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Written by Stephen Conrad
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Thursday, 30 November 2006 |
Howrah Taekwondo Club profile:
Joe Pavic established Howrah Taekwondo, based on the Hobart’s Eastern Shore in 1986.
Current active Club membership is 80, with two thirds of the members made up of families.70% of the membership is made up of juniors.
The club has enjoyed success in the sport side of Taekwondo having a number of state champions in a range of categories and more recently at the nationals held in Sydney.
Five junior members represented the state and all five placed in the top three in their respective divisions.
Despite the success in the sport side of Taekwondo, the philosophy of the club does not focus primarily on the competitive aspect of development.
During the last five years there has been a considerable increase in the number of families that have become involved. For this reason a change in approach has also evolved in the class structure as well as development of social functions and opportunities for family type activities.
Instructor profile:
Joe Pavic 6th dan WTF, started training in 1973 with late Dale Eagling.
In 1976, as a 17 year old won silver medals at the ATA national championships in the red belt heavy weight division and in 1977 as a black belt in the middle weight division.
At the 1977 tournament awarded the Korean ambassador trophy for the most outstanding competitor at the championships.
From 1980 to 1986 won all middleweight Australian Taekwondo Union and Taekwondo Council championships and undefeated state champion for ten years.
Completed Bachelor of education degree in 1981 specialising in Physical Education.
Final year thesis was on ‘The affect of Taekwondo on an individual’. Has taught in local High Schools for five years and in a senior secondary College (years 11 and 12) for the last 14 years.
Current specialty areas of teaching are Sport Science, Athlete Development and Outdoor Education. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 30 November 2006 )
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