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Essay and thesis resource from ITFNZ Black Belts

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ITFNZ Techniques Syllabus, Constitution
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Essay Library

The ITFNZ Essay library contains a selection of the essays and theses  written by black belts since 1990 as a requirement for gradings. For more ideas on topics to choose from click here

 

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Club Administration

Managing the Books
- Barbara Inglis

Taekwon-Do Club Structure [Example of Letter for tax exception]
- Kris Herbison

What makes for a successful Taekwon-Do Club
- Gwyn Brown

Starting and running your own club
- George Konia

Demonstrations     

Performing Demonstrations
- Daniel Jackson

SIBUM The Knowledge and Advantages of the Taekwon-Do Demonstration
- Steve McQuillan

The Auckland Demonstration Team
- Amanda Insull


Gradings  

Are you ready for black???
- Glenis Gummer

Basic Hints for the White Belt Syllabus
- Arthur Atutahi

Fitness Test
- Evan Impson

How do Gradings Measure up?
- Christine Young

ITFNZ Grading Syllabus
- Neill Livingstone

Leaping the Hurdle - overcoming the transition from junior to senior
- Anna Hall

Marshalling - An essential skill required by all ITFNZ Black Belts
- Rebecca Doogan

Preparation for Black Belt Grading
- Suzzane Main

Tips for Grading Preparation
- Lousie Chan


General

Essay for 2nd Dan Black Belt
- Kelvin Lange

Junior's Growth
- Mark Trotter        

ITFNZ - Past, Present And Future
- Peter Graham

Improving ITFNZ for Juniors in Taekwon-Do
- Mark Trotter

Japan International Taekwon-Do Federation - the history, management and training style
- Kosuke Yamamoto

My Personal Journey with Martial Arts
- John Matsuoka

Memories of Taekwon-Do
- Hong Looi

Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu and beginning Taekwon-Do as a black belt
- Devon Pittman

On Taekwon-Do in New Zealand and Community Service
- Ben Wylie-van Eerd

Ramblings of an instructor
- Kyle Flood

Sexual Harassment Policy
- Luke Thompson

The Laughing Polcieman
- Shaun Skedwell

Taekwon-Do as a stress relief, coping strategy
- Rodney Thistoll

Taekwon Do, Me and the Thrill of a Challenge
- Nikki Galpin

The Pressures of Taekwon-Do
- Ross Campbell

Why People Join Taekwon-Do
- Toni Moki

Without order there is only chaos
- Duncan Head.

Health & Fitness     

A Different View on Health and Performance for the TKD Practitioner
- Cameron Snelling

Conditioning and Strength Training
- Ross Campbell

Dehydration in Taekwon-Do
- Grant Evans

Exercise Without Injury
- Graeme Insull

Meditation for the Martial Artists
- Stephen Pallant

Nothing Can be Compared to Good Health
- Ian Campbell

Pain
- Grant Evans

Stretch-Shorten Cycle
- Russell Stuart

Taekwon-Do as a stress relief, coping strategy
- Rodney Thistol

Yoga, flexibility and Taekwon-Do
- Cameron Snelling


History/Theory 

Admiral Yi Soon-Sin
- Alisdair Hamblyn

A Plain English explanation of the ITF Student Oath (with help from Calvin and Hobbes
- Grant Eccles

History of Mt Albert Taekwon-Do 1998 - 2001
- Francis Fong

History of Southern Clubs
- Kris Herbison

Korean Culture, An Overview
- Mahesh Bhana

Reaction Force
- Matthew Bates

Taekwon-Do in Literature
- Haydn Cain

The Korean Language
- Andrew Niven

Translation of the Chang Hon pattern set into Taekwon-Do terminology in Korean, including an  English-Korean/Korean-English Taekwon-Do dictionary
- Mark Banicevich

