2014 All-City Championships

Sportsmanship, education and competition at the All-City Champs!

What an incredible weekend!  Student, instructors, family members and friends converged on Alameda International High School for the 2014 All- City Championships in Lakewood, Colorado.  Hosted by the Colorado Taekwondo Institute, the last tournament of the season with 178 divisions,  began on Friday evening of black belt competitions and continued on Saturday with action for all belts and ages.

A demonstration at half-time was given by the CTI Black Belt and Masters Clubs.  It involved poomse, self-defense, breaking and was accompanied with music by the black belt band.

Congratulations to black belt Grand Champions - Zach Greaves (adult) and Collin Kreutz (junior).

Poomse

1st place
Caleb Feagans        Collin Kreutz        Zach Greaves        Holly Madayag
Hope Morgan        Michael Sandusky    Mark Scott        Vivi Brown      
Casey Feagans        Konner Evans         Dante Hulin        Emily Artman
Brynn Konrad        Ethan Price        Kameron Evans        Jennifer McKernan
Kenneth Brancio    Ethan Trapp        Chase Wyngarden    Merrick Oleszek
Trish Nguyen        Micco Waisanen    Thomas Ma        Natasha McKernan
Porter Krause        Lynne Dean        Jarrod Eller        Jonah Elstad
Jack Eller        Abbey Salamera    Jason Stencil        Akram Alghanmi
Declan Gunther        Mackenzie Telford    Evan Strickfaden    Zack Farr
Nina Madayag        Donovan Penrod    Julianne Marine        Meryn Probasco
Reed Narva        Damon Bahr        Evan Montoya        Patrick Konrad
Hudson VanVororhee    Kylie Bickford        William Maes        Joshua Stencil
Cole Reseigh        Gaven Brase        Jason Stencil, Jr.    Phillip Hoenmans

2nd place      
Michael Madayag    Kai Wong        Tyler Murphy        Eric Evans
Erik Ondrejko        Abdu Kikhia        Rob Sarche        Rick Orton  
Zuzanna Janowska    Alejandro Deppmeier     Madalyn Grosshans    Mya Field
Lydia Willis        Shekina DeTienne    T.J. Gutierrez        Marcy Feagans
Makayla Trapp        Dakota Jesse        Sean Konrad        Ian Wilson
Alan Fernandez        Sarah Luper        Theo Lincke        Julianne Todd
Aspen Hawkins        Uriah Hernandez    Race Sober        Sean Huntley
Mohale Mitchell    Payton Reynolds    Adrian Farr        Kaddie Willimas
Abram Yehle        Joshua David        Adolph Ordaz        Mackenzie Schneider
Kirk Otteson        Mariah Cordova        Mitchell Olexzek    Zayne Lineberger
Benson White        Luke Ball        Cody Jacobson        Caleb Thompson
Braden Zack        Grady Bahr        Andres Deppmeier    Hunter Bellegante
Dean Gunther        Alejo Martinez        Sarah Habetler        Vinny Constantino

3rd place
Kathleen Sautel        Peyton Brauch        Jocelyn Wallen        Eileen Lindner
Delaney Zandin        Bridget Sautel        Dean Loux        Taryn Dwyer  
Gwen Gutierrez        Nico Trilk         Jakob Deverell        Elizabeth Hawkins
Grant Haverkamp    Kelsey Smith        Sam LaMorgese        Melodie Page
Mike Dean        Elise Smith        Sabrina Jameson    Charlie Smith
Connor Brauch        Derek Simpson        Nathaniel McKernan    Allyse Nothstine
Jovan Moore        Melvin Marine        Isabel Shoe        Brandon Dills
Natalie Lundeen    June Cisneros        Bill Schwartz        Ethan Girard
T.J. Tibbetts        Jasmine Salamera     Noah Sisk        Arkhip Saratovtsev
Matthew Nguyen    Nathan Tate        Rylee Ross        Jaden Perez
Marley Griffin        Taylor Allen        R. J. Larson        Lance Schwartz
Everett Tompkins    Rusty Martino        Zachary Allen        Joel Tate
Logan Gil      

