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.
Remember to practice your Terminology for your belt grade!
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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.
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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
Wednesday 7th June, 7 to 8.30pm
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
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Wednesday 3rd March, 7 to 8.30pm
Beccles Taekwon-do club has 2 new 1st Dan Blacks Belts, Barbara Mazza and Lindell Brown.
Mr Bedingfield (joint club instructor) also had a successful grading being promoted to 3rd Dan.
All Students had to travel 150 miles to Ryton-on-Dunsmore near Coventry, where the grading took place on April 1st 2017.
This is a true test of this martial art, with no quarter given throughout a gruelling day, performing in front of the GTUK senior instructors including Master Aucellio 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.
The 1st Dan Black Belt grading is 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.
Both Barbara and Lindell showed superb Taekwon-do spirit throughout the day and got their reward with a coveted 1st Dan Black Belt. Barbara was also awarded best adult thesis of the grading.
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 with like minded people along the way.
Mr Bedingfield’s 3rd Dan test also included patterns, foot sparring techniques and 2 onto 1 sparring, finishing the examination with destruction techniques and theory. The preparation for this Taekwon-do grade takes up to 10 years of committed training with the applicant needing to have competed in National Tournaments, and attending regular seminar courses as an instructor and umpire, including first aid training.
If you would like to be part of this brilliant martial art and start your Black Belt journey come over to The Venue in Beccles on a Monday or Thursday evening 7 – 8.30 pm, new students of all ages are always very welcome to join our family!
Venue: Sports Connexion, Leamington Road, Ryton on Dunsmore
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*Top Awards…
*Free Programme to all Competitors
*Free Parking, Refreshments on the day.
Paperwork: Important! Deadline date for entries into champs is – Midnight – 26th April 2017
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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
The individual’s 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.
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Team entry fee: £15.00
There will be a 3 person tag team event for Peewee, Junior and Adult Black Belts. Forms are to be completed by Instructors, and handed in on the registration day; please let your Instructor know if you are interested in competing. Teams should be made up where possible from local and Jeegoo clubs.
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: it is advisable to meet your club/s competitors outside the official’s door & escort them in.
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Last Session is Monday 10th April and is our Easter Fun Session
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Then no training again until Monday 24th April
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Sat Apr 29th British Individual & Tag Team Championships 2017
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Sat June 3rd is our 2nd Quarter Grading.
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ALWAYS CHECK beccles-taekwondo.co.uk FOR UPDATES
or the short version: B-TKD.UK
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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
Instructors: Susie and Nidge Bedingfield
email: [email protected]
Global Taekwon-do United Kingdom, Unified ITF, Taekwon-do International, British Taekwon-do Council
NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS VERY WELCOME, ALL AGES, FOR FUN FITNESS AND FIGHTING!
We wish our Beccles Taekwon-do students the very best at the GTUK ITF Black Belt grading this weekend held at Ryton-on-Dunsmore nr Coventry.
There are students applying from both the GTUK East clubs: Beccles and Bungay.
Preparation has been good, so be strong, focussed and give it your best, and fingers crossed you will head home with a covetted Black Belt.
If you are unsuccessful this time, we are still 2 very proud instructors who know just how hard you have worked, and what it takes to enter such a difficult test of your Taekwon-do skills in front of our Grandmaster, Master and seniors.
We will be with you all the way 👊
Beccles Taekwon-do Instructors:
Susie & Nidge Bedingfield
There were some outstanding performances with Hayden Considine, Alfie Woodcraft, Isaac Slater and Tegan Brown being singled out for particular praise.
The grading was taken by Mr Steve King the area 6th Dan and he said that the quality of student sparring, patterns, techniques and Korean terminology was excellent across the board.
There are 10 members from the Beccles and Bungay Clubs who will be taking their Black Belt examination tests in Coventry on April 1st and we wish them the best of luck.
Photos from Beccles and Bungay Taekwondo Clubs Grading 19th March 2017
Well done to Jason Drake and Dean Harding from Beccles Taekwondo Club
on bringing back medals from the UKGT Open Tournament in Leicester on Sunday 19th March 2017
Jason won Silver for Black belt Sparring.
Dean won Bronze for Patterns and Gold for Sparring in the Black Tag category.
Good work guys 😉
