TTM sees the first grading held at Alpha Park dojang under the instruction of the very experience Sabum Rabindra Ghale on 5th October 2022. Huge appreciation is extended to all jejas for being so keen to be graded in the middle of your school holidays and support from families absolutely can not be discounted. The foundation of this dojang will not be as successful without the hard work from Sabum Rabindra Ghale and his black belts, Uttam Shresta and Chris Lai.
Sabums Mayumi Tam and Jackson Chan certainly will leave a forever impression for all the pioneer jejas of this dojang who appreciated their support.

Well done and congratulations to all first timer grading jejanims.
147th TTM grading result:

9th Gup White Belt Yellow-tip
Loukit Ghale, Loudonald and Loughlan Go, Jayant Magar, Nirveek Shresta, Amberly Gurung and Khushi Shresta

On a rare sunny morning on the Sunday 25th September 2022 whilst many were still snoozing in la la land, and Covid now firmly in the rear-view mirror, began the 146th TTM colour belt grading at Strathfield dojang, courtesy of Sabum Ray.  A momentous occasion where all those blood sweat and tears from the dedicated months of training are finally put to the test under the expert supervision of first-time solo grading instructor 6th degree Sabum Mayumi accompanied by small group of loyal black belt helpers in what would attest to be the 30th year of Tam Taekwon-Do Mudokwan. It didn't disappoint, the rigorous graders were rewarded was for all their hard work, self-discipline, display of skills and combat with a much-deserved new gup and an applauding audience.
 
The session began at coffee time, 8am for the junior-coloured belts. They were given 90 minutes in which to prove their newly gained Taekwon-Do moves were deserved of a new belt. After a quick warm-up they demonstrated their kicks, punches, blocks, patterns, written comprehension and step sparring. This was quickly followed by an entourage of green and higher belts who in addition to the line work and patterns, were required to engage in free sparring, often involving back-to-back rounds, whist utilizing their arsenal of flying kicks, spinning kicks and sublime dodging techniques. Finally, a third set of students appeared, a special arrangement for those who could not attend the earlier times. The auspicious occasion was concluded with a surprise visit from Grand Master Tam who under doctor's orders was present as a spectator only. Nevertheless, he witnessed his students make him proud with their endurance, perseverance, hard work and martial arts practice, and his instructor Sabum Mayumi run the show like a finely guided Master, albeit one belt to go! 
 
The grading ran like clockwork, and when the final bell rang it was time to reward those previously graded black belts and umpires with their new doboks, belts, certificates, and a rapturous applause from those who had experienced their dedication, those you want to experience it, and those devoted parents who without them, none of this would be possible. So a big round of applause to those newly qualified, and an honourable mention to all the selfless black belt volunteers, and Adamrinjarni whose cameo display of combat and control drew whoops from the crowd, and all the newly promoted black belts, Sabums Alan Luong and Mayumi Tam both 6th degree, Winston Phan 2nd, Cecelia Choi and Jason Yohana (probation) for their 1st degree black belt, Sabum Jackson Chan International Umpire and Boosabum Mark Balfour National Umpire. Well done! Or as my white belt student mentioned, effort equals reward!

Taekwon
Bsb Mark Balfour

Congratulations to all jejanims who passed your grading.
146th TTM grading result:

9th Gup White Belt Yellow-tip
Adrian Abouhanna, Calysta Vlahos, Xander Camilleri, Zane Cetindermir, Gabriel Youssef, Lester Pan, Mabel Fan, Oliver Barrero, Dina Levy, Vanessa Yang, and Isabella Shalyapina

8th Gup Yellow Belt
Xavier Camilleri and Reyansh Mehta

7th Gup Yellow Belt Green-tip
Isla Blye, Zayn Hage, Mia Cetindermir, benjamin Marcos, Ari Koulouris, Matias Piedrahita Angel and Kartikeya Pathak, 

6th Green Belt
Isla Blye, Christopher Le,  Amir Nikmorad, Paris Youssef, Gracelyn Neville and Hussain Ibrahim

