Download the registration packet here:

http://image.aausports.org/sports/tw/PDF/2010/MNQualifier.pdf

Registrations Due April 30th

April 17, 2010.

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Location: Alexandria, MN – Jefferson High School.

Registration Form here…

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Complete Tourney Packet ( with Hotel Info )

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Events:
- Team Pattern
- Pattern
- Sparring
- Breaking

Added NEW -> Hotel_Information Arrowwood

PDF Map of Alex with Jefferson, Arrowwood, & ALex Gym Marked -2010_Alex_Map

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AAU National Championships will be held in Fort Lauderdale, FL.  To be eligible for Nationals, athletes must qualify through a state or regional sanctioned qualifier.  NWMA competes at the Minnesota State Championships.  Although NWMA does not require that you be a member of the Elite Team for State Championships, if the athlete wishes to continue on to Fort Lauderdale, they MUST be a member of the Elite Team.  Many NWMA Elite Team athletes will be in attendance competing for Gold!  This is the culminating event for the tournament season and what the athletes train hard for all year long.  The days are filled with anticipation, adrenaline, sweat, hometown cheering and comradeship.

Here is the schedule for 2010:

Monday June 28:
All 14 year old and older Black Belts
Weigh-in 8AM – 3PM

Tuesday June 29:
5-13 year old Color Belts
Weigh-in 10AM – 2PM
All 14 year old and older Black Belts
Olympic Sparring 9AM – 6PM

Wednesday June 30:
5-13 year old Poom Belts
Weigh-in 10AM – 2PM
5-13 year old Color Belts
Olympic Sparring 9AM – 7PM

Thursday June 31:
5-13 year old Poom Belts
Olympic Sparring 9AM – 6PM

Friday July 1:
All forms competitors 8AM – 6PM

*All Forms Competitors
Weigh-in Monday-Thursday 10AM – 2PM

Congrats to all those who tested for their black belt on Saturday, June 19th!

Ms. Alana Rodas – Sparring: 2nd place
Mr. Alex Luz – Sparring: 1st place
Mr. Dallas Wagemann – Sparring: 3rd place
Ms. Emily Meskan – Sparring 3rd place, Forms: 3rd place
Ms. Eryn Meskan – Sparring: 3rd place
Ms. Heather Olson - Sparring: 2nd place
Ms. Kayla Hovland – Sparring: 1st place, Forms: 1st place
Ms. Kristen Underdahl – Sparring: 2nd place
Ms. Sara Pearcy – Sparring: 3rd place
Mr. Steven Skuza – Sparring: 2nd place
Mr. Victor Atherton – Sparring: 1st place

Northwest Martial Arts is also proud to announce that two of their athletes received invitations to Team Trials for the AAU National Team this September. Way to go Mr. Dallas and Ms. Heather! Good Luck in September!

Download Tournament Info and Registration

For those that are traveling to the tournament and are looking for arrangements.  The Holiday Inn in Fargo has reserved a block of rooms for $89 a night.  Each room has 2 queen beds, if you are interested, you may call the hotel at 1-877-282-2700.  The hotel is located across the street from West Acres mall.

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Coaching application

Registration Form

Tournament Info

30th Year Celebration Tournament

Master Roy’s 30th Year of Taekwondo aniversary tournament will be held Saturday, October 17th, 2009 in Fargo, North Dakota. More details will be posted as they become available so check back often!

Tourny date set for April 25th. Tournament to be held in Hutchinson, MN. Contact your head instructor for more information about how to register for this tournament.

Spring Tournament Flyer

2009 Spring Tournament Packet

2009 Spring Tournament Registration Form

Advanced Black Belt Testing

Northwest Martial Arts congratulates the newest Master Instructor, Master Todd Malenke. We also would like to recognize the promotion of Mr. Jerry Olson to 3rd degree black belt and Mr. Nick Olson and Ms. Heather Olson to 2nd degree black belt. Congratulations you all had an excellent test!

In the sport of Taekwondo, practice pays off. Members of Roy Gilbertson’s Northwest Martial Arts gym know that first hand.

Seven of his students medaled last month at the AAU National Taekwondo Championships in Madison, Wis. Together, Gilbertson’s 10 students who range from ages 7-27 took home nine medals including three golds.

James Gilbertson, who recently passed his final tests to become a first-degree black belt, posted gold-medal finishes in both sparring and pattern events.

Kristin Underdahl, who started practicing Taekwondo in January, took gold in sparring and bronze in pattern.

Megan Menth and Maddi Brown each silvered in pattern and sparring, respectively.

Ryan Walsh, Nick Larson and Alex Luz each got a bronze medal in sparring.

The team’s showing wasn’t as good as Gilbertson’s squad two years ago, but he said he was impressed nonetheless.

“I thought everyone did well at the championships,” Roy Gilbertson said. “Everyone that medaled has only been competing at the national level for one year.

For their first year I’d say they’ve all gotten the jitters out of their systems” – Master Roy Gilbertson

“For their first year I’d say they’ve all gotten the jitters out of their systems.”

With a lack of tournaments in the gym’s area, most of the preparation for the national tournament was done in-house.

Members of the team put in three to four hours of training a night to get ready for the competition.

Roy Gilbertson said it is tougher for his students to get to the level of national competition due to the lack of tournaments, but also admitted his students are never deprived of practice time.

The accelerated training regimen made a difference in 22-year-old Underdahl’s performance.

“Like most people at the tournament, I thought I wasn’t that prepared, but we trained a lot and it definitely made a difference in my sparring,” Underdahl said. “It was overwhelming and fun at the same time.”

Twenty-six-year-old James Gilbertson, who spent seven years in the Air Force serving in Iraq from October 2002 to May 2003, said he was glad to finally put his training into action.

You can kick and kick and train and train, but once you’re out there on the mat it’s a different story” – Mr. James Gilbertson

“You can kick and kick and train and train, but once you’re out there on the mat it’s a different story,” James Gilbertson said. “It was exhilarating feeling to compete and the experience gained is always nice.”

That experience may come in handy during the next couple of months as he and other teammates prepare for the National AAU Taekwondon Team Trials.

“One of the reasons we compete at nationals is because it’s a gateway to the team trials and Olympics,” James Gilbertson said.

Roy Gilbertson said he hopes to help several of his students prepare for the trials.

All three have the ability and talent to do well, all they need is more experience” – Master Roy Gilbertson

“My goal is to have James, Dallas Waggaman and Austin LeNoue compete at the team trials,” he said. “All three have the ability and talent to do well, all they need is more experience.”

In the meantime, expect a busy offseason at the Northwest Martial Arts gym.

It would mean a lot to him to hear from us, so please send him some email to let him know we are thinking of him and proud of him and his fellow soldiers serving in the ND National Guard.

He can be reached at: packerbacker66@msn.com