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All-Star Athlete Profiles The athlete profiles
for the 2011 All-Star Team have been posted on the athletes
page. U Penn Hosts Tournament on April 2, 2011 - MIT Wins the ECTC Cup!  Athletes from many of the ECTC teams pose for a photo after the U Penn Tournament (click to enlarge) The University of Pennsylvania Taekwondo Club hosted 309 competitors from around the league on Saturday, April 2, 2011. The results can be found on the standings page. The final standings for the season were also determined as below. Division
1 Division
2 Division
3 Princeton and West Point host tournament on Feb. 27, 2011
Congratulations to the Princeton and West Point clubs, who successfully hosted the fourth tournament of the year on Sunday, Feb. 27. The tournament still drew 310 competitors despite the late venue change. The tournament also featured the debut of the Daedo/Truescore electronic chest protector, which was used in the finals of the A, B and C-team divisions. The results
can be found on the standings page. U Penn Tournament Packet Posted The tournament
packet for the U Penn Tournament has been posted to the
tournaments page. ECTC Rules Updated The
ECTC rules have
been updated on the rules page with the latest
updates, including the restrictions on blue belts and higher only being
allowed to spar in A-team, and the head injury rules. U Penn Tournament Date Confirmed The U Penn Tournament
date has been confirmed to be April 2, 2011, Saturday. All-Star Team Announced Thank you to everyone who submitted an applicant for the ECTC All-Star Team! All of the candidates were considered very carefully - the selection committed comprised of 5 coaches from Division 1, 2 and 3 schools all felt that there were many worthy candidates among the 21 athletes nominated. For that reason, the team was expanded from 4 men and 4 women to 5 men and 5 women this year by the board. The board wishes that we could take all of the candidates, but ultimately we had restrict the team based on what was practical. The votes were tallied by ECTC Referee Chair Jaime Schulte to ensure fairness. In alphabetical order, the All-Star team is: Evan Dudla (RPI) Because Marc Osherson
can not travel on the trip, alternate Adam Fahrenkopf (U Albany) will
be traveling with the team. Princeton
Hosts 411 Competitors on Nov. 21, 2010 Congratulations to the Princeton Taekwondo Club , who hosted the third ECTC tournament of the year at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ on Nov. 21, 2010! The full
results and standings can be found on the standings
page. Cornell
Hosts 309 Competitors on Nov. 7, 2010 Congratulations to the Cornell Sport Taekwondo Club, who hosted the second ECTC tournament of the year at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY on Nov. 7, 2010! The full
results and standings can be found on the standings
page. MIT
Hosts 451 Competitors on Oct. 23, 2010
Congratulations to the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club, who hosted the first ECTC tournament of the year at MIT in Cambridge, MA on Oct. 23, 2010. This tournament was the largest in the history of the ECTC, and was possibly the largest all-collegiate event ever held in the United States! The full
results and standings can be found on the standings
page. New
ECTC Rules Posted The latest ECTC
rules, including changes to the black belt poomsae judging, have been
posted on the rules webpage. MIT
Tournament Black Belt Poomsae Results The results from
the black belt poomsae at MIT can be downloaded by clicking
here. Full tournament results will be available shortly. Princeton
Tournament Packet Posted The packet
for the Princeton Tournament has been posted on the
tournaments web page. Cornell
Tournament Packet Posted The packet
for the Cornell Tournament has been posted on the
tournaments web page. Princeton
Tournament Confirmed for Sunday, Nov. 21 The Princeton
tournament has been confirmed for Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. Please mark your
calendars! Referee
Seminar Held on Oct. 17, 2010 Referee Chair Jaime Schulte held an informal referee seminar at C.W. Taekwondo at Boston for area schools on Oct. 17, 2010 to prepare both student as well as other area referees the upcoming MIT tournament. The next informal
seminar will be on Friday, Oct. 29, in Ithaca, NY on the evening before
the Cornell tournament. For more information, email info@ectc-online.org. Daedo
/ Truescore Offers Discounts to ECTC Clubs
Posted Sept. 29, 2010 MIT Tournament Packet Posted The MIT
tournament packet has been posted to the tournaments
page. Updated ECTC Rules Posted The updated ECTC
rules have been posted to the rules page. Note,
among other changes, the black belt forms for this year. There will two
rounds, a preliminary round and a finals round each with a different form
at each tournament. Updated Club Membership Form Posted The club dues form for the 2010-2011 season is online at: http://ectc-online.org/join.html It is probably
a good idea to start the paperwork on paying the dues for this academic
year sooner rather than later so that the payment will be received in
