...about our world class instructors, students and programs for everyone!
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Grand Finalists on Australia's Got Talent
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Congratulations Smoken Joe for winning the fantastic $250,000 Prize! All Grand Finalists were amazing contestants and we felt privileged and honoured to be one of 8 Grand Finalists from a pool of 3,000 Australians who auditioned for Australia's Got Talent.
Hall's Taekwondo Demo Team Xtreme thanks everyone for their support and votes during finals and heats.
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Thank you for Voting for Halls
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Hall's Taekwondo Demo Team Xtreme performed well in the Semi Finals of Australia's Got Talent and made it to the Grand Finals, 24 June due to your votes. Thank you for voting! You fuelled our Team to challenge themselves to step up each performance.
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See FOOTAGE of all 4 television performances
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Getting Started 'right now' is easy with our Intro Program
Hall's Taekwondo Intro Program for children & adults of all ages and all levels makes 'getting started' easy.
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Timetables - Term 3
It's Fitness with Meaning every day at Hall's Taekwondo. Latest timetables lined up ready for you to download.
Link to print out your copies
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Hall's Calendar of Events
Keeping momentum and moving forward.
Link to Calendar - we were open as usual during all school holidays
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Students well prepared for June Grading
Just like Tiffiny Hall, students and Instructors worked hard, preparing for Hall's Taekwondo June Grading at State Netball Hockey Centre, Parkville. GRADING PHOTOS are available to download.
Gladiator Fans see Angel clips
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Hall’s Sunshine officially opened 17 May
Martin Hall and Leanne Whiteroad, proud owner operators of Hall's Taekwondo Sunshine welcomed the Mayor, Demonstration Teams - Xtreme and Shadow Teams, the broader Hall's Taekwondo community, special guests and friends to the new Hall's Taekwondo Sunshine full-time Centre Opening.
Congratulations Sunshine on a fine event and welcome aboard!
Quick pic overview - more to come
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2008 Australian Olympic Taekwondo Team for Beijing announced ...
Congratulations Ryan Carneli (Mens -58kg), Burak Hasan (Mens -68kg), Tina Morgan (Womens -67kg), Carmen Marton (Womens 67+kg) who will represent Australian Taekwondo in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Ryan said, from Canberra on 14 May announcement that he was relieved the selection process was over and that he can now focus on winning at the Olympics. We wish you all every success! Congratulations also to their Coach, Daniel Trenton for qualifying a full Australian Team.
See footage of announcement
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Juniors shine at Victorians and World Selections in April
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21 medals at the Victorian Championships and 5 medals at the Australian Selections for Junior World Championships in Turkey in May 08. Special congratulations to Mohammed Abdallah and Courtney Sinclair who earnt a place on the Australian Team.
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Ryan Carneli wins Gold at German Open 9 March
Congratulations! Newsflash from our Head Coach, Warren Hansen who was working with the Australian Team in Europe, RYAN CARNELI from Hall's Taekwondo beat the European Champion (male -58kg) and battled 6 contests to win Gold! TINA MORGAN (female -67kg) also won Gold and SAFWAN KHALIL won Bronze (male -58kg). Best wishes as you work towards Olympic selections.
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Thank you for joining us on Open Day
Energy ... Fun ... Self Confidence ... Bravery ... just some of what you saw ... at Open Day. And we have lots to share with brand new Hall's Taekwondo Sunshine now open for Intros, the announcement of Tiffiny Hall as a Gladiator with Channel 7, special new programs for adults and pre-schoolers doing well at all Hall's Taekwondo Centres and of course the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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3 Gold Medals at Oceania Olympic qualifiers
Congratulations Australian athletes Ryan Carneli from Hall's Taekwondo, Amy Ash and Tina Morgan who have maintained focus and won GOLD MEDALS in the WTF Oceania Qualification Tournament, Noumea, New Caledonia, 1st December. Ryan, Amy and Tina have qualified their weight divisions for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They join Burak Hasan who qualified his Olympic position in Manchester.
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Congratulations to Award winning students and staff for presentations at the Royal Melbourne Show 20-30 Sept
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Thank you and congratulations to everyone associated with Award Winning performances at the Royal Melbourne Show. Your integrity, quality, and stamina excited and thrilled audiences in the Sport and Leisure Pavilion. You introduced thousands of children and adults to Hall's Taekwondo Fitness with Meaning. Ahead of mainstream sports you surprised and delighted us with another Best in Pavilion Award!
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Hall’s Taekwondo wins record 131 medals at 2007 National Championships
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..continuing to lead Australia with more medals than any other Taekwondo school! Congratulations to our 72 competitors who brought home 131 medals; 50 Golds, 54 Silvers, 27 Bronzes from the National Championships in Adelaide, South Australia 20-23 September.
