Stanford TKD Returns Triumphant from PacWest Collegiates
Sat Nov. 15:
Stanford TKD team and club members traveled to UCLA to compete at the PacWest Collegiates. We took five divisions while the rest of our Stanford athletes did spectacularly. John Do and Tommy Lee both had their college debut match and gave the rest of the league a preview of what’s to come; they were impressed.
Among the competitors: Willie Phan delivered two outstanding 7-0 victories to secure her division. John Duhart, Anh-Viet Tran, Alex Aylward, and Tommy Lee won their’s as well. Other Stanford fighters that did very well include: Yong Tan, Alex Tan, Dhackson Muthulingam, Caithlin Madigan, Maria Spletter, Jenssy Rojina, Rhean Westerlund, Leo Kim, Jeffrey Tran, Sandeep Das, Solomon Lee, and Janet Rojina!
Most importantly: the success of Stanford TKD would surely be impossible without the sacrifice and support of Coaches Ghormley, Kitagawa, and Soriano. Finally, a big thank you to Filip Paun and Paul Twohey for their continual support of the program and their amazing ability to drive for 13+ hours in less than 48 hours!
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Top Row Left to Right: Rhean Westerlund, Caithlin Madigan, Dhackson Muthulingam, Yong Tan, Sandeep Das, Paul Twohey; Middle Row: Coach Ghormley, Jenssy Rojina, Janet Rojina, Willie Phan, Filip Paun, Tommy Lee, Alex Aylward, John Do, Anh-Viet Tran, Kelsey Kitagawa, Coach Kitagawa; Bottom Row: Jeffrey Tran, John Duhart, Alex Tan, Maria Spletter, Solomon Lee, Coach Soriano
SMAP Martial Arts Movie Night — Jet Li’s FEARLESS
If you’re on or near campus this Friday and aren’t heading down to compete at UCLA you should come check out SMAP’s Movie Night!
Stanford Martial Arts Program (SMAP) is hosting a free screening of Jet Li’s “Fearless” this Friday (Nov. 14th), 7-8:30 PM, Building 200, Room 002! There’ll also be Free Pizza and Free EANABs!!!!
Fearless is without a doubt one of Jet Li’s greatest acheivements on film. For more information check out IMDB’s page on Fearless (also known as Huo Yuan Jia).
2nd Annual Stanford Scrimmage - Nov 9th
Stanford Taekwondo is hosting a juniors scrimmage on Nov 9th. The event is open to juniors of all levels, ages seven to seventeen. Practice your sparring skills without having to worry about being eliminated in the first round. There will be as many sparring matches as we can fit in, all officiated by our experienced referee corps.
There will also be a campus tour for those interested.
To find out more information and to register go to: tkd.stanford.edu/scrimmage