5th Gup Green Belt Blue-tip
Anthony and Alanna Abouhanna, Mariam and Zaynab Ibrahim, Shiv Patel, Duc Vo and Joanna Bechara

4th Gup Blue Belt
Chloe Tan

3rd Gup Blue Belt Red-tip
Nathanael Chan, Tony Youssef, Isaac Neville, and Brandon Kidner

2nd Gup Red Belt
River Hooper, Kyan Aung and Paul Zhang

1st Gup Red Belt Black-tip
Tanya Liu and Aaron Le

Staying home waiting for the rain to stop and COVID over......why not join us. We are still training at Lidcombe during this school holidays

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have affected many jejas' attendances which in turn interrupted their grading. 
Thanks to the recently changed Health NSW and self-isolation regulations, TTM's membership is seeing a steady growth with grading returning to the norm.

Jejas are able to return to training with less stay-home interruptions and many are ready to apply for their belt grading.

Grand Master Tam and Sabum Mayumi have always taken their time out to organise weekend pre-grading workshops. These  workshops are important  lesson to boost the confidence of the jejas  prior to their grading as well as an important technique tune up session.

All red and black-tip belt holders are encouraged to attend these workshops. Black-tips are compulsory to attend all grading sessions prior to their own grading to gain the knowledge and confidence they need for their success in their belt promotion.

Thank you to Boosabumnim Mark Balfour for preparing your jejas from Bondi dojang to attend the grading conducted by Grand Master and Sabum Tam. Thank you to black belts; Boosabumnim Vanessa Ly, Winston Phan, Dr. Michael Zhu and Adamrinjarni that not only came to support your dojangmates but also learn the commanding and running of the grading procedures.

Grading time is also a great opportunity for inter dojangmates get to know each other, develop friendship, exchange ideas  and bonding. It was great to see all jejas encouraging each other in the grading to do their best.
Moral culture is heavily emphasized in Tam Taekwon-Do Mudokwan grading as well as everyday lesson apart from many other aspect of Taekwon-Do.

There was no hiccup at all in the grading this time and everyone passed their grading.
Congratulations to you all on your promotion and proud of your effort and hard work. You are look up upon by your junior belt dojangmates to follow your success.

9th Gup White Belt Yellow-tip
Daniel Donglin Wang, Shuen Zhong Lee, Ewan Duncan, Reyansh Mehta and Zackery Sekulceski

8th Gup Yellow Belt
Matias Angel

7th Gup Yellow Belt Green-tip
Albert Agsalda, Max Peng, Ahmad Joseph Hawli, Jacky Peng, Will Yau Zo Choi, Farah Hawli, Joshua Javier and Leo Koulouris

6th Green Belt
Tsubasa Uno, Kaiden Pham, Javis Liang Yu Tan and Hugo Bergman

5th Gup Green Belt Blue-tip
Misaki Uno, Nicholas Marcos, Catherine Ni, Benjamin Murr, Richard Ni, Evelyn Huynh and Clark Huynh

4th Gup Blue Belt
Xavier Moloney and Brandon Kidner

3rd Gup Blue Belt Red-tip
Bianka Lee

2nd Gup Red Belt
Annette Fallon

1st Gup Red Belt Black-tip
Henry Bergman

The long awaited and overdue black belt grading was held over three weekends at Strathfield South dojang on 11th, 17th and 24th April 2022. The grading was held on the auspicious day in conjunction with all ITF members the world over celebrating the 67th Anniversary of the inauguration of Taekwon-Do by General Choi Hong Hi on 11th April 1955.

All grading candidates had to attend the compulsory pre-grading workshop over three weekends to ensure they are thoroughly prepared and ready for their grading.  The workshop covered every aspect of Tam Taekwon-Do Mudokwan requirements for the belt promotion which is always above and beyond what is set by  ITF.  
Instruction and was given by Grand Master Tam with attention to details for everyone from pattern (tul) to fundamental movements and its application (gibon yonsop), self-defence (hosinsul), power breaking (wi-ryok) and compulsory kicking techniques (bal gisol).

