For all the details keep an eye on the TUNZ website (click here), Info pack coming soon….

TUNZ Open, Wellington.

For all the details check out the TUNZ website

Entries Close: 5pm Friday 29st August 2025

TUNZ South Island Open

For all the details check out the TUNZ website, Info pack out now….

Entries close 1st August 2025

Good afternoon All,

1. Attached is the information package and entry spreadsheet for the North Island Championships.

2. Entries close on the 25th JULY (changed from the version 1 package).

3. Please note -  It is only a $30 entry fee due to recycling of medals from older tournaments. Next year will be original-specific North Island Champs medals.

4. If there are clubs you wish to send the package to please go ahead.

5. Wednesday 30th July - after entries are in, a Team Managers meeting will be held by Zoom. Details will be sent out when each club registers.

Features

• We will have a demonstration of the Virtual Taekwondo system at the conclusion of the sparring, run by Connor Minto (Technician In Charge of the system).

• Also on trial will be a new Instant Video Replay system, developed by TNZ Kyorugi Referee Director Aaron Dean.

• As always, Daedo Generation 2 will be used for the Kyorugi scoring and Poomsae will be using the eScoring System from Nick Jury.

• Depending on numbers, we may also have a jumping Front kick and Jumping side kick competition in the Lunch Break (find out on the day).

• Medical will be Doctors

• High level refereeing and officiating 

Cheers,

Garry Carpenter - Budo South Martial Arts

Link to Tournament Website for info pack and entry forms

I Love TKD - Dunedin

These event where hugely popular in 2024 and are back for 2025.

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

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WELCOME

ABOUT US

“I-love-TKD” - A group of taekwondo enthusiasts including, but not exclusive to Hayley Storey and Garry Carpenter.

The aim is to promote the development of taekwondo in New Zealand by hosting grass roots "non-competitive” tournaments throughout the country.

“I-love-TKD” is working alongside Clubs throughout New Zealand to assist in hosting a Taekwondo event intheir community.

“I-love-TKD extends an invitation to our Para Community athletes to take part in our competitions.

Let’s just do it.

COMPETITION NATURE:

This tournament is for new-comers and beginners who have done 3 or less tournaments in sparring only –Poomsae has no restrictions. Those who are tournament “specialists” are asked to act as Referees, Judges and Coaches. For the specialists, it is time for you to give back to your sport-Club.

Poomsae and Kyorugi/Sparring will be as a single match. Poomsae will be competed for by having bothplayers taking the mat at the same time and performing their Poomsae at the same time. Judges will select which Poomsae they liked the most, deciding the winner in this manner.

Kyorugi/Sparring will be played in the normal manner, best-of-three-rounds Everyone one gets a medal. Due to the nature of the competition, every match (Poomsae and Sparring) is a FINAL, so winning player gets GOLD, 2nd player gets SILVER.

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For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here) or email Hayley Storey hayley@ilovetkd.nz

Tournament information and Pack Click here - To Download the entry forms Click here

I Love TKD - Tauranga

These event where hugely popular in 2024 and are back for 2025.

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

~~~~~~~~~~

WELCOME

ABOUT US

“I-love-TKD” - A group of taekwondo enthusiasts including, but not exclusive to Hayley Storey and Garry Carpenter.

The aim is to promote the development of taekwondo in New Zealand by hosting grass roots "non-competitive” tournaments throughout the country.

“I-love-TKD” is working alongside Clubs throughout New Zealand to assist in hosting a Taekwondo event intheir community.

“I-love-TKD extends an invitation to our Para Community athletes to take part in our competitions.

Let’s just do it.

COMPETITION NATURE:

This tournament is for new-comers and beginners who have done 3 or less tournaments in sparring only –Poomsae has no restrictions. Those who are tournament “specialists” are asked to act as Referees, Judges and Coaches. For the specialists, it is time for you to give back to your sport-Club.

Poomsae and Kyorugi/Sparring will be as a single match. Poomsae will be competed for by having bothplayers taking the mat at the same time and performing their Poomsae at the same time. Judges will select which Poomsae they liked the most, deciding the winner in this manner.

Kyorugi/Sparring will be played in the normal manner, best-of-three-rounds Everyone one gets a medal. Due to the nature of the competition, every match (Poomsae and Sparring) is a FINAL, so winning player gets GOLD, 2nd player gets SILVER.

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For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here) or email Hayley Storey hayley@ilovetkd.nz

Tournament information and Pack Click here - To Download the entry forms Click here

I Love TKD - Christchurch

These event where hugely popular in 2024 and are back for 2025.

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

