James Henry Taekwondo Center

Black Belt Test

May 22, 2008 Begins at 6:30PM

Kristian Garcia

Zach Mudge

Brian Piejak

Mia Griffiths

Emily Johnson

Extra Practice Wednesday, May 7, 6 - 8PM

Salute a Soldier

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Parents Night Out

Friday Night, May 2, 5:30 - 10:30

$20 1st in family, $10 each additional family member

Wear dobok pants and t-shirt

Bring a water bottle (filled with water) and a pillow for the Movie, The Wizard of Oz

We will serve pizza, so you don't need to bring a snack

Congratulations on your promotions in rank

Red Belt

Aliyah Auerbach

High Brown

Austin Arveson

Alex Moore

Kevin Borah

Kimberly Powers

Cameron Hutcheson

High Blue

Aaron Arveson

3rd Dan Black Belt Test

On Thursday, March 6, 2008, Patrick Wilson tested for his 3rd Dan. 

2008 Georgia AAU Taekwondo Qualifier

Congratulations to all that competed on March 1. 

Thanks to all the parents and students that helped make the event a success.

  From packing the truck with mats and all the tournament equipment, to setting up the gym, to helping run the event, breaking the gym down and then putting everything back in its place on Sunday. 

THANKS!

First Name	Last Name	Forms	Point Sparring	Olympic Sparring
Aaron	Arvesen		2
Austin	Arvesen	5	1
Gabrielle	Auerbach	1	1
Aliyah	Auerbach	1	2
Kevin	Borah	5
Tyler	Farr	1		2
Kristian	Garcia	6	2
Mia	Griffiths	2	1
Cameron	Hutcheson	1	1
Connor	Hutcheson	2	1
Emily	Johnson	3	2
Joshua	McMahon	3
Joe	Miller	2	1
Alex	Moore	4	2
Emily	Piejak	2	2
Brian	Piejak	3	1
Harper	Polsley	3	2
Tanner	Polsley	6	1
Kimberly	Powers	4	1
Jordan	Watt	7	2
Christopher	Wright		1

 

 

Congratulations Emily Johnson

On January 24, 2008 Emily Johnson

tested for her Black Belt.  Results were announced  on Thursday,

January 31.  Congratulations to Emily Johnson for being the 99th student

promoted to Black Belt in the 26 years of James Henry Taekwondo Center.

See below for a list of those 99.  The 100th candidate for Black Belt should be ready in August 2008. 

Black Belts I would like to acknowledge 101 individuals who have trained with and earned their Black Belts from me since I opened my first school in 1982.  I have had the pleasure of teaching thousands of students over the years, but it is a small handful that demonstrated the desire, dedication, effort and commitment to reach the goal of Black Belt.  Those individuals that have earned their Black Belts from me will always be remembered by me as special.  It was my great pleasure to have helped them reach their goals.  I hope others will have their names added to the list below.  To those Black Belts that still train and continue to reflect the spirit of Taekwondo, you are the backbone of the school and your inspiration to your juniors is greatly appreciated.                                                                                   Master Instructor James Henry
Erin Barcroft	Todd Berland	Taylor Bilbro
Stephanie Booker	Jeff Breitweiser	David Brock
Matthew Buckner	Acey Bunch	Jonathan Campos
Bob Cash	Erin Chaney	Shannon Chaney
Jesse Cromer	Brendan Day	Gavin Dobrin
Blake Doobrow	Austin Duncan	Eric Elliot
Tyler Farr	John Frey	Kristian Garcia
Erin Goodwin	John Goodwin	Mia Griffiths
Amber Haggins	Ryan Hammad	Adam Hanson
Chad Hanson	Kristin Hanson	Drew Hausdorf
Suzy Heintz	Joey Hnath	Connor Hutcheson
Danyelle Hutchinson	Chris Johnson	Emily Johnson
Jason Jones	Gary Kelly	Oren Kleinberger
Joshua Lawrence	Jason Lemke	Faye Manders
Billy McClellan	Wesley McElmoyle	Cayla Miller
Libbey Miller	Zachary Miller	Matt Morgan
Jeff Mudge	Zackary Mudge	Mike Mulford
Steven Mulford	Alex Mullinax	Caitlin Murphy
Gilberto Navarro	Chris Nolan	Jeremy Owen
Kennedy Patterson	Bryan Pearce	Brian Piejak
John Pierce	Tanner Polsley	Meghan Price
Brian Rambo	Ryan Redman	Nick Redman
Joe Reidy	Amit Rohatgi	Anil Rohatgi
Scott Rusk	Jeff Schwartz	Swathi Sekar
Elizabeth Smith	Ellis Smith	Steven Smith
Joe Staron	Lance Staron	Stephanie Staron
John Staten	Brock Sternberg	Bart Tapp
Zachary Taylor	Kei Urano	Jim Verner
Courtney Wang	Wesley Warnock	Tommy Warren
Kelsey Webster	Marty Webster	Thomas Webster
Andy Whitaker	David Wilch	Lauren Wilson
Michael Wilson Jr	Mike Wilson	Natalie Wilson
Patrick Wilson	Brian Wray

