By Just realise I haven’t ‘blogged’ in a while but we have enough news to make up for it! I also have a good excuse as we’ve been so busy! In the last two months Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do has gained: – a 2nd Dan – silver and bronze medals from the
Good as Gold
All eight (yes, eight!) of our gold-medal winning students have now been presented with their commemorative t-shirts and ladies vests. After the last competition we were thinking of ways to reward gold medal winners, with an original, innovative idea that hasn’t been seen before (not by us anyway!) We decided
GTI National Open – July 2016
The day kicked off with patterns as usual and our students battled against their nerves to perform well under pressure. The categories were all very large today but Tammy managed to come away with a bronze medal! Everyone has room for improvement of course and we will continue to work
Fancy dressed fundraisers
Our eight fancy dressed fundraisers have raised an incredible amount for two extremely worthy causes! With just one set of sponsorship left to be collected our team total stands at a staggering £1327.25 for Sands UK and £315 for the Evelyn Mae Fund. Thank you doesn’t quite justify how grateful
Will you sponsor us please?
On Sunday 8th May, Gary and members of our club (currently Rob, Dave, Dean, Tammy, Luke and Harry) will be sparring for one HUNDRED rounds! The 100 rounds are for one minute each so this is a tough challenge! We are raising money for Sands, the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death
GTI North West Open
Today was the first ever GTI North West Open, and 8 competitors represented Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do. They had the most amazing day and bagged a whopping 17 medals between them! All of our competitors won at least one medal: Harry, aged 7 (green belt) and at his second ever competition,
The old ones aren’t always the best
Massive congratulations to Dylan, who at ten years old has become Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do’s newest and youngest Black Belt! Dylan and his father David are not embarrassed to admit that Dylan had a setback along the way, having to retake a colour belt grading. Where others may have become disheartened,
Dave does the double
Over the Easter weekend, David Rowley travelled to Ilkeston, Derbyshire to compete on behalf of Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do and GTI. As a colour belt veteran, Dave considers himself a novice. However the results suggest otherwise! Dave won gold for sparring and silver for patterns. After the event Dave said he
PUMA International Open
Congratulations to our teenage fighters Jake and Luke, who have been successful on the taekwondo competition circuit once again. The pair competed at the PUMA International Taekwondo Championships in Swindon and won a medal each! Jake won silver for sparring whilst Luke took bronze. The pictures below show some excellent
Colour belt success
Thirteen may be unlucky for some but not for these students who have passed the latest colour belt grading! Oliver, Sam, David, Tammy, Lisa, Charlie, Bradley, Jack M, Jack L, Ben, Eric, Aaron and Mark all passed the grading. They were tested on kicks, self defence, line work, defensive drills,