TTM is proud to see everyone is always eager and enthusiastically focused and hungry for the grading. After the strict test, everyone felt relief knowing they passed their grading and for those who were unsuccessful to break all their required breaking techniques, they had to complete it on the final session. Power breaking is not always without unsuccessful attempt. TTM is prideful of its jejas' perseverance and indomitable spirit. They came back to do more breaks!

Special requirement for Sabum Mayumi and Sabum Alan in veteran power breaking was showcased in the self-defence routine techniques. That was an eye opening experience for the younger grading candidates. 

A very special congratulation to everyone for putting in full effort for your achievement that not many people are able to and to push yourself to the next level to show your dojangmates your success.
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Congratulations, you have now successfully completed the up-grading test, accomplished the requirement of Tam Taekwon-Do Mudowkan and furthermore gained an understanding of the ultimate truth and spiritual forces to be a true Mudoga (martial artist)

6th Dan Black Belt
Sabum Alan Luong and Sabum Mayumi Tam

2nd Dan Black Belt
Winston Phan

1st Dan Black Belt
Cecelia Choi
Jason Yohana (probation)

Grading for this time has been spread out over a few weeks due to high number of absences from the recent insolation regulations.
 A big round of applause for all students for their perseverance and indomitable spirit in preparing and training hard for their grading. Well done and congratulation to everyone here who passed your grading.

9th Gup TaekwonKids White belt yellow-tip
Matias Piedrahita Angel

​8th Gup TaekwonKid Yellow belt
Evan Huang and Lucas Hua and Kristijian Trajkoski

7th Gup TaekwonKids Yellow belt Green-tip
Hussain Ibrahim, Hussain Nikmorad, Sarah Shaik, Paris Youssef and Matthew Haddad

6th Gup TaekwonKids Green belt
Mariam Ibrahim and Joshua Mears

6th Gup Green belt
Joanna Bechara and Zaynab Ibrahim

5th Gup TaekwonKids Green belt Blue-tip
Jacko Deng

4th Gup TaekwonKids Blue belt
Audriella Haddad

Our popular black belt only training (BBT) is back after a long break from COVID-19 issues.
Everyone has been looking forward to this sessions and many more to come.
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An outdoor training is in the planning. Dates for future BBT can be viewed on Calendar page.

Train hard to walk on air? Not quite! We are sure you know what we mean. Train hard and Train Smart to make your grading successful.
​A pre-grading training session will be held on Sunday 19-6-2022 at Strathfield South Dojang 9:30 to 11:30 am for the invited students preparing for the following week grading. 

Black Belt Only training will start half an hour after the pre-grading training session to 2:00pm

A small number of students have attended a grading on 5th December after NSW struggled with lockdowns. Most of these students persevered and continued to train at home to prepare for the last grading in 2021. 

Huge congratulations to all who passed and also those on probation.

9th Gup TaekwonKids White belt yellow-tip
Lucas Hua

8th Gup TaekwonKids Yellow belt
Maxwell Suwanto, Benjamin Marcos, Max Peng, Hussain Ibrahim, Mia Cetindermir, Amir Hussain Nikmorad, Makayla Lin, Will Choi, Jad Hamdan, Farah Hawli, Joshua Javier, Albert Agsalda, Zayn Hage, AJ Hawli, jack Peng, Isla Blye, Zaid Hamdan, Awn Hamdan, Maeve Suwanto, Leo & Ari Kouroulis.

7th Gup TaekwonKids Yellow belt Green-tip
Reilly Chan, Tsubasa Uno, Kaiden Pham, Gracelyn Neville, Mariam Ibrahim

7th Gup Yellow belt Green-tip
Zaynab Ibrahim, Joanna Bechara

6th Gup TaekwonKids Green belt
Catherine Ni, Eleni Dianisopoulos, Misaki Uno (probation), Nicholas Marcos, Shiv Patel.

4th Gup TaekwonKids Blue belt
Rianne Chan

4th Gup Blue belt
Wendy Song

2nd Gup TaekwonKids Red belt
Ryan Lee, Justin Mio

1st Dan TaekwonKids Black belt
Mayah Yeung (probation)