Further congratulations are in order as another Bridgnorth TKD student has been selected to compete as part of the national GTI Squad! Well deserved, Marcin! #bridgnorthtkd #gtitaekwondo #oldburywellsschool #gtisquad #worldchampionships
Bridgnorth gains a new 3rd Dan
Having trained at Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do for fifteen years, Chris Murr has been promoted to 3rd Degree Black Belt. Dedicated, loyal, humble; Chris is a qualified umpire, instructor and has a 1st class engineering degree to boot! Dependable, reliable and unassuming – it’s easy to forget he is only 22
Autumn update
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
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,
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
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
What to expect at your first grading
Students tend to be very nervous before a grading, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but remember the examiner just needs to see what you have learnt. Try to use your nervous energy in a positive way to be powerful, loud and confident! If you are in the grading hall
Hitting the local news again
Here is the final (we think!) piece of publicity celebrating Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do’s students Dean and Luke at the Italian World Championships. This was featured in the Shropshire magazine called What’s What. Many thanks to all the local reporters who have featured our wonderful news!