Excellent Results for SA GTF Taekwon-Do Black Belt Team at Euro/Asia Championships - Cyprus July 2017

Congratulations to out South African GTF Taekwon-do Black Belt Team on their excellent results at the GTF Taekwon-Do Euro/Asia Championships held in Cyprus.

Miki Oshua (II Degree) – Gold Sparring & Silver Patterns
Humaira Khan (I Degree) – Gold Sparring & Gold Patterns
Kai Weinzheimer (I Degree) - Gold Sparring
Pieter Pienaar (I Degree) - Silver Sparring
Johannes Kohn (I Degree) - Silver Sparring
Collin Naidoo (I Degree) - Silver Sparring
Ruan Janse van Rensburg (I Degree) - Silver Sparring

A sincere thank you to Master Grachev for his Coaching and Instruction. Thank you Sir!

SA GTF Black Belt Team with SA GTF President and Master Mr. Vladimir Grachev

SA GTF Team here with GTF President and Honarary Grand Master Mrs. Linda Park and
USA GTF President Mr. Manny Quiles.

South African GTF Colour Belt Team Results - Euro/Asia Championships Cyprus - July 2017

Congratulations to our South African GTF Taekwon-do Colour Belt Team for their excellent results from the Euro/Asia Championships held in Cyprus.

Seen here with Hon. Grand Master and GTF President Mrs Linda Park, Grand Master Francisco Paco Beloso​, USA GTF President Manny Quiles​, SA GTF President & Instructor Master Vladimir Grachev.

Sonneline Wools – Green Belt – Silver Sparring – Gold Patterns
Madia Olivier – Green Belt – Gold Patterns
Vanessa Moodley – Green Belt – Gold Patterns
Jacque Heymans – Green Belt – Gold & Bronze Sparring & Gold Patterns
Desiree Moodley – Yellow Belt – Silver Patterns
Merlene Munusamy – Yellow Belt – Gold Patterns

Children Colour Belt Results:
Sebastian du Plessis-Holemans – Green-Blue Stripe - Gold Sparring – Bronze Patterns

The Team wishes to thank Master Grachev for his coaching and excellent Instruction. Thank you Sir!

Congratulations to Bo Sabum Nim's - Vic Aparicio, Michael Sonnekus and Miki Oshua for achieving their 2nd Degree Black Belts in Hapkido. The students wish to express their appreciation and gratitude to Master Grachev for his excellent Instruction.

A group of students from the Centurion Martial Arts Masters Academy decided to surprise Master Vladimir Grachev on his return from Russia. In celebration, and to pay their respect for his grading to Master Level.

Here they are catching him unawares at OR Thambo as he was transitioning between flights. It was a magical moment!

Well done Team Centurion You are amazing !!

Students preparing for Master Grachev's arrival

A sincere congratulations to Mr. Vladimir Grachev for his excellent and successful grading to Master level in Taekwon-do!!

Master Grachev now holds a 7th Degree Black Belt in both the Korean Martial Arts of Taekwon-Do and Hapki-Do. An exceptional achievement!

We are so happy for you Sir, and we all congratulate and salute your great achievement!!  We are blessed to have you as our Instructor. We wish you continued success.

Seen here with the Grading panel of Grand Masters and Masters
of the GTF Taekwon-Do Federation

Master Grachev (7th Degree Black Belt) with Honary Grand Master,
9th Degree Black Belt. and President of the GTF Federation
Mrs. Linda Park.

Preparing for Grading - at the GTF World Championships
in Kazan, Russia - July 2016 - 

We would like to congratulate these students on their successful grading! It is a privilege and honour you to see your commitment, dedication and growth to your art! Well Done! 

We wish to thank Master Grachev for his excellent Instruction and commitment to all his students - Thank You!! Thank You!!

Congratulations to students successful grading

Congratulations to the students from the Centurion Dojang who graded to their 3rd and 2nd Degree Taekwon-Do Black Belts. Well done on your excellent grading!

Bo-Sabum Nim Michael Sonnekus to 3rd Degree Black Belt, and Bo-Sabum Nim's Victor daCosta Aparicio and Miki Oshua to 2nd Degree Black Belt.

The students wish to thank Guk-Jae Sabum Nim Vladimir Grachev for his years of training, commitment and world-class Instruction. "Without this, our success today would not have been possible. We are grateful to you Sir. Thank you!"

