On May 13th, 2006, Hwa Rang Do® & Tae Soo Do® Students of the clubs in Rome and Genoa participated in the Sardinia Open Championships. Sardinia is a wonderful island on the western part of Italy. We arrived there by boat (a 5 hour long trip) in the morning. The first thing we did when we arrived was a four hour training session on the beautiful beach of the island. We went to the gymnasium in the afternoon for the competition. We won many awards and were received well by the spectators.  We are especially proud of Francesco Biancuzzi, who participated in a full contact match. He got 2nd place, but he honored the HRD Italian Branch by demonstrating his courage, fighting against a much bigger opponent.

Here are some of the results:

• CHILDREN
  • Stefano Conte - 2nd place open hand forms
  • Alessandro Giannetti – 3rd place weapon forms
  • Francesco Nardi – 1st place open hand forms
• ADULTS
  • Maura Floris – 3rd place open hand forms
  • Francesco Biancuzzi –
    • 3rd place open hand forms,
    • 2nd place self defense,
    • 2nd place full contact fighting
  • Mauro Capocci – 2nd place self defense (together with Francesco)
  • Diego Guardione – 1st place open hand forms
  • Federica Valenti –
    • 2nd place open hand forms,
    • 2nd place weapon forms,
    • 1st place light contact fighting
  • Lucke Santi –
    • 1st place open hand forms,
    • 2nd place self defense
  • Gaetano Currao –
    • 1st place weapon forms,
    • 1st place self defense
  • Guglielmo Currao –
    • 2nd place open hand forms,
    • 1st place self defense
  • Romina Montanari –
    • 2nd place open hand forms,
    • 2nd self defense,
    • 2nd place light contact fighting
  • Massimo Giannetti – 1st place open hand forms