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The INCTL is now known as the ECTC!

Welcome to the ECTC home page! Active since 1983, the ECTC (formerly known as the INCTL) offers a fun and intense team-oriented competition experience that features Olympic-style Taekwondo sparring and forms competition at all levels. The ECTC hosts 5 tournaments each academic school year at schools around the Eastern United States. Clubs from over 20 colleges and universities vie each year for the ECTC cup by accumulating points at each of the league tournaments. For more information, e-mail info@inctl.org.

Upcoming Events

Fall 2009 - First ECTC Tournament of 2009-2010 Season, Location TBA

Latest Announcements:

ECTC Season Concludes, MIT wins ECTC Cup!


Members of the ECTC Exchange Jackets and take a picture after the Columbia Tournament,
the final tournament of the year. (click for full size)

The ECTC concluded its 2008-2009 season with the Columbia Tournament on April 25, 2009. The season was the most successful in the history of the league, with record-breaking attendance, averaging 299 competitors over 5 tournaments. There were many hard-fought rivalries, with the identities of the Division 1, 2 and 3 winners not determined until the last tournament of the year: MIT (Division 1 Champion), U Albany (Division 2 Champion) and West Point (Division 3 Champion).

The final, year-end standings were as follows:

Division 1

1. MIT - 2601
2. Cornell - 2382

Division 2

1. U Albany - 516
2. Tufts - 417
3. U Penn - 348
4. Harvard - 201
5. Columbia - 101

Division 3

1. West Point - 399
2. Princeton - 375
3. RPI - 165
4. Lehigh - 130
5. Columbia - 90
6. Cortland - 83
7. Brown - 39
8. U Michigan - 35
9. Yale - 21
10. SUNY Purchase - 16
11.
U Mass Amherst - 10
12. John Hopkins - 8
12. U Conn - 8
14. SUNY Oneonta - 0
14. Syracuse - 0


Congratulations to all teams!

Also, the awards:

Male Athlete of the Year - Robbie Carman, Cornell

Female Athlete of the Year - Corinna Hui, MIT

Student Leader Award - Owen Smith, U Albany
Posted May 8, 2009

Columbia University hosts 236 competitors

Congratulations to Michael Chang and Master Michael Lee of the Columbia University Taekwondo Club on hosting a successful league tournament on Saturday, April 25, 2009. 236 competitors from 21 colleges and universities were present. Results can be found on the standings page, which also now has the final standings for the year.

The team standings were as follows:

Division 1

1. MIT - 548
2. Cornell - 425

Division 2

1. U Albany- 142
2. U Penn - 56
3. Tufts - 45

Division 3

1. Princeton - 95
2. West Point - 67
3. SUNY Purchase - 8

Congratulations to all teams!
Posted May 8, 2009

University of Pennsylvania hosts 278 competitors

Congratulations to the Robert Li, Soyeon Park and Master Joo-Hee Han of the University of Pennsylvania Taekwondo Club on hosting a league tournament on Saturday, April 4, 2009. 278 competitors from 21 colleges and universities were present. Results can be found on the standings page.

The team standings were as follows:

Division 1

1. MIT - 532
2. Cornell - 480

Division 2

1. U Penn - 105
2. U Albany - 83
3. Tufts - 41

Division 3

1. West Point - 100
2. Princeton - 80
3. RPI - 55

Congratulations to all teams!
Posted April 11, 2009

ECTC Excels at National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships

Congratulations to everyone who competed in the 2009 NCTA Championships! Below are the results. Congrats especially to our two sparring gold medalists, Thomas Beirne and ECTC All-Star Emma Wu. Emma won the NCTA Female Athlete of the Year award, and both Thomas and Emma qualified for the US National Collegiate Team at the Pan Am Collegiate Taekwondo Championships!

Also, Congratulations to Carissa Fu, Alicia Zhou, Bobby Ren, Karolina Corin and Becca Hung, who won a spot on the US National Collegiate Poomsae Team! The competition was fierce but they won out in a very competitive field.

In addition ECTC referees Jamie Schulte and Susan Lewis were awarded NCTA Male and Female Referee of the year, respectively.

Tournament Director Master Sung Park (Brown), NCTA President Rex Hatfield (Princeton), and the Brown Taekwondo Club did an excellent job running and organizing the tournament!