time for the first tournament of the year at MIT on October 23, 2010,
and so that your school's competitors can receive the discounted league
rate for tournaments of $30/tournament, and continue to have their current
information listed on the ECTC website. Summer Meeting Notes Posted The minutes from the summer meeting on August 22, 2010 are available here. Some changes for this upcoming year: - Electronic chest protectors will be used for the finals of the C, B and A team sparring divisions. No additional gear will need to be purchased this year by teams to support electronic chest protectors - The WTF poomsae
tie-break procedure will be added to the ECTC rules to break ties. Referee
Chair Jaime Schulte will explain this tiebreak procedure at the next tournament. - Uniforms/equipment clarifications - black helmets, insteps, shin guards and forearms are allowed (but not recommended) this year . - Judges holding a red belt are allowed to corner judge D and C-team matches. Corner judges for B and A-team matches must be black belt holders. - Weigh-ins will be streamlined this year, with a mechanism to be determined at a later date allowing competitors to weigh in at remote sites the day before the tournament, with a method of league verification to be determined at a later date. - An ECTC Tournament
Committee composed of league alumni and other qualified parties will be
formed this year to help ensure that there is consistency across the ECTC
events and help tournaments run more efficiently. First Two Tournament Dates of the 2010-2011 ECTC Season Announced The ECTC season
kicks off on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Competition
continues at Cornell University on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in Ithaca, NY.
The third tournament of the year is tentatively the weekend of Nov. 20-21
at Princeton University. ECTC Athletes Earn Bronze at the World University Taekwondo Championships Congratulations to the current and former members of the ECTC who represented the United States at the World University Games in Vigo Spain from June 30-July 4, 2010! The ECTC was very well represented on this national collegiate Taekwondo team. The womens poomsae team of Carissa Fu (Princeton), Erika Lee (MIT) and Alicia Zhou (Harvard, MIT alumna) earned the first medal of the games for the United States, earning a bronze medal! Bobby Ren (Upper Iowa, MIT alumnus) and Alicia Zhou just narrowly missed the medals, finishing 5th overall and beating out some strong teams to finish one place shy of a bronze medal. The men's team
of Richard-Duane Chambers (Upper Iowa, MIT alumnus), Bobby Ren
and Dan Sauza (MIT) opened the competition for the US. They
gave a strong performance and finished in 6th place overall. Marisa Yarmie (welter, West Point) fought Saina Savage of Finland in her first match. She came from behind to take a 5-4 lead in the final round but her opponent was able to tie the score and score the go ahead point in overtime during a flurry where both players made good contact. Ahn-Khoa Tran (bantam, Harvard) fought Yung-Jen Huang of Chinese Taipei in the first round. He scored some solid kicks to the body but got down early on a head kick and wasn't able to make up the difference in time. The final score was 4-8. Princeton Taekwondo coach, ECTC board member and NCTA president Rex Hatfield served as the team leader. MIT Sport Taekwondo coach, ECTC board member and and NCTA secretary general Dan Chuang served as head coach. Harvard Taekwondo coach and former national team member Michael Tang also served as a team coach. Representing the
United States as a referee at the championships was NCTA referee chair
and ECTC referee Jim Montgomery. ECTC Collegiate Nationals Results Congratulations to the following ECTC black belts who medaled at the 2010 NCTA Championships in Denver, CO on April 16-17, 2010! Overall
Division (black and colored belts) Novice
Division (colored belts only) Championship
Division (black belts only) Coach of the Year: Sung Park, Brown University Black Belt Sparring Medals Marisa Yarmie - Gold, Women's Welter (West Point) Erika
Lee - Silver, Women's Welter (MIT) Vito
Angrisano, Bronze, Men's Heavy (West Point) US National Collegiate Poomsae Team Trials Bobby
Ren, Alicia Zhou - Gold, Pairs (Harvard/MIT alumna, Upper Iowa/MIT
alumnus) Carissa
Fu - Silver, Women's Individual (Princeton) Carissa Fu, Marc Osherson - Bronze, Pairs (Princeton) Poomsae Rae Drach,
Gold, Women's Light-Heavy 3rd Dan (Princeton) Dan Sauza,
Silver, Men's Fin-Feather 2nd Dan (MIT) Kalynne
Gallagher, Bronze, Women's Light-Heavy 3rd Dan (U Vermont) Sad News Regarding ECTC Alumnus