The History and Development of Taekwon-Do
- Krishna Reddy

The Theory of Power
- John Hare

What the heck is Neo-Confucianism?
- Sean Maguire


Instructing

Are we protected?
- Lena Walton

Childrens' Motivation and Reward Programme
- Brett Kraiger

Competency and Learning in Taekwon-Do
- Brett Kraiger

Games your students will enjoy
- Peter Chapman

Instructing a Class
- James Rimmer

ITFNZ Techniques Handbook Expanded
- George Konia

My Experience with Children and Taekwon-Do
- Rose Cherrington

Report on How Instructors Approach New Members
- Gwyn Brown

Role Taekwon-Do Plays in Young Learners
- Peter Laio

So You Want To Start A Club
- Peter Graham

Significance of Social Interactions Among Club Members
- Lawrence Mantjika

Teaching Terminology - an Integrated Approach
- Shirley Pygott

Teaching the art of Self Defence
- Ryan van Heerden

The Bond between Instructor and Student
- Richard Iotua

Tips for Taekwon -Do Training and instruction 
- Terry Woods

Thoughts on Teaching Patterns
- Royston Lim

Training Children
- Arthur Atutahi

Understanding the ideals of being a better Teacher (Juniors)
- Andrew Niven

Ways to make training more fun
- Ian Walton

What Makes A Good Instructor
- Haydn Cain

What makes for a successful Taekwon-Do Club?
- Gwyn Brown


Marketing & Sponsorship

Advertising Design and Taekwon-Do [excerpt only]
- James Buchan

How to create a massive Taekwon-Do School
- Hayden Breese

How to Raise Money for Taekwon-Do through Sponsorship
- Carl Matthews

Marketing your Taekwon-Do Club
- David Ballard

Maintaining a WebSite
- Gray Patterson

Participation Motivation in ITFNZ Taekwon-Do
- Hayden Breese

Retention of Taekwon-Do Students
- Craig Evans

So, you want some money for your Taekwon-Do club
- David Lo


Motivational

A guide to getting from white to black
- Hayden Breese

Mature Student's Journey in TKD
Florinda Petterson

Females in Taekwon-Do
- Kirsten Lingstone

From one Black Belt to Another
- Murray Smith

How did Taekwon-Do influence your life
- Marlene Lee

Mind Power In Taekwon-Do Training.
- Ms Christine Young

My Pregnancy and Taekwon-Do
- Kirsten Livingstone

My Story so far
- Wayne Ebert

My Taekwon-Do Career - by Max Hana
- Beryl Pimblott

Success and Taekwon-Do
- Vince Pygott

Taekwon-Do as a "Way of Life" during the formative years
- Anthea Markstein

Taekwon-Do Under Fire
- Ali Gul Ali

The Mountains we Climb [Some of the slides used from a Powerpoint Presentation]
- Kane Raukura

The Psychology of Success
- Sean Carver


Organising Events

Organising an ITFNZ Taekwon-Do Tournament
- Mark Banicevich

Organising your first Seminar
- Nathan McKendrick

ITFNZ Camp Toolkit
- Melina Wilcox


Philosophy

An Artistic Interpretation of the Patterns
- Matthew Breen

Children - Attitudes and their life
- By Helen Kettings

"Do" in Taekwon-Do
- Rene Kunz

I shall Build a More Peaceful World
- Dave Ballard

Loyalty Those testing for 4th and 5th dan in February 2007 were asked to write on the subject of loyality. These are their essays.
- Dave Ballard, Lawrence Mantjika, Ian Campbell, Shaun Tolley, Hayden Breese, Cameron Snelling, Mark Trotter and Gwyn Brown.

Philosophy and Principles of 3 Martial Arts
- Suzanne Main

Societies View of a Martial Artist - A Personnel Approach
- By Rodney Thistoll

The Juche idea
- Beryl Pimblott

Juche & Ko-Dang - A brief History
- Helen Miller

The Five Tenets - the soul of Taekwon-Do
- Bob Markstein

Taekwon-Do : Sport, Art, Science or Philosophy?

The Importance of Respect in Taekwon-Do
- Jeremy Hanna

Sport or Martial Art
- Christine Young

Sport vs Art
- Toni Moki

The way
- By Neil Kettings


Self Defence

Dallyon: Conditioning for Self Defence
- Richard Lavin

A Guide to the ITFNZ Self Defence Syllabus
- Chris Fitzgerald

Effective Self Defence
- Graeme Insull

Taekwon-Do and the Law of New Zealand
- Mark Banicevich

Taekwon-Do Patterns and Sparring as a Form of Self-Defence
By Mark Hanna II Dan

Taekwon-Do Self Defence and the Law
- Graeme Flemming

What Self Defence in the club doesn't teach you
- Kane Raukura

Techniques

A Discussion of Commonly Misunderstood and Misused Terminology
- Matthew Breen

Biomechanics To Improve Taekwon-Do Technique
- Danny Ward

Do You Want To Know A Secret?
- Gary Campbell

Jumping Kicks
- Daniel Russell

Kinematics and kinetics of the Taekwon-Do turning kick
- Jake Pearson

Side kick Thesis
- Ian Campbell

Strategies of Attack and Defence
- Lawrence Mantijika

Students Guide to Sinewave
- Shaun Tolley

Taekwon-Do Breaking
- Mike Horsfall

The Power of One
- Greg Dyson


Tournaments

Beginner's guide to tournaments
- Darren Andrews

Competition Power Breaking
- Rene Kunz

Compento del Mundo
- Ry Goldsmith

Guide for Umpires
- Darren Ward

How to Coach a Winning Team
- Grant Eccles

My Experience of the National Tournament 2003 in Dunedin
- Jonathon Ormsby

My Growing Concern
- Dan Jackson

My thoughts on the World Champs
- Lawrence Mantjika

Patterns for Tournaments
- Thu Thach

Psychological Skills Training for Taekwon-Do Competition 
- Jake Pearson

Success of International Competition
- Darren Ward

Tips for the Novice Coach
- Duncan Head

Tournament Sparring
- Shane Eade

Tournament Sparring for the Beginner
- Shaun Tolley

Tournament Sparring Profiles
- Chris Fitzgerald

Training for an ITF World Champs and what to expect
- Mark Trotter

Training for an Overseas Event
- Gemma Walton

Why some Countries did better at World Champs
- Daniel Kerr


Training

Basic Foot Destructions
- Jeanette Joe

Balancing to Perfection
- Gwyn Brown

Circle of Composition of Taekwon-Do
- Matthew Allan

Plyometrics
- Michael Muleta

The Physiological Effects of High Altitude on the Human Body
- Grant Eccles

The not so secret training methods of John Matsuoka
- John Matsuoka

Training For Your Black Belt - Student Guide
- Mahesh Bhana

Training Methods for Improved Jumping Performance in Taekwon-Do
- Cameron Snelling

Umpires Sparring Manual
- Bruce Harrison

Warming Up And Warming Down
- Shau Lai

 

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