Taekwon-Do Television 2006

Thanks to your support, the 3 DVD set is available now!

Thank you to all those who emailed to express their interest in owning Taekwon-Do Television on DVD.

The 3 DVD set is available now - in time for Christmas! The set includes the 98 minute Sky Sport special, and all eight 25 minute Triangle Television episodes. We even included a few small special features!

Order through Paul M now!

Thank you to Master McPhail for all his work putting the DVD together, and reproducing it for us to own!

Taekwon-Do Television clips on YouTube

Clip 1: free sparring quarter-final, Carl van Roon vs Regan Digglemann.

Clip 2: male special technique, including the tie-breaker between Jon Sawden and Carl van Roon.

Clip 3: male 4th - 6th dan patterns final, Gray Patterson vs Matthew Breen.

Clip 4: male power test, including the tie-breaker between Grant Evans and Gray Patterson.

Clip 5: female team pattern, Wellington vs Auckland North.

Clip 6: men's hyperweight free sparring final, Cameron Snelling vs Gray Patterson.

Watch Triangle Television on Saturday nights at 8:30pm

Taekwon-Do Television, the eight weeks series about the 2006 National Championships, is now airing on Triangle Television in Auckland.

Watch the show on Saturday nights at 8:30pm, right through Christmas and the New Year.

Unfortunately Taekwon-Do Television is not playing on Triangle Television in Wellington. However, you will be able to buy the entire series on DVD very soon!

Taekwon-Do Television is complete and ready to air!

Messrs Syed, Matthews and Banicevich breathe a huge sigh of relief. After hundreds of hours of effort (Mr Matthews spent 90 hours on the Sky TV special alone!) the work is finally complete and ready for your viewing. Enjoy!

Would you like to own Taekwon-Do Television on DVD?

The producers and Master McPhail are considering releasing Taekwon-Do Television on DVD. Would you buy it?

It would probably be a 3 DVD set, in a single amray case. It would probably sell for $50 (we have to recoup some of the costs of the non-ITFNZ professionals who filmed and are editing the show; this is also the price Sky TV recommended).

If you are interested, email and let us know! If we get enough interest, we would aim to have the DVD available for Christmas presents.

Triangle Television series editing is going strong

Syed Akbar Kamal, Carl Matthews and Mark Banicevich are working long hours to get Taekwon-Do Television ready to air. They worked from 6pm until 1:30am on Monday 13 November - and that was a short night. Next editing night is Wednesday, then Friday.

The show is looking awesome. It includes most of the footage from the Sky TV special, but loads more. Of course - the Sky special was only 98 minutes; the Triangle series is 8 x 25 minutes! That's about twice as long. And we have stacks more great footage to use, too. If you think you saw it all on the Sky special, nu-uh!, way more to see!

First Sky Television show is a major success

If you have Sky Sport 1, we trust you were glued to it at 10:30am on Monday 6 November. If not, don't miss one of the following three showings of our two hour special:

Master McPhail, Mr Banicevich and Mr Matthews watched it at Master McPhail's house. It was brilliant! Mr Harrison watched it, and called Mr Banicevich as soon as the show ended.

Congratulations to Sayad Akbar Kamal and Mr Matthews for putting together such a great show, while Master McPhail and Mr Banicevich were working in Spain. The show took many, many, many hours to edit.

Triangle Television series delayed until 25 November

Did you have any idea how much work is involved in producing a television show? Mr Matthews and Mr Banicevich are learning quickly!

Triangle Television kindly delayed the broadcast of Taekwon-Do Television. The eight week series now begins at 8:30pm on Saturday 25 November. That means it runs through Christmas! Our toll free number, 0800 800 495, is bound to be called non-stop once this goes to air!

Anticipation is certainly building! The footage Magic Hour Productions shot at the Nationals looks fantastic, so the show is looking great!

Sky TV schedule will be confirmed soon!

Sky TV confirmed today that they will air our two hour special four times during November. We don't know full details yet, but we do know a bit...

8:30pm on Friday 24 November

Channels and other two airing details to come. Watch this space!

Magic Hour Productions to the rescue!

Taekwon-Do Television had an eleventh hour emergency when our cameraman was unable to come to the National Tournament.

