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Year: 2014

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By Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do 30th December 2014 Training Diary

Festive break

I hope everyone is enjoying the festive break and having a good rest! We are really looking forward to getting back into training in the New Year, and there’s plenty to look forward to with new merchandise, a National competition and a Master Sewell’s sparring master class all by the

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By Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do 3rd December 2014 Training Diary

Happy birthday to us!

Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do is the original and longest running Tae Kwon-Do club in Bridgnorth, but we (Gary Plant and Anna Bradford) took over on 1st December 2012. So we have just celebrated our second birthday! We’ve had two amazing years, and something of a baptism of fire since we took

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By Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do 14th November 2014 Training Diary

New members

We’ve been busy settling in our new recruits (age 9 and 57). This is the thing we live most about Tae Kwon-Do, it appeals to so many different people. It caters for young people, for adults, men and women alike! It really has more to do with attitude than anything

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By Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do 6th November 2014 Training Diary

Keeping busy

There’s lots going on at Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do at the moment! Chris and I are learning our new patterns now that we are Second Degree Black Belts. The promotion to 2nd Dan seems to have spurred a few other students on and there are plenty of black belts who intend

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By Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do 17th October 2014 Training Diary

Putting those skills to use!

Mr Plant has succumbed to man flu so I taught the whole class on my own last night. It turned out to be an excellent lesson, lots of effort from the whole group and we covered a lot of the syllabus. We started with patterns and did all of the

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By Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do 13th October 2014 Training Diary

Job done!

Well, the grading was yesterday…and I passed! It was nerve-wracking, the sessions ran over so the waiting was difficult! Battling with my nerves and trying to stay calm while walking through the patterns and stretching my legs! We started with patterns and line work, and I was happy with how

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By Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do 5th October 2014 Training Diary

Seven days and counting

Well, the grading day is approaching quickly! One week from now it will all be over… I am trying to focus my mind and to overcome my nerves, as I know this is always one of my biggest obstacles. I have been training at our club whenever I have not

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By Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do 19th September 2014 Training Diary

Grading day – update!

Just a quick update on grading day! I was pleased with my Black Belt Assessment, I performed all of my new patterns (Kwang-Gae, Gae-Baek and Po-Eun) in front of Master Cockburn and was able to explain the meaning behind Kwang-Gae despite my nerves! The Black Belts joined in with the

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By Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do 14th September 2014 Training Diary

Grading day

Today is the day that seven of our students take part in a colour belt grading. Examiner Master Cockburn, 7th Degree Black Belt, will put them through their paces to test their patterns, line work, jumping kicks, sparring, self defence, and more. In the final grading session myself, Mr Plant

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By Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do 5th September 2014 Training Diary

Praise indeed

After Monday night’s lesson, we were delighted to come home to two compliments from happy students! It had been a sweaty session with lots of sparring and a fast pace as always. To come home to words of praise is really rewarding!

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