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Success for Elgin School of Taekwon-Do
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Congratulations to Andrew Currie and to Lawrence Clark on achieving their Black Belts at the recent promotion board in Glasgow.
Well done boys, the hard work paid off!
Also promoting at this grading was Ryan Murphy (now 3rd degree) and Kris Thomson ( now 4th degree) . Both have been training in Glasgow since moving away from Elgin. Congratulations from all your fellow students back in Elgin.
Many thanks to First Grandmaster Rhee and the UKTA Masters Council for an excellent weekend.
Congratulations to our 2 new Black Belts, Jana Williamson (12yrs) and Matthew Carmichael (11years)
A fantastic performance from both students. They were tested on their knowledge of Taekwon-do terminology, performed patterns Hwa Rang and Choong Moo, 1 step and free sparring, as well as demonstrating their accuracy on the breaking holder in front of Grandmaster Rhee and the UKTA Masters Council.
Andrew Smith demonstrated his breaking powers by making light work of the new red boards, performing jumping turning kick to over head height and smashing 2 bricks in his bare feet! Not to mention performing 3 patterns, foot technique sparring and 3 bouts of free sparring. A great performance which paid off with a promotion to 2nd degree.
All 3 students from Elgin were awarded their certificate and belts by Grandmaster Rhee Ki Ha – The father of British Taekwon-do.
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Belated congratulations to Nicola Milne on promoting to II Degree at the March 08 Black Belt Seminar and Grading, conducted by Senior Grandmaster Rhee, assisted by Senior Masters and Masters from the UKTA. They formed a formidable grading panel – but this wasn’t going to phase our northern lass! Well done Nicola!
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Another successful haul at the UK Open in Cardiff
Walker Technical Resources Ltd www.wtr.uk.com employers of Pete Day (Sarah and Chris’s dad) have kindly sponsored a 15 seater minibus plus accommodation, to allow a small team headed by Andy Adam, to enter this years British Championships. The club would like to thank the company and also thank Pete for taking on the responsibility of co-ordinating seat allocation and travel arrangements for competitors, officials and parents.
The British Championships will be held in Cardiff on the 24th November 2007 – Good Luck to All
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I’m sure you all read the fantastic coverage Andy rec
Andy is currently coaching a sparring class at the Dojang on Saturday mornings in preperation for the UKTA British championships later this month.
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Lindsey Wherret (nee Arnott) 4th degree, may be teaching and training on the other side of the world, but her roots will remain firmly here in Elgin. Lindsey ( designer of this web site) and her fellow club members entered the Tasmanian state ITF Championships last weekend.
It was an open competition so there were a whole mixture of clubs there including WTF, some freestyle even a few Kung Fu people , but it was mostly ITF. The patterns and breaking sections were purely ITF .
All their competitors came away with at least one medal. Lindsey took out the overall senior female champion trophy! Taking the gold for both the patterns and the power test. Paying tribute to her UKTA power test training, Lindsey broke more boards in the competition than even the Black Belt males! What a girl!
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Colin has captured this photo of Arran’s first fist!
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Congratulations to Colin Richardson and wife Achalee, for the safe arrival of their baby boy. Arran, a healthy 8lb 2oz was born 23rd August 00.33 am. He is absolutely gorgeous!
Have checked the cupboard, and I’m sure we have a size 000 ready for him!
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One can always find an excellent backdrop for a TKD photoshoot and Central Park , New York , is no exception.
