{"id":2519,"date":"2018-09-17T22:50:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T14:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2025-02-23T21:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T13:09:12","slug":"september-2018-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/2018\/09\/17\/september-2018-action\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2018 action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Master Vernon Low, Chief Instructor John O’Brien, and a contingent of senior South Australian instructors visited Perth recently for First Tae Kwon Do Western Australia’s spring grading examination. The afternoon segment of the event started with adult black belt gradings.<\/p>\n

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FTKD side kick, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD free sparring, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD promotion to 1st Dan black belt, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD Master Low and new 1st Dan black belt member, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD Master Low, instructors, and new black belt members, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The highlight of the afternoon was the examination for one instructor’s promotion to the rank of 2nd Dan. Following comprehensive demonstrations of self-defence techniques, extensive breaking techniques, patterns, and sparring, the candidate was successful. He received his new belt from Master Low, and his degree certificate from Chief Instructor O’Brien.<\/p>\n

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FTKD self-defence, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD self-defence, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD front snap kick, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD side kick, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD elbow strike, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD promotion to 2nd Dan instructor, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD Master Low and new 2nd Dan instructor, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD Chief Instructor O’Brien and new 2nd Dan instructor, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD Master Low, Chief Instructors, and new 2nd Dan instructor, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of the afternoon was taken up with the senior coloured belt grading examinations. These were not as demanding as the black belt gradings, but nonetheless tested the candidates on their knowledge, techniques, mental focus, and determination.<\/p>\n

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FTKD pattern instruction, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD free sparring, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FTKD free sparring, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the end of the day, Master Low, Chief Instructor O’Brien, Chief Instructor (WA) Meade, senior WA instructors, and visiting senior SA instructors stood together for a group portrait. Normally, I would have used a wider angle lens for this purpose, but there was enough room to capture the group with my 85 mm lens, and that lens is perfectly capable of rendering a pleasing image\u2014whether of a group or an individual.<\/p>\n

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FTKD Master Low, Chief Instructors, WA instructors, and visiting SA instructors, September 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The lighting in this venue has a distinct yellow cast to it, but shooting in RAW mode and post-processing appropriately allowed me to produce images as if under neutral lighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Master Vernon Low, Chief Instructor John O’Brien, and a contingent of senior South Australian instructors visited Perth recently for First Tae Kwon Do Western Australia’s spring grading examination. The afternoon segment of the event started with adult black belt gradings. The highlight of the afternoon was the examination for one instructor’s promotion to the rank… Continue reading September 2018 action<\/span> →<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[27,318,278,292,70,160,24,260,277],"class_list":["post-2519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-martial-arts","tag-breaking-action","tag-dane-meade","tag-ftkd","tag-john-obrien","tag-martial-arts","tag-patterns-action","tag-sparring-action","tag-tkd","tag-vernon-low"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4127,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions\/4127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}