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Welcome to the ECTC home page! Active since 1983, the ECTC (formerly known as the INCTL) offers a fun and intense team-oriented competition experience that features Olympic-style Taekwondo sparring and forms competition at all levels. The ECTC hosts 5 tournaments each academic school year at schools around the Eastern United States. Clubs from over 20 colleges and universities vie each year for the ECTC cup by accumulating points at each of the league tournaments. For more information, e-mail info@ectc-online.org. Upcoming
Events Latest
Announcements: Princeton Tournament Results Posted Congratulations to the Princeton Taekwondo Club, which hosted 349 competitors from over 20 schools on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012! The Princeton Tournament Results have been posted on standings page. Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 RPI Tournament Packet Posted The RPI Tournament
Packet has been posted to the tournaments page. Final Tournament of the Year Announced to be at RPI The final ECTC
tournament of the year will be hosted at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
on Sunday April 22, 2012, in Troy, NY. A tournament packet will be available
soon. NCTA All-Star Trip Concludes with NCTA Training Camp The All-Star team concluded a weekend of training in New York City at West Side Taekwondo on Jan 15, 2012. The team participated in 6 workouts over 4 days led by various coaches, including ECTC founders, Master Sung Chul Whang (2005 US National Collegiate Team Co-Head Coach) and Master Jun Chul Whang (2004 Olympic Coach for Trinidad and Tobago).
Workouts throughout the weekend were also led by Master Dan Chuang (ECTC Board Member, US National Collegiate Team Coach 2008-2011, US National Poomsae Team Member), Master Chinedum Osuji (2004 Olympian, 2007 Pan Am Games Bronze Medalist), Master Christina Park (5-time US National Collegiate Team Captain, World University Taekwondo Championships Bronze medalist), Master Fabio Takahashi (Jamaica National Team Coach), Dorian Alexander (Trinidad National Team), Lenn Hypolite (Trinidad National Team, Pan Am Championships Silver Medalist), Rene Chen (US National Poomsae Team Member, MIT alumna), and Lisa Zhou (US National Poomsae Team Member, U Penn alumna). Also present were ECTC alumni Elizabeth Shakhnovich (US National Collegiate Team Member, World University Games bronze medal, U Penn and Harvard alumna), James Cadogan (US National Collegiate Team Member, Princeton alumnus), and Jayson Grant (Jamaica National Team member and US National Champion). Representing the ECTC were Master Albert Lee (NYU) and Mr. Naji Husseini (U Michigan) as coaches of the All-Star team, with Master Chuang. Special thanks
to Master Christina Park for her role in organizing the seminar, and to
Master Paul Lim and Darlin Gil of West Side Taekwondo for their extraordinary
hospitality. NCTA Training Seminars on Jan 13 and 14 The NCTA is hosting two seminars in conjunction with the ECTC all-star trip this year to further the development of athletes who aspire to perform at a national team level in poomsae and sparring. The seminars are graciously hosted by West Side Taekwondo in New York City, home of the ECTC founders, Masters Jun Chul Whang and Sung Chul Whang. The seminars will be hosted in conjunction with the ECTC All-Star training camp, which is also hosted at West Side Taekwondo at the following location, and the All-Stars will be in attendance as well. West Side Taekwondo Elite Sport
Poomsae Seminar Show specific drills designed to improve presentation. Review technical standards. Get personal feedback on individual athletes' forms. Limited to 20 athletes to ensure personalized attention. All proceeds will go to support the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association and the US National Collegiate Taekwondo Team. Elite Sparring
Seminar Discuss strategy
and the evolution of the sparring game at the international level from
coaches and athletes with a record of international success. Discuss strategies
for competing with the new Daedo electronic chest protectors. Conditioning,
target kicking and sparring drills. Match sparring with other athletes.
Also featuring the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference All-Star Team.
