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Master Garry Carpenter

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Kyorugi Rules – Changes for 2026 Welcome to 2026 Here are two good videos outlining the 2026 Kyorugi (Sparring) Rule changes. I recommend you watch these and adapt your training now. “Player Coach Speak” – Speaks like an athlete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfpixugImdM “Referee Speak””- Speaks like a Referee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYdGAaaTmfI Officials (logged 1st January 2026) It has been...

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Newsletter November 2025

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Medals have been made

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The medals for the Budo South Open 2025 have come out of the oven. They need their lanyards attached, and…

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Training Schedule for 2025

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2025 – The year Budo South MA for to try out “expansion-ism” In 2025 we will be operating from two…

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Haidong Gumdo Grading

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And that was 2023… We finished the year with a Haidong Gumdo grading. Successfully grading through to 2nd Dan were…

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End of the Year – 2023

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It is the end of the martial arts year. With the Saturday Taekwondo Grading and the Sunday End of Year…

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POOMSAE WEEKEND

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22nd and 23rd July (Venue: Budo South Dojang) (see attached) 8 total hours of practical Poomsae. Focus will be the…

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Budo South Open – Our Event

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This is OUR big Taekwondo event for the year. All of our club needs to get behind this event to…

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Budo South Open

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This is OUR big Taekwondo event for the year. All of our club needs to get behind this event to…

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A lot of our news is posted to our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BudoSouthMartialArts/ Please follow our page on Facebook to be…

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Tournaments for 2023

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Budo South MA will focus on the following Taekwondo tournaments for 2023: Bay Open – Tauranga – February 25th Budo…

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The Club Training Year is about kick off. Here is the schedule for the week 19th to 25th January ... See MoreSee Less

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Budo South International Competition Calendar
World Taekwondo have released dates for Oceania events which helps to finalise our calendar.
Our training will focus on being ready for the following events:
Black Belt Only
* Mar 28-29 Oceania Championships - Sydney, Australia
* Apr 12-17 World Taekwondo Junior Champs - Uzbekistan
* Jun 18-19 WT Presidents Cup (Oceania) - Gold Coast, Australia
* Jun 20-21 Australian Open - Gold Coast, Australia
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* Jul 25 Caboolture Open - Brisbane-Caboolture, Australia

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Aaron Dean is about to head to a World Taekwondo Referee training event in Tashkent, Kazakstan. Aaron is hoping to qualify as one of the "top 300", allowing him to officiate at World Championship level events.
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Day Two .. and the heat wave is hitting home. Relearning the Daedo scoring kicking. We finish today with sparring and a BBQ. Tomorrow- revision of what we have covered, sports psychology, weigh-in and match day strategies ... See MoreSee Less

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