Impressive area for Lone Wolf Taekwondo Championships

Calling it “one of the satisfactory tournaments in all of its 26 years,” teacher Chris Ivanoff of Lone Wolf Martial Arts in Powell said the current Lone Wolf Taekwondo Championships was a first-rate achievement. “Despite a little bit lower attendance because of the snowfall situations and below-zero temperatures, it turned into a fantastic match,” Ivanoff said of the March 2 occasion at Panther Gym. “I got nothing but thank yous all day long from competition and parents.” Twelve schools from across the western location braved the factors to participate: Lone Wolf Taekwondo, Powell; Spearfish Martial Arts of Spearfish, South Dakota; Progressive Taekwondo of Riverton; Sturgis Taekwondo of Sturgis, South Dakota; Martial Arts Academy of Billings; Rocky Mountain Martial Arts of Butte, Montana; Missoula Taekwondo Center of Missoula, Montana; Williston Taekwondo & Judo Academy of Williston, North Dakota; Sunlight Martial Arts of Cody; Journey Martial Arts of Cody; and Montana State Taekwondo of Bozeman.

Lone Wolf had 23 students compete in the match, with every scholar putting in as a minimum one occasion, either paperwork or sparring. “I was overly thrilled with their success,” Ivanoff said of his college students. Two unique awards have also been surpassed for teachers, with the Outstanding Instructor Award given to Master Jordan Thomas from Spearfish Martial Arts. The award for Outstanding Contribution in Taekwondo was given to James Evenson, of Lone Wolf’s sister faculty in Red Lodge, Montana. These 12 months, the Lone Wolf Championships went to a “modern, brand new” all-computerized TrueScore Gen 2 scoring system for all four competition rings. “It’s the equal operations that they use in the Olympics,” Ivanoff defined. “People at the corners scored every occasion as they saw the factors happening, and spectators have been able to see the factors tallied as they have been occurring.”

According to Ivanoff, what’s cool approximately this factor machine is that 3 judges are rating, and of them must understand the point scored within two seconds, or it doesn’t rate. As is the case with any new computer system, there were some bugs to be worked out. However, Ivanoff stated the tournament ran particularly glitch-free. “It went thoroughly, even though we didn’t get the device in until Thursday night,” he stated. “We were truly panicking approximately how we had been going to perform the event. But we had some very professional IT humans placing together the laptops and the scoring system itself, so we had various tech humans there. It changed into incredible how they positioned all of it collectively in that quick amount of time.” As for the extent of competition on the tournament, Ivanoff said it might have been the exceptional he’s visible inside the 26-year records of the tournament, and spectators spoke back enthusiastically.

“What made this event so terrific is the divisions have been so lightly matched,” he stated. “We had sincerely exact competition; absolutely everyone had an exact time. It just seemed like during the day, and it becomes like one own massive family. Everybody changed into displaying admire, courtesy and strength of mind with each different while nevertheless seeking to win their divisions competitively.” In a throwback to tournaments beyond, this 12 months’ tournament also featured board breaking, an event Ivanoff stated hasn’t been performed in almost a decade. All tiers of competitors had been allowed to take part, from white belt to black belt, and will use the event as a scoring opportunity to forms or sparring. “It changed into just lots of amusing, and those enjoyed watching it,” Ivanoff stated. “It’s first-rate to see humans come to these varieties of competitions; they’re so disturbing. And they’re difficult themselves to the assembly that stress and dealing with their fears. Whether they win or lose isn’t sincerely the large deal; it’s that they train themselves.” Ivanoff also thanked the community of Powell for its persistent aid of the martial arts. “I assume the network knows that we are seeking to do something suitable with the aid of giving people the possibility to do something the high quality of their lives,” he stated.