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SA GTF Taekwon-Do Team Competes in GTF Euro/Asia Championships

Congratulations to the SA GTF Taekwon-Do Team that participated in the GTF Euro/Asia Championships which took place last week in Salerno, Italy.

Lucky Ndlovu - Gold Sparring 
Victor Aparicio - Silver Sparring, Bronze Patterns
Humaira Khan - Silver Sparring, Silver Patterns
Miki Oshua - Gold Sparring, Bronze Patterns

The Team wishes to thank their Instructor - Guk-Jae Sabum Nim Vladimir Grachev for his training and support.

The Team seen here with Honorary Grandmaster Mrs. Linda Park, Master Palella and Guk-Jae Sabum Nim Vladimir Grachev.

SA GTF To Host First GTF Taekwon-Do Championships in South Africa!

Congratulations to Guk-Jae Sabum Nim Vladimir Grachev (SA-GTF) for winning the bid at the recent GTF Official Annual Meeting in Cyprus for South Africa to host the first ever intercontinental GTF Taekwon-Do Championships!!

This is a great achievement for South Africa - and the SA GTF Taekwon-Do Federations. Congratulations!!!

December 4 -7, 2014 .... ICC Centre - Durban -    THE BIG FIGHT !!!

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Congratulations to the South African GTF Team

Congratulations to the SA Team, 
Training with Guk-Jae Sabum Nim Vladimir Grachev,
for their Results at the GTF Taekwon-Do World Championships 
- Cyprus June 2013 - 

NAME                                         BELT        PATTERNS       SPARRING
Female
Chelsea-Leigh Flaum                    Black        Bronze             Gold
Miki Oshua                                 Black        Silver               Silver

Male
Victor Aparicio                             Black       Bronze             Gold
Samkelo Maphumulo                     Red         Bronze             Silver
Jarred Karp                                  Green          -                 Gold

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Veritas National Championships

The Martial Arts Masters Academy students from the Ballito and Centurion Dojang’s attended the Veritas National Taekwon-Do Championships, in Johannesburg this past weekend.   Students from many different Federations and Clubs nationwide attended this national event.

The event was also used as part of the selection process for the SA GTF Team that will represent South Africa at the GTF Taekwon-Do World Championships taking place in June in Cyprus.

We wish to congratulate all our students on their results!

(Please see our Face Book page for a full name list and achievements - thank you!)

A sincere thank you to International Instructor Guk-Jae Sabum Nim Vladimir Grachev for his excellent instruction and coaching.

Students are now hard at work, training under the expert instruction of Guk-Jae Sabum Nim Vladimir Grachev, to represent South Africa at GTF Taekwon-Do World Cup - taking place in Cyprus, in June 2013.

We wish the Team the very best as they prepare for this prestigious International GTF Taekwon-Do event.

PS: As the rest of the Teams results are sent in we'll do some additional posts ...

"Congratulations to our students in Shakaskraal!"

Students from Shakaskraal this week gathered excitedly at their local community hall for their official grading in the Korean martial arts of Taekwon-Do and Hapki-Do.   Students have been training hard and diligently under the instruction of Samkelo Maphumulo.

Samkelo is a Junior Instructor with the SA Global Taekwon-Do & Hapki-Do Federation and teaches children, teenagers and adults in both disciplines.   Samkelo himself trains under Guk-Jae SabumNim Vladimir Grachev, of Ballito and is currently training hard to qualify for the SA Team that will attend the GTF World Cup in Cyprus in June.

Students were graded to different belt levels and each grading started with the required fitness levels, then demonstrating their balance, new kicks, punches, speed techniques and patterns.   Breaking of wood with kicks and punches was a definite highlight as was the self-defense and weapons techniques of the Hapki-Do students.
We wish to sincerely congratulate all the Shakaskraal students for their hard work and excellent grading. It is wonderful to see these children directing their energies positively whilst learning to defend themselves.

Many of the students are unable to pay for their fees, and instruction is given freely to them.  We wish to express our gratitude for all the donations and gifts of Dobok’s and training equipment that has been sent to assist these students.

The SA GTF and Hapki-do Federation have joined forces with Samkelo & Innocent and the Shakaskraal community, and will be bringing at exciting upliftment programme to the community upon their return from the World Cup.