4th place  
Justin Lautrup        Zac Johannes        Alyssa Copper        Tanner Copper
Kyle Feagans        Chris Wallace        Blenness Quintana    Devon Lewis       Lydia Lincke        James Healey         Johnny Willimas    Talyn Probasco
Adam Harkins        Peyton Barnard        Jacobi Field        Owen Hartmann
Patrick O’Day        Caiden White        Gavin Pribil        Andrew Smith
Miette Jandreau    Cateina Martinez    Mya Reese        Tatum Buenning
Sean Haverkamp    Lauren Dahlberg    Taylor Dodge        Aidan Hutchison
Malaki Mitchell        Nick Tibbetts        Maclyn Telford        Jacob Hoenmans
Ellie Stanton        Grayson Krause      

Tiger Poomse

1st place
Miles Mercer        Jack Habetler        Jackson Bingham    Tyler Odom
Ella Horner        Xavier McRant        Colin Palminteri        David Orton
Mayci Beck        Emerson Reseigh    Oliver Faler        Trenton Wheat
Enzo D’Alessandro    Allan Stanton        Quynn Cotner        Aydon Lewis
Kyle Janowski        Diego Amor        Jaxson Wheat        Amadeo Sandoval
Elijah Alire        Gore Otteson        Markiley Ott        Joseph Stano

Breaking

1st place
Michael Sandusky    Kyle Feagans        Thomas Sautel        Damian Rupp
Kai Wong        Justin Lautrup        Emily Artman        Connor Brauch      
Lydia Willis        Jovan Moore        Mohale Mitchell    Jennifer McKernan
Logan Gill         Payton Reynolds    Jarrod Eller         Porter Krause  
Ian Wilson        Rob Sarche        Evelyn LaMorgese    Nico Trilk
Dante Hulin        Trish Nguyen        Dakota Jesse        Julianne Todd
Vivi Brown        Kaddie Williams          
 

Sparring

1st  place
Michael Sandusky    Holly Madayag        Tyler Murphy        Michael Madayag
Collin Kreutz        Shekina DeTienne    Brynn Konrad        Vivi Brown      
Evelyn LaMorgese    Elizabeth Hawkins    Thomas Ma        Sam LaMorgese  
Grayson Krause     Zachary Allen        Marley Griffin        Ashton Price
Dakota Jesse        Devon Bilyeu        Derek Simpson        Devon Lewis      
Merrck Oleszek        Rob Sarche        Julianne Todd        Ian Wilson
Akram Alghanmi    Porter Krause        Gavin Pribil        Payton Reynolds
Jarrod Eller        Kaddie Williams        Arkhip Saratovtsev    Jason Stencil
Aspen Hawkins        MacKenzie Schneider    Matthew Ordaz        Lucas Stolka
Andres Deppmeier    Kylie Bickford        Donovan Penrod    Grady Bahr
Kirk Otteson        Julian Marine        Rusty Martino        Taylor Allen
Braden Zack      
Rylee Ross

2nd place  
Abdu Kikhia        Delaney Zandin        Chris Wallace        Kai Wong
Caleb Feagans        Kelsey Smith        Sabrina Jameson    Casey Feagans
Logan Gill         Joshua Stencil        Anya Trilk        Damon Bahr
Lynne Dean        Emily Artnamn        Nathaneil McKernan    Vinny Constantino
Connor Brauch        Jakob Deverell        Sean Konrad        Kenny Brancio
Dean Loux        Allyse Nothstine    Grant Haverkamp    Patrick O’Day      
Sean Huntley        Jack Eller        Abbey Salamera     Taylor Dodge
Race Sober        Uriah Hernandez    Ethan Girard        William Schwartz
Isabel Shoe        Mya Reese        Evan Strickfaden    Abram Yehle
Lance Schwartz        Lauren Dahlberg    Jaden Perez        R. J. Larson
Sean Havercamp    Noah Sisk        Cole Reseigh        Tatum Buenning
Alejo Martinez      