I wanted to let the league know that Sal Corma, captain of the 2008 West Point Taekwondo team, died on April 29 while serving his country in Afghanistan. Sal was such a positive presence in our league and someone who I remembered always who took time to know both me as well as fellow athletes from around the league during his 4 years in the INCTL. I spoke him just last month at the 2010 U Penn tournament, which he attended to cheer his team on and support the league. While there, he told me of his plans to travel to Afghanistan just a couple of weeks later and he seemed positive and upbeat about his upcoming deployment. I sensed that he was happy to be doing what he loved in service to the Army and his country. Our condolences are extended to the West Point Taekwondo Team, and Sal's family and friends. Here is the press release from: http://www.patriotguard.org/Forums/tabid/61/postid/1381617/view/topic/Default.aspx <<The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting
Operation Enduring Freedom. For more
information related to this release, the media may contact the 82nd Airborne
Division public affairs office at 910-432-0662.>> For information about Sal's service, and to post a memory of Sal, please go to: http://obit.mcgfuneral.com/obit-781908 From the site: << In place of sending flowers, please make a donation to Magee Rehabilitation, an organization which has been invaluable to the Corma family. Their address is Six Franklin Plaza, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Please share a memory about Sal on our site at: www.mcgfuneral.com. >>
Dan Chuang U Penn hosts over 360 Competitors at Season-Ending Event, Cornell Wins ECTC Cup!
Congratulations to the U Penn Taekwondo Club, and co-presidents Robert Li and Soyeon Park on running an excellent tournament! That was a lot of competitors to get through, and the tournament ran as smoothly as any the whole year. It was a fitting end to a very competitive and exciting year of competition. Also, congratulations to Cornell's Sport Taekwondo Club, which won the ECTC Cup! Overall standings for all of the divisions along with results for the U Penn tournamant can be found on the standings page. U Penn Tournament Standings Division
1 2009-2010 ECTC MVPs: Nicole Houseal (Cornell), Lushima Lumumbo-Kasongo (Cornell) 2009-2010 ECTC
Student Leader: Carissa Fu (Princeton) U Penn Tournament Packet Posted The
U Penn tournament packet has been posted to the tournaments
page. The tournament will take place on Saturday, April 3. West Point Hosts 249 Competitors Despite Snow-Related Rescheduling
Congratulations to the West Point / Army Taekwondo Team, Marisa Yarmie and Master Ji Ho Choi on hosting an ECTC tournament on March 7! Despite the last-minute rescheduling due to the snow, 249 students from 17 schools attended on March 7, 2010. The results have been posted to the standings page: Division 1
West Point Tournament Rescheduled The West
Point tournament has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 7. The revised
tournament packet is posted as well. All schools must re-register
for the rescheduled tournament by Thursday, March 4 at 10 pm. West Point Tournament Packet Posted and U Penn Date Announced The
West Point tournament packet has been posted to the tournaments
page and the U Penn Tournament has been announced to be Saturday,
April 3, 2010. 2009-2010 All-Star Team Announced I am pleased to announce the members of the 2009-2010 ECTC All-Star Team. The athletes were selected first and foremost based on their performance in tournaments, and secondarily based on their student leadership. Adam Fahrenkopf
(U Albany) Alternate: Vito Angrisano (West Point) As you may have noticed, one additional team member was added at the selection committee's discretion due to the exceptional depth of athletes nominated. No division 3 athlete was nominated, so none was included on the team this year. All of the athletes
nominated were excellent candidates and deserving of recognition. There
are many special athletes and student leaders who work hard to make our
league an exceptional and unique organization. Thank you to all of the
coaches and captains who brought them to the ECTC selection committee's
attention. Princeton Hosts 367 Competitors
Congratulations to the Princeton Taekwondo Club, Master Rex Hatfield and Carissa Fu on hosting the largest tournament of the year! 367 students from 21 schools attended on Nov. 22, 2009. The results have been posted to the standings page: Division 1
Cornell Hosts 322 Competitors Congratulations to the Cornell Sport Taekwondo Club on hosting an excellent event in rural Ithaca, NY! 319 students from 21 schools attended on Nov. 7, 2009. The results have been posted to the standings page: Division
1 Division
2 Division
3 Black Belt "Mini-Course" for Referees Available for Download NCTA Referee Chair
Master Jim Montgomery has created a mini-course for sparring corner judges
in the ECTC and the NCTA. The course, which is available in PDF format
by clicking
here, is a guide to everything judges need to know in order to be
fully effective. The course includes just the information (from a referee
seminar) that is relevant to the judge. Although having this presented
by an experienced referee is ideal, the course is intended to be easily
readable by anyone familiar with Taekwondo competition. You can ask ECTC Referee Chair Jaime Schulte any questions you may have about the course throughout the day at the Cornell Tournament.. Click here for referee mini-course! Posted Nov. 2, 2009 Jaime