Fortunately Magic Hour Productions came to the rescue. Magic Hour Productions recently filmed another martial arts event which aired on Sky, so we even secured a crew with relevant experience!

Our thanks to Zurial Harrison, long-time member of ITFNZ, and his friend Ben Jones for their help.

Taekwon-Do Television is on Sky!

We are thrilled to announce that the 2006 ITFNZ Nationals will be broadcast on SKY TV - in a two hour special, shown on several channels at various times. This is a huge development for ITFNZ Taekwon-Do and we congratulate Messers Carl Matthews and Mark Banicevich for their great work.

More details about when the show will air will follow as soon as they become available. Remember the full shows (including Taekwon-Do basics) will televised on Triangle Television as an eight episode, half hour series starting on 21 October 2006!

Advertising and sponsorship opportunities are available now!

The 2006 Nationals will be held on 7th and 8th of October at the Queens Wharf Events Centre in Wellington. Each Taekwon-Do Television program will be an exciting half hour show made up of interviews, competitor profiles and action footage from the National Tournament.

Our first day of filming was brilliant!

On Sunday 9 July, a small team of ITFNZ members and instructors gathered for the first day of filming for Taekwon-Do Television.


	Making it happen: Carl Matthews, Grant Croad of Niche Media, Syed Akbar Kamal and his son Syed Abdul Baseer of Teamwork Productions, and Mark Banicevich.

Producers Carl Matthews and Mark Banicevich, and cameraman and editor Syed Akbar Kamal ran the day, which started at 9am and wrapped a little after 3pm.

We shot footage for the opening credits, gave Kamal an idea of what to expect at the National Tournament in Wellington, and shot the opening segments of the series with instructors Master Paul McPhail, Mr Steve Pellow, Mr Luke Thompson and Mr Carl van Roon. We also filmed profiles of a handful of key Auckland competitors who were available on the day.

A big thank you to all those who came along to help out: Mary Jane, Debbie, Barry and Kim from Paul M Papakura, Taryn from Infinity Papakura, John and Megan Matsuoka, Mark Hanna, and Greg Skinner.


Kamal uses one static camera and one handheld. He is remarkably steady with the handheld.	Master McPhail explains the knifehand, while Kamal films with the handheld.

Carl van Roon and Sam Skinner free sparring.	Carl van Roon demonstrates two direction kick.

Taekwon-Do Television: National Tournament 2006


	Click here for a sneak peek at the opening credits so far!

We have a name. We opted for something that would clearly state what it is.

The show will air on Triangle Television in Auckland. It is booked for Saturdays at 8:30pm starting 21 October 2006. If you are in Auckland, and you haven't tuned Triangle at home, you should do it now.

Our first film shoot!

On Sunday 9 July, a number of key players will converge upon Paul M Taekwon-Do Papakura for preliminary shooting, including:

Taekwon-Do basics with Master Paul McPhail
Self defence basics with Mr Steve Pellow
What it is to be special with Mr Carl van Roon
Player profiles with key competitors from Auckland North and Counties Manukau
Tournament style footage for the opening credits

Thank you to the following companies for their support

Niche Media New Zealand are an Auckland-based media company who book advertising for their clients in various media, including television, radio, newspaper and magazines. The media they book are focused on ethnic markets within New Zealand, including Samoa, Tonga, China, The Philippines, Korea, India, Fiji and Africa. It was Grant Croad of Niche Media who gave Taekwon-Do Television its start!

Teamwork Productions is the production company behind Triangle Television's popular DARPAN show. They are keenly focused on New Zealand's migrant communities. Their vision is "to focus on becoming an instrument of communication, a platform of debate, an assembly of voices waiting to be heard and counted, in effect helping these diverse ethnic migrant communities to realize their cherished New Zealand dream." Syed Akbar Kamal of Teamwork Productions is filming and editing Taekwon-Do Television.

Magic Hour Productions are filming the National Tournament in Wellington, and supplying the footage to Teamwork Productions for editing. ITFNZ will retain the raw tapes for our future use. Magic Hour Productions recently filmed another martial arts event for Sky TV, so they come with relevant experience.

Taekwon-Do Television is produced by Mr Carl Matthews and Mr Mark Banicevich.