Tans Clayfield

About 30 former students attended of 30 year anniversary at the Coorparoo HQ.  The rain held off, and everyone enjoyed the BBQ and chatting with other former students.  It was great to see so many student especially those travelling from the Gold Coast.  All had fond memories of training in the 80's and 90's on old wooden floors in community halls.  Founder Dr David Tan who has just come out of hospital made the journey up and talked to all the former students. All the students were impressed with our full time centre.  It was our ultimate dream and being a former member of Tans it was theirs to share.  Our first black belt George Ruch (1984) was there along with our first white to black belt Jeff Munster.  Glenice Shaw who started Logan in the late 70's was also there and met some of the current students of Logan.  Glenice is coming back to Taekwondo after nearly 17 years. It was great to hear that Taekwondo has made a big difference in their lives.  Many attributed to where they are now to Taekwondo and the spirit of the Martial Arts.  It seemed like only yesterday that these students were training.  Now most have children or grand children. From the 80's of just Taekwondo, Tans has evolved and offers hapkido and kumdo.  Master Michael Tan, Chrissie Bowie (Taekwondo Logan) and Terje Svingen (Hapkido) put on a demonstration of Kumdo.  Master Tan and son Liam also demonstrated the new Daedo electronic chest guards.  All were amazed at how far the sport had come and the use of technology. We hope that all former students keep in touch and plans are underway to host a 35 year [...]