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2019 All-City Championships Results!

339 Moo Sul Kwan students jammed Alameda International for an excellent weekend!

Two days of exciting competitions and demonstrations were had at this year's 2019 All-City Championships in Denver, Colorado!  Moo Sul Kwan students from many schools, campuses and programs gathered together at Alameda International Junior/Senior High School on April 26-27.

The action began on Friday evening with black belt competitions.  Sparring started off the night, followed by black belt poomse and breaking divisions.  Saturday began early with black belt staff competitions and more black belt board breaking,

Students of all ages and belt levels came on Saturday to compete, learn and have fun.  Special guests were on hand from the Lee H. Park Institute in Cape Girardeau, Missouri - instructors Jill Mills, Sharon Sink and Holly Dirnberger brought some wonderful students for the sparring competitions on Saturday.

Twice during Saturday, the CTI Demonstration Team performed for the crowds.  The demo, named "Fifty Years" with special music written and played live by our black belts, showcased the talented martial artists poomse, breaking, one-steps, self-defense, exercise, advanced kicking and more!

The day ended around 3:00 PM with the presentations of the Black Belt Grand Champion Awards to: Eileen Lindner, Kathleen Sautel, Merrick Oleszek and Emily Artman.

Here are the final results of the 2019 All-city Championships:

Poomse
1st place
Taneli Alahuhta, Max Babcock, Paxton Barnett, Mathias Bauer
Abby Booten, Gillian Boswell, Lindsey Boswell, Meredith Botnick
Anabella Briceno, Lucas Brown, Jonathan Cassatro, Averie Chavez
Alexis Chavez, Quynn Cotner, Benjamin Crowley, Payton Dahm
Lars Den Hartog, Konner Evans, Kyle Feagans, Ella Foster
Dane Frazier, Zach Greaves, Jacob Hoenmans, Junaid Jensen
Sabrina Jensen, Caden Johnson, Collin Kreutz, Ariana Lamb
Nate Larson, Eileen Lindner, Finn Linse, Evan McEwan
Annabel McLane, Katie Minden, Thomas Misiak-Kacsh, Brody Mitchell, David Moyer, Merrick Oleszek, Mitchell Oleszek, Ariana Ormsbee, Mason Rutz, Isabella Sandoval, Kathleen Sautel, Colton Shirley, Gabriella Sleight, Gregory Smagala, Sarah Smith, Jason Stencel, Ivy Stickland, Maddie Swartz, Austin Swartz, Alex Tan
Lydia Tan, Layla Tran, Tina Vo, Bradley Wangberg, Ali Wolfe, Ryan Wyngarden, Dylan Kiser, Eli Quinones

2nd place
Emily Artman, Avery Barden, Regan Beaver, Sophie Briceno
Thomas Burden, Emma Burden, Christopher Cardella, Karen Carreon
Candice Chandler, Tristyn Cvanciger, Sarah Dahle, Shekina DeTienne
Bruce Duong, Eli Eastment, Zoe Economou, Lincoln Ennenga
Eric Evans, Evelyn Fleetwood, Nate Florence, Tristan Garcia
Oliver Garner, Kaleb Guffey, Phineas Hallock, Thomas Hurst
Christian Jezek, Nathaniel Keckler, Logan Keckler, Amy Krupp
Evelyn LaMorgese, Josie Landis, Bella Lasater, Rowan Lasater
Sabrina Liu, Melvin Marine, Warren McDonald, Jennifer McDonald
Natasha McKernan, Tegan Moore, Hope Morgan, Caiden Murphy
Jackson Noller, Khristin Paisley, Zachary Palmer, Meryn Probasco
Connor Rhoden, Malachai Romero, India Ross, Jordan Rutz
Jasmine Salamera, Brecken Schubert, Keira Sherman, Grant Shirley
Dylan Soule, Ed Stanton, Garrett Thomson, Michael Veith
Maxwell Weaver, Evan Weber, Mia Wolfe, Ava Alvarado

