Northants Interclub Tournament 4th February

The Instructors of Borough Tae Kwon Do would like to invite you to this year’s annual Northants Interclub Tournament!

Sunday 4th February will see the Wellingborough Club host this year’s annual Northants Interclub Tournament this year’s interclub Tournament brings together members from Grange Park, Wellingborough, Wollaston, Northampton, Raunds, Beccles and Bungay for what’s sure to be a fun day out for everyone.

There will be patterns and sparring divisions, as well as destruction categories available to adult students. As always, the clubs will be competing for the Interclub Trophy. An awarded to the club with the most successes throughout the day. You can enter as many of the events for your grade and as age as you would like.

All students must have a valid licence to compete, and as safety is always uppermost in our minds, those who wish to spar in the Tournament will need the following sparring equipment:

•Hand, Feet and Head Guard.
•Groin Guard (compulsory for men and boys).

Whether you want to compete or just watch…everyone’s welcome. Why not bring along your Mums, Dads, Grandmas, Grandpas, Uncles, Aunts, Brothers, Sisters and Friends? It’s going to be a great day…so just come along.

If you have any questions, or you want to order safety equipment, just ask your Instructor and they’ll be able to help.

Don’t miss this day…it’s a great chance to meet and get to know others like you, who are all Tae Kwon-Do Martial Artists. Hope to see you all there.

Date: Sunday 4th February
Time: Doors open 9:45am, the event will then run throughout the day
Venue: Weavers Sports Centre, Weavers Road, Wellingborough, NN8 3JQ Costs: Competitors £8, Spectators £3 – to be paid on the day.

There is no entry form for this event, all entries will be managed on the day!

If you require further information about this event, please speak to your instructor or refer to our

website www.taekwondo-wellingborough.com

We look forward to seeing you there!

Beccles Taekwondo Club’s last grading of 2017 a great success

beccles taekwondo grading

Beccles and Bungay Taekwondo clubs held their last belt grading of the year on the 16th December 2017

A very large group of students attended the last grading for the year, and were put through their paces, being assessed on all their Taekwondo skills, and successfully being promoted to their respective new belt rankings.

All students demonstrated great enthusiasm and endurance during the 4 hour grading where a range of techniques, patterns, self-defence, sparring and destruction were all tested alongside Korean terminology.

GTUK Examiner Mr Steve King 6th Degree, said that standards were excellent and they were all a credit to the region and their instructors, and as you can see by the faces in the photo, all students worked really hard but enjoyed every moment, adding to the success of both the family orientated clubs from Beccles and Bungay.

The grading was then followed by an end of year party and presentation evening for new belts and student awards, held at Broome Village Hall.

This included the promotion to 1st Degree Black Belt for Beccles Mr Gary Wheeler who successfully passed his destruction test on the grading day.

Gary Wheeler being presented his Black Belt from GTUK East Senior instructor, Mr Clinton Gillett 5th Degree.

New Black Belt Gary with Beccles instructors Mr & Mrs Bedingfield

Students and their families then enjoyed Hog Roast, Cakes, and Sweets getting everyone into the festive spirit for Christmas.

It is now a perfect time to start getting fit following on from the excesses of Christmas and the sport of Taekwondo is an excellent and fun way of losing weight, gaining fitness and suppleness as well as developing self-confidence alongside REAL self defence capabilities.

Both clubs are family orientated with many parents training alongside their children in order to gain new skills and a sense of wellbeing.

So come and join us!

A small video clip of the grading warm up!

We are back on January 8th 2018!

Happy New Year to all our
Taekwondo Students.

We hope you had a great Christmas.

If you are wising to start Taekwondo,

please come and see us in the new year,

Mondays and Thursdays 7-8.30pm

from Monday 8th January.

Free Session  and Free T-shirt for beginners!

Grading & Christmas Party December 16th 2017

Beccles Taekwon-do – Grading and Christmas Party

The last grading of the year will be on Saturday 16th December from 1.30 – 4.30 in the Gym at Bungay High School. Please make sure you wear a clean dobok and bring plenty of fluid, sparring kit and your Korean terminology so you can revise.
We will need your grading fee £28 before the day.

Please note: Mr Gillett would like to see all Red Belt and Black Tags that have not graded recently. He would like you to go through the whole grading syllabus with the other students who are grading.

After the grading the Christmas Party is being held at Broome Village Hall from 5.30 to 10pm, where we will also be doing belt presentations.

Broome Village Hall, Sun Road, Broome, Bungay NR35 2RW

PARTY FOOD Hog roast, savoury food, vegetarian options, cakes, sweet, will be provided by the Bungay and Beccles clubs.

DRINKS Please bring your own soft drinks.

 

Names:

I  will/will not   be coming to the Christmas Party.

Please return this to your instructor by Wednesday 6th December.


IMPORTANT NOTE: Change of training night. We will be training on Wednesday 6th December instead of Thursday 7th!! This session will be in the SJL School gym, please ask at sports hall reception if you do not know where to go. Normal time 7-8.30pm


The last training session of the year will be Monday 18th December (which will be a Christmas fun session) and we won’t be returning until Monday 8th January, then every Monday and Thursday as normal.


Please also note if you would like to purchase Club t-shirts, hoodies or drawstring bags, can you return the forms by December 6th to give us a chance to print them. Click to load order form.

Great day for Beccles Taekwondo Club at the GTUK British Championships.

Proud instructors Mr and Mrs Bedingfield pictured with medal winners.

A small but powerful squad of 6 students travelled to Coventry to compete in the GTUK British Taekwondo Championships and came back with 11 medals!

Jason Drake, Black Belt: Gold Patterns, Silver Destruction, Bronze Sparring

Barbara Mazza, Black Belt: Silver Patterns, Silver Destruction, Bronze Sparring

Joseph Andrews Colour Belt: Gold Sparring, Silver Patterns

Tina Andrews Colour Belt: Silver Sparring, Bronze Patterns

Simon Leak Colour Belt: Silver Sparring

Marcel Leak-Spelman Colour Belt: competed well in a large category and just missed out on the medals.

Taking part in tournaments can be a daunting experience, but it is the only true way to evaluate your progress in Taekwondo, but most of all it shows the dedication to your training that is required to compete at a National level. For some the day started at 4am and arriving home at 10pm. Well done guys, it shows that all the hard work and commitment pays off!

ITF styled Taekwondo is a powerful self-defence and sport martial art, suitable for all ages, so if you would like to come and try Taekwondo please come along for a FREE session (and you get a Free T-shirt) at the Venue Sport Centre, Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Mondays and Thursdays 7pm to 8.30pm.

Photos from the Dojang this week October 19th 2017

New Banners for BECCLES and ICENI Taekwondo Dojangs

The Taekwondo Oath

Warming up!


Point Sparring Action

Very young Taekwondo student waiting his turn 🙂

Point Sparring Action

Old Tigers in Action too 😉

old tigers veteran taekwondo


 

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