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You are here: Home / Competitions / 2016 Garden State Cup Championships XX – Lots of medals, competitions and fun

2016 Garden State Cup Championships XX – Lots of medals, competitions and fun

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It was a busy but fun day, with the entire day packed with Poomse forms, board breaking, sparring and featuring the new demonstration team competitions. We had over 400+ young and old students participating in this event!

Here’s is one of our own, Samantha, singing the National anthem:

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Awesome job Samantha!

Schools

Th event originally had 21 invited dojangs (found here), but also welcomed these additional schools:

  • Red Dragon Martial Arts
  • Blue Dragon Martial Arts
  • Hosan Taekwondo
  • Dae Han Taekwondo
  • JS TKD Center
  • Tiger Kim’s Martial Arts
  • Dominguez Expert Martial Arts
  • Power Training Center

We saw a group of beginner white belts doing impressive board breaking routines and forms. From more experienced taekwondo students, we saw weapons forms, advanced Poomse forms and always exciting-to-watch sparring competitions.

A huge shoutout to the Basking Ridge Orchestra members for volunteering their time in making our 2016 Garden State Championships XX a most successful event!

Opening

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Packed!
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JihoChoi TKD Staff with Grand Master Shim!
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Registration
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Yummy donuts
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Basking Ridge Orchestra volunteers and Ms. Sonam
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Boards and lots of cool taekwondo gear!
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More boards!
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Awesome inflatable kicking boy!
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Filling in

Getting Ready

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Breakfast of the Champion?
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Hersh & JHC TKD Team
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Last minute strategy session with Hersh and JiHoChoi TKD team
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Taekwondo Referees

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L-R: Ryan Dantrassy, Juan Suarez, Tony Achkouti, Jin Hwan Hwang, Luc Champagne, Jong Sik Lee, Myung Chan Kim, PATU President Jiho Choi, Angel Hammil DeOliveira, Hyowon Choe, Joungmin Lee, Suk Jung Kim, Byung Choi, Arnold Jimenez, Christopher Smith, not pictured (Chung Phuam)

Did you recognize some of the referees from the Rio Summer Games? Yep, Grand Master Choi invited referees who officiated during the 2016 Olympics!!

  • Tony Achkouti (Canada)
  • Luc Champagne (Canada)
  • Hyowon Choe (North Carolina, USA)
  • Byung Choi (Florida, USA)
  • Ryan Dantrassy (USA)
  • Angela Hammil DeOliveira (Colorado, USA)
  • Jin Hwan Hwang (Florida, USA)
  • Arnold Jimenez (New York, USA)
  • Myung Chan Kim (Rio 2016 Official)
  • Suk Jung Kim (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Jong Sik Lee (Arizona, USA)
  • Joungmin Lee (New York, USA)
  • Chung Phuam (Rio 2016 Olympic Official)
  • Christopher Smith (USA)
  • Juan Suarez (New York, USA)
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Staging Area

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NJCU TKD Club member helping to keep order
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Pretty relaxed dudes
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Competitors ready to pounce on those boards
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Where did all these green belts come from? 😉
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Mr. X keeping it under control
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Lots and lots of kids
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Great Smiles!
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Look at those boards!
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Focused

Competition – Board Breaking

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We would like to give a special shout out to this competitor. Although she was upset after failing to break her last board just prior to these pictures, she got up, persevered and completed her board breaking event with an awesome kick! Awesome job!

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Competition – Poomse (forms)

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