By 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
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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,
Student of the Year
Congratulations to our Students of the Year – David Rowley (adult) and Jake Round (junior)! Dave has impressed us from day one with his attitude, hunger to learn and willingness to help others (especially the kids, who like to attack him). He’s also a gold medal winner and has been
Making the grade
Well done to all 12 of our colour belt students who were promoted to a new grade last week! Master Cockburn put everyone through their paces and the students definitely earned their belts! We have constructive feedback for everyone but the effort levels were good and we were very proud
Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do is going to Budapest!
We are absolutely delighted to say that three of our students have been selected to be part of the national team which is competing at the European Championships in Budapest! The competition takes place on the 3rd-7th February 2016 so there’s no rest over the Christmas holidays for Dean, Luke