Dear Taekwondo practitioner,

It gives us great pleasure on behalf of Australian Taekwondo SA Division to invite all Australian Taekwondo practitioners to participate in the South Australian State Selections. The event will be held at the South Australian Sports Institute (“SASI”) gymnasium and serves as the qualifying selection event to enter the Australian National Championships.

The event aims to serve the Australian Taekwondo Community on many levels:

·        Create a prestigious and competitive event for younger players of all skill levels to build athlete interest and encourage personal development in Taekwondo.

·        Provide Open Black Belt competitors with the optimum competitive environment - encouraging athletes to maintain and improve the top tier standard.

·        To compete at the Australian National Championships all competitors must enter State Selections into the event they wish to enter – both colour and black belts. I.e. to enter Poomsae at Nationals you must enter Poomsae at State Selections and to enter Sparring at Nationals you must enter Sparring at State Selections. The exception is board breaking as no event will be help at State Selections.

·        Competitors entering National Championships having not registered for their respective State Selections event will have their entries withdrawn.

Youth divisions (8-11yrs) will use the Daedo Electronic Protector System and will require their own Daedo Sensor Socks prior to the event; Cadet and above divisions will use the KPNP Electronic Protector System and Sensor Socks will be available for purchase at the competition.

Senior Black Belt Divisions will be contested in Olympic Weight Divisions to align with National Championships.

Note that Head Kicks apply to Cadets Red Belt and above, and Junior/Senior Blue Belt and above.

We look forward to a positive and successful event.

Yours Sincerely

Ben Hock

Australian Taekwondo

SA Division Management Board

[email protected]

INFO PACK: http://austkdsa.com.au/2023_SA_StateSelections_InfoPackage.pdf