All proceeds will go to support the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association
and the US National Collegiate Taekwondo Team. ECTC All-Star Team Announcement The board thanks all of the coaches who submitted applicants for the ECTC All-Star Team. All of the candidates were considered very carefully - the selection committee comprised of 5 coaches from Division 1, 2 and 3 schools all felt that there were many worthy candidates among the 18 athletes nominated, and that all of the applications without exception were outstanding. The committed and ECTC Board wish that we could take all of the candidates, but ultimately we are only able to choose a few. The votes were tallied by ECTC Referee Chair Jaime Schulte to ensure fairness. In alphabetical order for each of the men and women, the All-Star team is: Men Aziz
Abdellahi (MIT) Women Rae
Drach (Princeton) ECTC All-Star Team Nominations Open Nominations for the 2011-2012 All-Star Team are now open. Each school's head coach may nominate up to two (2) men and two (2) women from their school for the All-Star Team. However, to promote diversity on the team, no more than 3 athletes from any one school will be chosen. Also, a minimum of 3 athletes will be chosen from Division 1, a minimum of 2 athletes from Division 2 and a minimum of 1 athlete chosen from Division 3. Nominations will close on Friday, December 9, 2011. The ECTC Selection committee will review the nominations and select the All-Star Team soon thereafter. For the application,
please click here. ECTC Announces New Point Thresholds For Divisions On the pre-season conference call with the league it was mentioned that the point threshold for a school to enter Division 1 would likely be lowered from 1000 points to 800. The threshold for Division 2 would remain 200. It was said the 800 figure would be revisited after the fall tournaments, to see if it still seemed appropriate after observing the effect of rule changes on this season. The rule changes have so far had little effect on points, so the Board has decided to make this change. The 800/200 point totals were intended for a 5-tournament season, however. Since we will be having a 4-tournament season this year the point totals have been adjusted to 80% of normal. Any school reaching
640 points this season will be in Division 1 next season. 640/160 will be
the point thresholds in 4-tournament seasons and 800/200 in 5-tournament
seasons. ECTC Announces Black Belt Poomsae For Spring Tournaments The Board has opted not to change the selected poomsae for the spring tournaments. The third tournament of the season was cancelled, so we will proceed to the fourth tournament at Princeton on Sunday, February 19th and the fifth tournament in April (TBD). That means: The Princeton tournament will have Taebaek in the first (semi-final) round and Pyongwon in the final. The April tournament
will have Pyongwon in the semi-final round and Shipjin in the final. ECTC Adopts Safety Rules for B-Team Sparring Starting at the next ECTC tournament, B-teams will now use "Safety Rules" (USA Taekwondo Junior Safety Rules) for head contact, to provide that stepping stone for the colored belts before they reach A-team. Here's how Safety Rules work: head contact will score 3 points for any type of scoring kick (no 4-point kick) unless the kick was hard enough that the competitor needs a few moments to recover (like an 8-count in A-team). These harder kicks that cause the competitor to need recovery time will be handled much like an intentional punch to the face: 1) The competitor who was kicked gets an injury time (1 minute) to recover. 2) The kicker receives a gamjeom 1 point penalty (there is no kyungo for kicks to the head that are too hard in Safety Rules). 3) If points were initially scored by the judges for the head kick they will be taken off. 4) If
kicked player indicates that they are ready/able to continue within one
minute (usually the case) the match will resume. If not, the kicker is
disqualified. Cornell Tournament Results Posted
Congratulations to the Cornell Sport Taekwondo Club, which hosted 381 competitors from over 20 schools on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011! The preliminary Cornell Tournament Results have been posted on standings page. Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 MIT Tournament Results Posted
Congratulations to the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club, which hosted 427 competitors from over 20 schools on Oct. 22, 2011! The preliminary MIT Tournament results have been posted on standings page. Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Princeton Tournament Cancelled It is with regret that the ECTC is announcing the cancellation of the Princeton tournament this fall. The board tried very hard to find an alternative that would be workable, both geographically, and accommodating the academic schedules of the league, and could not find an alternative. I would encourage everyone to make an even stronger effort to attend the Cornell Tournament this upcoming weekend, as it will be the final tournament of the semester! Most likely, this
means that there will be only 4 ECTC tournaments this year. The board
will make every effort to announce the date of the remaining tournaments
soon! As a consolation, the National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships
will be held at MIT on April 7-8. Hopefully the league will have a strong
turnout there! New Registration Spreadsheet Posted The registration
spreadsheet for the 2011-2012 season has been posted to the registration
page. Latest ECTC Rules Posted The latest ECTC
Rules have been posted to the rules page, including
updates to the remote weigh-in procedure. ECTC Athletes at the World University Games
Several current and former ECTC members competed at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China, from August 18-23. Also traveling on the trip were US Collegiate Taekwondo Team Manager Rex Hatfield (Princeton Taekwondo head coach) and US Collegiate National Team Poomsae Coach Dan Chuang (MIT Taekwondo head coach). Photos from the trip can be seen at: http://ncta-usa.com/2011/08/14/2011-universiade-photos/ Rene Chen (Rhode Island School of Design, MIT alumna) competed in the preliminaries in the female individual division, performing Taeguek 5 and Taeguek 6. Chen was 11th in the standings going into the semifinals, where she performed Taeguek 8 and Koryo, which bumped her up to an impressive 6th place and qualifying her for the finals. In the finals, Chen performed Keumgang and Taebaek. A couple of missteps on Keumgang dropped her to an overall finish of 8th place, but it was an impressive run and the best result for a US female individual poomsae competitor at a world collegiate event. Rene Chen and Brandon DeSouza (U Mass Lowell) competed in the mixed pairs division. They performed Keumgang and Taebaek, finishing 13th overall but falling shy of the finals round. The women's team
division was represented by Rene Chen, Erika Lee (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology) and Carissa Fu (Princeton University).
