Gozo Training Camp - November 2009

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The Taekwondo Dragon Club had organized its annual training camp in Rabat, Gozo on Saturday 7 November 2009. Sabomnim Stephen Formosa who is the club's head instructor had invited Sensei Joe Portelli from Tenchi Ryu Karate Jutsu Club and Sensei Mario Saliba from the Gozo Spirit Combat Club and the Gozo Kick Boxing Club. This was the first time ever that such seminar was conducted by other instructors of different styles. The outcome of attendance was a huge success with over 50 participants hailing from all the participating clubs.

The event commenced with a brief introduction by the organizer Sabomnim Formosa, and Sensei Portelli lead the class through the warm up exercises followed by his session. Sensei Portelli demonstrated a number of self-defense applications deriving from his style making strong emphasis on the body pressure points. Sensei Saliba continued the session by demonstrating self-defense techniques from both Spirit Combat and Kick Boxing. The seminar was concluded by Sabomnim Formosa, where he first gave a concise explanation about the nature of kicks as used in the art of Taekwondo. Sabomnim Formosa has mainly demonstrated kicking techniques being applied in Taekwondo as a competitive sport and also for self-defense situations.

The event ended up by a brief speech from all the three instructors. Sabomnim Formosa had presented a small memento to the other two instructors to remember this occasion.



 

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