Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Poor Ava has had ‘the meaning of Kwang-Gae’ as her bedtime story for the last couple of nights! I’ve got it committed to memory now though and just need to do some research into the deeper meaning behind the definition.

Last night’s class was good; we had a decent turnout and I managed to fit in half an hour of my own training before Mr Plant asked me to help the two most junior students with their patterns. I’ve found that teaching patterns has helped me to remember them in

Hello world! I have never used a blog before so this is new territory for me! I have decided to keep a diary of my Tae Kwon-Do training and share it here on the website of the club that I run with my partner, Gary Plant. I became a 1st