Niketa Wells - International Taekwon-do Federation of New Zealand

NEWS14-16 September 2012 at Campbell Park Christian Camp MANGAWHAIMr Matt Davey took the Specialty Session.The potential is some of our students isawe-inspiring. If you can perform a flyingkick like this as a 9th gup, imagine whatwill be possible in a few years at 1st Dan!One of the best things about kids campsis that ordinary training sessions turn intosomething out of the ordinary : this waspart of the sparring session taking by MrOgy KabzamalavThe patterns session taken by Mr RyanMcNie and Mrs Sonya Robinson somehowinvolved doing patterns on your knees! Andthere was a bum-shuffling competition inthe Games session taken by Miss KarenDavey and Mrs Liz Tee. TKD but not aswe know it!Mr Konia did the unthinkable in his selfdefence session – he had them attackingeach other with sticks!The highlight for many of the kids was thebreaking session taken on Sunday by WorldChampion Kirsty Leong. And for somereason they all really loved doing elbowstrikes. Many boards were broken -withsmiles everywhere.Thanks to everyone involved in making thecamp happen, from ITKD who providedsome funding to subsidise the cost, theblack belts who instructed, the parents whoworked tirelessly in the kitchen, Mr Gudselland Mr Styles who organised it and to Epicand Top Pro who donated prizes to giveout to outstanding students in each sessionand best overall students too.ISSUE TWO, 2012 11