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Cheezic Tang Soo Do Federation World Championship
and 1st Tang Soo Do World Cup
Contributed by
Kyo Sa Marcin Kostyra - 3rd Dan, Polish Tang Soo Do
Federation
On
October weekend (17th -18th) in Puławy, Poland, was
held the Cheezic Tang Soo Do World Championship and
Tang Soo Do World Cup, hosted by Polish Tang Soo Do
Federation, a representative of Cheezic Tang Soo Do
Federation.
In attendance were four Grandmasters known all
around the world: Grandmaster Robert Cheezic, 10th
Dan and Grandmaster Dominick Giacobbe, 8th Dan from
United States, Grandmaster Edward Jacobsen, 8th Dan
from South Africa, and Grandmaster Mark Adlington
8th Dan from England.
On
Friday, October 16, Grandmaster Giacobbe conducted a
seminar on Tang Soo Do forms. The topic was a very
rare and old version of Bassai Sho Hyung. Master
Chamilothoris from Greece then conducted a
self-defense seminar on the use of short sticks.
Saturday's competition saw nearly 200 competitors
from three continents competing in seven individual
categories (traditional forms, modern forms, long
stick forms, weapon forms, special techniques,
breaking and sparring), three team categories
(synchronized forms, double match sparring and team
sparring) and Haedong Kumdo (forms and paper
cutting).
The Black Belt forms division was judged by
Grandmasters Robert Cheezic, Dominick Giocobbe,
Edward Jacobsen, Mark Adlington and Master
Christoforos Christodoulou, 5th Dan from Greece. It
is very rare to have such high ranking judges in one
ring and medalists should be very proud of
themselves.
Sunday's ceremonial decoration was conducted GM
Cheezic, GM Giacobbe, GM Jacobsen, Master
Christoforos Christodoulou, Master Konstantinos
Chamilothoris, Master Gregory Hart, Master Adam
Gorski, Anna Tarka from City Hall of Puławy and
Antoni Rękas the Director of the Civic Sport Centre
- Antoni Rękas.
At the end of the Championship on Sunday night, a
banquet was held for Masters, participants and
organizers of the tournament. I think that it is
very good for the integration of the Tang Soo Do
community when separate organizations can come
together and celebrate.
It was the help and cooperation of Puławy Town Hall
the President of Puławy Janusz Grobel, the
Vice-president of Ewa Wójcik and the Director of the
Civic Sport Centre in Puławy - Antoni Rekas, that
enabled our club to held the Championship here in
Puławy. We hope that all enjoyed their stay in
Poland and that you will want to visit us also in
future.
We
want to say thank you to all the teams for their
presence and support of the idea of a
cross-federation Championship and World Cup, and to
all who helped in organizing it. We hope that in the
future all of us will meet at the 2nd Tang Soo Do
World Cup. We want to hand over idea of continuation
of World Cup to other countries, at this moment,
however, we already know that in Poland will be held
next edition of this unique event, in two or three
years.
Credits:
Director and originator of World Championship -
Marcin Kostyra
Honour Referee of World Championship - Grandmaster
Robert Cheezic
Main Referee of World Championship - Piotr Bernat
General Secretary of World Championship - Marek
Czapka
Technical Director of World Championship - Krzysztof
Chudzik
Attendees and Teams which participated the event:
United States of America
Grandmaster Robert Cheezic, 10th Dan,
Grandmaster Dominick Giacobbe, 8th Dan, and Master
Adam Górski, 4 Dan.
Republic of South Africa
Grandmaster Edward Jacobsen, 8th Dan, Master
Melanie Jacobsen 5th Dan, Master Godfrey Jacobsen,
5th Dan, Master Gregory Hart, 5th Dan, Master Xander
Davis, 4th Dan
Greece
Master Konstantinos Chamilothoris 5th, Dan,
Master Christoforos Christodoulou, 5th Dan, Master
Ntinos Strouvalis, 5th Dan
England - Grandmaster Mark Adlington, 8th
Dan, Master Paul Giffen, 4th Dan
Ireland - Bu Sa Bum Nim Pat Forde, 3rd Dan
Scotland - Kyo Sa Nim Louise Baker, 2nd Dan
Poland - Bu Sa Bum Nim Marcin Kostyra, 3rd
Dan
Statistics:
Best height in Special Techniques - Male (+180cm
division) - Maciej Kulig (Poland) height 255 cm
Best height in Special Techniques - Female (+160cm
division) - Alinda Van Der Merwe (South Africa)
height 224cm
Division competitors:
Traditional Forms - 108 contestants (81 males, 27
females)
Modern Forms - 73 contestants (53 males, 20 females)
Weapon Forms - 58 contestants (42 males, 16 females)
Long Stick Forms - 81 contestants (59 males, 22
females)
Special Techniques - 99 contestants (74 males, 25
females)
Breaking - 89 contestants (73 males, 16 females)
Individual Sparring - 167 contestants (129 males, 38
females)
Haedong Kumdo Kumbup - 24 contestants (17 males, 7
females)
Haedong Kumdo Paper Cutting - 21 contestants (14
males, 7 females)
Team Sparring - 11 teams
Doublematch Sparring - 44 teams
Synchronized Forms - 20 teams
All Championship: 177 contestants (134 males, 43
females)
Total number of divisions - 110
Click here for individual
results
Click here for Photo Gallery 1
Click here for Photo Gallery 2
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