GTUK British Championships 28th October 2017

– Sports Connexion, Ryton – 8.30am registration

Ask your instructors for details and entry forms.

GTUK British Champs & Tag Team Event Saturday 28th October 2017

Registration on the day will open at 8:30 am, and there will be refreshments available during the day. Please arrive as early as possible with your students to ensure the day will run as smoothly as possible.
Entry fees are:

• Coloured Belt Adults £20.00
• Coloured Belt Junior & Peewee £15.00
• Black Belt Adults – £20.00
• Black Belt Junior & Peewee £15.00
• Spectators £5.00 on the day through Spectators entrance. • Under 11yrs old free’ when accompanied by an adult

Black Belt Tag team Event

There will be a 3 person tag team event for Peewee, Junior and Adult Black Belts. Forms (attached) are to be completed by Instructors, and handed in on the registration day. Teams should be made up where possible from local and Jeegoo clubs.

After Champs Halloween Party

There will be Halloween themed party open to all, from 7.30 till late with DJ and Bar. Advance bookings £5.00 per ticket (contact Mrs Auciello) or £7.00 on the door.

Information for GTUK 2017 Championships

Saturday 28th October 2017, registration starts at 8:30am.
Could you please meet your Instructors outside the venue; they will then escort the competitors into the Main hall? Spectators are free to pay and enter through the spectators’ door as and when.

Location
The competition is being held at: Sports Connexion, Leamington Road, Ryton-On-Dunsmore, CV8 3FL

Equipment & Dress code

All students are recommended to travel in casual clothes, please wear any club or GTUK merchandise if you have it. There are facilities there for all students to change into their Doboks when they arrive. Please don’t forget your belt! All boys are required to wear groin guards, and we suggest that any long hair is tied up and pulled back off the students face. Ensure have your own sparring gear with you. Any jewellery should be removed, or covered with plasters if it really cannot be taken out; please be advised though any jewellery worn is completely at your own risk.

Format of the day

Students will register as a club, and will be taken through to the main hall, where they can rejoin their parents/guardians, we would recommend they then get changed and then use any spare time to warm up and practice. Grand Master Oldham and the senior grades will open the tournament at aprox. 9:30.

There will be a holding area where all competitors will remain until their category is ready to commence. Students will be called and will bow to the judges. In the patterns category they will be asked which pattern they will be doing, and they will then perform that pattern against their opponent, judges will signal which competitor is successful at the end. This will continue through to the final. Similarly for sparring, students will be called up, and will bow in and then students will compete to see who achieves the most points during the time.

Medals will be presented during a number of ceremonies throughout the day.

Photographs/Video

Any parents wishing to take photographs or video need to sign a form when they arrive into the building, you will ordinarily be issued with a sticker to show this has been completed. There will be a 3rd party professional photographer onsite, who will be taking professional photographs during the day. If students’ photos are taken you can purchase these to take away on the day.

Food/drinks

We recommend that you take a pack up with you and some entertainment for young children. There is however a cafeteria which sells hot and cold drinks, crisps, bacon and sausage sandwiches for you during the day should you need it.

After Party

Everyone is welcome to come to the Halloween After Champs Party at the Sports Connexion. Tickets are on sale at £7 per person on the day from the merchandise stand, or can be reserved via your Instructors before 24th October 2017 for £5 per ticket. The party starts at 7:30pm, and a buffet will be served at 8pm. The disco and bar will continue till late.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask your Instructors on the day.

We would like to wish you all the very best of luck and hope you enjoy your day, and also take this opportunity to thank you for your support!

 

We have 4 New Taekwondo Black Belts at our Beccles Club!

Fantastic news, we have 4 New Black Belts at the club!

GTUK Black Belt gradings are a test of mental and physical abilities, 3 pattern sequences of strikes, kicks and blocks; self defence step sparring; full sparring; the breaking of 2 inch pine boards with hand and feet techniques; Korean theory along with a thesis about Taekwon-do which all students prepare in the months beforehand.

All students had to travel 150 miles to Ryton-on-Dunsmore near Coventry, where the grading took place on Saturday. This grading is a true test of our martial art, with no quarter given throughout a gruelling day, performing in front of the GTUK senior instructors including Master Auciello 7th Degree, and Grand Master Oldham 9th Degree who’s history links the Beccles club back to the originator of Taekwon-do General Choi Hong Hi in 1955.

So our congratulations go to:

Isabella Gibson 12, Junior 1st Dan Black Belt,
Bella was also awarded best junior thesis of the grading.

Liam Mills 14, Junior 1st Dan Black Belt.

Dean Harding Adult, 1st Dan Black Belt.

Jason Drake Veteran, promoted to 1.5 Dan Black Belt

It takes great dedication and commitment to learn Taekwon-do, with up to 4 years training to become a 1st Dan Taekwon-do Black Belt, on your journey you achieve a great level of confidence, strength, fitness and can make lifetime friendships along the way.

Proud Club Instructors Mr and Mrs Bedingfield with Bella and Liam after the Junior presentations

3rd Quarter Belt Grading Beccles & Bungay Taekwondo Clubs

3rd Quarter Belt Grading Beccles & Bungay Taekwondo Clubs

1st October 2017

Well done to all our Beccles Taekwon-do students who attended the GTUK East 3rd Quarter Grading held at Bungay 1st Oct.

You achieved 100% pass!

The examination includes demonstrations of techniques including kicks, punches and blocks, patterns (sequences of moves), sparring, self-defence, power destruction and Korean technical language.

The Bungay and Beccles clubs are both centres for the local community with many parents training with their children. So if you would like to learn one of the Worlds best martial arts, come along to a free taster session which you can find further details on the clubs websites.

The youngest students in the clubs are 5 years old and there is no upper age limit.