KZN Open GTF Taekwon-Do Championships ~ 2 March 2013 ~

We held our annual summer KZN Open GTF Taekwon-Do Championships this past weekend.  Nine different clubs from Ballito, Shakaskraal, Stanger, Pinetown, Richards Bay, Centurion, Pretoria and Johannesburg attended, providing an exciting and well attended Tournament.

Over 100 students partook in this Championship, well supported by their family and friends. This event was also used as part of the selection process for the SA GTF Team that will represent South Africa at the GTF Taekwon-Do World Championships taking place in June in Cyprus.

We wish to congratulate the following students from our Dojang’s on their excellent results!

For Patterns in their respective Divisions: 

Gold Medals: Natasha Oosthuizen, Sathinder Naidoo, Tristan Power, Jack Maidman.

Silver Medals: Jarred Karp, Daniil Grachev, Dasra Naidoo.

Bronze Medals: Anika Naidoo, Lynne Meintjies, Chelsea-Leigh Flaum, Janine Correia, Keshav Govender, Matt Kalil.

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For Sparring (Contact) in their respective Divisions: 

Gold Medals: Chelsea-Leigh Flaum, Roger de Charmoy, Tristan Power, Daniil Grachev, Sathinder Naidoo, , Samkelo Maphumulo, Jarred Karp, Neels Grobbelaar.

Silver Medals: Lynne Meintjies, Conrad Nalson, Shaun Cronje’, Matt Kalil, Jack Maidman, , David Henwood.

Bronze Medals: Nadira Waters, Leigh Power, Natasha Oosthuizen, Dasra Naidoo, Keshav Govender, Fabien Durocher-Yvon.

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We also won the Trophy (1st Place) for the Best Club. Congratulations to all the students and to International Instructor Guk-Jae Sabum Nim Vladimir Grachev for his excellent instruction and coaching.

Big thanks to the Westbrook Church for their supply of refreshments and tasty lunch and to Mr. Densil Reddy for arranging the venue. 

A special thank you to our Official Sponsor Mr. Andrew Pillinger from Herbalife – www.24HourNutrition.co.za for his very generous sponsorship of the music, medals and certificates and providing nutritional food for the children of Shakaskraal. 

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Thank you to all the Judges - it was fun working beside you - really appreciate your help and hard work ... it made for a fabulous event !!!
Students are now hard at work, training under the expert instruction of Guk-Jae Sabum Nim Vladimir Grachev, to represent South Africa at GTF Taekwon-Do World Cup - taking place in Cyprus, in June 2013.
We wish the Team the very best as they prepare for this prestigious International GTF Taekwon-Do event.

Children's Taekwon-Do Class in Centurion

Our Taekwon-Do Children's classes have started in Centurion .... here are some of our first children starting to attend and enjoy their classes.

Our parents say the greatest benefits they are seeing from the training is:

• Increased Confidence
• Increase in Focus and Concentration
• Better Grades at School
• Improved Self-Control
• Physical Fitness

Congratulations Maishe!

Congratulations to Maishe for achieving your Taekwon-Do Yellow Belt!

Maishe recently joined our Centurion Dojang and loves training with Sabum Nim Vladimir Grachev on Saturday mornings :)

Congratulations Shael!

Congratulations to Shael for achieving his Taekwon-Do Yellow-Belt!

Shael started his training a few months ago and trains from our Centurion Dojang .... isn't it just great to see children take their first steps!

Sabum Nim Featured in Success Academy Magazine!

Congratulations Jarred Karp for grading to Yellow-Green Belt in Hapki-Do . . . your technique was excellent. Well Done Jarred!!

Congratulations to our Team's excellent Sparring results at the 

recent T.I.S.A. Competition in Pretoria! 

From Left to Right - Back Row:
Neels & Wessel Grobbelaar, (Gold), Michael Sonnekus (Gold), Renier Smit (Bronze)

Front Row: 
Natasha Oosthuizen - Instructor & Sara-Jane Bright (Gold)

Well done team you did us proud!

Congratulations to the Abavikeli Team for their first Hapki-Do Grading!  

The Team headed by Kai Weinzheimer have been training consistently for the past three months with Hapki-Do Master, Vladimir Grachev at his Centurion Dojang, in Cambridge Park.

Back Row:    Pine Pienaar, Danie Pienaar, Eckard Weinzheimer, Graham Jones

Front Row:   Sydney de Wet,Shendl, Kai and Rayner Weinzheimer 

Instructor:     Master Vladimir Grachev - VI Degree Black Belt Taekwon-Do & Hapki-Do