DECEMBER EVENTS

BELT TESTING • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17

12:00pm • 2nd Yellow Belts - 3rd Green Belts

1:30pm • White - 1st Yellow/All Blue & Red

Teen/Adult testing @ 8:30pm • Thur., Dec. 15

• Students must wear their full uniform (dobok top)

• 3rd Yellow belts and above are required to bring sparring gear

• Testing fee & application are due prior to testing

• 3rd Yellow, 3rd Green & 3rd Blue belts must also complete a "Progress Report" prior to testing

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

ETA CLOSED • FRI. -FRI. • DEC. 23 - 30

As the year comes to an end, ETA would like to wish our students and their families all the best for the holidays! We feel very fortunate to have shared this past year with you and look forward to an exciting new year. Remember the studio will be open Monday and Thursday (Dec. 19-22) but CLOSED Friday, Dec. 23 thru Friday, Dec. 30, we will resume our regular class schedule on Monday, Jan. 2. You are welcome to make-up your missed class before or after the holiday.

2011 WINTER RECITAL

Congratulations to all the performers you were amazing!!!!

Also, congratulations to Royce Fritz, Sean Lee, Greg Mack and Gerardo Ramirez who received their Black Belt and Roger Aranador, Peter Kim, Jon Ng and Danny Terry who received their Dan belts (Adult Black Belt).

WINTER RECITAL

The winter recital will be held at Junction Ave. School in Livermore this Friday night, December 2. It begins at 6:30pm and the potluck will follow the recital around 8 to 8:30pm. We hope to see all of you there!!!

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER EVENTS

BELT TESTING • SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19

12:00pm • 1st Yellow Belts - 3rd Green Belts

1:30pm • White Belts / All Blue & Red Belts

Teen/Adult testing @ 8:30pm • Thur., Nov. 17

• Students must wear their full uniform (dobok top)

• 3rd Yellow belts and above are required to bring sparring gear

• Testing fee & application are due prior to testing

• 3rd Yellow, 3rd Green & 3rd Blue belts must also complete a "Progress Report" prior to testing

THANKSGIVING

ETA CLOSED • WED. -FRI. • NOV. 23 - 25

ETA WINTER RECITAL

FRIDAY • DECEMBER 2 • 6:30 - 8:30PM

Junction K-8 School • Livermore

298 Junction Ave, click here for a map to the school

Family and friends are welcome, dessert and snack potluck following the recital

BELT TESTING • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17

TESTING TIMES TBA

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR

ETA CLOSED • FRI. -FRI. • DEC. 23 - 30

DON'T FORGET!!!

KID'S NIGHT OUT

FRIDAY • OCTOBER 22 • 6:30 - 10pm

ETA SCHOOL PHOTOS

SATURDAY • OCTOBER 29 • 12 - 5pm

HALLOWEEN

MONDAY • OCTOBER 31 • We will close early at 5:30.

2011 INNER SCHOOL TOURNAMENT

Our eight annual inner school tournament was held on Saturday, October 22 and as always the competitors were amazing. Congratulations to all of you on working so hard and performing with excellence!!!!