3rd place
Eric Evans        Bridget Sautel        Thomas Sautel        Peyton Brauch
Jack Eddy        Lydia Lincke        Lydia Willis        Jennifer McKernan
Zuzanna Janowska     Dean Gunther        Olivia Henthorn        Luke Ball
Trish Nguyen        Theo Lincke        James Healey        Phillip Hoenmans
Mike Dean        Dante Hulin        Ethan Trapp        Rick Orton
Konner Evans        Chase Wyngarden    Peyton Barnard        Jacobi Field
Melvin Marine        Jonah Elstad        Mohalel Mitchell    Natalie Lundeen
Matthew Nguyen    Andrew Smith        Makawee Mitchell    Catelina Martinez
Adolph Ordaz        Declan Gunther        Nick Tibbetts        Jasmine Slamera
T.J. Tibbetts        Malaki McRant        Jason Stencil, Jr.    Nina Madayag
Gaven Grase        Sarah Habetler
 

4th place
Don Johnson        Jocelyn Wallen        Zach Greaves        Zac Johannes
Justin Lautrup        Blenness Quintana    Taryn Dwyer        Gwen Gutierrez
Mya Field        Ellie Stanton        Talyn Probasco        Charlie Smith
Owen Hartmann    Alan Fernandez        Kameron Evans        Ethan Price
Adam Harkins        Micco Waisanen    Alejandro Deppmeier    Elise Smith
Lee Tomjack        Jovan Moore        Brandon Dills        Miette Jandreau
Vivianne Kaltenbach    Mackeenzie Telford    William Maes        Cody Jacobson
Mac            Mariah Cordova        Hudson VanVoorhee    Jacob Hoenmans

First Point Wins!

1st place
Don Johnson        Zach Greaves        Hope Morgan        Michael Madayag
Collin Kreutz        Kelsey Smith        Lydia Willis        Taryn Dwyer      
Emily Artman        Marley Griffin        Damon Bahr        Taylor Dodge
Thomas Ma        Alan Fernandez        Gwen Gutierrez        Grayson Krause
Connor Brauch        Jacob Deverell        Devon Lewis        Merrick Oleszek
Dakota Jesse        Rick Orton        Julianne Todd        Charlie Smith
Akram Alghanmi    Porter Krause        Mohale Mitchell    Abbey Salamera
Jarrpd Eller        Uriah Hernandez    Arkhip Saratovtsev    Jason Stencil
Aspen Hawkins        Mya Reese        Matthew Ordaz        Declan Gunther
William Maes        Lauren Dahlberg    Grady Bahr        Juliane Marine
Kirk Otteson        Rusty Martino        Tatum Buenning    Braden Zack
Zachary Allen      

2nd place
Eric Evans        Tyler Murphy        Jodelyn Wallen        Caleb Feagans
Peyton Brauch        Shekina DeTienne    Brynn Konrad        Jennifer McKernan  
Trish Nguyen        Anya Trilk        Ashton Price        Talyn Probasco
Nathaniel McKernan    Makayla Trapp        Phillip Hoenmans    James Healey
Devon Bilyeu        Johnny Williams    Nico Trilk        Chase Wyngarden
Kameron Evans        Ethan Price        Allyse Nothstine    Jacobi Field
Melvin Marine        Jovn Moore        Jack Eller        Payton Reynolds
Race Sober        Kaddie Williams        Matthew Nguyen    William Schwartz
Isabel Shoe        Catelina Martinez    Evan Strickfaden    Lucas Stolka
Andres Deppmeier    Jasmine Salamera    Malaki McRant        Noah Sisk     Sean Havercamp    Brady Reeder        Meryn Probasco    Gavin Brase
Joshua Stencil      

Staff Poomse

1st place
Caleb Feagans        Abdu Kikhia        Kai Wong        Jocelyn Wallen
Hope Morgan

2nd place
Michael Madayag    Michael Sandusky    Collin Kreutz        Tyler Murphy
Zach Greaves

3rd place
Peyton Brauch        Bridget Sautel        Zac Johannes        Thomas Sautel
Damian Rupp

4th place 
Kathleen Sautel        Erik Ondrejko        Jack Eddy        Allya Copper
Eileen Lindner

Black Belt Grand Champions
Adult - Zach Greaves
Junior - Collin Kreutz

National Anthem – Michael Sandusky
Demonstration – CTI Black Belt / Masters Clubs

Three Hundred and Something

By Jim Sautel, 7th dan

It’s a guarantee. It will be in the books if you can . . .

