Hills District Martial Arts: Taekwondo, Hapkido and Weaponry
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October Weaponry Gradings
The Junior and Senior Weaponry Gradings were a blast! Watching these student continue to develop their high level of skill and self-control through the use of Weaponry in their training is an absolute pleasure! Weaponry Training requires a high degree of concentration, focus and control to ensure you learn these movements both correctly and safely, …
Congratulations to all members who have graded recently at our Hapkido and Weaponry Gradings! An absolutely fantastic display from all involved! Our Hapkido program is rapidly developing consistent and powerful self-defence practitioners, with great control and knowledge. A special mention to Shannon Sandlin on achieving her 1st Dan Black Belt! Our Weaponry Program is our …
Our small but skilled team took on the Fortser Invitational Championships over the weekend. Each member worked hard to leave their mark on the competition and came away with some fantastic results! The total medal tally between 7 players was 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze. Our students contested the Individual Poomsae, Contact Sparring …
Excellent performances over the weekend at the Gup Gradings. Our students from 7yrs and older put their heads down and did their best, producing a great Grading Day. Congratulations on your results to everyone who participated, and thank you to all parents, caregivers, friends and family that continue to enable our students to attend classes …
Congratulations to all students who successfully passed the first grading in 2023! We ran three awesome sessions in our new Grading System and everyone stepped up fantastically! A further congratulations to our brand new Black Belt Students; Stella Goh, Brett Johnson, Freya Perrin, James Calabro, Lucian Paterson, Mikayla Ngo and Kaden Wong. We're looking forward …
We are excited to announce our New and Improved Taekwondo Grading System in 2023! These changes have been made to help elevate our students by allowing more flexibility in Goal Setting and better suit each student's individual path. Here is all the important information you need to know! Kids and Minis GradingsThese will continue to …
Over the weekend, Mr Justin travelled South to Nowra to run a Hapkido Grading and Hapkido Seminar for Eclipse Taekwondo, who have just recently began their Hapkido journey! The group was made entirely of White Belts, however everyone who attended showed great skill and spirit, and we're looking forward to seeing them all continue to …
In our final Grading of 2022, the Black Belts did an amazing job! All eighteen candidates went all out and performed at a very high level across all disciplines including Technical, Poomsae, Step Sparring, Self Defence, Knife Defence, Ground Defence, Sparring and Board Breaking. Each student excelled in their specialty and also showed improvement and …
We don't know what our students had for breakfast on Grading Day, but they're performances were absolutely fantastic! The Gup Grading for Spring was a great sight to behold, and we enjoyed every minute of it. Over 120 students took part in the Grading for their next levels and truly gave it their all! There …
The HDMA Club Championships made it's triumphant return this year in 2022! We were so excited to finally get back to seeing our members participate alongside each other in the spirit of friendship and competition! Everyone worked hard to give their best performances, which lifted their competitors even further and made the day a blast! …
Not to be shown up by our Taekwondo group, the Hapkido students put on a great performance through the Spring Hapkido Grading. It was a fantastic event full of spirit, skill and energy. Each student showed what they have been perfecting throughout the last few months in both Self-Defence and Weaponry disciplines. We are looking …
On Sunday August 21st we held out Winter Gup Grading for Colour belt students 7yrs and older. It was a full day of all students performing through a wide range of technical exercises including Technical Skills, Poomsae, Step Sparring, Self Defence, Sparring and Board Breaking. We were also lucky to host Grandmaster Sam Loiacono, our …
On Saturday, 17 of our senior members attended their Black Belt Grading to test for their next level in their Beyond Black Belt Journey.As expected, they all displayed a high level of knowledge and skill, and we could not be more proud of the performance they put forward! Each member displayed their ability in Technical …