Schulte Appointed Referee Chair The
ECTC is pleased to announce that Jaime Schulte has been appointed to the
new position of Referee Chair for the 2009-2010 season. The Referee Chair
has the responsibility of coordinating referees and judges for events
and creating training opportunities within the league. Princeton Tournament Packet Posted The
Princeton tournament packet has been posted to the Tournaments
Page. MIT Hosts 319 Competitors
Congratulations to the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club on hosting an excellent event to open the ECTC season! 319 students from 19 schools attended on Oct. 17, 2009. The results have been posted to the standings page: Division
1 Division
2 Division
3 West Point Tournament Date Announced The West
Point tournament has been announced for Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. Cornell Tournament Packet Posted The
Cornell tournament packet has been posted to the Tournaments Page. New League Scoring Rules and Points Allocation Announced In light of the new WTF sparring rules, the following scoring for ECTC sparring matches will be in effect for this year: Head kicks (A
and B-team only): 3 points A gap of 10 or more points ends the match, as with last year. No point ceiling will be used. Spinning kicks to the body (like back kick and narabang or 360 roundhouse, 2 points) will be scored using the thumb button on the controllers. Head kicks (3 points) will be also scored using the thumb button. If a head kick is scored, then the action is stopped after the exchange is done, and the center referee will instruct the operator to add one point to the scoring competitor's score to bring the total for that kick to 3 points. Please inform your teams, especially the coaches and black belts who will be helping with scoring. We will demonstrate the rules in front of the entire assembly at the MIT tournament to make it clear to all how the new rules will be enforced. Thanks to our referee advisory committee for helping us talk through the relevant issues: Masters Mark Lesly, Jim Montgomery, Jaime Schulte, Michael Harb, and Albert Lee. Also, in response to a suggestion at the summer meeting, the ECTC board has decided to change the point allocation for the tournaments to reflect the larger participation in the league, and to help recognize the achievements of consistently performing smaller schools. The board believes that under the new rules, smaller but high-performing schools will be able to compete more effectively with larger schools. Points (but no medals) will now be awarded to sparring teams reaching the quarterfinal round (i.e. "5th place") of each sparring division. As before, only two teams from each school may score points in each division. Furthermore, points will be awarded to forms competitors out to 4th place instead of the previous 3 places, with the 4th place competitor awarded a second bronze medal. The overall ratio of sparring to poomsae points will remain the same with the new allocations. The point allocation will be as follows:
Posted Oct. 14, 2009 MIT Tournament Packet Posted The MIT tournament packet has been posted to the Tournaments Page Posted Sept. 22, 2009 League Poomsae Seminar In order to help bring our conference up to speed, Master David Turgeon has again generously volunteered his time to lead a poomsae seminar in Cambridge, MA on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009 from 1-5 pm. As many of you know, Master Turgeon is an International Referee who is again a member of the current US National Poomsae Team, and has volunteered his time at ECTC events before as a referee. As you all know, there will be a rule change for this year's ECTC tournaments, so black belts from each school will have to learn the standards for multiple forms, not just one form. Last year's poomsae seminar was great, but because of time constraints, we were only able to cover Taeguek 1-8. This year, Master Turgeon has promised to go over the black belt forms as well, which should be especially advantageous to everyone. The seminar will be a great chance for you to send your instructors or senior ranks to learn the specific ins and outs of the new WTF standard. Ideally, participants should be familiar with all of the Taeguek forms and at least some of the WTF black belt forms starting with Koryo, but all are welcome. The emphasis will be on specifics, not teaching the actual forms. I hope everyone can make an effort to attend. There will be a nominal $20 fee for the seminar to cover the minimal costs of hosting the seminar and Master Turgeon's expenses. The seminar is open to anyone, whether associated with the league or not. Here is the information: Poomsae Seminar with Master Turgeon Date: Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009 Time: 1-5 pm Location: C.W. Taekwondo
at Boston Cost: $20 Posted Sept. 13, 2009 ECTC
Membership Form Posted ECTC Tournament Dates Announced The first
two tournaments of the year have been announced to be Sunday, Oct. 18
at MIT in Cambridge, MA, and Sat., Nov. 7 at Cornell University in Ithaca,
NY. ECTC Season Concludes, MIT wins ECTC Cup!