FORMS

Marco Buckles - Gold

Ethan Fife - Bronze

Chad Goldsberry - Bronze

Riley Guidry - Bronze

Tyler Hattori - Silver

Angus Hicks-Frazer - Gold

Noah Jacobson - Silver

Anika Khetrapal - Silver

Humbert Lee - Gold

Austin Overton - Bronze

Jade Overton - Gold

Ashton Ramirez - Silver

Jadiel Salgado - Bronze

Theo Xenakis - Gold

Rani Vakharia - Silver

BREAKING

Blake Bryant - Gold

Marco Buckles - Silver

Ethan Fife - Bronze

Chad Goldsberry - Bronze

Riley Guidry - Silver

Angus Hicks-Frazer - Gold

Max Jones - Silver

Arjun Khetrapal - Silver

Justin Kim - Silver

Humbert Lee - Gold

Andrew Lewis - Silver

Gavin McKinnon - Gold

Austin Overton - Gold

Jade Overton - Bronze

Ashton Ramirez - Silver

Gerardo Ramirez - Gold

Jadiel Salgado - Silver

Theo Xenakis - Silver

SPARRING

Gracie Alfonzo - Silver

Marco Buckles - Gold

Chad Goldsberry - Silver

Angus Hicks-Frazer - Silver

Noah Jacobson - Bronze

Max Jones - Bronze

Ryan Juric - Gold

Justin Kim - Gold

Humbert Lee - Bronze

Alec Lewis - Silver

Andrew Lewis - Bronze

Yusef Mian - Bronze

Austin Overton - Silver

Jade Overton - Gold

Ashton Ramirez - Gold

Gerardo Ramirez - Gold

Nathanael Ridosko - Bronze

Matthew Warren - Silver

OCTOBER EVENTS

BELT TESTING • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15

12:00pm • 1st Yellow Belts - 3rd Green Belts

1:30pm • White Belts / All Blue & Red Belts

Teen/Adult testing @ 8:30pm • Thur., Oct. 13

• Students must wear their full uniform (dobok top)

• 3rd Yellow belts and above are required to bring sparring gear

• Testing fee & application are due prior to testing

• 3rd Yellow, 3rd Green & 3rd Blue belts must also complete a "Progress Report" prior to testing

ETA INNER SCHOOL TOURNAMENT

SATURDAY • OCTOBER 22

10 - 11am • Forms

11am - 12pm • Board Breaking

12 - 1pm • Lunch

1 - 3pm • Sparring

**the competition will be held at the studio, family and friends are welcome**

KID'S NIGHT OUT

FRIDAY • OCTOBER 22 • 6:30 - 10pm

ETA SCHOOL PHOTOS

SATURDAY • OCTOBER 29 • 12 - 5pm

A professional photographer will be at the studio to take picture of the students. The photo session is free with no obligation to buy.

2011 Fall Black Belt Test

Congratulations to Royce Fritz, Sean Lee, Greg Mack and Gerardo Ramirez who tested for their Black Belt!!

BELT TESTING • Sat., Sept. 17

12:00pm • 1st Yellow Belts - 3rd Green Belts

1:30pm • White Belts / All Blue & Red Belts

Teen/Adult testing @ 8:30pm • Thur., Sept. 15

• Students must wear their full uniform (dobok top)

• 3rd Yellow belts and above are required to bring sparring gear

• Testing fee & application are due prior to testing

• 3rd Yellow, 3rd Green & 3rd Blue belts must also complete a "Progress Report" prior to testing

Monday, Sept. 5 • Closed

The Studio will be closed Monday Sept. 5 for Labor Day, have a great holiday!

**Check back often as we will be posting more current event and info like test dates and times on the blog now!**

NATIONALS RESULTS

Congratulations to everyone on the team you all did an awesome job!!!! It was a long week but totally worth it. We are so proud of all of you!!! Two of our team members medaled, Suhani Singhal placed 3rd on the 6-7 year old green belt poomsae division and Jamie Ng placed 3rd in the 10-11 year old black belt sparring division.

Nationals Info *UPDATED*

The 2011 USA Taekwondo National Championship is being held in San Jose at the San Jose Convention Center (Click HERE for a map). Competition begins June 27 and ends July 3, see below for a list of days that the Elite Taekwondo students will be competing. Competition begins at 9am each day but we will not know exactly what time our students will be competing. Tentative "On Deck" times are listed in RED.

Tuesday 6/28 (6-7 & 8-9 years old)

Justus Badilla (sparring) 2pm

Elijah Maravilla (sparring) 2pm

Suhani Singhal (poomsae) 9:30am

Wednesday 6/29 (10-11 years old)

Zachery Armstrong (sparring) 10am

Tyler Langowski (sparring) 10am

Sebastian Lee (sparring) 10am

Jamie Ng (poomsae & sparring) 9am/12pm

Aanya Singhal (poomsae) 8:30am

Thursday 6/30 (12-13 years old)

Austin Kim (poomsae & sparring) 9am/11am

Eric Maravilla (sparring) 10am

Friday 7/1 (14-17 years old)

Roger Aranador (sparring) 10:30am???

