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Beom, Sasaja and Stadin TKD · ITF Taekwon-Do

Competitor Program: aim for the competition floor

Do you want to compete in Taekwon-Do? Competitor Program adds competition coaching to your regular training once or twice a week, and your instructor travels with you to the events. The program is for children, teenagers and adults who hold at least a yellow belt.

At a glance

Two programs by age

Groups are formed by age. When you turn 13, you move from JCP to SCP in the same way as in the Black Belt programs. Competitors from Beom, Sasaja and Stadin TKD can also train together.

What you get

• Coaching for competing. The extra sessions focus on what you need at competitions. Competitor 1 means about 66 hours of coaching a year and Competitor 2 about 132 hours.
• An instructor with you at domestic competitions. There are eight competitions a year in Finland. The club’s instructor attends, and the instructor’s costs are included in the annual fee.
• The chance to compete abroad. At least two international competitions are offered each year.
• Hours for your training card. A competition counts as 5 hours and a camp as 4 hours for each training day. These hours count towards the minimum times for belt tests, so competition days move you forward on your belt path too.

Prices

Competitor is paid on top of the fee for the Black Belt program or the Leisure Program. The price includes the extra sessions and the instructor’s costs at domestic competitions.

Billing and commitment

The season is the calendar year, and billing takes place in January. You commit to the program for two years. The second year is billed even if you stop partway through.

By committing to the program, you promise to take part in all domestic competitions and to enter the international competitions.

Joining during the year

You can join during the year. If you pay for the rest of the year and the following year at once, you receive a refund of 5% of the annual price for each month that has already passed. The month you join is not counted. For example, someone who joins in July pays €1,020 for Competitor 1 or €1,615 for Competitor 2. The two-year commitment is then covered in one go. If you pay only for the current year, you pay the full annual price for it.

Join in November or December and you pay only for the following year. The rest of the year’s training is included in the price.

What is paid separately

• Competition entry fees. Each competition has its own event in myClub, and the fee is billed when you register for the competition.
• International competitions. The coach’s costs are shared among those who travel. Each person also pays for their own travel, accommodation and entry fee.
• Licence. The ITF Taekwon-Do licence costs €38 a year and must be purchased at the beginning of the year. The licence does not include insurance, but you can buy it at the same time.

Safety first

Competition coaching means training seriously, but safely.

• Protective gear is mandatory from the start, even before the blue belt.
• Contact depends on age:
  • 6 years and younger: no contact
  • 7–12 years: light body contact
  • 13 years and older: body contact and light head contact, with protective gear only
• Breaking: those under 18 always break onto a focus pad or a held strike pad.

You buy your own equipment. We recommend the shop fightway.shop, which sells ITF uniforms and protective gear. The clubs’ own shops are at itf.fi/beom-kauppa and itf.fi/sasaja-kauppa.

Belt tests

Competitor does not change your belt path. Belt tests have the same requirements as in the Black Belt programs:

• Junior Black Belt Program: itf.fi/jbbp-en
• Senior Black Belt Program: itf.fi/sbbp-en

You can study the theory with the theory guide: itf.fi/tkd_theory

Frequently asked questions

Join us

Register for Competitor Program in myClub: besa.myclub.fi

For those who join in November or December, the rest of the year’s training is included in the price.

Other sports

• Chanbara: its own Competitor program is coming.
• Other sports: No open programs yet.