3rd place
Annie Abbink, Ryann Beaver, Owen Bernath, McKenna Boehm
Briar Boehm, Peyton Brauch, Mattox Bubenik, Craig Cardella
Tyler Cobb, Mariah Cordova, Zachary Cotner, Amy Daly
Lainey Dokter, Grant Erickson, Garrett Falk, Jackson Foster
Shaylan Gangoo, Justin Gann, Noah Gomez, Hank Haubner
Clavin Haubner, Philip Hoenmans, Hannah Holmes, Miles Humphress
Sean Huntley, Cody Jacobson, Ivy Jensen, Don Johson
Irene Kim, Deb Larson, Everett Lasater, Christian Lloyd
Ryan Marine, Elsie McDonald, Tiffany McDow, Aiden Molina
Colleen Monahan, Mulligan Liam, Colin Palminteri, Toby Palminteri
Nathaniel Pierce, Caleb Romero, Kayla Romero, Abbey Salamera
Bridget Sautel, William Schwartz, Alex Schwartz, Mark Scott
Evan Shacklett , Oliver Shultz, Eleanor Smagala, Lauren Smith
Aiden Soule, Allan Stanton, Zoe Tormey, Da Minh Tran
Judson Ver Beek, Rhett Wallace, Hayden Welch

4th place
Jackson Babcock, Elan Bailey, Jeffrey Bowen, Colton Christensen
Sidney Clark, Julian Crawford, Deb Denny, Colin Duncan
Jonah Elstad, Colton Falk, Drake Ferguson, Elizabeth Hawkins
Miette Jandreau, Chase Johnson, Zane Kaulbach, Brandon Kirt
Xiaoxue Ada Koberlein, Zoey Krupp, Maxwell LaPlant, Rylan Lemons
Dean Loux, Owen Luarca, Audra Maes, Joshua Miller
Lucas Mischo Quint, Courtney Moen, Kaelyn Molina, Theryn Ochsner
Leto Ochsner, Lucy Paisley, Marley Powers, Sammy Powers
Kai Pratte, Ethan Price, Matthew Roberts, Kayla Roberts
Henry Rumph, Aubrie Schafer, Lance Schwartz, Brody Shaver
Thoams Sleight, Joshua Stencel, Lily Strickland, Atom Taylor
Lee Tomjack, Shaydon Tuttle, Jack Weichert, Nicholas Weichert
Dylan Wellensiek, Kaddie Williams, Beth Wolfe, Samuel Wolfe
Weston Wolfe, Rylan Wolfe, Jonathan Wright

Tiger Poomse
1st place
Amalina Tarr, Chase Gentry, Rebekkah Copel, Grace Bubenik
Joseph Eastment, Kaydance Veith, Maaryn Rolfing, Juan Monia
Donovan Ferguson, Evan Erickson, Lettie Chavez, Ray Clair
Caroline Nusbaum, Eddie Garner, Caleb Rios, Oliva Kent
Asatrid Christensesn, Noelle Brown, Daxton Frandsen, Rowan Beaver
Jameson Rhoden, Slyvia Kowalski, Ibenez Pankey, Henry Ratigan
Grant Boehm, Lilly Lloyd, Colin Kowalski

Breaking
1st place
Emily Artman, Reagan Beaver, Gillian Boswell, Meredith Botnick
Karen Carreon, Sidney Clark, McKenzie Cress, Lauren Dahlberg
Deb Denny, Shekina DeTienne, Jonah Elstad, Eileen Lindner
Julian Marine, Joshua Miller, Katie Minden, Caiden Murphy
Rick Orton, Henry Rumph, Abbey Salamera, Isabella Sandoval
Aidan Sturm, Lydia Tan, Lee Tomjack, Layla Tran
Shaydon Tuttle, Michael Veith, Dylan Wellensiek