~~~~~~~~~~

WELCOME

ABOUT US

“I-love-TKD” - A group of taekwondo enthusiasts including, but not exclusive to Hayley Storey and Garry Carpenter.

The aim is to promote the development of taekwondo in New Zealand by hosting grass roots "non-competitive” tournaments throughout the country.

“I-love-TKD” is working alongside Clubs throughout New Zealand to assist in hosting a Taekwondo event intheir community.

“I-love-TKD extends an invitation to our Para Community athletes to take part in our competitions.

Let’s just do it.

COMPETITION NATURE:

This tournament is for new-comers and beginners who have done 3 or less tournaments in sparring only –Poomsae has no restrictions. Those who are tournament “specialists” are asked to act as Referees, Judges and Coaches. For the specialists, it is time for you to give back to your sport-Club.

Poomsae and Kyorugi/Sparring will be as a single match. Poomsae will be competed for by having bothplayers taking the mat at the same time and performing their Poomsae at the same time. Judges will select which Poomsae they liked the most, deciding the winner in this manner.

Kyorugi/Sparring will be played in the normal manner, best-of-three-rounds Everyone one gets a medal. Due to the nature of the competition, every match (Poomsae and Sparring) is a FINAL, so winning player gets GOLD, 2nd player gets SILVER.

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For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here) or email Hayley Storey hayley@ilovetkd.nz

Tournament information and Pack Click here - To Download the entry forms Click here

2025 Kukkiwon New Zealand Cup

WELCOME

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the 2025 TNZ Kukkiwon Cup International TKD Open. Taekwondo New Zealand are committed to holding tournaments, events and seminars to encourage our sport to grow.

This tournament is open to all martial arts clubs across New Zealand and overseas regardless of affiliation.

Up-to-date tournamanet information can be found at www.nzkukkiwoncup.co.nz

Please refer to: https://m.worldtaekwondo.org/rules-wt/rules.html

OPEN TOURNAMENT

This event is to be considered an “open” event. I would like to extend an invitation to all taekwondo practitioners, from within New Zealand and Internationally, to attend this tournament.

LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF COMPETITORS

The tournament entries will be limited to 500 in number, 200 maximum Poomsae and 300 maximum Kyorugi. First come first served.

POOMSAE COMPETITORS

The Poomsae required for each competition division is outlined within this package.

Grandmaster Jin Keun OH

PRESIDENT
TAEKWONDO NEW ZEALAND

When: Saturday June 7th 2025

Where: Christchurch, New Zealand

Who: All martial arts clubs from New Zealand and overseas are welcome to enter, regardless of affiliation.

What: World Taekwondo style Poomsae (patterns) and Kyorugi (Sparring) competitions.

Entries close 23rd May 2025

Please note entries are online this year via www.smoothcomp.com and is the prefered method of athlete registration - however if you prefer an entry form or help with the entries please contact nzkukkiwoncup@gmail.com

I Love TKD - Wellington

These event where hugely popular in 2024 and are back for 2025.

