Does Physical Ability matter?
Those testing for 5th & 6th dan in October 2014 were asked to write on the subject of physical availability - and it that really matters in Taekwon-Do. These are their essays.

Mark Trotter | Brendan Doogan | Simon Mallinson

2013:

Loyalty
Those testing for 5th & 6th dan in November 2013 were asked to write on the subject of loyality. These are their essays.

2011:

Teaching the Do
Those testing for 5th and 6th dan in December 2011 were asked to write on the subject of the Do. These are their essays.
- Matthew Breen - Mark Banicevich - Lawrence Mantjika - Hayden Breese - Gwyn Brown

Living The Tenets - Florinda Petterson

Moral Culture - Louise Chan

Older essays

An Artistic Interpretation of the Patterns - Matthew Breen
Children - Attitudes and their life - Helen Kettings
"Do" in Taekwon-Do - Rene Kunz
I shall Build a More Peaceful World - Dave Ballard

Loyalty
Those testing for 4th and 5th dan in February 2007 were asked to write on the subject of loyality. These are their essays.
- Dave Ballard, Lawrence Mantjika, Ian Campbell, Shaun Tolley, Hayden Breese, Cameron Snelling, Mark Trotter and Gwyn Brown.

Philosophy and Principles of 3 Martial Arts - Suzanne Main
Societies View of a Martial Artist - A Personnel Approach - By Rodney Thistoll
The Juche idea - Beryl Pimblott
Juche & Ko-Dang - A brief History - Helen Miller
The Five Tenets - the soul of Taekwon-Do - Bob Markstein
Taekwon-Do : Sport, Art, Science or Philosophy? - Sandi Galpin
The Importance of Respect in Taekwon-Do - Jeremy Hanna
Sport or Martial Art - Christine Young
Sport vs Art - Toni Moki
The way - Neil Kettings

Self Defence

2014:

How to teach Ground Self-defence to 1st Degree Black Belts - Debbie Hart

2013:

Thoughts on Self Defence Training - Shaun Skedgwell

A Guide to Basic Stick Self Defence - Alois Vogt

Teaching Taekwon-Do in a club: It’s not just all-about the student … - Hung Tri Nguyen
Club Instructor protocol for parents

Teaching children en masse - Sonya Robinson

Application and effectiveness of Taekwon-Do
in the face of modern combat techniques and styles - Tomonori Shibata

2011:

Adding Realism to Coloured Belt Self Defence Syllabus - Carl Robinson

2010:

Self Defence - Alois Vogt

2009:

Self Defence - What is it? - Mark Turner
Self Defence and Competition Sparring - Brett Kimberley

Older essays

Dallyon: Conditioning for Self Defence - Richard Lavin
A Guide to the ITFNZ Self Defence Syllabus - Chris Fitzgerald
Effective Self Defence - Graeme Insull
Taekwon-Do and the Law of New Zealand - Mark Banicevich
Taekwon-Do Patterns and Sparring as a Form of Self-Defence - Mark Hanna
Taekwon-Do Self Defence and the Law - Graeme Flemming
What Self Defence in the club doesn't teach you - Kane Raukura

Techniques

2014:

Trying to understand the concept of breath control and sine wave - Seida School-Latour

Power Required to Break Boards - Richard Burr

2013:

TKD Movement Fundamentals 101 - Nick Lee

Taekwon-Do and Movement - Shane Rogers

Intermediate Positions - Peter Gudsell

2012:

Quantitatively measuring power – Reaction Force, A pilot study - Ben Wylie-van Eerd
"...the result was that a punch with reaction force was, on average,
35% more powerful than a punch with no reaction force..."

2011:

Stances As performed in Patterns Chon-Ji to Choi-Yong - Darren Andrew

2010:

Complete Colour Belt Syllabus (18 meg) sample - Rose Cherrington
Name that Technique - Brendan Doogan
Quick Reference Guide for Patterns 10th Kup to 3rd Dan - Simon Mallinson

Older essays

A Discussion of Commonly Misunderstood and Misused Terminology - Matthew Breen
Biomechanics To Improve Taekwon-Do Technique - Danny Ward
Do You Want To Know A Secret? - Gary Campbell
Jumping Kicks - Daniel Russell
Kinematics and kinetics of the Taekwon-Do turning kick - Jake Pearson
Side kick Thesis - Ian Campbell
Strategies of Attack and Defence - Lawrence Mantijika
Taekwon-Do Breaking - Mike Horsfall
The Power of One - Greg Dyson