Hmm . . . three hundred and forty or fifty some days from now – fifty some weeks into the future, an entire year to go and the question is, “Where will you be in your training this time next year?”

Think of all the experiences you will rack up by starting today and consistently keeping at it for the next year. There would be over a thousand poomse (pattern movement or forms) reps if you did only three poomse a day!  You’d have over 18,000 push-ups if you only did 350 a week for the next twelve months! If you did 250 kicks a day for the next year, it would be around 90,000 kicks!  How could you not get better?  It’s a guarantee.  It will be in the books if you can follow through one day at a time!

It’s amazing what can be accomplished one day at a time over a designated period.  When you think about it, look at what we accomplish each time we step into the classroom.  Massize quantities of sit-ups are ripped out in a blink of the eye.  In 30 seconds of time, we can perform an entire poomse or two.  Give us 15 minutes and we can blast out numerous one-step and self-defense walking drills.  We do things like this each and every time we attend class at the CTI, and when you couple that with practice done at home, your personal stats can really pile up . . . and when you have heaps of stats, that means you've got a load of repetitions, uncountable experiences and exuberant successes!

Take a few minutes and make a list of all the exercises and techniques you do and look at the possible number outcomes that could result from three hundred and some days of training – results to be summed up one year from now.  Remember, when you hypothesize and look at those gigantic numbers, know that you can do it!  You can have all those stats under your belt by attacking it one day after the next starting now!

Objective Focus

What Does it Mean to Have an Objective Focus?

You've heard the idea of having an objective focus but what does that really mean?  Objective focus is mentioned as a key component of the rules of poomse training.  I believe, it generally means to be attentive and aware of the environment and the people around you.  For instance, it might be being prepared as when you have an imaginary attacker while doing poomse or one-step sparring.  You do not want to be so focused on the immediate danger in front of you that you lose perspective on the perimeter of danger that could be imminent in the close-by surroundings.

For example, when driving a car, you can be aware of what is directly in front of you at the front of the car, at your windshield and your space as a driver.  However, that is not all you want to see through your peripheral vision.  You need to be aware of more than just what is directly in front of you.  You need to think about 20 feet in front of you or to your sides and even behind you.  What cars are beside you in your blind spot, what car is behind you and coming up fast and what deer may jump out of the woods 20 feet in front of you.  You will be a better driver by building your awareness and keeping an objective focus.

Similarly, Moo Sul Kwan Taekwondo requires an objective focus to be a more prepared defender against a sparring opponent or an attacker on the street.  To start, you need an objective focus to simply do a proper and balanced side-kick.  Don’t focus on the person next to you or the end of your foot, focus on a specific point on the wall in the distance from you where you might want to pinpoint your kick to break a board.  Find your spot, keep your spot in your vision and you will maintain better balance and your side-kick will be stronger while bringing a wider awareness to your surroundings.  An objective focus will help as you prepare for sparring – you can see not just the opponent’s next punch but you can see the opponent’s potential kick, fake and you can read the intentions in their eyes.

This skill can apply to many different areas of life such as driving, sports, skiing and self defense.  Work on keeping your objective focus and you can be a better driver, skier, athlete and martial artist as you control the space around you and are ultimately more prepared!

Martial Arts in Beautiful Colorado!

CTI Mission Statement

"To encourage and develop world-class leaders through educational excellence and Moo Sul Kwan martial Arts traditions"

By Lynne Dean, blue belt

The CTI mission statement presents a comprehensive goal with a road-map to implementation.  Colorado Taekwondo Institute’s goal is not just to develop people but to develop “world-class leaders”.  It implies drawing from the mass of participants and turning them into something special.  Not only just turning individuals into leader but a world class variety that is therefore above the rest.  Leadership is distinguished by actions that are not just determinate but actions that have vision.  In addition, world class leaders emerge as folks who not only have an idea where their team needs to go (the Vision), but are also equipped with the tools they need to communicate that vision, overcome obstacles, enable their team, and attain the vision.

