First Tournaments of the Season

Our tournament team just participated in their first two tournaments of the season and did really well as a whole. It has been really nice to see the growth in some of our more seasoned competitors and refreshing to see the energy that's being injected into our team by the newer members of the team.

Here are the results:

AMERICAN OPEN TAEKWONODO CHAMPIONSHIP

Cal State East Bay • April 4, 2010

Randell Aranador Forms • Gold Sparring • Silver

Roger Aranador Forms • Bronze Sparring • Silver

Joshua Esteva Forms • Gold Sparring • Bronze

Cassidy Kau Forms • Bronze Sparring • Bronze

Spencer Kau Forms • Gold Sparring • Silver

Austin Kim Forms • Bronze Sparring • Bronze

Elijah Maravilla Sparring • Bronze

Eric Maravilla Sparring • Bronze

Jamie Ng Forms • Gold Sparring • Gold

Jon Ng Forms • Gold Sparring • Bronze

Aanya Singhal Forms • Silver

Alexsandra Tadevich Forms • Gold

41st UC BERKELEY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

UC Berekeley • April 10, 2010

Joshua Esteva Forms • Silver Sparring • Bronze

Austin Kim Forms • Gold Sparring • Gold

Tyler Langowski Forms • Gold Sparring • Silver

Ben Mazhar Forms • Gold Sparring • Gold

Jack Mazhar Forms • Gold Sparring • Gold

Jamie Ng Forms • Gold Sparring • Gold

Jon Ng Forms • Gold Sparring • Gold

Jaeho Park Sparring • Gold

Aanya Singhal Forms • Gold

Alexsandra Tadevich Forms • Gold

New Dojang

Here are some pictures of the new dojang. We began classes on Feb. 1 and it has been great to have the extra space, 600 sqft more than the old dojang. There are still many things to do to complete the move but the journey of a thousand miles is made one step at a time. I wanted to thank all of you who lent a helping hand with the move, especially my father and father-in-law who did a beautiful job with the new cubbies and benches.

Happy New Year / New Studio

We have some exciting news to start the new year out with! ETA will be moving to a larger space within our shopping center by the end of January. Our new home, 53 Wright Brothers Ave. #B, is located between Kitty Hawk Dental and Cafe Paradiso. As class sizes have grown at ETA over the past 6 years there are times that we need some extra elbow room. The new studio gives us 600 sq. ft. more space to stretch out in. More than likely we will be moving to the new space by the middle of January. As soon as the space is ready we will be heading over there!!!

FAMILY GIVING TREE

We took the presents in to the Family Giving Tree yesterday and all the elfs were working hard to get ready for the big day next week. Thank you to all of you who donated a gift, you made someone really happy this year!!!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

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 all of you and look forward to an exciting new year. Remember the studio will be open Monday and Tuesday (Dec. 21 &22) but CLOSED Wednesday, Dec. 23 thru Friday, Jan. 1, we will resume our regular class schedule on Monday, Jan. 4. You are welcome to make-up your missed class before or after the holiday.

2009 WINTER RECITAL

The 2009 Winter Recital was awesome!!! Everyone did such a great job and all of you were very impressive to watch. It is very rewarding to see how hard all of you have been working and how much you have grow this year!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

ETA would like to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all of our students and their family. Remember the studio will be open Monday and Tuesday (Nov. 23 &24) but CLOSED Wednesday thru Friday (Nov. 25-27). You are welcome to make-up your missed class before or after the holiday.