Amity getting valuable mat time; refining their skills & continuing to develop their competition game. We also had four of our newest fighters Martin, Marcus, Aashif & Vivaan step onto the competition mats for the very first time. Each giving it everything they had; putting on great performances with absolute courage & determination. Most importantly, they walked away with invaluable experience that will drive them to come back stronger.
What stood out just as much as the performances on the mats was the support around them. Parents giving up their weekend, teammates supporting each other between fights, and even team members who weren’t competing coming down to support, encourage and help their teammates over the weekend.
That is what makes this more than just a group of fighters. We are a team 🧡💙 We win together, we fall short together, and most importantly, we grow together!
Plenty to be proud of and plenty to work on.
Massive thanks to our passionate lead coach Taner & Jerry for taking such amazing care of the squad 🙌

TOP Blue 3 Grading! Congratulations to our T3 graduates successfully promoted to Red Belt today 🙌

BLUE 3's lapping up their grading promotion exam today. Well done team. Super impressive and well on track to join our Red Belts this week. Keep up the great work 👊

BLUE 2's on the move after T3 grading promotion success. Takes best efforts to reap top rewards. Well done to everyone that got through today's vigorous challenge, securing the extra stripe!

BLUE BELT gradings completing this weekend's club showcase of Taekwondo skills, knowledge & self defence. Well done to everyone that passed, upleveling to a higher rank. No easy ride when it comes to learning matters ✊

LEARN the Art... Feel the Energy... Gain the Power... Discover the Passion of this awesome Taekwondo Community!

BLACK BELT milestone reached! Congratulations to our newest graduates - Brendan, Clare, Dylan, Jaydon & Sidharth. Not only on nailing 1st Poom/1st Dan Black Belt, but for having the passion, commitment and discipline to make every leg of their journey count 🥋 Looking forward to what comes next. Great work team 👊

NEXT in line for Black Belt 👊👊👊 Congratulations to Amelia, Cooper & Vishva on upgrading to Cho Dan Bo today 🙌

GRADING promotion success for some of our Red Belts this term.