See Results and PHOTOS
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Towards Beijing Ryan Carneli and Katrina Iacobucci go to Manchester qualifiers
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Congratulations Ryan Carneli and Katrina Iacobucci, students from Hall's Taekwondo who have trained from white belt (Ryan more than 16 years, Katrina more than 7 years) and beyond black belt on their path to the Beijing Olympics....
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Record 250 Students graded for their Black Belt and Beyond in June 2007
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The highlight of Hall's Taekwondo June Grading at State Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne was having more than 250 students go for Black Belt and Pum and Dan Gradings on one occasion.
We are proud that our programs excite and encourage our students to continue practising and striving for higher excellence to Black Belt and Beyond.
Many distinctions were well deserved from white belt to black belt, all ages.
Click here to read more and link to group photos including Black Belt GRADUATION photos.
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9th World Taekwondo Festival, Malaysia, 28 June–2 July
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2 Golds and 7 Bronzes for Hall's Taekwondo Team attending the 9th World Taekwondo Festival for competition and cultural experience. CONGRATULATIONS!!
Gold Medals won by Daniel Marinac and Yvette Wilson... Daniel had 3 fantastic fights beating Uganda, Korea and Korea again in the finals for the Gold! Bronze Medals won by Tulin Ates, Jiyan Mimtas, Monica Ascenzo, Liana Calandra, Kieran O'Meara, Jessica Dullard, Crystal Naismith. Pelin Ates, Krystal Gayton, Anthony Tana, Andrew Mantarro, Kris Muscat, Jeremy Attard were unplaced.
Congratulations to this young team being coached and developed by Warren Hansen, assisted in Malaysia by Robert Dullard, Kieran O'Meara and accompanying parents. Wonderful experience and encouraging results!
Link to some cool You Tube World Taekwondo Festival footage.
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Taekwondo BOOTCAMP rocks!
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Challenge #3 commences Sat 28 July at 0600 hours for pre-fitness testing and program outline by our highly motivated camp leaders. First session at base camp Hall's Taekwondo Tullamarine.
BootCamp has been overwhelmingly successful with group motivation earning individuals amazing results. During our 5 Week Challenge #2 the group, as a whole lost 82kg and gained lots in strength, flexibility, endurance and excitement.
Link to Bootcamp Slideshow and see how it rocks
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Gaining confidence at Victorian 07 Winter Championships
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Just over 60 Junior and Senior competitors at the State Championships in May won 52 medals gaining confidence among a highly competitive field.
Congratulations as you enjoy the challenge of competition!
Read more and enjoy SLIDESHOW
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Great success at Victorian 07 Winter Poomsae Comp
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A total of 69 Medals were won by Hall's at the State Winter Poomsae technical competition : 54 Junior Medals and 15 Senior Medals. This is a clear indication of the growing popularity of Poomsae competition.
Congratulations to all competitors and coaches on their success!
Click here for more including SLIDESHOW
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Hall's Taekwondo appears on ABC Inside Business
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The Australian Broadcasting Commission television program Inside Business featured Hall's Taekwondo 20 May, 2007.
"... MARTIN HALL: I've met a lot of successful businesspeople who are really, really unhappy and all they do is drive their business for financial gain. I prefer to think that what I do and hopefully the way we run our club is just a mission, a mission of trying to inspire people to be better than what they are, and I think that goes past business ... "
See more ABC transcript and VIDEO
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Demo Team Xtreme expanding
Demonstrations by expanding Demo Team Xtreme are being showcased around Victoria.
Teams have been building their confidence, exciting audiences and sharing their focus, enthusiasm and love for Taekwondo. Demonstrations and workshops are being taken to schools, festivals and work places. One demonstration highlight was at the end of school holidays when 100s joined Hall's Taekwondo Demo Team Xtreme Centre Stage Highpoint followed by an excursion to a special screening of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Movie! Our theatre was packed out with students and guests complete with TMNT masks.
Expanding Demo Team at Victorians latest photos
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New Photos of Demo Team Xtreme in action
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Hall's Taekwondo Demo Team Xtreme began the year with demonstrations at Victorian Taekwondo Championships at State Netball Hockey Centre Melbourne, school fetes, festivals and Relay for Life supporting the fight against cancer. Instructors and students from Hall's Taekwondo have enjoyed taking Taekwondo, the finest martial art, to the wider general public demonstrating that Hall's Taekwondo is for everyone!
See photos of Hall's Taekwondo Demo Team Xtreme in action
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Senior Victorian Championship 17 March Results
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26 contestants from Hall's Taekwondo won 23 medals: 10 Golds, 9 Silvers, 4 Bronzes. CONGRATULATIONS!
We also put on a demonstration with more than 52 Hall's Taekwondo black belt students...
More info and PHOTOS
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Junior Victorian Championships 10 March Results
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25 contestants from Hall's Taekwondo won 23 medals: 13 Golds, 8 Silvers, 2 Bronze. CONGRATULATIONS!
