As preparation for the Term 3 Sydney Grading continues this week, with only 2 weeks of Term 3 left, Master Rhee is already looking for students to nominate for ITFA Student of the Year for 2014. Each year, Master Rhee awards the categories Junior Male, Junior Female, Senior Student and Most Improved. As well as having a good Taekwon-Do knowledge base and performance ability, Master Rhee looks for students who apply the Tenets of Taekwon-Do outside the Dojang in their every day life.
Last year’s Junior Male Student of the Year, Jason Zhou, shared these thoughts on his Taekwon-Do career to date:
What’s you name?
Jason Zhou
Where are you from?
My dad is from China and my mum is from Korea and I was born here.
When did you start Taekwon-Do?
When I was 3 years old
What belt are you now?
3rd Kup, Red stripe (correct at time of writing this interview)
Where do you train?
In the hall of Randwick Public School
Why did you start Taekwon-Do?
When I was small I was hyperactive and my mum wanted to get rid of all my energy. She was Korean so she went and looked and found one ‘taekwondo’. As I grew up we switched to the real Taekwon-Do and here I am
What do you like about Teakwon-Do?
How strict and hard and fun it is
What has been your favourite moment in Taekwon-Do so far?
When I broke my first board
What award did you win in 2013?
I received the ITFA Junior Male Student of the Year
What was your reaction when you received the award?
Thankful, surprised and amazed!!!
What is your Taekwon-Do goal for 2014?
Get to 2nd Kup Red Belt with full marks in terminology
What would you say to someone interested in joining Taekwon-Do?
Tell them its really hard and they are strict but it is extremely fun
What do your friends think of you doing Taekwon-Do?
If I wasn’t like myself, scary. If I was myself, cool
Do you want to be an Instructor one day?
Yes because I want to give other people a chance, also another way to learn
When do you think you will get your Black Belt?
(Junior Black Belt) Maybe before 2018
