2024 Kukkiwon New Zealand Cup

WELCOME

I would like to invite you all to the second Kukkiwon Cup for Taekwondo New Zealand. I am committed to holding tournaments, events and seminars to encourage our sport to grow. The only circumstance stopping this tournament proceeding will be the New Zealand Government instigating a CoVID-19 related lockdown.

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the 2024 NZ Kukkiwon Cup. This tournament is open to all martial artists, coaches and officials. All players and coaches should be knowledgable of the WT Kyorugi and Poomsae Competition rules. Please refer to:

http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/rules-wt/rules.html

OPEN TOURNAMENT

This event is to be considered an “open” event. I would like to extend an invitation to all taekwondo practitioners, from within New Zealand and Internationally, to attend this tournament. The entry process is via submission of a team spreadsheet.

POOMSAE & KYORUGI REFEREES, PLAYERS AND COACHES SEMINAR

Taekwondo New Zealand Referees and Coaches Rules seminars, hosted by Taekwondo New Zealand, will be taking place on the 16th August, at 26 Alach Street, Greerton, Tauranga. Please email gms@newzealandtaekwondo.co.nz to book a place at the seminar. Cost - $50.

LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF COMPETITORS

The tournament entries will be limited to 400 in number. 100 maximum Poomsae and 300 maximum Kyorugi. First come first served.

POOMSAE COMPETITORS

The Poomsae required for each competition division is outlined within this package. Yours in Taekwondo,

Grandmaster Jin Keun OH

PRESIDENT
TAEKWONDO NEW ZEALAND

Note: Please see the links below to download the entry information pack and the team entry forms.

Dear Master, Instructors, Coaches and Members,

We are pleased to announce the Hyeon Mu Open is back for 2024.

We have some changes (again!).
This year's changes are around the tournament format, especially around the Poomsae.

All of this is explained in the attached info pack, so please make sure you read it!
The plan is to have more mat time for your Poomsae players and not spread the officials too thin across both Poomsae and Kyorugi.

If the last couple of years is anything to go by, we expect a huge turnout again with some awesome competition.

As with every tournament, help from clubs to assist with judging and refereeing is hugely appreciated for an efficient day.

We will be following the same processes we introduced last year and will be applying what we learned to this year.
As per last year:

• All individual entries will be completed electronically (link in entry pack) - please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any issues with how to complete these.
  

• To reduce our carbon footprint - All tournament draws will be made available electronically. 
  

• To reduce our carbon footprint - Poomsae will be scored electronically and scores will be displayed on all rings (as long as we don't have technical issues).
  Poomsae Judges please reach out to me!

We will have the best performing club award again which will be calculated as follows:

Each medal will be awarded a certain number of points, the total will be added and then divided by the number of entries from your club.
This is to have a weighted average which allows smaller clubs to be able to compete against the bigger clubs!
Best performing club means best performing overall.
To be eligible you must have entries across both Poomsae and Kyorugi, with a minimum of 12 entries.
Details for the best performing Kyorugi and Poomsae clubs to come on Facebook

Please feel free to forward this onto anyone that would be interested in competing.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. 

We look forward to seeing you in August.

Thank you

Anthony Chan

Hyeon Mu Taekwondo

TUNZ North Island Open

For more information please keep an eye on the TUNZ website (Click here). Information pack coming out soon.

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here)

TUNZ South Island Open

For all the details keep an eye on the TUNZ website (click here), Info pack coming soon….

Wellington

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here)

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here)