WELCOME
TO
Dear Friends in the Martial Arts,
It with great pleasure and much enthusiasm that I invite you, your students, friends and fellow classmates to our 41st BATTLE OF ATLANTA!
Many have asked, “What exactly is a NEW BEGINNING?”
In a
nutshell, we are at a pivotal point in time where so many things are
influencing us in our studios, at our tournaments, on television and
in relationships with our students.
The simple phrase martial arts has taken on a whole new term during these past few years on television by simply adding “mixed” to the phrase. In today’s world, many consumers believe that wrestlers throwing punches and kicks are the real martial artists. We respectfully differ with that conclusion, and we seek, proactively, to restore real martial arts to the formula.
NEW BEGINNING means we are going to take the BEST OF THE BEST in each of our areas and roll them into this BATTLE OF ATLANTA.
We will have fighting in our WORLD CHAMP FINALS that will shine a bright light on real martial arts. You will see no wrestling, but YOU WILL SEE the best martial arts fighters in the world.
A NEW BEGINNING also reaches its arms out to studio owners who have been directed for nearly two decades by industry associations to keep their students away from tournaments. You will see interviews on our site under the WHY COMPETE? VIDEOS section, as I speak to great fighters, coaches and organizers about how good competition has changed their lives and the lives of members of their schools. The key is good competition.
A NEW BEGINNING offers to all studio owners and their students a vehicle where students of any belt color who have never competed before can enter the ring against people of their own belt color who also have never competed in an open tournament before. Think about it…..you have a green or brown belt in your school who would love to be in the ring, but he or she is rightly reserved about getting in with people at a world class event who have fought in 2, 3, 4 or 25 tournaments. So we are presenting a division where they can meet other first timers! We have added more than 150 divisions in order to do this!
A NEW BEGINNING also seeks to shine a newer, brighter light on the great officials and Black belts who have supported their students and events for so many years. We invite them and their students in to see the presentations at our second annual OFFICIALS HALL OF FAME presentation. Please visit STARS/LEGENDS/HALLOF FAME to see the Officials already inducted and nominate your instructor(s). They will be honored at our NEW BEGINNING.
Call the hotel at 404-842-0000 to make your reservations or do it online under HOTELRESERVATIONS&DIRECTIONS.
Please come back to the site often for great updates and MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW!
And finally, call me personally with any questions or thoughts or suggestions. I’ll do all I can to help make your experience here as pleasant and rewarding as possible!
Producer,
Member Black Belt Hall of Fame
Tae Kwon Do Hall of Fame