The ECTC concluded its 2008-2009 season with the Columbia Tournament on April 25, 2009. The season was the most successful in the history of the league, with record-breaking attendance, averaging 299 competitors over 5 tournaments. There were many hard-fought rivalries, with the identities of the Division 1, 2 and 3 winners not determined until the last tournament of the year: MIT (Division 1 Champion), U Albany (Division 2 Champion) and West Point (Division 3 Champion). The final, year-end standings were as follows: Division 1 1. MIT - 2601 Male Athlete of the Year - Robbie Carman, Cornell Female Athlete of the Year - Corinna Hui, MIT Student Leader
Award - Owen Smith,
U Albany Columbia University hosts 236 competitors Congratulations
to Michael Chang and Master Michael Lee of the Columbia University Taekwondo
Club on hosting a successful league tournament on Saturday, April 25,
2009. 236 competitors from 21 colleges and universities were present.
Results can be found on
the standings page, which also now has the
final standings for the year. Division 1 1. MIT - 548 University of Pennsylvania hosts 278 competitors Congratulations
to the Robert Li, Soyeon Park and Master Joo-Hee Han of the University
of Pennsylvania Taekwondo Club on hosting a league tournament on Saturday,
April 4, 2009. 278 competitors from 21 colleges and universities were
present. Results can be found
on the standings page. Division 1 1. MIT - 532 ECTC Excels at National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships Congratulations to everyone who competed in the 2009 NCTA Championships! Below are the results. Congrats especially to our two sparring gold medalists, Thomas Beirne and ECTC All-Star Emma Wu. Emma won the NCTA Female Athlete of the Year award, and both Thomas and Emma qualified for the US National Collegiate Team at the Pan Am Collegiate Taekwondo Championships! Also, Congratulations to Carissa Fu, Alicia Zhou, Bobby Ren, Karolina Corin and Becca Hung, who won a spot on the US National Collegiate Poomsae Team! The competition was fierce but they won out in a very competitive field. In addition ECTC referees Jamie Schulte and Susan Lewis were awarded NCTA Male and Female Referee of the year, respectively. Tournament Director Master Sung Park (Brown), NCTA President Rex Hatfield (Princeton), and the Brown Taekwondo Club did an excellent job running and organizing the tournament! Finally, congratulations to the teams. The ECTC was extremely well represented in the standings: Overall
(all belts) division And among black belt competitors: Sparring Medals Thomas
Beirne - Gold, Men's Welter (West Point) US National Collegiate Poomsae Team Trials Carissa
Fu - Gold, Female Individual (Princeton) Forms Medals David
Huie, Gold, Men's Heavy 1st Dan (Princeton) West Point Hosts 327 Competitors
Congratulations
to Tom Beirne and West Point Taekwondo on
successfully hosting 327 competitors from 22 schools on Saturday, Feb.
28, 2009. It was the third tournament of the 5-tournament ECTC season.