Although the results were outstanding, medals do not always reflect peoples efforts. Coaches remember their athletes performances based on their determination, attitude and personal improvement...
Read more: results, demo & slideshow
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Kicking with Impact at Australian summer festivals
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Hall's Taekwondo Demo Team Xtreme entertained 1000's of people all day at the Moonee Valley Festival in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne Sun 25 Feb. Audiences were excited with demonstrations of self defence, board breaking, poomsae and sparring. There were free clinics for children and adults. Xtreme thanks to our world class Demonstration Team for an outstanding effort of skill, endurance and fitness.
Until 2007 Festival photos are uploaded see previous Moonee Valley photos
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Congratulations...4 Hall's TKD athletes made the Australian Team for World Championships Beijing
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...and 5 made the Olympic Shadow Team!
Four Hall's Taekwondo members will represent Australia at the WTF World Taekwondo Championships (18th Mens & 11th Womens) in Beijing, May 18-22 this year.
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Congratulations to KYLIE TREADWELL, LISA CARNELI, RYAN CARNELI, KATRINA IACOBUCCI who won Gold medals at the Australian Team Selections in N.S.W. Sunday 4th February. More than 130 athletes were vying for the 8 womens and 8 mens Australian Team weight divisions. It is a great honour for our hard working athletes to have won selection.
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Australians short listed for 2008 Beijing Olympics
Silver Medallists from the competition join the Gold Medallists to make up the Australian Shadow Team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Congratulations FRANK FICHERA from Hall's Taekwondo who won a Silver Medal and made the Shadow Olympic Team. It is from this Shadow team that our 2008 Olympic Team will be chosen.
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DEMO TEAM XTREME at NAS Championships 9 Dec
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Screened on FOXSPORT 13 Feb 07 at 8:30pm
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Hall's Taekwondo Demo Team Xtreme showcased Taekwondo in Melbourne, for Australia in an excellent light among various martial art styles invited to perform at the finals of the National All Styles (NAS) Championships at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Sat 9 Dec.
The demos from the different martial arts styles offered the audience variety and excitement. Our Demo Team Xtreme's point of difference was being 16 members strong, faultless board breaking, self defence and fast dynamic synchronised technical ability.
Congratulations and special thanks to Team members: Luke and Eric Atkins, Tyler and Britt Stephenson, Peter and Katerina Whitefield, Vera Cobani, Sally Beard, Nathan Tarrant, Brad Attard (Trent Hanlon understudy), Melissa Tarquinio, Tiffiny Hall, Stephanie White, Andrew Dritsakos, Krystal Gayton and Sophia Walker.
Click to see PHOTOS
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WE TOOK TAEKWONDO TO THE ROYAL MELBOURNE SHOW
Hall's Taekwondo, an awesome fitness choice, building confidence, motivating and teaching life skills on the path to black belt was welcomed at the ROYAL MELBOURNE SHOW, 21st September - 1st October 2006.
Labelled "The Best of the Best", Hall's Taekwondo was proud to be involved and reached many of the 700,000 visitors over the 11 day period. We didn't just put up booths. We created experiences!
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AND WON 2 GREAT AWARDS!
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*Most Outstanding Customer Service Award at the Show
Jeanette Hall and her Team were blown away with their two special presentations at the Exhibitor 'Best of Show' Awards evening at the 2006 Royal Melbourne Show on Tuesday 26 September.
See PHOTOS from the Show
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Congratulations to the hard working Hall's Taekwondo group for winning the prestigious Most Outstanding Customer Service Award ahead of every other exhibitor in every other category at the Royal Melbourne Show. As quoted in the 2006 Commercial Exhibitor Awards guide: " Why they won: Fantastic customer service from highly motivated exhibitors with highly charged Taekwondo demonstrations."
Hall's Taekwondo did not know they were being judged on Customer Service. Everyone was simply doing their work as they always do at their Centres. Our presentation, enthusiasm, delivery and interaction with the general public was noticed and rewarded.
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*Best Commercial Display - Indoor Pavilion: Sports & Leisure
Performing up to 20 demonstrations and 20 Taekwondo Clinics per 12 hour day for 11 days straight, in a replica Hall's Taekwondo Training Centre - with balloons - was acknowledged as the Best of the Best winning 1st Place Best Commercial Display Sports & Leisure. As quoted in the 2006 Commercial Exhibitors Awards Guide: "Why they won: Terrific demonstrations and information provided by very friendly staff."
Congratulations to the many staff who worked at the Show. Very special thanks go to Nathan Tarrant, Luke Atkins, Trent Hanlon, Tyler Stephenson, Peter Whitefield, Sally Beard, Britt Stephenson, Katerina Whitefield, Tiffiny Hall, Melissa Tarquinio, Eric Atkins, Zoran Bugarski, who were Jeanette's main support team at this event.
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