The women's team performed Taeguek 8 and Koryo, giving a strong performance
in the semifinals. They finished 9th, just 1 place shy of the finals by
a margin of 0.08 points. ECTC Athletes at the World Poomsae Championships
Four former ECTC athletes competed at the World Poomsae Championships on July 29-31, 2011 in Vladivostok, Russia. Each of the four athletes qualified for the US National Poomsae team at the US National Poomsae Team Trials in Buffalo, NY during May 2011. The level at the Championships was extraordinarily high with every country bringing well-trained and well-prepared athletes at every age bracket. In the Senior 1 (19-30 yrs) female division, Rene Chen (MIT alum) competed. There were 33 in her division. Chen took fifth out of sixteen in her preliminary bracket (Taeguek 6/7). In the Team 1 (14-35 yrs) female division, Rene Chen, Christina Park (MIT alum) and Lisa Zhou (U Penn alum), there were 18 teams, all very competitive. They performed Taebaek and Pyongwon in the semifinals and gave a very solid performance, but missed the very competitive finals (top 8) cut. In the Senior 2 (31-40 yrs) male division Dan Chuang (MIT coach, Cornell alum) competed. There were 31 in the division. Chuang competed in the preliminaries with Taeguek 7/Koryo and missed the semifinal cut by a close 0.05 margin. Pictures of the World Poomsae Championships can be seen at: http://usa-taekwondo.us/multimedia/photo_gallery/2455 Cornell Tournament Packet Posted The Cornell Tournament
will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. The packet
has been posted to the tournaments page. 2011 NCTA Championships Results A belated congratulations to those ECTC athletes who competed at the National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships in Davis, CA on April 9-10, 2011! The next NCTA Championships will be held on April 7-8, 2012 at MIT in Cambridge, MA, just in our own back yard. Hope to see all of you there. Below are the medalists from ECTC schools in the black belt divisions for sparring, poomsae team trials and regular poomsae. It's great to see our league represented so well at the national level! Special congratulations to Rene Chen, Carissa Fu and Erika Lee for representing the US on the Collegiate National Team this summer! Team divisions: Overall
Division (black and colored belts) Novice
Division (colored belts only) Female athlete of the year: Carissa Fu (Princeton) Black Belt Sparring Divisions: 2nd Carissa
Fu (Princeton University, female bantam) 3rd Sneha
Inguva (Yale University, female fly) US Collegiate Poomsae Team Trials Women's Individual 1st Rene
Chen (Rhode Island School of Design, MIT alumna) - US National Collegiate
Team! Mixed Pair 1st Rene
Chen (Rhode Island School of Design, MIT alumna) and Brandon DeSouza
(U Mass Lowell) - US National Collegiate Team! Women's Team 1st Rene Chen (RISD, MIT alumna), Carissa Fu (Princeton), Erika Lee (MIT) - US National Collegiate Team! Black Belt Poomsae Division 1st Jason
Uh (MIT, 1st Dan fin-feather) 2nd Lauren
Fikse (U Penn, 1st Dan light-heavy) 3rd Randall
Trang (Brown, 1st Dan fin-feather) 2011-2012 League Rules Update The 2011-2012
ECTC rules have been updated on the rules page.
Posted Sept. 3, 2011 2011-2012 League Rules The 2011-2012
ECTC rules have been posted on the rules page.
There have been several notable changes to the rules this year, including
but not limited to: League Conference call on Nov. 5, 2011 As announced on
the league mailing list, a league conference call will be held on Sept.
4, 2011, Sunday at 12 noon eastern. Email info@ectc-online.org
if you are not on the league mailing list and would like more information
about the call.. Cornell Tournament to be held on Nov. 5, 2011 The MIT Tournament
will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. Stay tuned for the tournament
packet soon. MIT Tournament to be held on Oct. 22, 2011 The MIT Tournament
will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. The packet
has been posted to the tournaments page. For archived news, click here.
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