But…there is more to the CTI Mission than to generically create an awesome specter of leaders – the mission narrows it with implementation focus.  The specific tools to encourage and develop these leaders come specifically through “educational excellence” and Moo Sul Kwan traditions.  Therefore, for CTI, there is focus on providing resources for their participants (future leaders) to participate in active positive “mental growth actions” that are steeped in MSK tradition.  To take it one step further, the MSK traditions imply leadership development by learning about and actively participating more in the MSK tenets of Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-Control, and Indomitable Spirit.  These are the core of the MSK tradition and the resulting world-class leaders that CTI aspires to encourage and develop.

Moo Sul Kwan Students at Red Rocks Elementary

POTENTIAL – The Capacity to Develop, Succeed or to Become Something

By Kyle Feagans, 1st dan

At some point in our life’s we have all heard the phrases “You have a lot of potential” or “You are not living up to your full potential.”  The reason we have all heard these phrases is because they come from those that know us best and love and care for us the most.  They are the ones that can see our talents and potential when we do not.  They are the ones who can help us identify our talents of strength and which ones we need to improve upon.  Our talents and what we do with them are the foundations that help us live up to our greatest potential.

We all have those talents that come natural to us.  They are the talents that we never seem to have to work at…they are so natural that we tend to take them for granted.  Those talents of strength could be the ability to listen to those around you.  Your talent could be mentoring those around you or your ability to pay attention to details.  Maybe your talent is visionary helping you to see the big picture, the result before it happens.  Or your talent could be in your ability to set and your desire to achieve a goal or goals.  No matter what these talents of strength, they are our basics and should be worked.

Like our talents of strength we also have those talents that we desire to improve upon.  These are the talents that do not come natural to us; they are the ones that we have to work much harder at.  Talents such as memorization skills or practicing or have more patience with our colleagues at school or work.  Maybe there is a desire to improve upon leadership skills at school or work.  Whatever the talents are that we wish to improve upon we know that improving them will help us to live up to the full potential that we have been told we can live up to. Improving our talents can be challenging.  It requires discipline, desire, courage and focus.  It takes the will to win and the desire to succeed.

With these characteristics and with time, the talents we struggle with can become like those that come easy to us…they can become additions to our basics.

Responsibility

By Casey Feagans, red belt, 4th grade, CTI LeAD Team Member

1. Responsible- Taking care of your property
2. Body-  Being responsible for your arms, legs, and words
3. Actions- Be careful for what you say to others
4. Others- Take care of that person you may have hurt
5. Attitude- Taking care for what you say to yourself, others, and family
6. Control- Take control of what you do around others
7. Decision- Making the right choice
8. Mind- Be careful what you say around others
9. Heart- Be nice and lift someone up that is feeling bummed
10. Spirit- Be confident in yourself and other people that are around you

Being responsible for what you do can make a difference in your life.  Not only does it help you, you can help others make a difference in their lives.

I think it is important to be responsible at school because than you can keep your grades up if you pay attention and give 100% each day.  You also can learn more if you pay attention to what your teacher(s) is saying to you.  Being responsible can help you in many ways like learning and keeping your grades up to A’s or 4’s.

Being responsible at work helps you get your job done and makes it faster for you if you pay attention to what your boss might be saying to you.  Always be responsible for anything you participate in.

I think it’s important to be responsible at home because you won’t get in trouble by your parents or whoever is watching you.  Being responsible can be boring but sometimes you need to be responsible and just do the right thing, it’s about making good choices.

I think it’s important to be responsible at Taekwondo because it helps you say focused and helps you stay attached to what the instructor is saying to the class that he/she is teaching.

Also being responsible gets you one step closer to your next belt you are going for; for example- you might be going for Purple belt and is a blue belt at this moment.  She will try her best and give 100% each day and during class moving one step closer to Black Belt.