2020 CTI Online Championships - Upper Belt Results!

MSK COMPETITION ONLINE FOR THE FIRST TIME!

The first day of our 2020 CTI Online Championships took place on Saturday, September 26!

Next, on October 10th, the blue, green, orange, yellow and white belts of all ages are up for competitions!

This first of two days of our inaugural online Moo Sul Kwan Martial Arts competitions saw purple, brown, red and black belts in 74 online divisions involving action in Poomse, One-Step Sparring, Shadow Sparring, and Taking it to the Target.  Black belts also competed in staff technique.   

Online Moo Sul Kwan judges included grandmaster and master instructors:  Mindy Sautel, 7th, John Sautel, 7th, Erik Albrechtson, 6th, Fred Sautel, 5th, Alice Meyung, 5th and Clayton Garner, 5th.  Regional Directors judging were Andy McDaniel, 4th, Nick Slinkard, 4th and Abdu Kikhia, 4th.  Chief instructors judging were Hope Morgan, 3rd, Eileen Lindner, 3rd, Tyler Murphy, 3rd, Don Johnson, 3rd, Peyton Brauch, 3rd, Mark Scott, 3rd and Caleb Feagans, 2nd.  The online championships was presented by Grandmaster James M. Sautel, 8th dan.

This was the very first time MSK competitions have taken place online and everyone did an outstanding job.  Special thanks to each competitor and judge for making this historic day such a success!

Here are the upper belt results on our 2020 CTI Online Champs:

Poomse

1st place
Andy McDaniel, Katie Dahle, Sean Huntley, Gillian Boswell, Colston Yoder, Khristin Paisley, Owen Robertson, Collin Kreutz, Lindsey Boswell, Katie Minden, Alexis Chavez, Lillian Eichelberger, Marley Griffin, Phineas Hallock, India Ross, Lars den Hartog, Marley Powers

2nd place
Mark Scott, Caleb Feagans, Cody Jacobson, Sarah Dahle, Averie Chavez, Brian O'Reilly, Jasmine Salamera, Kathleen Sautel, Vivi Brown, Garrison Meeks, Jordan Rutz, Thomas Burton, Max Babcock, Toby Palminteri, Mateo Piza, Alex Tan, Nathaniel Parker

3rd place
Eileen Lindner, Keet Holdridge, Mathias Bauer, Abbey Salamera, Quynn Cotner, Alex Schwartz, Nethika Suraweera, Eliseo Bandala, Hope Morgan, Deb Denny, Aidan Sturm, Lily Laird, Sabrina Jensen, Andra Vieru, Lucy Paisley, Miette Jandreau, Kayla Albrechtson, Ellie Smagala

One - Step Sparring

1st place
Collin Kreutz, Eileen Lindner, Caleb Feagans, Konner Evans, Lindsey Boswell, Marely Powers, Lars den Hartog, India Ross, Mathias Bauer, Phineas Hallock, Andra Vieru, Thomas Burden, Lily Laird, Aidan Sturm, Owen Robertson, Brian O'Reilly, Averie Chavez, 

2nd place
Nick Slinkard, Mark Scott, Makayla Trapp, Deb Denny, Abbey Salamera, Eleanor Smagala, Ales Tan, Mateo Piza, Cody Jacobson, Toby Palminteri, Max Babcock, Lillian Eichelberger, Evan McEwan, Katie Minden, Jasmine Salamera, Khristin Paisley, Caiden Murphy

3rd place
Andy McDaniel, Kathleen Sautel, Katie Dahle, Vivi Brown, Gillian Boswell, Calvin Jensen, Nathaniel Keckler, Caleb Romero, Malachi Romero, Sean Huntley, Lucy Paisley,  Kaylyn McEwan, Sabrina Jensen, Alexis Chavez, Garrison Meeks, Eliseo Bandala, Susan Burgstiner, Quynn Cotner

Shadow Sparring

1st place
Andy McDaniel, Sarah Dahle, Collin Kreutz, Vivi Brown, Caleb Feagans, Mathias Bauer, Colin Palminteri, Brian O'Reilly, Owen Robertson, Katie Minden, Alexis Chavez, Sabrina Jensen, Max Babcock, Phineas Hallock, Evan Zdechlik, Marley Powers, Alex Tan

2nd place
Don Johnson, Gillian Boswell, Kathleen Sautel, Lindsey Boswell, Keet Holdridge, Sean Huntley, Colston Yoder, Khristin Paisley, Christian Lloyd, Lauren Dahlberg, Lily Laird, Thomas Burden, Andra Vieru, Lucy Paisley, Mateo Piza, Nathaniel Keckler, Caleb Romero

3rd place
Mark Scott, Abbey Salamera, Hope Morgan, Deb Denny, Katie Dahle, Lydia Willis, Averie Chavez, Susan Burgstiner, Jasmine Salamera, Garrison Meeks, Evan McEwan, Lillian Eichelberger, Marley Griffin, Toby Palminteri, Malachi Romero, Leto Ochsner, Lars den Hartog