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

~~~~~~~~~~

WELCOME

ABOUT US

“I-love-TKD” - A group of taekwondo enthusiasts including, but not exclusive to Hayley Storey and Garry Carpenter.

The aim is to promote the development of taekwondo in New Zealand by hosting grass roots "non-competitive” tournaments throughout the country.

“I-love-TKD” is working alongside Clubs throughout New Zealand to assist in hosting a Taekwondo event intheir community.

“I-love-TKD extends an invitation to our Para Community athletes to take part in our competitions.

Let’s just do it.

COMPETITION NATURE:

This tournament is for new-comers and beginners who have done 3 or less tournaments in sparring only –Poomsae has no restrictions. Those who are tournament “specialists” are asked to act as Referees, Judges and Coaches. For the specialists, it is time for you to give back to your sport-Club.

Poomsae and Kyorugi/Sparring will be as a single match. Poomsae will be competed for by having bothplayers taking the mat at the same time and performing their Poomsae at the same time. Judges will select which Poomsae they liked the most, deciding the winner in this manner.

Kyorugi/Sparring will be played in the normal manner, best-of-three-rounds Everyone one gets a medal. Due to the nature of the competition, every match (Poomsae and Sparring) is a FINAL, so winning player gets GOLD, 2nd player gets SILVER.

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For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here) or email Hayley Storey hayley@ilovetkd.nz

Tournament information and Pack Click here - To Download the entry forms Click here

I Love TKD - Hastings

These event where hugely popular in 2024 and are back for 2025.

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

~~~~~~~~~~

WELCOME

ABOUT US

“I-love-TKD” - A group of taekwondo enthusiasts including, but not exclusive to Hayley Storey and Garry Carpenter.

The aim is to promote the development of taekwondo in New Zealand by hosting grass roots "non-competitive” tournaments throughout the country.

“I-love-TKD” is working alongside Clubs throughout New Zealand to assist in hosting a Taekwondo event intheir community.

“I-love-TKD extends an invitation to our Para Community athletes to take part in our competitions.

Let’s just do it.

COMPETITION NATURE:

This tournament is for new-comers and beginners who have done 3 or less tournaments in sparring only –Poomsae has no restrictions. Those who are tournament “specialists” are asked to act as Referees, Judges and Coaches. For the specialists, it is time for you to give back to your sport-Club.

Poomsae and Kyorugi/Sparring will be as a single match. Poomsae will be competed for by having bothplayers taking the mat at the same time and performing their Poomsae at the same time. Judges will select which Poomsae they liked the most, deciding the winner in this manner.

Kyorugi/Sparring will be played in the normal manner, best-of-three-rounds Everyone one gets a medal. Due to the nature of the competition, every match (Poomsae and Sparring) is a FINAL, so winning player gets GOLD, 2nd player gets SILVER.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here) or email Hayley Storey hayley@ilovetkd.nz

Tournament information and Pack Click here - To Download the entry forms Click here

I Love TKD - Auckland

These event where hugely popular in 2024 and are back for 2025.

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

WELCOME

ABOUT US

“I-love-TKD” - A group of taekwondo enthusiasts including, but not exclusive to Hayley Storey and Garry Carpenter.

The aim is to promote the development of taekwondo in New Zealand by hosting grass roots "non-competitive” tournaments throughout the country.

“I-love-TKD” is working alongside Clubs throughout New Zealand to assist in hosting a Taekwondo event intheir community.

“I-love-TKD extends an invitation to our Para Community athletes to take part in our competitions.

Let’s just do it.

COMPETITION NATURE:

This tournament is for new-comers and beginners who have done 3 or less tournaments in sparring only –Poomsae has no restrictions. Those who are tournament “specialists” are asked to act as Referees, Judges and Coaches. For the specialists, it is time for you to give back to your sport-Club.

Poomsae and Kyorugi/Sparring will be as a single match. Poomsae will be competed for by having bothplayers taking the mat at the same time and performing their Poomsae at the same time. Judges will select which Poomsae they liked the most, deciding the winner in this manner.

Kyorugi/Sparring will be played in the normal manner, best-of-three-rounds Everyone one gets a medal. Due to the nature of the competition, every match (Poomsae and Sparring) is a FINAL, so winning player gets GOLD, 2nd player gets SILVER.

For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here) or email Hayley Storey hayley@ilovetkd.nz

Tournament information and Pack Click here - To Download the entry forms Click here

For all the details keep an eye on the TUNZ website (click here), Info pack coming soon….

