Nationals Qualifier/Sparring Seminar/Collegiate Fight Off

Montana athletes are invited to compete at the 2013 Montana State USAT Championships to qualify for competition at this summer’s Junior and Senior Nationals in Chicago. This qualifying tournament will take place on March 23rd at Bonner School. This is a mandatory step for athletes competing in Chicago July 3rd-8th. Registration must occur online at usat.hangastar by March 15th to receive the Early Kick discount. There is NO day of event registration.

This qualifier is not a typical tournament. We must use the same divisions that are used at the national events where there are 3000+ competitors. This means at our event with around 50 competitors there will likely be very few contested qualifying spots. Most athletes will qualify without needing to fight. We will, however, arrange exhibition matches whenever possible. 

Following the qualifier…the Montana Taekwondo Association will host a Competition Clinic, also at Bonner for 2 hours. All MTA members are welcome to participate in the clinic. Master Rosbarsky, Master Miranti and Master Williams will run the clinic. The fee for the clinic is $25. Registrations are available at MTC.

Following the clinic… the first ever MTA Collegiate Team Fight-Offs will take place also at Bonner School. Current Collegiate athletes from the state of Montana who are MTA members and red or black belts may compete for a chance to earn 1 of 10 $300 scholarships to be used at National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships on April 13th and 14th in Colorado Springs, CO. The fee to participate in the fight off is $25 includes entrance into the preceding Competition Clinic.

You may call Mrs. Rosbarsky or visit montanataekwondo.org for further information.

from the desk of Mrs. Rosbarsky

MTC hosts USA-Taekwondo State Qualifier and Scrimmage with Electronic Hogu

On March 3rd on the U of M campus at Schreiber Gym we will host the Montana State USAT Qualifier for 2012 Nationals and Junior Olympics

The qualifier is for students who will be competing in the national competitions in Dallas Texas this summer.  The events included will be sparring, sport poomsae, breaking and demonstration.  Only athletes who are going to nationals need register for this event at hangastar.com

The Scrimmage and Seminar are an MTA event that all MTA members are encouraged to attend (become a member for $25 if you aren't already). The seminar will be taught by Master Rosbarsky and will feature the use of the Daedo electronic Hogu (purchase associated foot pads at truescore.com).  The seminar cost is $25 and can be paid at the door.

National Qualifier in Colorado

The birthday girl, Abbey, took first in Poomse.
AND took first in Sparring. Congrats Abbey. :)

Abbey is taking 4 gold medals home. Taylor won his division. Alan took third and Austin lost in quarters.

MTA Sparring Seminar

There were about 2 dozen competitors today that attended the MTA Sparring seminar and scrimmage held in Bonner Gym.

To see a slideshow of several Seminar pictures click here.

USAT Qualifier and Scrimmage

On May 17th we will host the Montana State USAT qualifier at Bonner Elementary. This will be the path for Montana athletes to earn a spot in the World Class Division at Junior Olympics and Senior Nationals this July. Registration for this event must be done online.

In conjunction with the Qualifier the MTA will also host a 4 hour sparring seminar and scrimmage. The entire cost for this great instruction and ring time is just $25. Applications for this portion of the event will be available on line on our website.

From the Desk of Mrs. Rosbarsky