A huge thank you goes to our valiant ICENI Taekwon-do students and welfare officers, who spent hours and hours umpiring at the OPEN ITF event in Coventry at the weekend.
They travelled for 3 hours to attend, and then umpired on the mats, with over 450 competitors, doing patterns and sparring, round after round, 2 at a time… A totally draining and exhausting experience, so much so, it selflessly effected their own performances very late in the day, all missing out on the medals for the 1st time in our clubs history!
Then after a gruelling day, driving back to the east of England and arriving home in the very early hours of the next day.
The highs and lows of the day highlighted the differences in how martial arts should be taught, and how etiquette and respect is possibly not the highest priority for a few. There are those that give all for little or no return, and others who do not, and will complain until they get the results they want…
Such is life, but thankfully our ICENI Taekwon-do students honour the virtues of Traditional Taekwon-do above all else. We are very proud of you all, your spirit for our club is truely indomitable, and we thank you again.
Mr and Mrs B