Finally, congratulations to the teams. The ECTC was extremely well represented in the standings:

Overall (all belts) division
1st
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2nd Brown University
3rd University of California, Berkeley

Novice (color belt) Division
1st
Brown University
2nd Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3rd (tie) Tufts University / University of Pennsylvania / Iowa State University

And among black belt competitors:

Sparring Medals

Thomas Beirne - Gold, Men's Welter (West Point)
Emma Wu - Gold, Women's Light (Harvard) - NCTA Female Athlete of the Year!
Vito Angrisano - Silver, Men's Heavy (West Point)
Laura Schwarz - Silver, Women's Heavy (SUNY Orange)
Melissa Blasco - Bronze, Women's Middle (Rutgers)
Erica Chan - Bronze, Women's Fly (Lake Washington, MIT alumna)
Julia Duch - Bronze, Women's Welter (Brown)
Jackie Dwulet - Bronze, Women's Middle (Brown)
Corinna Hui - Bronze, Women's Light (MIT)
Carissa Fu - Bronze, Women's Bantam (Princeton)
Anastasia Kazimirova - Bronze, Women's Light (Tufts, Cornell alumna)
Marc Osherson - Bronze, Men's Middle (Princeton)
Adam Paolino - Bronze, Men's Welter (Wheaton)

US National Collegiate Poomsae Team Trials

Carissa Fu - Gold, Female Individual (Princeton)
Alicia Zhou/Bobby Ren - Gold, Pairs (Harvard, MIT alumna, Lake Washington, MIT alumnus)
Karolina Corin/Rebecca Hung/Alicia Zhou - Gold, Women's Team (Harvard, MIT alumna/MIT/MIT)
Alicia Zhou - Silver, Female Individual (Harvard, MIT alumna)
Rebcca Hung/Dan Sauza - Silver, Pairs (MIT/MIT)
Aaron Sampson/Dan Sauza/Bobby Ren - Silver, Men's Team (MIT/MIT/Lake Washington)
Rebecca Hung - Bronze, Female Individual (MIT)

Forms Medals

David Huie, Gold, Men's Heavy 1st Dan (Princeton)
Erika Lee, Gold, Women's Welter 2nd Dan (MIT)
Sang Won Kim, Gold, Men's Fly 3rd Dan (Columbia)
Bobby Ren, Gold, Men's Feather 2nd Dan (Lake Washington, MIT alumnus)
Dan Sauza, Gold, Men's Welter 2nd Dan (MIT)
Betsy Smith, Gold, Women's Feather 1st Dan (Yale)
Chris Han, Silver, Men's Feather, 1st Dan (MIT)
Rebecca Hung, Silver, Women's Feather, 1st Dan (MIT)
JiHye Kim, Silver, Women's Feather, 1st Dan (MIT)
Eddie Lee, Silver, Men's Feather, 1st Dan (Princeton)
Van Anh Nguyen, Silver, Women's Fly, 1st Dan (Brown)
Emma Wu, Silver, Women's Welter, 2nd Dan (Harvard)
Vito Angrisano, Bronze, Men's Middle, 3rd Dan (West Point)
Thomas Beirne, Bronze, Men's Welter, 1st Dan (West Point)
Karolin Corin, Bronze, Women's Fly, 2nd Dan (MIT)
Jackie Dwulet, Bronze, Women's Heavy, 1st Dan (Brown)
Carissa Fu, Bronze, Women's Feather, 3rd Dan (Princeton)
Sieu Ha, Bronze, Men's Welter, 2nd Dan (Princeton)
Michael Ho, Bronze, Men's Feather, 3rd Dan (Brown)
Anastasia Kazimirova, Bronze, Women's Welter, 2nd Dan (Tufts, Cornell Alumna)
Jesse Madnick, Bronze, Men's Welter, 3rd Dan (Brown)
Bhuvic Patel, Bronze, Men's fly, 2nd Dan (Brown)
Aaron Sampson, Bronze, Men's Feather 1st Dan (MIT)
Laura Schwarz, Bronze, Women's Heavy 3rd Dan (SUNY Orange)

Posted March 29, 2009

West Point Hosts 327 Competitors


Owen Smith (red, U Albany) and Ashish Banherjee (blue, Cornell) face off in Men's A-Team sparring

Congratulations to Tom Beirne and West Point Taekwondo on successfully hosting 327 competitors from 22 schools on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. It was the third tournament of the 5-tournament ECTC season. The results can be found on the standings page. Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) President and West Point Taekwondo coach Grandmaster Ji Ho Choi announced at the opening ceremonies that the tournament was recognized by both the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and PATU, a first for any ECTC tournament.