Jon Ng (poomse) 9am

2011 STANFORD SPRING OPEN

Forgot to post the results from the Stanford Spring Open on May 28th, so here they are:

Randell Aranador Forms • DNM Sparring • Bronze

Roger Aranador Forms • Silver Sparring • DNM

Joshua Esteva Forms • Silver Sparring • Silver

Royce Fritz Sparring • DNM

Austin Kim Forms • Silver Sparring • Silver

Jean Kim Sparring • Bronze

Peter Kim Sparring • Bronze

Tyler Langowski Sparring • Bronze

Sebastian Lee Sparring • Silver

Elijah Maravilla Sparring • Silver

Eric Maravilla Sparring • Gold

Jack Mazhar Sparring • Bronze

Jamie Ng Forms • Silver Sparring • Bronze

John Ng Forms • Gold Sparring • Bronze

Aanya Singhal Forms • Silver

Suhani Singhal Forms • DNM

TEAM ELITE FOR NATIONALS

ETA has qualified 13 of our team members to compete at the National Championship being held in San Jose at the end of June.

Roger Aranador Sparring *World Class Division

Zachery Armstrong Sparring

Justus Badilla Sparring

Sydney Beard Forms

Austin Kim Forms & Sparring *World Class Division

Tyler Langowski Sparring

Sebastian Lee Sparring

Elijah Maravilla Forms & Sparring

Eric Maravilla Forms & Sparring

Jamie Ng Forms *World Class Division & Sparring *World Class Division

Jon Ng Forms

Aanya Singhal Forms

Suhani Singhal Forms

Congratulations Team Elite and good luck!!!

2011 NOR CAL NATIONAL QUALIFER

Norther California Qualifier at UC Davis results:

Zachery Armstrong Sparring • Silver

Justus Badilla Sparring • Bronze

Austin Kim Forms • DNM Sparring • Silver

Sebastian Lee Sparring • Gold

Jon Ng Forms • DNM

Aanya Singhal Forms • DNM

Suhani Singhal Forms • Silver

2011 MACH MARTIAL ARTS TOURN

Thanks again to all at Mach Martial Arts for inviting us to their inner school tournament. All of our students were first time competitors and they had a great tournament experience. Great job everyone!!!

Humbert Lee Forms • 3rd Sparring • 2nd Breaking • 2nd

Andrew Lewis Sparring • 2nd

Adam Patterson Forms • 3rd Sparring • 2nd Breaking • 3rd

Jeffrey Patterson Forms • 3rd Sparring • 1st Breaking • 1st

Jonathan Song Breaking • 2nd

Zach Stewart Forms • 3rd Sparring • 2nd Breaking • 1st

Rani Vakharia Forms • 2nd

Logan Vinson Forms • 3rd

2011 SPRING BLACK BELT TEST

Congratulations to all who tested for their black belts!!!

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

UC BERKELEY OPEN

Berkeley • April 23, 2011

Randell Aranador Forms • Bronze Sparring • Bronze

Roger Aranador Sparring • Gold

Zachery Armstrong Sparring • Gold

Justus Badilla Sparring • Silver

Joshua Esteva Forms • Gold Sparring • Gold

Royce Fritz Sparring • DNM

Austin Kim Forms • Silver Sparring • Silver

Tyler Langowski Sparring • Gold

Sebastian Lee Sparring • Gold

Elijah Maravilla Forms • DNM Sparring • Gold

Eric Maravilla Forms • Bronze Sparring • Gold

Jack Mazhar Sparring • Gold

Jamie Ng Forms • Bronze Sparring • Gold

John Ng Forms • Silver Sparring • Silver

ST. JUDE'S KICKATHON

It's been awhile. The studio has been really busy with the tournament season that kicked off at the beginning of the year, sorry for the lack of updates. Our annual Kickathon for St. Jude Children's Hospital took place at the end of March and we raised just under $2200. Thanks to all who participated!!!

Look for some tournament photos and results soon.