Registration and Tournament Packet Online

The packet for the 2010 MuSool Florida Taekwondo Games is available at www.musool.org. You can also register for the tournament at the site as well. If you have any questions or need assistance please contact Master Shelby Creech at 386.322.0508 or creech@musool.org.

MuSool Students to Compete at Upcoming State Championships

Several MuSool Black Belts and one Deputy Black Belt will be competing in the Florida State AAU Taekwondo Championships on Saturday, April 24th. Jason Midyette, Gus Ben-Hamo, and Bo Godawa will be competing in the Black Belt Divisions. Isabelle Kiester will fight in the Advance Division. All the players must place in the top 8 to be invited to the US Nationals. If the Black Belts place on the national level they will be invited to try out for the AAU National Team.

MuSool Black Belt and U-24 National Team Set to Fight at Spanish Open

MuSool Black Belt Jackie Lauricella won a spot on the U24 National Team last September. She left on April 20th with that team to compete at the Spanish Open. Below is the story put out by the USAT, the national govering body for taekwondo in the USA.

The U-24 National Team will compete at the 2010 Spanish Open in Alicante, Spain, on April 24. The 15-member team will be lead by National Team coaches Juan Moreno, Jean Lopez, Jason Poos and Robert Fausett.

The team consists of men's finweight Jarred McKee (Aiea, Hawaii), men's bantamweight Mario Harris (Las Vegas, Nev.), men's featherweight Terrence Jennings (Alexandria, Va.), men's lightweight Trevor Neville (Edmond, Okla.), men's welterweight Luke Ford (Miami, Fla.), men's middleweight Salar Faiazi (Oklahoma City, Okla.), men's heavyweight Stephen Lambdin (Colleyville, Texas), women's finweight Kelsey Kitagawa (San Mateo, Calif.), women's flyweight Kelly Chu (Plano, Texas), women's bantamweight Aziza Chambers (Springfield, Ohio), women's featherweight Jacquelyn Lauricella (Daytona Beach, Fla.), women's lightweight Jennifer Daye (Edmond, Okla.), women's welterweight Paige McPherson (Sturgis, S.D.), women's middleweight Ally Creel (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and women's heavyweight Amanda Nissen (Carrollton, Texas).

Several members of the U-24 National Team will be writing blogs during their trip to Spain and you can follow along with the athletes' experiences HERE.

MuSool Academy will Host Color Belt Testing in May

MuSool Academy will be holding a color belt testing and promotion on May 15th for MuSool Hapkido and Taekwondo at 10am. Students that wish to test need to obtain their testing requirements from their instructor. The MuSool Instructors will be handing out permission forms in mid-March for the testing. Testing cost are $55.00 for low belt testing and $65.00 for high belts.

The Summer Camp that Really KICKS!

Get a KICK Out of Your Summer Break
At MuSool Academy’s Summer Camp

Session 1: June 9th to July 2nd - $89.00 a week
Session 2: July 5th to July 30th - $89.00 a week

Camp includes:
Two martial arts Classes per day
Fun field trips
Arts and crafts
Life skills lessons

Space is limited so register now. Contact Shelby Creech via email at creech@musool.org.

MuSool Academy
5889 S. Williamson Blvd Unit
Unit 1313
Port Orange, FL 32128
386.322.0508
www.musool.org

Women's Self-Defense Workout Class to be Offered in May

MuSool Black Belt and National Team Member will be offering a Women's Only Self-Defense and Workout Class. The class will meet on Monday and Wednesday's at 7pm and will only cost $75.00 per month. No experience needed and all fitness levels are welcome. If you would like to pre-register please contact Jackie Lauricella at 386.566.8866 or lauricella@musool.org.

MuSool Academy is Having a Great Spring Break Camp

MuSool Academy is in the middle of its Spring Break Camp this week. Several students from the MuSool After School Program as well as new students ages 5 to 12 have joined the program. The students take part in crafts, field trips, games and martial arts classes.

The students in the program are: Grant Avant, Marina Avant, Daniel Bon Fleur, Bailey Creech, Jr Creech, Shelby Creech, Ashley Erin, Luke Henderson, Joseph Ishmael, Artis Lertkitcharoenpon, Amica Lertkitcharoenpon, Jordan Lunt and Nicolas Lunt.

Campers are already asking about MuSool's Summer Camp to start in June.

MuSool Academy to Host a Free Sport Taekwondo Training

MuSool Academy will be hosting a special sport TaeKwonDo Camp on Saturday, April 3rd. Three other Florida TaeKwonDo Teams will be coming to MuSool Academy to train all day. The camp will include training and sparring drills as well as a sparring class. MuSool Students that are interested in competition are invited to train.

MuSool Academy Holds Color Belt Testing.

MuSool Academy held a color belt testing and promotion on Saturday March 27th. Students from the MuSool Hapkido as well as the TaeKwonDo programs were tested.
In Hapkido Joseph Ward received his Green belt, Fred Godawa earned his Orange Belt and Dawn Wicklund passed her High Yellow Belt test.
In the TaeKwonDo testing Evan Hanson, Nykea Ross, and Evan Wilcox were promoted to Yellow Belt. Luke Henderson, Kylie Payne, David Scales and Vianne Zhang earned their High Yellow Belts. Hanna Ward, Shelby Creech, Jordan Lunt and Nicolas Lunt received their Orange Belts. Sammi Babiez and Brian Bujalski received their High Orange Belts.
Way to go MuSool Academy!

MuSool Black Belt Qualifies for National Championships

Jackie Lauricella placed gold at the Miami Qualifier for the AAU National Championships to be held June 29th to July 2nd. The rest of the team will go to the Qualifier that will be held in Orlando on April 23rd. Due to the fact that Lauricella is on the US National Team, she will be out of the country competing during the Orlando Qualifier.