Mu Yeh Taekwondo / News

June
Hi everyone. Congrulations to everyone for their efforts at the Grading. Well done!
A special thanks to Master Chris Pennington and East Coast TKD for having us at their club
for a special tournament training session. We all had a great time! (see photo gallery)
Good luck to Anthea, Aaron, Zac, James, Andrew, Cassie, Griffin, and Hayden at the upcoming
MAS tournament!

May
Hi everyone. Good luck to everyone for the Grading this week!
Coming up, we have our special tournament training session with our friends at East Coast
Taekwondo. Also, good luck to everyone who is entering the MAS Open in June (see Coming
Events page).
Our 10 year anniversary dinner is coming up in June!! See Steve for more information.

April
Hi everyone. We all had a great time at our social camp (see the photo gallery). There was
around 40 people for a excellent weekend by the river at Turon Gates.
Congratulations to everyone for their efforts at the NSW Autumn Open. James, Cassie, and
Hayden received Gold and Christopher, Zac, Griffin and Ebony received Silver. Thanks also to
Michelle for helping out on the day. Well done all!
Well done to everyone who participated in the demo at the Wallerawand School 150th year
anniversary celebration. A great effort by all!
I've put a number of new photos on the website, so check it out!!
Good luck also to everyone for the Grading in May.

March
Hi everyone. We're well into another huge year for the club. Thankyou for everyone that
assisted in the Bathurst fundraiser. Great work! Our Club social camp is coming up (13/14th).
Look forward to seeing you all there! Also, good luck to Christopher, Zac, James, Cassie,
Griffin, Hayden and Ebony for the NSW Autumn Open!

January
Hi everyone. Welcome back again for another big year for Mu Yeh Taekwondo (see Head
Instructor's Message below).Congratulations to all the major awards recipients for 2009 (see
Club Awards page), especially to Anthea McGarrigle for receiving the Instructors 'Spirit Of
Taekwondo' Award for 2009. Well done everyone! Keep an eye out for the presentation story
in the Lithgow Mercury in mid January.
Training will restart on Monday 25th of January. The Black/ Red belt meeting is on Thursday
the 21st of January.

2010 Head Instructor's Message
Welcome back everyone for what promises to be yet another big year for Mu Yeh Taekwondo.
I hope that everyone had an enjoyable, safe and merry Christmas and new year.
With student numbers consistently growing we all need to ensure that everyone has every
chance to reach their goals. No matter what rank any of us are there is always someone who
can benefit from our assistance. It is important for all of us to set our own personal goals for
what we want to achieve for the year ahead. Remember, anything is possible if you set your
mind to it. A little bit of determination and belief in ourselves and who knows what we are
capable of. I'm sure that most of you are now achieving feats that before, you never thought
was possible.
As for those interested in competition in 2010, good luck to all competitors. Remember, all that
matters is that we do the best we can, strive to better ourselves. The greatest opponent and
challenge you will ever face in life will always be yourself.
Our first Grading for the year is already confirmed for May. I look forward to seeing everyone
step up to their next level. You all can do it! Believe in yourself! It's there for the taking, so
come on and take it!
Remember, all the latest news and upcoming events are first seen on this website, plus there
is new information continually added throughout the year. I'm looking forward to seeing
everyone back at training for 2010. Get ready for another eventful year, most of all, enjoy
yourselves, because that eventful year is now upon us.

Steve Ashbridge

Sports Injury Report
In July 2003 a Sports Injury Report commissioned by Medibank Private, from independant
research showed that sports injuries are costing Australians 1.5 billion dollars annually. The
interesting thing for our benefit is as to how much lower martial arts rates as an injury prone
sport compared to many others. The report listed the 10 most injury prone sports where a
participant required medical treatment at either an emergency department or the local sports
clinic. They are as follows;
1. Australian Rules Football 21.6%
2. Cycling 10.0%
3. Soccer 8.0%
4. Rugby Union / League 7.8%
5. Cricket 7.3%
6. Basketball 6.9%
7. Netball 6.6%
8. Hockey 2.6%
9. Martial Arts 1.9%
10. Dancing 1.9%