{"id":3306,"date":"2022-09-26T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2025-02-23T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T12:05:20","slug":"september-2022-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/2022\/09\/26\/september-2022-action\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2022 action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent First Tae Kwon Do Western Australia grading examination, we had two candidates applying for promotion to the rank of 1st Dan black belt. Both applicants ran through a series of tests, including basic techniques, self-defence techniques, and breaking techniques.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3310\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3310\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_77943s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do front snap kick, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_77943s.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_77943s-80x120.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD front snap kick, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3311\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3311\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_77988s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do self-defence, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_77988s.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_77988s-80x120.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD self-defence, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3312\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3312\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78096s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do side kick, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78096s.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78096s-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD side kick, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3313\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3313\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78117s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do turning kick, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78117s.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78117s-80x120.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD turning kick, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A key part of the grading is several rounds of free sparring, or simulated combat. This takes place both one-on-one and two-on-one, with candidates having to spar continuously as different sparring partners rotate in and out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3314\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3314\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78217s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do free sparring, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78217s.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78217s-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD free sparring, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3315\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3315\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78332s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do free sparring, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78332s.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78332s-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD free sparring, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3316\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3316\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78362s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do free sparring, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78362s.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78362s-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD free sparring, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In this case, the black belt grading took place over an hour, and both candidates passed. They then received their promotions from the head of the school, Master Vernon Low, in the traditional belt-tying procedure, and then their black belt certificates from Western Australian Chief Instructor Dane Meade.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3317\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3317\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78424s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do black belt promotion, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78424s.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78424s-80x120.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD black belt promotion, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3318\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3318\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78454s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do black belt promotion, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78454s.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78454s-80x120.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD black belt promotion, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3319\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3319\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78469s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do black belt certificate presentation, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78469s.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78469s-80x120.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD black belt certificate presentation, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3320\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3320\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78479s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do black belt certificate presentation, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78479s.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78479s-80x120.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD black belt certificate presentation, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Congratulations to the two new 1st Dan black belt members, shown below with Master Vernon Low, Chief Instructor John O&#8217;Brien (6th Dan), and Chief Instructor Dane Meade (5th Dan).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3321\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3321\" src=\"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78489s.jpg\" alt=\"First Tae Kwon Do Master Low, Chief Instructors, and new black belt members, September 2022, Perth\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78489s.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/YWO_ND2_78489s-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FTKD Master Low, Chief Instructors, and new black belt members, September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent First Tae Kwon Do Western Australia grading examination, we had two candidates applying for promotion to the rank of 1st Dan black belt. Both applicants ran through a series of tests, including basic techniques, self-defence techniques, and breaking techniques. A key part of the grading is several rounds of free sparring, or&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/2022\/09\/26\/september-2022-action\/\" class=\"read-more\" title=\"September 2022 action\"><span>Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text sr-only\">September 2022 action<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[27,318,278,292,70,24,260,277],"class_list":["post-3306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts","tag-breaking-action","tag-dane-meade","tag-ftkd","tag-john-obrien","tag-martial-arts","tag-sparring-action","tag-tkd","tag-vernon-low"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306","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=3306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4104,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions\/4104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}