The team standings were as follows:

Division 1

1. MIT - 478
2. Cornell - 466

Division 2

1. U Albany - 122
2. Tufts - 109
3. Harvard - 33

Division 3

1. Princeton - 129
2. West Point - 122
3. RPI - 55

Congratulations to all teams!
Posted March 3, 2009

ECTC All-Star Team Travels to Washington, DC

The ECTC All-Star Team traveled to Washington, DC this past weekend to train with US National Team Coach Sherman Nelson of Triple C Taekwondo. Robbie Carman (Cornell), Adam Fahrenkopf (Albany), Carissa Fu (Princeton), Nicole Houseal (Cornell), Corinna Hui (MIT), Kevin Kim (Cornell), Sean Murray (Albany), and Emma Wu (Harvard) attended. Because team member Christine Chin (MIT) could not attend, the team alternate, Chris Han (MIT), traveled with the team in her place. The coaches on the trip were Rex Hatfield (Princeton) and Dan Chuang (MIT).

The team participated in 4 workout sessions on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Three of the workouts were under Coach Nelson, and the fourth workout was at Yoo's Taekwondo under Coach Jason Yoo. The workouts gave the ECTC athletes the chance to interact with nationally ranked athletes and national champions, including athletes from Team Triple C, Yoo's Taekwondo, and PUMA Taekwondo, and also to get to know each other as leaders in the league.

The league thanks Coach Nelson and Coach Yoo for their hospitality!
Posted Mar. 2, 2009

Honda Martial Arts Sponsors ECTC All-Star Team

Thanks to Honda Martial Arts Supply Co, who provided uniforms for the ECTC All-Star team this year! Honda Martial Arts has provided equipment to teams in the INCTL for many years now.
Posted Mar. 2, 2009


West Point Tournament Packet Posted

The the tournament packet for the West Point tournament has been posted to the tournaments page.
Posted Jan.22, 2009

Columbia Tournament Date Announced

The Columbia Tournament will be held on Saturday, April. 25, 2009.
Posted Jan.22, 2009

West Point Tournament replaces NYU Tournament

A tournament at West Point will replace the tournament at NYU. The date of the tournament will be Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009.
Posted Jan.15, 2009

ECTC All-Star Team Announced

Congratulations to the ECTC All-Star Team! The athletes were nominated by their coaches and were chosen by the ECTC selection committee based on their competitive excellence, their leadership qualities and their participation in the league. The team will travel to train with US National Team Coach Sherman Nelson in Washington, DC this January.

Robert Carman (Cornell)
Christine Chin (MIT)
Adam Fahrenkopf (Albany)
Carissa Fu (Princeton)
Nicole Houseal (Cornell)
Corinna Hui (MIT)
Kevin Kim (Cornell)
Sean Murray (Albany)
Emma Wu (Harvard)

Alternate: Chris Han (MIT)
Posted Jan.4, 2009

INCTL now known as ECTC

The Ivy Northeast Collegiate Taekwondo League (INCTL) will hereafter be known as the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (ECTC). The change was made primariliy to be more inclusive of increasingly diverse group of schools who are participating in the league. The ECTC name was originally proposed by Master Han Don Cho of the Cornell Sport Taekwondo program, the longest-tenured coach in the ECTC, and it was ratified by the INCTL Board this fall, with the blessing of the league's founders, Master Sung Chul Whang and Master Jun Chul Whang of West Side Taekwondo.
Posted Dec. 29, 2008

Master Dan Chuang receives "Man of the Year" award from the INCTL Board

Master Dan Chuang was presented with the "Man of the Year" award from the INCTL board for his contributions to the league over the past several years as a member of the Board of Directors, and as the coach of the MIT Sport Taekwondo program. The award was presented by Master Han Don Cho, member of the INCTL Board and head coach of the Cornell Sport Taekwondo program, at the opening ceremony of the Cornell Tournament on Nov. 9, 2008.
Posted Dec. 7, 2008

