British Individual Championships 2018 – information
Saturday 12th May 2018 – 8:30am registration
Venue: Sports Connexion, Leamington Road, Ryton on Dunsmore, Nr Coventry
Colour Belt & Black Belt Championships
“Pee-wee, Junior, Adult”
*Top Awards…
*Free Programme to all Competitors
*Free Parking, Refreshments on the day!
Don’t miss this one!!
Deadline date for entries into champs is – 8th May 2018
See entry form on separate sheet!
Competitor entry fee:
Coloured Belt Adults £20.00
Coloured Belt Junior & Peewee £15.00
Black Belt Adults – £20.00
Black Belt Junior & Peewee £15.00
This competition is open to students of all ages and levels of Taekwon-Do, giving each and every student the opportunity to take part in competitive patterns, sparring and where age appropriate destruction.
All students are placed into categories according to their age, height, and belt to give everyone a fair chance to compete to become GTUK National Champions.
Spectators door entry fee: £5.00 door only
Under 11yrs old free’ when accompanied by an adult
Official’s time: 8.30am– Officials please register at door as soon as possible
Instructors: Meet your clubs competitors outside the official’s door & escort them in.
Training sessions are really buzzing at Beccles Taekwondo!
Taekwondo classes started back after a short Easter break, with lots of new faces and some old ones returning too 🙂
Beccles Taekwondo Club is really buzzing at the moment, we have people of all ages training and learning this self-defense martial art.
SO come and give it a go, the more the merrier, you will get the feel of a traditional martial art being taught in large classes, the way it was meant to be!
At the same time getting individual assessment of your progress as you develop new skills with strength and discipline as you work your way though the colour belt syllabus up to black belt.
Next grading is 24th June, but we have the GTUK British Championships on May 12th, and ‘white belts’ can enter!
Our teaching style is friendly but firm 🙂
Mr and Mrs B
First Session FREE, and you will qualify for a FREE T-Shirt!
Great 1st Taekwondo class back after the Easter break, lots of new faces and some old ones returning too 🙂
Beccles Taekwondo Club is really buzzing at the moment, we have people of all ages training and learning this self-defense martial art.
SO come and give it a go, the more the merrier, you will get the feel of a traditional martial art being taught in large classes, the way it was meant to be!
At the same time getting individual assessment of your progress as you develop new skills with strength and discipline as you work your way though the colour belt syllabus up to black belt.
Next grading is 24th June, but we have the GTUK British Championships on May 12th, and ‘white belts’ can enter!
We are then having a weeks holiday after the fun session and will return on Monday 9th April.
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Our next big Competition is the GTUK British Championships in Coventry on Saturday 12th May.
This is a great way to show off your Taekwon-do skills, meet new friends and prepare yourself for your Black Belt Grading. Awesome Medals!! Be brave and give it a go!!
Summer Grading will be held on Sunday 24th June at Bungay High School Sports Hall, 9.35 for a 10 am start. Put this date in your diaries now!!
Students please go to Beccles-taekwondo.co.uk and go to the syllabus page, put in the password and print your new syllabus NOW!!!!
Happy Easter
Mrs and Mr B.
Taekwon
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PLEASE NOTE:
If you have any TKD queries or want to check if the class is running on a certain day please go to our website which is updated regularly.
Beccles Taekwon-do Grading. A Big Congratulations to all Beccles & Bungay Taekwon-do Students who passed their Spring Grading at Bungay High School on Sunday 18th March 2018.
All students were graded on their individual belt syllabuses, which includes patterns, techniques, step sparring routines, self defence, sparring, destruction, and a test of their knowledge in both English and Korean.
GTUK Examiner Mr Steve King VI degree was very pleased with the progress of all students, and said that the standards were very high, he congratulated them on their 100% pass rate.
A special well done to Beccles’s Jack Chapman (Peewee) and Evelyn Brooks (Junior) for passing their Provisional Black Belt grading, they were awarded their Black Tag belts and will now be preparing for their full Black Belt grading in front of Grandmaster Oldham IX degree at a later date.
The spring is a great time to start this family orientated sport, giving new members time to learn their 1st belt syllabus in readiness for the June grading, it takes 3-4 years to learn the full syllabus and become a 1st Degree Black Belt student.
If you would like to come and have a go the first session is always free, see our web sites for details of our training times and venues this spring:
Come and Try
BECCLES TAEKWON-DO!
1st Session Free, plus Free T-shirt!
Instructors Mr and Mrs Bedingfield www.beccles-taekwondo.co.uk
The GTUK Eastern Area Inter-Club tournament took place in Wellingborough this year and Bungay & Beccles Taekwondo Clubs battled to a very creditable 3rd place in the region which is superb considering the winning towns are much bigger (Wellingborough 1st and Northampton 2nd)
29 medals in total were achieved by 19 fighters in all age groups, pee wees (under 12) included superb double gold for Jayden Howgate in patterns and special techniques and gold for Jack Sutton in his patterns division. Jed Baddour showed exception sparring ability to win his division in emphatic style with 3 head kicks awarded to be given the gold. Isaac Slater also battled hard to a bronze in sparring but achieved an excellent silver for patterns in a large division.
Juniors (13-17) achieved a great haul of medals with Imogen Suttons gold for sparring and bronze for patterns and Daisy Whymarks gold for patterns and bronze for sparring being real highlights as it was their 1st competition. Bailey Aldrich gained gold for patterns and silver for sparring which was a fabulous achievement as he had stepped up to juniors being a tall 12 year old! Kelsie Dyer showed great courage to win gold for patterns and bronze for sparring whilst fellow Bungay High School student James Thurston won silver for patterns.Evelyn Brooks from Beccles won bronze for patterns and silver for sparring in her 1st ever tournament, to round off a superb showing for the teenagers.
Adults (17+) included a fantastic double gold for Jade Howgate in sparring and patterns beating team mate Poppy Whymark to a creditable double silver, as she is only just in the adult section. A great gold for Jason Drake for black belt destruction went with his silver medals for both patterns and sparring whilst Gary Wheeler won double bronze medals in his 1st competition as a black belt! Barbara Mazza gained a silver in the black belt ladies patterns with Paul Chapman gaining a silver for patterns and bronze for sparring in the coloured belt male section.
Several other competitors competed and supported superbly with Colby Aldrich battling to 4th place in the pee wee sparring, whilst Jack and Jess Chapman competed really well but finished just outside the medal positions, both losing out to the eventual category winners. Jacob Burden did a superb job helping to referee for the 1st time as a black belt and Benjamin Burden acted as junior coach. Steve King The area 6th degree and senior said “Bungay & Beccles achieved a fantastic 60 points and considering the distance travelled for competitors the amount of medals won is a real testament to Eastern Taekwondo”.
Now is a great time have a go at this rewarding Olympic martial art in order to get fit for the summer and your first lesson is free! The youngest students in the clubs are 5 years old and there is no upper age limit, check us out on www.bungay-taekwondo.co.ukor for those in Beccleswww.beccles-taekwondo.co.uk
Beccles Taekwondo Club medalists (10 in total):
Jason Drake, Black Belt: Silver Patterns, Silver Sparring, Gold Destruction
Barbara Mazza, Black Belt: Silver Patterns
Gary Wheeler, Adult Black Belt: Bronze Patterns, Bronze Sparring
Paul Chapman, Adult Black Tag: Silver Patterns, Bronze Sparring
Evelyn Brooks, Junior Red Belt: Bronze Patterns, Silver Sparring