Taking it to the Target

1st place
Don Johnson, Abbey Salamera, Peyton Brauch, Lindsey Boswell, Makayla Trapp, Sean Huntley,  Colin Palminteri, Brian O'Reilly, Eliseo Bandala, Katie Minden, Alexis Chavez, Lillian Eichelberger, Paul Paisley, Lucy Paisley, Mateo Piza, Marley Powers, Lars den Hartog

2nd place
Mark Scott, Konner Evans, Nick Slinkard, Deb Denny, Katie Dahle, Mathias Bauer, Colston Yoder, Nethika Suraweera, Henry Rumpf, Aidan Sturm, Evan McEwan, Thomas Burden, Max Babcock, Phineas Hallock, India Ross, Ellie Smagala, Kayla Albrechtson

3rd place
Eileen Lindner, Sarah Dahle, Hope Morgan, Vivi Brown, Caleb Feagans, Lydia Willis, Averie Chavez, Khristin Paisley, Christian Lloyd, Garrison Meeks, Lily Laird, Sabrina Jensen, Kaylyn McEwan, Toby Palminteri, Miette Jandreau, Ahas Weerapura, Alex Tan

Staff Technique

1st place
Andy McDaniel, Abbey Salamera, Collin Kreutz, Lindsey Boswell, Keet Holdridge, Cody Jacobson

2nd place
Eileen Lindner, Konner Evans, Peyton Brauch, Vivi Brown, Makayla Trapp, Mathias Bauer

3rd place
Mark Scott, Gillian Boswell, Tyler Murphy, Deb Denny, Caleb Feagans, Meryn Probasco

Campus Spotlight: Conifer Campus

If you’re looking for a Conifer martial arts school with a family friendly, disciplined, and exciting environment, look no further than the Conifer location of the Colorado Taekwondo Institute (CTI). Located conveniently on US Highway 285, this Conifer martial arts school hosts classes that teach valuable self-defense skills to students of all ages, from toddlers to teens to adults. Like karate and kung fu, taekwondo is a martial art that trains the body and mind to improve ourselves and achieve goals. 

Martial arts, unlike many other sports, is an individual sport. Practicing karate and taekwondo is self-directed and self-motivated training. Traditional taekwondo, which is taught at the CTI, is a martial art similar to karate and kung fu. As a student, we better ourselves with the self-defense and education provided by this Conifer taekwondo school. This allows us to set our own goals to accomplish with this martial arts training. For instance, a teen might be interested in the focus martial arts training provides and applying that to school. An adult may be interested in losing weight and setting a goal for getting in shape using martial arts. Even a toddler will see the benefit of setting a goal like getting their next belt and the satisfaction achieving that goal brings. 

There are choices out there for martial arts, but the CTI Conifer martial arts school is a step above the rest. At the CTI students are encouraged to do more than just exercise in their regular classes, such as monthly homework and written tests for each belt. This keeps the martial arts frame of mind present in all part of our lives, so we can achieve any goals we have. The self-confidence and self-defense taught by our outstanding group of black belt instructors will allow anyone, to become a better version of themselves. 

Conifer's main classroom has a custom-built, carpeted suspension floor, so as to reduce stress on the body when working out. The workout area is incredibly spacious, to provide each student ample room to workout. There are also spacious and comfortable viewing areas for friends and family to watch class. 

Nestled in the midst of beautiful Conifer, the Conifer taekwondo campus serves the Conifer, Aspen Park, Evergreen and Bailey communities. Nearby amenities include 3 Margaritas, Liks Ice Cream and Staples. 

Come join us today at the Conifer campus of the Colorado Taekwondo Institute. We’re here to help you be a better you and reach your goals.

Self-Defense Training for Adults

At the Colorado Taekwondo Institute, we train in Moo Sul Kwan Taekwondo, which also includes some Moos Sul Kwan Hapkido training. Both Taekwondo and Hapkido are martial arts that are thousands of years old, initially developed for people to learn to defend themselves, from both other people and wild animals. 

Moo Sul Kwan classes include lots of exercise to get our bodies and mind into shape, but they also include learning self-defense techniques. Hopefully they will never be needed, but learning this self-defense can have the real world consequences.  In the event of finding yourself in danger in your day to day life, self-defense is a very necessary skill to have in order to keep yourself safe.  Although the possibility of having to use your self defense in your everyday life is very slim, it is still important to practice your self defense techniques in case the situation arises that you would need to use them.  