Cornell Hosts 312 Competitors at 2nd INCTL Tournament of the Year

The Cornell Sport Taekwondo Club hosted 312 competitors on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008 at the 2nd of 5 INCTL tournaments for the year. The results can be found on the standings page. The team standings were as follows:

Division 1

1. Cornell - 606
2. MIT - 517

Division 2

1. U Penn - 127
2. U Albany - 94
3. Tufts - 40

Division 3

1. Lehigh - 80
2. RPI - 55
3. Princeton - 46

Congratulations to all teams!
Posted Dec. 7, 2008

MIT Hosts 343 Competitors


INCTL Board member Master Dan Chuang addresses the athletes at the opening ceremonies

The MIT Sport Taekwondo Club hosted 343 competitors on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008 to open the first of 5 INCTL tournaments for the year. The results can be found on the standings page. The team standings were as follows:

Division 1

1. MIT - 526
2. Cornell - 405

Division 2

1. Tufts - 227
2. Harvard - 133
3. U Albany - 75

Division 3

1. West Point - 110
2. Brown - 39
3. U Penn - 36

Congratulations to all teams!
Posted Nov.4, 2008

NYU Tournament Dates Announced

The third tournament of the year will be held at NYU in New York, NY on Sunday, March 1, 2009. The second tournament of the year will be held at Cornell on Sunday, Nov. 9.
Posted Oct. 27, 2008

Tournament Registration Spreadsheet Updated

The updated tournament registration spreadsheet has been posted on the registration page, reflecting the new weight divisions:

Men's Lightweight: 0 - 145.0 lbs
Men's Middleweight: 145.1 -171.0 lbs
Men's Heavyweight: 171.1 or greater

Women's Lightweight: 0 -117.0 lbs
Women's Middleweight: 117.1 -137.0 lbs
Women's Heavyweight: 137.1 or greater

Posted Oct. 19, 2008

Cornell Tournament Packet Posted

The Cornell tournament packet has been posted on the tournaments page.
Posted Oct. 18, 2008

MIT Tournament Packet Posted

The MIT tournament packet has been posted on the tournaments page.
Posted Sept. 25, 2008

Changes to INCTL Rules Announced

Forms competition

The league will now officially restrict forms to WTF/Kukkiwon forms. For color belt divisions, that means only Taeguek forms will be accepted. For the black belt divisions, that means the Kukkiwon Yudanja forms Koryo, Keumgang, Taebaek, Pyongwon, or Sipjin. Furthermore, the forms should be performed according to the latest WTF/Kukkiwon standards.

For the black belt divisions, all competitors will be judged under a modified version of the new WTF scoring methodology. That means that each competitor will be judged one at a time, and will receive separate scores for accuracy and performance.

Because it will take longer to process these black belt divisions, each school will be restricted to entering 2 male and 2 female competitors in the black belt forms divisions. There are no restrictions on the number of color belt competitors that schools may enter in each division.

Color belts will still be judged two at a time. While the full WTF scoring system may not be used, forms should still be performed according the WTF standard.

The forms performed in each division should be:

White/yellow: Taeguek 1 and 2
Green: Taeguek 3 and 4
Blue: Taeguek 5 and 6
Red: Taeguek 7 and 8
Black: Koryo, Keumgang, Taebaek, Pyongwon, or Sipjin

Weight divisions

New weight divisions were determined by the board to more evenly distribute students across weight divisions. The new weight classes for the INCTL are:

Men's Lightweight: 0-145.0 lbs
Men's Middleweight: 145.1-171.0 lbs
Men's Heavyweight: 171.1 or greater

Women's Lightweight: 0-117.0 lbs
Women's Middleweight: 117.1-137.0 lbs
Women's Heavyweight: 137.1 or greater

Posted Sept. 24, 2008

Poomsae Seminar a Success


US National Poomsae Team member David Turgeon explains a poomsae movement

Over 40 referees and instructors from the INCTL participated in the poomsae seminar, including representatives from U Penn, MIT, Tufts, Yale, Boston University, and SUNY Albany. Thanks to Master Turgeon for giving such a comprehensive seminar and for making the trip!
Posted Sept. 23, 2008

INCTL Membership Form Posted

THe 2008-2009 INCTL Membership Form has been posted online at the "Join INCTL" webpage.
Posted Sept. 1, 2008

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