2024 Kukkiwon New Zealand Cup

WELCOME

I would like to invite you all to the second Kukkiwon Cup for Taekwondo New Zealand. I am committed to holding tournaments, events and seminars to encourage our sport to grow. The only circumstance stopping this tournament proceeding will be the New Zealand Government instigating a CoVID-19 related lockdown.

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the 2024 NZ Kukkiwon Cup. This tournament is open to all martial artists, coaches and officials. All players and coaches should be knowledgable of the WT Kyorugi and Poomsae Competition rules. Please refer to:

http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/rules-wt/rules.html

OPEN TOURNAMENT

This event is to be considered an “open” event. I would like to extend an invitation to all taekwondo practitioners, from within New Zealand and Internationally, to attend this tournament. The entry process is via submission of a team spreadsheet.

POOMSAE & KYORUGI REFEREES, PLAYERS AND COACHES SEMINAR

Taekwondo New Zealand Referees and Coaches Rules seminars, hosted by Taekwondo New Zealand, will be taking place on the 16th August, at 26 Alach Street, Greerton, Tauranga. Please email gms@newzealandtaekwondo.co.nz to book a place at the seminar. Cost - $50.

LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF COMPETITORS

The tournament entries will be limited to 400 in number. 100 maximum Poomsae and 300 maximum Kyorugi. First come first served.

POOMSAE COMPETITORS

The Poomsae required for each competition division is outlined within this package. Yours in Taekwondo,

Grandmaster Jin Keun OH

PRESIDENT
TAEKWONDO NEW ZEALAND

Note: Please see the links below to download the entry information pack and the team entry forms.

Dear Master, Instructors, Coaches and Members,

We are pleased to announce the Hyeon Mu Open is back for 2024.

We have some changes (again!).
This year's changes are around the tournament format, especially around the Poomsae.

All of this is explained in the attached info pack, so please make sure you read it!
The plan is to have more mat time for your Poomsae players and not spread the officials too thin across both Poomsae and Kyorugi.

If the last couple of years is anything to go by, we expect a huge turnout again with some awesome competition.

As with every tournament, help from clubs to assist with judging and refereeing is hugely appreciated for an efficient day.

We will be following the same processes we introduced last year and will be applying what we learned to this year.
As per last year:

• All individual entries will be completed electronically (link in entry pack) - please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any issues with how to complete these.
  

• To reduce our carbon footprint - All tournament draws will be made available electronically. 
  

• To reduce our carbon footprint - Poomsae will be scored electronically and scores will be displayed on all rings (as long as we don't have technical issues).
  Poomsae Judges please reach out to me!

We will have the best performing club award again which will be calculated as follows:

Each medal will be awarded a certain number of points, the total will be added and then divided by the number of entries from your club.
This is to have a weighted average which allows smaller clubs to be able to compete against the bigger clubs!
Best performing club means best performing overall.
To be eligible you must have entries across both Poomsae and Kyorugi, with a minimum of 12 entries.
Details for the best performing Kyorugi and Poomsae clubs to come on Facebook

Please feel free to forward this onto anyone that would be interested in competing.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. 

We look forward to seeing you in August.

Thank you

Anthony Chan

Hyeon Mu Taekwondo

TUNZ North Island Open

For more information please keep an eye on the TUNZ website (Click here). Information pack coming out soon.

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here)

TUNZ South Island Open

For all the details keep an eye on the TUNZ website (click here), Info pack coming soon….

Wellington

“I Love TKD” is an initiative begun by members of the taekwondo community in New Zealand to promote the participation of taekwondo students in tournaments.

Prior to Covid, it would have expected 10% of all current students to attend at least one tournament each year. Evidence has shown that post-Covid this has dropped to 3-5%, which is not good for the devlopment of our sporting community.

As a consequence, a group of members decided to run a series of really low level tournaments aimed only at the 95% who do not attended tournaments.

The series has the support of Taekwondo New Zealand and the sponsorship of KWON NZ.

For more information check out the I Love TKD Facebook page (Click Here)