The results can be found
on the standings page. Pan American Taekwondo
Union (PATU) President and West Point Taekwondo coach Grandmaster Ji Ho
Choi announced at the opening ceremonies that the tournament was recognized
by both the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and PATU, a first for any
ECTC tournament. Division 1 1. MIT - 478 ECTC
All-Star Team Travels to Washington, DC The team participated in 4 workout sessions on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Three of the workouts were under Coach Nelson, and the fourth workout was at Yoo's Taekwondo under Coach Jason Yoo. The workouts gave the ECTC athletes the chance to interact with nationally ranked athletes and national champions, including athletes from Team Triple C, Yoo's Taekwondo, and PUMA Taekwondo, and also to get to know each other as leaders in the league. The league
thanks Coach Nelson and Coach Yoo for their hospitality! Honda Martial Arts Sponsors ECTC All-Star Team Thanks
to Honda Martial Arts Supply Co, who provided
uniforms for the ECTC All-Star team this year! Honda Martial Arts has
provided equipment to teams in the INCTL for many years now.
The the tournament
packet for the West Point tournament has been posted to the tournaments
page. Columbia Tournament Date Announced The Columbia Tournament
will be held on Saturday, April. 25, 2009. West Point Tournament replaces NYU Tournament A tournament at
West Point will replace the tournament at NYU. The date of the tournament
will be Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. ECTC All-Star Team Announced Congratulations to the ECTC All-Star Team! The athletes were nominated by their coaches and were chosen by the ECTC selection committee based on their competitive excellence, their leadership qualities and their participation in the league. The team will travel to train with US National Team Coach Sherman Nelson in Washington, DC this January. Robert Carman
(Cornell) Alternate: Chris
Han (MIT) INCTL now known as ECTC The
Ivy Northeast Collegiate Taekwondo League (INCTL) will hereafter be known
as the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (ECTC). The change was
made primariliy to be more inclusive of increasingly diverse group of
schools who are participating in the league. The ECTC name was originally
proposed by Master Han Don Cho of the Cornell
Sport Taekwondo program, the longest-tenured coach in the ECTC, and
it was ratified by the INCTL Board this fall, with the blessing of the
league's founders, Master Sung Chul Whang and Master Jun Chul Whang of
West Side Taekwondo. Master Dan Chuang receives "Man of the Year" award from the INCTL Board Master
Dan Chuang was presented with the "Man of the Year" award from
the INCTL board for his contributions to the league over the past several
years as a member of the Board of Directors, and as the coach of the MIT
Sport Taekwondo program. The
award was presented by Master Han Don Cho, member of the
INCTL Board and head coach of the Cornell
Sport Taekwondo program, at
the opening ceremony of the Cornell Tournament on Nov. 9, 2008. Cornell Hosts 312 Competitors at 2nd INCTL Tournament of the Year The Cornell Sport Taekwondo Club hosted 312 competitors on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008 at the 2nd of 5 INCTL tournaments for the year. The results can be found on the standings page. The team standings were as follows: Division 1 1. Cornell - 606 MIT Hosts 343 Competitors
The MIT Sport Taekwondo Club hosted 343 competitors on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008 to open the first of 5 INCTL tournaments for the year. The results can be found on the standings page. The team standings were as follows: Division 1 1. MIT - 526 NYU
Tournament Dates Announced Men's Lightweight:
0 - 145.0 lbs Women's Lightweight:
0 -117.0 lbs Posted Oct. 19, 2008 Cornell
Tournament Packet Posted Changes
to INCTL Rules Announced Forms competition The league will now officially restrict forms to WTF/Kukkiwon forms. For color belt divisions, that means only Taeguek forms will be accepted. For the black belt divisions, that means the Kukkiwon Yudanja forms Koryo, Keumgang, Taebaek, Pyongwon, or Sipjin. Furthermore, the forms should be performed according to the latest WTF/Kukkiwon standards. For the black belt divisions, all competitors will be judged under a modified version of the new WTF scoring methodology. That means that each competitor will be judged one at a time, and will receive separate scores for accuracy and performance. Because it will take longer to process these black belt divisions, each school will be restricted to entering 2 male and 2 female competitors in the black belt forms divisions. There are no restrictions on the number of color belt competitors that schools may enter in each division. Color belts will still be judged two at a time. While the full WTF scoring system may not be used, forms should still be performed according the WTF standard. The forms performed in each division should be: White/yellow:
