6 students from Cambridge Tang Soo Do attended Grandmaster Byrne’s 33rd All Tang Soo Do Championships which was held this past Saturday March 19, 2006 in Lynnfield, MA. Our latest champions are:
| Anthony Sylvester: | 3rd place in Chinese Forms, 2nd place in Forms and 3rd place in Sparring |
| Chris Scarpino: | 3rd place in Weapons, 3rd place in Forms and 3rd place in Sparring |
| Katri Langel: | 3rd place in Forms, 2nd place in Sparring |
| Angelika Fretzen: | 2nd place in Forms |
Congratulations to all of you.
Cambridge Tang Soo Do would like to thank Mister Costa for attending our Winter 2005 Gup testing. The students who have successfully completed the test are:
| Bob Thomas | 1st Gup |
| Nan Silverman | 3rd Gup |
| Kosta Livitisky | 3rd Gup |
| Chris Scarpino | 3rd Gup |
| Clare Tyler | 4th Gup |
| Richard Heppner | 5th Gup |
| Sheraz Choudhary | 6th Gup |
| Angelika Fretzen | 6th Gup |
| Michael Van Heek | 7th Gup |
| Garrett Warfield | 7th Gup |
We would also like to welcome the following new students
| Catherine Village |
We would like to congratulate the following students for successfully completing the Fall 2005 testing Cycle:
| Rami Haddad | 1st Gup |
| Katri Langel | 5th Gup |
| Zaki El-Badawi | 6th Gup |
| Angelika Fretzen | 7th Gup |
| Michael Van Heek | 8th Gup |
| Garrett Warfield | 8th Gup |
We would also like to welcome the following new students
| Othneil Uter |
| Jeffrey Butterworth |
| Richard Heppner |
| Garrett Warfield |
| Ted Magner |
As you already know, up until now, our Saturday classes were limited to the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. Due to the steady growth of our Tang Soo Do student base and to the fact that we now have a significant amount of advanced belts, I have decided to have a 2 hour Tang Soo Do classes every Saturday starting the month of September.
This being said, I would like to structure the Saturday classes in the following manner:
- 1st Saturday: The first Saturday of each month will be dedicated to Black Belts only. Please remember that all Cambridge Tang Soo Do Black Belts dedicate a lot of their time teaching during class and it is only fair to them that they also get to train on more advanced techniques so that they can also work towards their next promotion.
- 2nd, 3rd 4th Saturday: All other Saturdays will be open to all ranks. The structure of the Saturday classes will remain the same, meaning that the first hour will be dedicated to the lower belts (beginners and intermediate) and the second hour will focus on advanced belts (advanced). If you have ever attended a Saturday class, you are probably familiar with its informality, meaning that most students attending can work one on one with an advanced student on whatever techniques they want.
Please note that the new Saturday class schedule will be adjusted around competitions, seminars and Gup/Dan tests which mostly fall on Saturdays as well. Advanced notice will be given in case of a change.
I hope that all of you will take advantage of these additional classes. I look forward to seeing you then.
Tang Soo!
Master Klacko