Hills District Martial Arts: Taekwondo, Hapkido and Weaponry
THE LATEST HDMA NEWS
Grandmaster Sam, 9th DAN!
At the recent 80th Anniversary celebration for World Taekwondo Jidokwan (the world headquarters of our traditional lineage of Taekwondo), Grandmaster Sam has been acknowledged and awarded his 9th Degree Black Belt! This is truly a momentous achievement that can only be claimed by a handful of people in our country, as well as the world. …
STUDENT OF THE MONTH AWARDS - 2025
STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2025 -
Sebastian Santoso
JANUARY 2026 - COMING SOON
FEBRUARY 2026 - COMING SOON
NEWS ARCHIVES
2026 Autumn Belt Promotions
What a great way to kick off 2026! As always, fantastic to see everyone putting in their best effort to demonstrate their improvement over the past few months/years! We held Belt Promotions in all our programs including TKD Kids, Taekwondo, Hapkido, Weaponry and Taekwondo Black Belts, with impressive performances across the board! Congratulations to Leo …
2025 Student of the Year Award
A massive congratulations to our 2025 Student of the Year award recipient Sebastian Santoso! What a year and what an all around great performance! Sebastian trained in both Taekwondo and Weaponry throughout 2025 as well as being our most active member of the Leadership Team, volunteering throughout the week and extra during holidays to help …
Spring Belt Promotions 2025!
Wrapping up the year is always a pleasure with such fantastic Belt Promotions! This Spring Belt Promotion Week was full of high skill, hard work and great results as everyone put forth their best effort to achieve their next level. Our TKD Kids showed great improvement in all of our Key Word areas; Focus, Self …
Winter Belt Promotions 2025!
The Winter Belt Promotions have now come to a close. A massive congratulations to every student who took part in the sessions throughout the week, there is nothing more enjoyable than watching our students show off their improvement over the last grading period! Students from every program took to the mats to demonstrate their skills …
Forster Friendly Competition 2025
Our Team put forth a great performance at the Forster Friendly Competition in 2025! We were very proud to watch the team take to the mats and give their all to represent HDMA and themselves! The competition showcased competitors' skill in Sparring, Individual Poomsae, Pair Poomsae and Board Breaking. Many of our competitors were first …
Fagan Park Family Fun Day 2024
Fagan Park is a great location and on Saturday it was also full of great people! We hosted our Fagan Park Family Fun Day and we had a blast! Despite less than ideal weather, our families showed their Martial Arts attitude and we had almost 100 people throughout the day. One of our best turnouts …
End of Year Kids Gradings
The final Kids Gradings of this year were so much fun! We love seeing our TKD Kids show off their skill and receive recognition for their dedication and efforts in class. Our kids work hard on building physical and mental strength to prepare them for a successful life into the future. Congratulations to everyone who …
November Gup Gradings
The November Gup Gradings were a great way to put a cherry on top of the year for many of our students. Everyone gave their best and showed improvement in all areas, and there was positive feedback all around!This was one of our larger Gradings this year and the energy was high throughout all sessions. …
October Weaponry Gradings
The Junior and Senior Weaponry Gradings were a blast! Watching these student continue to develop their high level of skill and self-control through the use of Weaponry in their training is an absolute pleasure! Weaponry Training requires a high degree of concentration, focus and control to ensure you learn these movements both correctly and safely, …
September 2024 Gradings!
September was a fantastic month for Gradings. Both the Gup Grading and Dan/Poom Grading was full of students aiming to demonstrate the best skills possible, and they all delivered! All of our Gup Students showed why they deserved their next level, with improvement across all areas, both in our Junior and Teen/Adult Gradings. We also …
Minis and Kids Gradings
After a thrilling week of awesome performances from our Minis and Kids Classes, we've been thoroughly impressed and entertained by our youngest students! Congratulations to everyone who achieved their next belt or stripe and we're looking forward to even more improvement in the future! A special congratulations to our Kids Black Belt achievers! Showing amazing …
July Black Belt Grading
It's always a pleasure to watch our Black Belts do what they do best! In a Grading jam packed of high skill, focus and amazing energy, NINE of our Black Belts moved up to the next level after earning a great result. Congratulations to everyone who participated and thank you for continuing to elevate the …