Sparring
1st place
Emily Artman, Paxton Barnett, Abby Booten, Meredith Bonick
Jeffrey Bowen, Mattox Bubenik, Chris Cardella, Craig Cardella
Karen Carreon, Jonathan Castro, Alexis Chavez, Mariah Corova
Quynn Cotner, Benjamin Crowley, Evan Erickson, Kyle Feagans
Justin Gann, Oliver Garner, Noah Gomez, Phiheas Hallock
Calvin Haubner, Keira Haubner, Jacob Hoenmans, Miles Humphress
Sean Huntley, Isaac Jensen, Caden Johnson, Logan Keckler
Brandon Kirt, Josie Landis, Nate Larson, Deb Larson
Bella Lasater, Jennifer McKernan, Joshua Miller, Roman Montoya
Tegan Moore, Hope Morgan, Caiden Murphy, Merrick Oleszek
Mitchell Oleszek, Marley Powers, Caleb Romero, India Ross
Mason Rutz, Michael Sandusky, Lorianna Shultz, Eleanor Smagala
Ed Stanton, Maddie Swartz, Amalina Tarr, Layla Tran
Judson Ver Beek, Tate Wallace, Hayden Welch, Dylan Wellensiek
Lydia Willis, Rylan Wolfe, Felicity Pingkian, Ethan Adams
Maxwell Shelly

2nd place
Ava Alvardo, Elan Bailey, Owen Bernath, Gillian Boswell
Peyton Brauch, Candice Chandler, Evan Charlton, Averie Chavez
Lennix Chavez, Bryce Cole, Dalton Cole, Zachary Cotner
Julian Crawford, Amy Daly, Colin Duncan, Jonah Elstad
Drake Ferguson, Gwen Gutierrez, Thomas Hurst, Cody Jacobson
Miette Jandreau, Nathaniel Keckler, Amy Krupp, Zoey Krupp
Eileen Lindner, Christian Lloyd, Ryan Marine, Seth McCallin
Tiffany McDow, Evan McEwan, Natasha McKernan, Michael Eric Meadows
Katie Minden, Ariana Ormsbee, Lucy Paisley, Marshall Peck
Nathaniel Pierce, Diego Quezada, Eli Quinones, Connor Rhoden
Owen Robertson, Dylan Rodgers, Abbey Salamera, Isabella Sandoval
Mark Scott, Brody Shaver, Keira Sherman, Colton Shirley
Aidan Sould, Jason Stencel, Joshua Stencel, Patrick Stolle
Lydia Tan, Michael Veith, Tina Vo, Kai Wallace
Bradley Wangberg, Mia Wolfe, Beth Wolfe, Ryan Wyngarden
Colston Yoder, Lily Lloyd

3rd place
Annie Abbink, Taneli Alahuhta, Mathias Bauer, Reagan Beaver
McKenna Boehm, Briar Boehm, Charlie Booten, Lindsey Boswell
Lucas Brown, Vivi Brown, Emma Burden, Adrianna Carreon
Eva Carreon, Rebekkah Copel, Lars Den Hartog, Sheina DeTienne
Eli Eastment, Eric Evans, Alex Hancey, Hank Haubner
Jameson Healy, Philip Hoenmans, Sabrina Jensen, Zane Kaulbach
Evelyn LaMorgese, Maxwell LaPlant, Sabrina Liu, Julian Marine
Warren McDonald, Elsie McDonald, Frank Merritts, Thomas Misiak-Kacsh
Brody Mitchell, Tyler Murphy, Theryn Ochsner, Leto Ochsner
Khristin Paisley, Toby Palminteri, Kai Pratte, Meryn Probasco
Matthew Roberts, Kayla Romero, Oliver Schultz, William Schwartz
Lance Schwartz, Evan Shacklett, Allan Stanton, Ellie Stanton
Aidan Sturm, Alex Tan, Atom Taylor, Garrett Thomson
Rhett Wallace, Maxwell Weaver, Weston Wolfe, Mason Zerbib
Brooke Johnson, Eddie Garner