Taeguek 1 and 2 Weight divisions New weight divisions were determined by the board to more evenly distribute students across weight divisions. The new weight classes for the INCTL are: Men's Lightweight:
0-145.0 lbs Women's Lightweight:
0-117.0 lbs Posted Sept. 24, 2008 Poomsae Seminar a Success
Over
40 referees and instructors from the INCTL participated in the poomsae
seminar, including representatives from U Penn, MIT, Tufts, Yale, Boston
University, and SUNY Albany. Thanks to Master Turgeon for giving such
a comprehensive seminar and for making the trip! INCTL
Membership Form Posted Poomsae
Seminar on Sept. 21, 2008 Announced The seminar will be a great chance for you to send your instructors or senior ranks to learn the specific ins and outs of the new WTF standard. Participants should be familiar with all of the Taeguek forms and at least some of the WTF black belt forms starting with Koryo. I hope everyone can make an effort to attend. There will be a nominal $10 fee for the seminar to cover the minimal costs of hosting the seminar and Master Turgeon's travel. Poomsae Seminar with Master Turgeon Date: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008 Time: 1-5 pm $10 Location: C.W. Taekwondo
at Boston MIT
and Cornell Tournament Dates Announced Summer
INCTL Meeting In particular, in the black belt sparring divisions, there were the following medalists: Thomas
Beirne - BRONZE, Men's Welter (West Point) Also, in the team standings: Overall
Division (all belts) Championship
Division (black belts) Novice
Division (color belts) Columbia Tournament hosts Over 220 competitors, Cornell Wins INCTL Cup!
Congratulations to the Columbia Tae Kwon Do Club and their staff on running a great event on Sunday, April 20. Results will be posted soon to the standings page. The winners of each division for the year were: Cornell
- Division I Champion Penn
Tournament held on Hosts Over 230 competitors Columbia Tournament Invite Posted The invitation
to the 2008 Columbia tournament to be held on Sunday, April 20, 2008 has
been posted to the tournaments page. Columbia Tournament Date Announced The Tournament
date for the Columbia Tournament has been announced as Sunday, April 20,
2008. U Penn Tournament Invite Posted The invitation
to the 2008 U Penn tournament to be held on April 5, 2008 has been posted
to the tournaments page. NYU
Hosts Record 370 Competitors Thanks also to
everyone for working so hard to bring your teams - competitors from 24
different colleges and universities were present, making for an incredibly
deep field. Getting a team through to the medal rounds was a very difficult
feat - there were 31 registered Men's A-teams and an amazing 44 registered
men's C-teams, for example. Let's keep it going strong for the two final
tournaments of the semester. Thank you to Honda Martial Arts Supply Co. The league
would like to thank Honda Martial Arts Supply
Co. and Master Michael Lee of the Columbia
Tae Kwon Do Club for providing uniforms for the INCTL All-Star Team
on their All-Star Trip. Honda Martial Arts has been supplying league schools
with martial arts equipment for many years. For more information, please
check out their website. U Penn Tournament Date Announced The Tournament
date for the U Penn Tournament has been announced as April 5, 2008 INCTL
All-Star Team Competes at UCLA Sport Taekwondo Open
Congratulations to the INCTL All-Star team, who traveled to Los Angeles to participate in the UCLA Sport Taekwondo Open on Jan. 19, 2008. Prior to the tournament, the team also trained with the UCLA Taekwondo Club under the direction of Coach Tim Thackery, and with the USC Taekwondo Club under the direction of Coach Clayton Barber. The All-Star team was selected based on their outstanding performance and participation in the league during 2007. Coaching the team on the trip were Coaches Dan Chuang (MIT) and Tim Marmo (NYU). The team put together a fine performance in very competitive field at the UCLA Sport Taekwondo, which fielded top-caliber collegiate and non-collegiate athletes. Among the men, Augustine Pyo (Tufts) earned a bronze medal in men's welter weight and Dan Shalev (Harvard) earned a bronze in men's feather weight. Richard Peterson (NYU) was contesting a very close match in men's welter weight when he had to bow out due to injury, and Kevin Kim (Cornell) won one and lost one match in the men's feather weight bracket. The women's team also had an outstanding performance. Karen Chin (Cornell) earned a gold medal in women's welter weight bracket, Corinna Hui (MIT) earned a silver in women's welter, bowing out to her teammate in the final. Emily Shedletsky (NYU) earned a silver in women's heavy weight, and Miranda Ha (MIT) earned a bronze medal in women's feather weight. Nicole Houseal (Cornell) also traveled and trained with the team but did not compete due to a prior injury. The league thanks