 

Tournament At Charles Minter Taekwondo

December 3, 2007

Congratulations

Lauren Wilson - Silver Sparring, Silver Breaking

Tanner Polsley - Silver Sparring, Gold Forms, Gold Breaking

Aliyah Auerbach - Gold Sparring, Gold Forms, Silver Breaking

Harper Polsley - Gold Sparring, Bronze Fomrs, Silver Breaking

Gabby Auerbach - Bronze Sparring, Gold Forms, Gold Breaking

Tournament At Life College in Marietta

November 17, 2007

Forms and Olympic Sparring

Congratulations

Tyler Farr - Gold Forms, Gold Sparring

Emily Johnson - Gold Forms

Join the AAU

Every student must be a member. 

Membership runs from September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008.

Use our school club code when joining.

GATW4EYKB8

2007 - 2008 AAU Membership is Available AAU Membership runs from September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008 AAU Membership is required by Athletes, Coaches and Officials to participate in all AAU sanctioned events. Membership benefits include accident insurance (which is secondary and applicable after any primary coverage) for all properly sanctioned AAU events and supervised practices of member clubs. $12 for Athletes 17 years and under  $22 for Athletes 18 years and up $14 for Coaches

AAU Junior Olympic Games

August 1 -4, 2007  Knoxville, TN

Congratulations to those that participated

Patrick Wilson Forms 1st, Point Sparring 1st

Lauren Wilson - Point Sparring 1st

Tanner Polsley - Point Sparring 3rd

Brian Piejak Point Sparring 1st

Emily Johnson Forms 3rd, Points Sparring 2nd

Alliyah Auerbach

A special congratulations to Lauren for winning her final match at the AAU JOs

against the same girl that beat her at Nationals in July. 

Way to go Lauren....

AAU Taekwondo Nationals

July 2 - 7, 2007    Ft. Lauderdale, FL

13 Athletes went to the 2007 AAU Taekwondo Nationals

12 Medals were brought home in Olympic Sparring, Forms and Point Sparring Competition

Outstanding Athlete of the event was Patrick Wilson.  Patrick won the 14 - 17 Light Middle Division in Olympic Sparring against 21 other competitors.  He won four of the five fights with a seven point gap.  In Forms he won against 16 other competitors.  In Point Sparring he won against 8 other competitors.  This was his best competition of the over 60 he has competed in since beginning Taekwondo at our school at the age of 8.  The win in Olympic Sparring won him an invitation to the AAU Taekwondo Team Trials being held September 8 - 10 in Ft. Lauderdale.  Patrick, who is 17, will be competing up in the 18 -34 Light Weight Division where he must compete against 5 others in a round robin format for the coveted spot on the AAU Taekwondo National Team.  He looks forward to the process of training to make the team.  Below is an article about Patrick's accomplishment in the Atlanta Journal.