4th place
Andrei Amihalachio, Jackson Babcock, Avery Barden, Thomas Burden
Colton Christensen, Sidney Clark, Tyler Cobb, William Crowley
Lauren Dahlberg, Payton Dahm, Deb Denny, Zoe Economou
Konner Evans, Nate Florence, Ella Foster, Maley Griffin
Kaleb Guffey, T.J. Gutierrez, Jennifer Hancey, Elizabeth Hawkins
Don Johnson, Chase Johnson, Rowan Lasater, Rylan Lemons
Dean Loux, Audra Maes, Jacob Mayberry, Courtney Moen
Liam Mulligan, Pau Paisley, Colin Palminteri, Ethan Price
Jordan Rutz, Alex Schwartz, Grant Shirley, Sarah Smith
Lauren Smith, Jason Stencel, Jr., Austin Swartz, Katelynn Ward
Jude Weaver, Evan Weber, Eva Welch, Jonathan Wright
Brandon Brech, Kaydence Veith

First Point Wins!
1st place
Meredith Botnick, Mattox Bubenik, Chris Cardella, Jonathan Castro
Evan Erickson, Justin Bann, Oliver Garner, Phineas Hallock
Calvin Haubner, Keira Haubner, Brandon Kirt, Deb Larson
Roman Montoya, Caiden Murphy, Merrick Oleszek, Mitchell Oleszek
Marley Powers, Mason Rutz, Eleanor Smagala, Ed Stanton
Amalina Tarr, Dylan Wellensiek, Lydia Willis, Felicity Pingkian
Maxwell Shelly, Ava Alvarado, Candice Chandler, Averie Chavez
Bryce Cole, Amy Daly, Colin Duncan, Cody Jacobson
Miette Jandreau, Amy Krupp, Ryan Marine, Tiffany McDow
Michael Eric Meadows, Katie Minden, Lucy Paisley, Doegp Quezada
Dylan Rodgers, Isabella Sandoval, Aidan Soule, Ryan Wyngarden
Vivi Brown, Eric Evans, Evelyn LaMorgese, Toby Palminteri
Oliver Schultz, Alex Tan, Nate Florence, Rowan Lasater
Austin Swartz, Dane Frazier, Zach Greaves, Everett Lasater
Payton Reynolds, Kathleen Sautel, Brecken Schubert, Gregory Smagala
Da Minh Tran, Jack Weichert

2nd place
Jeffrey Bowen, Craig Cardella, Alexis Chavez, Mariah Cordova
Sean Huntley, Caden Johnson, Josie Landis, Bella Lasater
Joshua Miller, Hope Morgan, Caleb Romero, India Ross
Lorianna Shutz, Gillian Boswell, Evan Charlton, Zachary Cotner
Julian Crawford, Jonah Elstad, Drake Ferguson, Gwen Gutierrez
Nathaniel Keckler, Eileen Lindner, Ariana Ormsbee, Marshall Peck
Nathaniel Pierce, Owen Robertson, Colton Shirley, Joshua Stencel
Michael Veith, Kai Wallace, Beth Wolfe, Lindsey Boswell
Lucas Brown, Rebekkah Copel, Eli Eastment, Alex Hancey
Sabrina Jensen, Maxwell LaPlant, Warren McDonald, Tyler Murphy
Theryn Ochsner, Khristin Paisley, Kayla Romero, Allan Stanton
Aidan Sturm, Rhett Wallace, Mason Zerbib, Brooke Johnson
Eddie Garner, Payton Dahm, Don Johnson, Dean Loux
Jordan Rutz, Eva Welch, Brandon Brech, Kaydence Veith
Grant Erickson, Christian Jezek, Zachary Palmer, Dylan Soule

Staff Poomse
1st place
Kathleen Sautel, Merrick Oleszek, Emily Artman, Eric Evans
Hope Morgan, Bridget Sautel

