Morecambe Tae Kwon-Do

Scottish Championships

On Saturday 31st May 2008 several members of the Morecambe Tae Kwon Do school traveled to the Grangemouth sports centre in Scotland to take part in the the GTUK Scottish Tae Kwon Do championships.
Results from left to right
David Powell won silver medal in the heavyweight adult sparring, Ewan Powell won bronze in the patterns in his first competition, Jarrod Moore won gold in the lightweight adult sparring, Grace Dyer won silver in patterns and gold in sparring in her first competition.
Also featured are Eileen Waterworth who got to the semi finals of the veterans sparring despite having a broken arm, an excellent example of Indomitable Spirit, and Robbie Wells who competed despite being ill on the day.
Well done to all of you.

Competition

On Sunday 24th February several members of the Morecambe Tae Kwon Do school traveled to the David Lloyd sports centre in Manchester to take part in the the GTUK North West England Tae Kwon Do championships.
For most of them it was the first time they had been in a competition and with over 200 competitors from all over northern England it was an exciting day..
Everyone enjoyed themselves and three members came back with trophies.
David Powell had an excellent first competition and won gold in heavyweight sparring, Chris Owen won bronze in lightweight sparring and patterns and Robbie Wells won silver in patterns and bronze in sparring
Everyone enjoyed themselves and they are all looking forward to the British championships in April and the Scottish championships in May.

Recommended Reading

I have recently discovered a book that I would recommend to all students

Its called "Taekwon-Do Patterns: From Beginner to Black Belt" by Master Jim Hogan

It goes through each pattern from white belt to black tag with full descriptions and colour photographs.

Applications of each technique and tips on movements are included.

It's rrp is £14.99 but you can buy it from Amazon for £10.49 ex postage by clicking on the link below.

Important - Change of training days

Please note that from the 1st of November the classes on Fridays at VVV

will now be on Thursday at the same times.

Coloured belt gradings for 2008 are:

Sunday 9th March

Sunday 8th June

Sunday 14th September

Sunday 7th December

All gradings start at 2:00pm sharp at the VVV Leisure Centre