the UCLA and USC clubs for their hospitality with a particular nod to
UCLA Program Director Sean Yee. Congratulations again to the whole team! Cortland Alumni Memorial Tournament The Cortland
Alumni Memorial Tournament will be held on Sunday, March 30th, 2008. While
it is not an official INCTL tournament, it should provide area competitors
with an excellent chance to hone their skills. Tournament packet can be
found by clicking
here. NYU Tournament Invite Posted The invitation
to the 2008 NYU tournament held on February 24, 2008 has been posted to
the tournaments page. INCTL All-Star Team Announced The following
team was named by the INCTL Board as the 2007-2008 All-Star
Team. The team will travel to California to compete in the 2008 UCLA
Sport Taekwondo Open and train with southern California collegiate Taekwondo
programs. Alternate: Emily
Shedletsky (NYU) Cornell
Hosts over 250 Competitors, Wins Home Event
Congratulations to the Cornell Sport Taekwondo Club on running a successful event on Sunday, Nov. 11! Over 250 competitors from 15 schools competed. The results are up on the standings page. The top 5 teams were: 1) Cornell - 688 MIT Hosts 303 Competitors on Oct. 14
Congratulations to the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club, which hosted 303 competitors from 17 colleges on Oct. 14 at the MIT tournament, which is the largest INCTL tournament on record! The results have been posted on the standings page. Congratulations also to the Cornell Sport Taekwondo team, who won the MIT tournament for the first time in the tournament's history. The top 5 teams at the MIT tournament were: 1) Cornell - 698 Cornell
Tournament Date Change
The Cornell
Tournament date has been changed to Sunday, Nov. 11. MIT Tournament Packet Posted The MIT
Tournament packet has been posted online on the tournaments
page. 2007 Summer Meeting Minutes The 2007 Summer meeting minutes can be downloaded here. Important rule-changes for the upcoming year include the following: Hogu regulations - WTF-style Chest Protectors (with the shoulder-pads and the back protection) are required for all A-team matches this year. WTF-style gloves are not required but they are recommended and may be required next year. School divisions - schools will be partitioned into three divisions: Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3. Depending on the points scored, at the end of the season a winner for Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3 will be announced. The motivation behind this change is to promote competitiveness among teams of all sizes for the upcoming year. Weigh-ins - host schools will be permitted to provide weigh-ins the night before a tournament at the host school site in an effort to improve efficiency and ease the burden on athletes. New
board member - Master Michael Harb of Tufts University has been voted
in as a new member of the board of directors. Congratulations Master Harb! 2007 Fall Tournament
Schedule Announced Year End Standings
- Cornell Wins INCTL Cup! 1) Cornell - 2953 Male 2006-2007
INCTL MVP - Augustine Pyo (Tufts)
Posted May 4, 2007 Columbia University
Tournament Results Posted 1) Cornell - 772 INCTL Athletes
Compete at US National Collegiate Team Trials Erica
Chan (MIT) - 3rd, Women's Fin University
of Pennsylvania Tournament Results Posted 1) Cornell - 766 Columbia
Tournament Packet Posted INCTL Athletes
Excel at National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships:
Team standings:
MIT -
3rd Place, Championship (black belt) division
Black belt sparring:
Thomas
Beime (West Point) – BRONZE, Men’s Welter
Black belt forms:
Nicholas
Chung (Brown) – GOLD, Men’s Light/Welter 2nd Dan
Congratulations
all! U.
Pennsylvania Tournament Packet Posted Columbia
Tournament Date Finalized NYU Tournament
Results Posted 1) MIT - 551 Athlete Profiles
Posted All-Star Team
Update
Posted Feb.27, 2007 League Standings
Page Added NYU Tournament
Packet Posted Honda Martial
Arts Supply Sponsors INCTL All-Star team Cortland Tae
Kwon Do Kristen O'Neil Memorial Tournament - Sunday, March 25, 2007 U. Penn. Tournament
- Sunday, April 15, 2007 2006-2007 INCTL
All-Star Team Announced NYU Tournament
- Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007
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