2nd place
Michael Sandusky, Ryan Wyngarden, Collin Kreutz, Jennifer McKernan
Shekina DeTienne, Ethan Price

3rd place
Kyle Feagans, Gwen Gutierrez, T.J. Gutierrez, Cody Jacobson
Tyler Murphy

Grand Champions:  Eileen Lindner, Kathleen Sautel, Merrick Oleszek and Emily Artman

Fitness

By Kayla Roberts, green belt, CTI BBC Member

Most of us have heard about the obesity epidemic in America and other western countries such as Canada and Britain. It's hard to miss health related headlines linking the rise of overweight and obesity with increased rates of heart disease, diabetes, asthma and other respiratory illness, cancers, and many more horrible afflictions. We see tons of information about the effectiveness of diets and exercise and the disastrous effects of increased sugar, fat, and caffeine consumption.

The average American lifestyle is generally unhealthy and getting worse. According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average American ate 20% more calories in 2000 than they did in 1983 with these calories mainly coming from increased consumption of meats and added fats. At the same time, America experienced the fast food boom that ultimately resulted in fast food taking up 11% of our diets. This is before you add in the more recent effect of increased soda and energy drink consumption.

Health organizations and doctors will recommend a healthy diet and exercise to combat overweight and obesity. For exercise, one of the best high calorie, high fat burning exercises is Moo Sul Kwan Taekwondo. In a study conducted by the Mayo Clinic, researchers found that a 160 pound person will burn an average 730 calories per hour in a Taekwondo class. That's at least 200 more calories burned than the average hour-long run. It’s also a full body workout meaning you’ll burn fat in every part of your body, including problem areas, not just the stomach.

Taekwondo can help people maintain their diets. Classes don't just focus on physical exercise, they also teach self-discipline and self-confidence. These three areas build on each other to teach students the skills they need to make healthy changes and build good habits. Habit building is where most people fail when trying to lose weight and to keep that weight off. This why fad diets will fail every time. Fad diet programs target very fast weight loss but never allow for a well-rounded, nutritional lifestyle that will result in weight maintenance. Learning self-discipline is critical to keeping weight at a healthy level and MSK Taekwondo does a far better job at teaching the skills needed to meet long term, healthy goals.

The community in a Colorado Taekwondo Institute class is incredibly supportive which makes this whole journey that much easier. Between the amazing community and new, lasting skills, maintaining a healthy weight will be far more attainable for most than with the classic magazine diet and gym membership. Students will also have the bonus of learning valuable self-defense skills not available through other courses.

Modesty

By Kyle Feagans, 2nd dan

Definition of Modesty:

The quality of not being too prod o confident about yourself or your abilities – by Merriam Webster

Definition of Arrogance:

An attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions – by Merriam Webster

How can modesty help one in their daily life?  While there is nothing wrong in being proud, excited, passionate and confident about your accomplishments or your goals, it is important to exercise modesty in one’s successes.  Exercising modesty in success shows true understanding that those achievements were not solely attained on your own merits…that the support of friends and family was needed too.   CTI Martial Artists understand that this through success in learning basic and advanced punching, blocking, striking and kicking techniques.  The enhancement of this knowledge is realized through the progression of and achievement of each belt on their way to black belt and beyond.

Modesty is a key ingredient in developing relationships with friends, family and co-workers.  It is exciting and fascinating to hear about the successes of others when there is a sense of modesty involved.  Most of us already know and understand that it takes a lot of hard work, sacrifice and effort on our end to achieve our goals and these same disciplines were exercised by those who helped us.  Modesty can be a challenging characteristic.

In today's society, accomplishments are indicators of one’s character and they show a desire to gain knowledge and advance in understanding.  It is good to talk about, to communicate our accomplishments with others, and if done in the right way, could be the cause of inspiration for someone to persevere through that very same obstacle in the way of their own goal!