Just as it is important to practice some of the more complicated or difficult areas of our Moo Sul Kwan training like basic techniques or poomse (patterned movements), one should not forget to practice their one-step sparring and self defense skills and techniques.  Being able to properly defend yourself is a highly prized skill in ones daily life. A martial artists should also take time to practice all of their self defense and understand how the techniques work on the body and how to properly execute them.  In the event of a dangerous situation, it would be very harmful of one had to stop and think about what they had to do. To truly improve one's self defense skills, you should be able to not only perform the appropriate technique, but execute it without having to actively think about it. This will be very beneficial in the event of an actual dangerous situation. It would be very valuable to incorporate self defense training into ones ongoing training.  Even though some of the techniques are less complicated that other areas of our Moo Sul Kwan training, one's self defense can always be improved upon just like any other branch of our Taekwondo. 

Remember, in class as well as outside of class, make sure to practice effectively but safely.  Self defense training is meant to be very effective and can be harmful if used improperly. Training in self defense is just a small, but very important part of our Moo Sul Kwan discipline, but must also be maintained to ensure that it is ready should the need ever arise.          

CTI: the Perfect Environment for Teens

The Colorado Taekwondo Institute of martial arts is a perfect environment for children, adults and of course, teenagers. As the CTI provides an encouraging environment and stress relieving program, it allows teenagers to have a outlet for their frustrations and simply a easy way to exercise while still having a good time. As teenagers are usually in junior high or high school, most will have homework and stressing situations within school, and home. As a healthy and friendly environment, the CTI strives for a place that is seen as not stressful, but stress relieving. Most teenagers need a place where they can relax, a place that will help them become successful, and that is what the CTI tries to embody. 

The CTI offers many martial arts for teens at many locations, such as Lakewood, Littleton, Westminster, Golden & Conifer. As many teens already have tight schedules, classes are highly flexible, with each location offering classes Monday through Friday. There is also the option of additional private lessons with the instructor, providing one on one work with the student. Not having to worry about a schedule or whether they missed something, the student can be at ease, and continue to maintain a healthy relationship with his or her instructor and classmates.

The CTI program doesn’t take time away from studying or being around friends, in fact, there are only 4 tournaments a year, which means students wouldn’t be worrying about competitions all the time, as they aren’t common throughout the year unlike with other sports, which take more time for practices, games and training. The CTI keeps its students healthy, without overworking its students. When students do take part of competitions or extra classes and camps, they form a bond with one another, and usually that bond lasts for years. Many people in the CTI have trained together for years, and they have created a bond that won’t be broken. Being a teenager myself, I think that martial arts for teenagers is a great thing. 

Knowing people in and out of the CTI program, there are some differences that you will notice. The CTI is based on 5 tenets, which guide us, and help us in places outside of class. Courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit. As the CTI is a disciplined community, our students have been taught that each of these tenets are important, and that we should remind ourselves of them every once in a while. CTI helps teens deal with peer pressure and helps them with body image and self-confidence. I have known teens who came into the CTI insecure, then after a few months, they felt better about themselves and it was all uphill from there. The CTI is more than just workouts, it is a confidence building, bonding and healthy experience that will help teens, children and adults be happier and healthier. It is something that has helped many, and will continue to help more every day it stands.

Campus Spotlight: Golden Campus

If you’re looking for a Golden martial arts school with a family friendly, disciplined, and exciting environment, look no further than the Golden location of the Colorado Taekwondo Institute (CTI). Located conveniently on Youngfield Street, this Golden martial arts school hosts classes that teach valuable self-defense skills to students of all ages, from toddlers to teens to adults. Like karate and kung fu, taekwondo is a martial art that trains the body and mind to improve ourselves and achieve goals. 

Martial arts, unlike many other sports, is an individual sport. Practicing karate and taekwondo is self-directed and self-motivated training. Traditional taekwondo, which is taught at the CTI, is a martial art similar to karate and kung fu. As a student, we better ourselves with the self-defense and education provided by this Golden taekwondo school. This allows us to set our own goals to accomplish with this martial arts training. For instance, a teen might be interested in the focus martial arts training provides and applying that to school. An adult may be interested in losing weight and setting a goal for getting in shape using martial arts. Even a toddler will see the benefit of setting a goal like getting their next belt and the satisfaction achieving that goal brings. 

There are choices out there for martial arts, but the CTI Golden martial arts school is a step above the rest. At the CTI students are encouraged to do more than just exercise in their regular classes, such as monthly homework and written tests for each belt. This keeps the martial arts frame of mind present in all part of our lives, so we can achieve any goals we have. The self-confidence and self-defense taught by our outstanding group of black belt instructors will allow anyone, to become a better version of themselves. 

Golden's classroom has custom-built, carpeted suspension floor, so as to reduce stress on the body when working out. The workout area is incredibly spacious, to provide each student ample room to workout. There are also spacious and comfortable viewing areas for friends and family to watch class. 

Nestled in the midst of beautiful Applewood, the Golden taekwondo campus serves the Applewood, Golden, Edgewater & Wheat Ridge communities. Nearby amenities include Tafolino's Mexican Restaurant, Jimmy's Wings and Teller's Taproom & Kitchen. 

Come join us today at the Golden campus of the Colorado Taekwondo Institute. We’re here to help you be a better you and reach your goals.