News

June 1st 2008

Promotions

Congratulations to Mr. John and Steven Lovett on their promotions to second Degree Blackbelt.

 

July 1st 2008

2008 Canada Day Demo at Castle Park

Pacific Rim held it's annual Canada Day demonstration at Castle Park. The demo consisted of: Patterns, sparring, self defense, board breaking and an amazing brick breaking demonstration

Thanks to all the students who took part in the Canada day Demo!

Congratulations to the following students ho were the recipients of the Pacific Rim scholarship:

Ms. Alex Vrzal
Mr. Clayton Sokolowski
Ms. Michelle Sokolowski

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June 20th 2008

Promotions

Congratulations on the following promotions

 

June 7th 2008

136th ITF International Instructor's Course

Pacific Rim Instructors took part in the 136th IIC in Oakville Ontario. The course was taught by the ITF Technical Committee, Masters Marano, Bos and Trajtenberg. Also present was ITF President Master Tran Trieu Quan who presented a class on " The Do" . We'd like to thank Master Tran and the ITF Technical Committee for a very informative weekend. We'd also like to thank Mr. Morningstar and the students of Morningstar Taekwon-do for their hospitality.

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April 29th 2008

Srigley Named North Shore's Youth Athlete Of The Year!

Congratulations to Mr. Dakota Srigley for his incredible results during the year. His standings earned him the title of the 2007 North Shore Athlete of the year!

 

April 29th 2008

Srigley Named North Shore's Youth Athlete Of The Year!

Congratulations to Mr. Dakota Srigley for his incredible results during the year. His standings earned him the title of the 2007 North Shore Athlete of the year!

 

 

December 4th to the 20th

Reminder that ALL classes for the Port Coquitlam Club have been relocated to Minnekhada Middle School . Minnekhada Middle School is located at 1390 Laurier Ave., Port Coquitlam.

 

November 16th 17th 2007

2007 CTFI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, Grande Prairie Alb.

Gold breaker

Coquitlam NOW

Published: Friday, November 23, 2007

Four members of the Pacific Rim Institute of Taekwon-do scooped up seven medals at the International Taekwon-do Federation's nationals in Grande Prairie, AB.

Chris Law set the tone with a standout performance, picking up a gold in men's power-breaking and a silver in 4th degree black belt patterns.

First degree black belt Dakota Srigley topped the competition in the junior men's lightweight sparring division, and grabbed silver in both power-breaking and black belt team patterns.

Jeff French, also a first degree black belt, was a jr. men's team winner, adding a silver medal in patterns. Soufian Azaz worked hard in the blue stripe pre-junior boys' division, netting a bronze for sparring.

 

October 6th 7th 2007
Pacific Rim hosts fourth annual President's Seminar

October 6th and 7th saw instructors from all over the lower mainland
participated in the fourth annual ITF President's Seminar. The seminar  was conducted by Master Tran Trieu Quan( ITF President and 8th Degree Blackbelt  and assisted by Mr. Maxime Bujold ( 2007 ITF World champion, 4th Degree Blackbelt) this event was hosted by Mr. Hal Lipscombe, 6th Degree Blackbelt and the students of  the Pacific Rim Institute of Taekwon-Do.

The seminar covered a combination of free sparring, self defense,  keys to building a successful club and "the Do" .

Mr. Kurt Ottessen, 6th Dan and CTFI director of Umpires was also present, giving a brief overview of coaching.

 We'd like to thank Master Tran, Mr.Bujold and Mr. Ottessen for taking time out of their busy schedules to share their experience and knowledge with all of the attendees.

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July 1st 2007

Canada Day!

Pacific Rim held it's annual Canada Day demonstration at Castle Park. The demo consisted of: Patterns, sparring, self defense, board breaking and an amazing brick breaking demonstration

Thanks to all the students who took part in the Canada day Demo!

