Riverton Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan

Great job to all those that turned up at state Poomsae training on Sunday from our various clubs.

Congratulations to the 350+ Oh Do Kwan students who graded at Metro gup gradings on the weekend at Maddington Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan, Belmont Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan and Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Port Kennedy

Thank you to our examiners and volunteers at all 3 locations.
Examiners: C Hartnett 9th Dan, A.Tippet 8th Dan, G Hartnett & N Brickwood 7th Dan, K. Hartmann, S.Sandover, T Hayward & C Hayward 6th Dans, E King, S Hill, T Hill, L.Henness & B Schimpf 5th Dans, L Lim & D Madurapperuma 4th Dans.

Double Promotion :Nuam Nu (Maddington)
Honours Pass: Z Baqiri (Maddington), Z Hakimi (Maddington)
A Vuong (Riverton), Y Tan (Riverton), A Degram (Riverton,)
R Althafunnisa (Cannington)

Before GM Carmela Hartnett, one of Our Riverton Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Australia Head Instructors was an Interational Poomsae/Forms Champion she was an International Kyorugi/Fighting Champion winning many international medals. Here is a newspaper article from 1994 of her success at the British International Open, fighting in two divisions over two days.

Before GM Carmela Hartnett, one of Our Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Australia Head Instructors was an Interational Poomsae/Forms Champion she was an International Kyorugi/Fighting Champion winning many international medals. Here is a newspaper article from 1994 of her success at the British International Open, fighting in two divisions over two days.

Riverton Instructor GM Carmela Hartnett has returned from the 2026 World Hanmadang Championships with a Gold Medal. The championship held at the Kukkiwon in Seoul, Korea saw 4,200 competitors from 62 countries competing. GM Ross was the Coach for the Australian team which won 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals. Oh Do Kwan member Andrette Chua also competed although not winning a medal did well in progressing through three matches against Pakistan, China and France in one of the biggest divisions at the competition. GM Carmela defeated athletes from Australia, Canada and Germany on the way to the Gold Medal.

Good luck to our Oh Do Kwan Members attending the World Hanmadang Championships in Korea as part of the Australian Team and our members atteding the Heroes International Championships in Thailand as part of the club team.
The Hanmadang will see GM Ross Hartnett as the Coach for Australia and Several Maddington/Riverton Oh Do Kwan Instructor GM Carmela Hartnett competing.
The Heroes Championship will be led by head instructors GM Anita Tippet and Master Shahida Hill with members from Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Port Kennedy, Leeming and Canningvale Oh Do Kwan.

Congratulations to all the Oh Do Kwan Competitors, Coaches, Referees and volunteers who participated in Kyorugi on day 2 of the State Championships. We made it the double winning both Kyorugi and Poomsae 1st Place teams trophies. Well done everybody.
Thank you Competition Director Anita Tippet and Referee Chair and Technical set up Kristopher Hartmann (Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Port Kennedy)
Head of courts Jenny Crutchett (Maddington Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan), Donna Hartmann and Simon Sandover.( Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Port Kennedy)
Volunteer awards
Damian Haley ODK
Melanie Elks ODK
Referee Awards
Sam Crutchett ODK
Christian Petersen ODK
Academy Awards
🥇Champion Club ODK
🥈2nd Place FMA
🥉3rd Place HTC

Congratulations to all Oh Do Kwan members who competed in the 2026 WA State Championships in Poomsae on Saturday. A big thank you to our Poomsae Referees and Competition volunteers who helped make the competition possible. The Competition saw competitors from 15 Taekwondo academies representing 50 + club branches participating. Oh Do Kwan were again the most succesful club placing first overall.
1st Place Team Trophy Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan with 53 Gold Medals - 24 Silver Medals and 22 Bronze Medals.
A number of Oh Do Kwan members won Best Referee award
Donna Hartmann(Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Port Kennedy/ Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Kwinana )
Austin Durnin (Belmont Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan)
Carmela Hartnett ( Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan Maddington/ Riverton Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan)
Congratulations on a great performance. Thank you to all our coaches and instructors.

GM Ross and Carmela Hartnett spent a succesful three days at the Oceania Presidents Cup, Australian Open and Oceania Championships on the Gold Coast. GM Ross was a National Team Coach at the Event, while GM Carmela competed. GM Carmela won three Gold Medals in Individual events and recieved Two Gold Medals in Team Events. GM Carmela also received a 9.133 score on one of her poomsae, which was the highest scoring poomsae for the Oceania Championships. GM Carmela continues to exibit the excellence of Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan.

Congratulations to all our southern Suburbs students who graded over the last week. Well done
Thanks to our Examiners:
C Hartnett 9th Dan, G Hartnett, 7th Dan, T & C Hayward 6th Dans, E King, T Hill, A Mariassouce, A Durnin & B Schimpf 5th Dans, L Lim J Steinert 4th Dans.
Honours Pass: P Rafiey – Maddington H Vaishnani - Byford See less See less

Entry Forms coming soon!! See your instructors for entries from 6th May. Dont miss out!!