DJB Hanmadang 2018
Team DJB just hosted its FIRST Hanmadang!
The collaboration between the Taekwondo Clubs from UEL and Surrey have been going on for the last 5 years (believe it or not!). Previously there were DJB Cup Sparring and Poomsae events but after attending the Kukkiwon International Instructor Course and Hanmadang Judge Course in April 2017, Master Bae decided to host a Hanmadang instead. Master Fiaz has always been interested in Taekwondo Demonstrations, it was actually what helped him decide to choose Taekwondo.
Hanmadang actually means "Festival" in the Korean language, in this context it is a Taekwondo Festival, celebrating ALL aspects of the Korean Martial Art rather than focusing on the sport that is seen at the Olympics.
Kukkiwon, the Head Quarters of Taekwondo in South Korea, opened its first World Taekwondo Hanmadang in 1992 and internationally the US Open Taekwondo Hanmadang celebrated its 10th anniversary this year! There are a few Facebook pages for Pan-America Hanmadang and a UK Hanmadang page but there isn't much information on these events.
Everywhere else, Hanmadang has yet to take off. Will Team DJB kick-start something in the UK or perhaps even in Europe?
2018 DJB Hanmadang RESULTS
Due to the number of entries, a lot of the categories were merged i.e. female and male, A class and B Class only- blue belt and below became B-Class.
The results are:
🏆Winners for Poomsae
A-Class Kelsi Z
B-Class Heidi C
C-Class Candice W
🏆Winners for Group Performance
Hamza A and Carlos C
🏆Overall Winner for Power and Board Breaking
Michael L
🏅Other winners include:
B-Class Power Contest- Punch (out of 100)
Male- Vincent H (45)
Female- Anastasia A (29)
B-Class Power Contest- Turning Kick (out of 100)
Male- Nevil J (64)
Female- Abigail B (43)
A-Class Power Contest- Punch (out of 100)
Male- Alex C (55)
Female- Ye-Kwan P (31) and Heidi C (31)
A-Class Power Contest- Turning Kick (out of 100)
Male- Michael L (82)
Female- Cindy T (53)
Overall Winner of Breaking Contest- Hand Technique (maximum number of boards)
Male- Michael L (7)
Female- Georgina (5)
Photos by Ci Perlie
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