Special recognition to Tyler Farr for his great effort and performance.  Tyler competed in all three types of competition as well.  In Olympic Sparring in the 12 - 13 Black Belt Division he won his first three matches.  He won his third match with a score of 8 - 1.  His last fight was very exciting and came up a bit short.  Tyler created the same excitement in Point Sparring when he fought for the Gold, but lost the final point in over time.  Great job Tyler.

This was just another part of the experience of training in Taekwondo for those that went to Ft. Lauderdale.  Congratulations to you all......

Patrick Wilson - Olympic Sparring 1st, Forms 1st, Point Sparring 1st

Steven Smith - Point Sparring 2nd

Tyler Farr - Olympic Sparring 2nd, Point Sparring 2nd

Lauren Wilson - Point Sparring 3rd

Connor Hutcheson

Tanner Polsley

Kristian Garcia

Mia Griffiths - Point Sparring 1st

Kimberly Smith - Point Sparring 2nd

Jesse Smith - Olympic Sparring 3rd

Kimberly Powers - Point Sparring 3rd

Cameron Hutcheson

Abigail Smith - Point Sparring 1st

This 5 minute video about those that serve our Country and each of us is very moving.  Please take the time to view.

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Courtesy and Respect. 

Click the link below to see a fellow that missed that lesson.

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Tyler Farr tested for his 2nd Dan Black Belt test on April 12, 2007.   Tyler was ready for his 2nd Dan test on the 2nd Anniversary of his 1st Dan test conducted in February 2005, but had to wait until his 13th Birthday.  Two years of training after 1st Dan and being 13 is a minimum requirement for 2nd Dan.  So on his birthday Tyler was tested hard for his new rank.  He performed at a high level on everything that he has learned since he began training at the age of five.  Tyler performed 14 Forms (over 300 movements), did at least 400 kicks, 20 one step sparring, nine knife defense, 8 self defense one steps, falls, bag work, sparring and board breaking.  He broke seven boards with three breaks: two boards - turn back skip side, two boards - jump spinning back kick, and three boards - flying side kick.  All three breaks were successful on the first attempt.  Tyler has raised the bar for all those that follow him in testing for this level.   Belt presentation was Thursday, April 19, at 7:00 p.m.  Congratulations!!

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Click Here For Results From The April 19th Promotion Tests

February 24, 2007

GA AAU Taekwondo Qualifier

Congratulations to those that competed on Saturday.

Thank you to everyone that helped load the truck on Thursday, the Sunday morning crew that put the school back together and a special thanks to the Smith and Powers family that gave so much of their time and effort on Saturday at the event.  Thanks to Lee Polsley for working check in and to Ms. Manders, Mr. Pearce and Mr. Smith for Officiating.  These tournaments would not go on without the help of lots of people.

Congratulations to those that competed on Saturday.

We are all proud of the great effort and results

Special shout out to Patrick Wilson for dominating the 14 - 17 Middle Weight Division

Go to www.gaaau.net/taekwondo.htm to see all results

There are a couple other events coming up.  One in Nashville in March and

another in Florida in April.  If you are interested in competing let me know.

2007 Georgia AAU Taekwondo Point Sparring Qualifier

January 27, 2007

Thank you to the students, parents and family members that helped make this event happen.  Non of these events can happen without loading mats and setting up (7:15 a.m.) and breaking down the gym.  For all you that helped in those endeavors, thank you.   Thank you to the Officials from our school: Ms. Manders, Mr. Mudge, Mr. Smith and Mr. Pearce.   Thank you to all the Coaches from our school who were there to help make this a great experience for their own athlete and any other athlete that needed a coach. 

All your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Congratulations to all that competed.  You all did great!

We are proud of your performance..