 Always wanted to learn a martial art?
Then Come and Try Taekwon-do at Beccles Taekwon-do Club!
It’s never too late, we teach both the young and the not so young 🙂


 

This week we had a guest ITF Black Belt student from Spain join the class

Daniel Wickham lives in Spain most of the time, but also visits Beccles during the year from time to time, so popped in for a training session with the Beccles Club.

Photos show Daniel on the right lined up with a few of the Beccles senior crew after the training session.

Club instructor Mrs Bedingfield (3rd from left) said he was an excellent student, a credit to his instructors, and is always welcome to join the Beccles club sessions whenever he is in town.

Photos courtesy Marie Wickham

2nd Quarter Belt Grading Beccles and Bungay Taekwondo Clubs, 17th June 2017

Beccles Taekwon-do Club Summer Belt Grading Success

Photo includes GTUK Regional Examiner Mr King VI, Mr Gillett V. Not in the photo are Mr Bedingfield III (taking photo), and Mrs Bedingfield II attending her recently born twin granddaughters 🙂

Well done to all the martial arts students from Beccles Taekwon-do club who attended their Summer Belt Grading held at Bungay High School on 17th June on a blisteringly hot afternoon in the Dojang.

Regional examiner Mr Steve King 6th Dan from Wellingborough, was again very pleased with the progress of all students, and said that the standards continue to be very high, he congratulated students on their work and commitment to their training, and they were rewarded with an excellent 100% pass rate! 

The 3 hour examination includes demonstrations of techniques including kicks, punches and blocks, patterns (sequences of moves), sparring, self-defence, power destruction and Korean terminology for the techniques in their individual belt grade syllabuses.

The Beccles club is very family orientated, with many parents training with their children. The youngest students in the club are 5 years old and there is no upper age limit.

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The club is run by its fully certified senior Black belt instructors: Mr and Mrs Bedingfield, who are well supported by their team of Black belt and Black-tag students.

Classes are held on Monday and Thursday evenings at the Venue, Beccles Sports Centre 7pm to 8.30pm, the training dojang is situated above the squash court.

So if you would like to learn one of the best modern day martial arts, where you can become, stronger,  fitter and more confident, come along for a FREE TASTER SESSION, and join our family!

You can find further details on the club website: www.beccles-taekwondo.co.uk

Always wanted to learn a martial art?
Then Come and Try Taekwon-do at Beccles Taekwon-do Club!
It’s never too late, we teach both the young and the not so young 🙂

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All ages welcome to come and try!
Monday and Thursday evenings, The Venue, Ringsfield Road, Beccles.

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NEW! GTUK Instructors Coaching Course: 24th June 2017

“New” Taekwondo Instructors Coaching Course

Date: 24th June 2017 (10am – 4pm)

Venue: Sports Connexion,
Leamington Road, Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry
CV8 3Fl – tel:024 76306155

* Dobok required all day in a relaxed fun atmosphere*

Open to red / black belt adults and now through demand junior black belts aged 14 years and over

Instructors & Assistant Instructors ensure you attend along with your appropriate students to this course, 10 points awarded to black belt test form C’

This exciting new course promises to combine faster ways to achieve higher standards within clubs and targets self confidence, the values of a powerful voice, moral code, and teaching supervision

Students on the course will have a full physical day in their DOBOKS learning the trade secrets of instruction, how to inject maximum definition into each movement, club management, moral ties with students

We feel this type of course will stimulate more mental focus into our membership. There will actually be assessor’s present to make the course more authentic on the day and to steer you to better coaching

Instructor manuals and certificates will be presented on the day

Fees for the course:

Instructors & Assistant Instructors / Adult Red & Black Belts – £30.00

Junior (14years and over) – £25.00

THE COURSE INCLUDES:

  • YOUR CLUB MANAGEMENT & CLUB TRAINING PROGRAM MANUAL
  • YOUR NATIONAL INSTRUCTORS CERTIFICATE

GMO’ “Good Luck” on the day

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2nd Quarter Grading Saturday 17th June 2017

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2nd Quarter Grading

Saturday 17th June 2017

1.45 for 2pm start

Grading in Bungay High School gym

Please make sure you bring your grading money (£28) to the club before the day.

Check your patterns here

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Remember to practice your Terminology for your belt grade!

Black Tags:

You are welcome to take part in the grading for extra practice,

but if not please come and help out with the other colours belts.

We are always looking for new members, so bring a friend for a free taster session 🙂

See you in the Dojang

Taekwon

Jeegoo at Bungay Wednesday 7th June,

Jeegoo at Bungay with Mr Gillett V

Wednesday 7th June, 7 to 8.30pm

All Red/Black belts please make this session, as Jeegoos are a very important part of your training.
Students note of apology required for non-attendance!
 
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We are always looking for new members, so bring a friend for a free taster session 🙂
See you in the Dojang
Taekwon

BECCLES TAEKWONDO URGENT reminders:

“British Individual & Tag Team Championships 2017”

This Saturday, 29th April 2017 – 8:30am registration

Venue: Sports Connexion, Leamington Road, Ryton on Dunsmore

Colour & Black Belt Championships

“Pee-wee, Junior, Adult”

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR STUDENTS TRAVELLING TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

[email protected]

Beccles Sport Centre closes for Bank Holiday

Monday 1st May Beccles Sport Centre closes for Bank Holiday, 
so try to make the Thursday sessions either side of the Bank Holiday!

Jeegoo at Bungay with Mr Gillett V

Wednesday 3rd March, 7 to 8.30pm

All Red/Black belts please make this session, as Jeegoos are a very important part of your training.
 
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We are always looking for new members, so bring a friend for a free taster session 🙂
See you in the Dojang
Taekwon