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June 28th

Promotions!
Poco:                                          
Green Belt
Samantha Betts
Kevin Betts
BlueBelt
Sabina Bendall
Patrizia Bendall
Carman McDonald


3rd Degree Black Belt
Mr. Derek Licas
 

Pitt Meadows

Yellow Belt:
Aron Sunshine
Cameron Bakker
Sanj Toor
Ryan Lipscombe
Randolph Ocampo
Ivy Ocampo
Coltan Robinsmith

Green Belt
Laura Kwan

Blue Stripe
Ashley Jama
Albery Cheng
Sanjay Pickering
Rani Pickering

Blue Belt
Andrew Jones
Kassandra Jones

 

Congratulations!!!!

 

June 4th-6th

Ms. Vrzal scores Silver at 2007 ITF World Championships in Quebec City

Congratulations to Ms. Alex Vrzal who scored a silver medal in junior female 3rd Degree Black belt. Over 750 competitors from over 60 countries attended.

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May 26-28th

Pacific Rim Instructors attend ITF Coaching seminar

Mr. Lipscombe and Mr. Law attended a 2 day seminar in Quebec  on "Tournament Coaching and Elite Training" given by Master Lan, 8th Dan and coach for the German National Team. They learned many training strategies for both patterns and sparring which should help to increase the competitive level of our athletes. 

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May 26-28th

Pacific Rim Instructors attend ITF Coaching seminar

Mr. Lipscombe and Mr. Law attended a 2 day seminar on "Tournament Coaching and Elite Training" given by Master Lan, 8th Dan and coach for the German National Team. They learned many training strategies for both patterns and sparring which should help to increase the competitive level of our athletes. 

 

June 1st 2007

Pacific Rim Promotions

We'd like to congratulate Mr. Derek Licas on his Promotion to 3rd Degree Black belt. Mr. Licas was tested by Mr. Lipscombe

 

January 26th 2007

Pacific Rim Promotions

We'd like to congratulate Ms. Shane Henson and Mr. Jeffrey French on their promotions to 1st Degree Black belt!! The two were tested by Mr. Lipscombe and Mr. Lavoie.

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February 26th 2007

Pacific Rim Promotions

Poco:                                          

Yellow Stripe
Matthew Okuda
Jason Kaya
Berkcan Kaya

Yellow Belt
Kevin Betts

Green Stripe
Samantha Betts

Blue Stripe
Sabina Bendall
Patrizia Bendall

Red Stripe
Alex Neff
Bradley Smith
Erick Costigan

Red Belt
Austin Larson

1st Degree Black Belt
Ms. Shane Henson
Mr. Jeffrey French

Pitt Meadows

Yellow Stripe:
Aron Sunshine
Cameron Bakker
Sanj Toor
Samantha Oakes
Nicole Oakes
Ryan Lipscombe
Randolph Ocampo
Ivy Ocampo

Green Belt
Ashley Jama
Sanjay Pickering
Rani Pickering

Blue Stripe
Joseph Avila
Andrew Jones
Kassandra Jones

 

Congratulations!!!!

 

 
February 19th 2006

Pacific Rim Attends 23rd ITF International Instructors Course

The International Taekwon-Do Federation held its  23rd International Instructors course this weekend in Regina Saskatchewan.103 students were in attendance from Canada, United states, Netherlands and Ireland.  Taking part in this event were: Mr. Law, Mr. Lavoie, Ms. Vrzal, Mr. Licas and Mr. Sokolowski. The Course was taught by the ITF Technical Committee headed by Master Hectar Marano ( 8th Degree Blackbelt, Chairman of the Technical Committee), Master Pablo Tratjenberg( 8th Degree Blackbelt, Senior Vice President of the ITF and Master Wim Bos ( 8th Degree Blackbelt,ITF Treasurer) Also present was ITF president Master Tran Trieu Quan. 

We'd like to thank The ITF Technical Committee for sharing their knowledge and wisdom with the Pacific Rim students. We'd also like to thank Master Clint Norman for a seminar well run!.

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