The University of Texas at Austin WTF Tae Kwon Do Program

As some of you know, National Collegiates will take place this weekend, April 25th-26th at Stanford University California.

Wish your fellow Longhorns and classmates luck as they take on colleges from around the nation.

Kelson Gent
Andrew Lafferty
Andre Nguyen
Xing Fang
Kelly Xia
Amy Shah
Erin Elbel
Steve Hong
Benjamin Frederick
Ifti Zaim
Matthew Mccormick
Joe Van

Also, for the first time in the history of the National Collegiate Taekwondo
Championships all of the black belt sparring competition will be
streamed live over the internet! All matches can be viewed on Saturday April
26th by going to the tournament page:
http://tkd.stanford.edu/collegiates and clicking on the link. Stanford
Athletics and the College Sports Television Network (CSTV) have
combined to make these exciting matches available to taekwondo fans around the
world. Remember to spread the word and let your friends and family
know that they can support collegiate taekwondo from the comfort of their
own homes.

TEXAS FIGHT!

Taekwondo classes this week 2/18-2/23...Will be held at Bellmont in the Martial Arts room located on the 9th floor in room 904. Call any of your team captains if you get lost or call me 713.894.8887

After this week, classes will resume at the Rec Center Martial Arts room Tues Thurs 8-10pm

Some REMINDERS:

-fundraising fundraising fundraising. Collegiates is just 63 days away folks. Get with your team captains and ask them about raising more money for your ticket to California.

-all you lazy folk who haven't been going to class because of "tests" need to get kicking again. We miss kicking/(getting kicked by) you!

-Last call for t-shirt designs. We will be voting early next week so if you have any last minute designs/suggestions get them in this week.

-HUGE training session the weekend of March 1st. Tony along with many other fighters from around Texas/Louisiana will be coming in to kick. This is mandatory for all team members and definitely recommended to all club members.

-Next Tuesday is "Bring a Friend To Class Day" All team members are mandated to bring at least one friend to class. If you have no friends, bring your roommate. If you have no roommate, find someone in your classes. If you have no classes, you shouldn't be here at the University. Get a job.

Hung Van
Texas Taekwondo
University of Texas at Austin

This Friday, April 27, 2007, Joe Van will be trying out for the U.S. Collegiate Taekwondo Team in Municipal Auditorium Arena - Kansas City, Missouri. Those that make the US Collegiate Team will proceed to Bangkok, Thailand for the World University Games. To show your support for Joe, please don't miss any practices this week. Train hard in class to keep his motivation going strong. This final week of training he is going to need you. I know he has always been there for you so give him your focus and motivation through your training and positive behavior.

-Coach Smith

Hello Texas, the event we've all been waiting for is has arrived. This weekend, March 31st your Texas Taekwondo Competition Team will be fighting against numerous schools from across the nation including powerhouses like California Berkley, Florida, and Texas' own fighting Aggies. We have been training for this moment since October. Training consisted of running, bleachers, tkd, sprints, weight lifting, and our favorite, tire-pulling 7 days a week has really challenged these fighters mentally and as well as physically. (If you haven't seen any of the people lately, this is why)But the time has now come to show the nation that burnt orange should be feared not only on the football field, but in the ring. If you see or know any of these fighters, wish them luck, but they won't need it.

Jonathan Tran
Liz Bloch
Ifti Zaim
Kelly Xia
Matthew Mccormick
Tyler Meceron
Sam Kim
Team Captain Joseph Van

Tyler, Sam, and Joseph will be fighting to qualify for Collegiate Team Trials. This process is to determine who will represent the USA at the World University Games held this year in Bangkok, Thailand.

The next tournament on the schedule will be Collegiates held at Texas A&M this year, March 30-31. The Team will be spending their spring break in Austin training hard and preparing.