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GTUK Success at Sports Awards On Wednesday 15th November, 6th Degree Instructor and England Squad Coach, Mr Richard Auciello, 2nd Degree Black Belt Liam Watkinson and 1st Degree Black Belt Jessica Auciello from Stamford & Oakham GTUK, and also GTUK England Squad went to the first ever Active Rutland Sports Awards at Greetham Valley near […]
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GTUK Championship – 27th October 2012 Two score and five years ago, Grand Master Rhee brought forth in this country a new martial art, conceived in courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self control and indomitable spirit. Master Oldham was a student in the first club, which was in Coventry, so it seems appropriate that the GTUK Open Championships […]
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All at GTUK TKD would like to wish a huge congratulations to Bungay Taekwon-do Instructor, Mr Clinton Gillett and partner Mickey on the recent birth of their baby boy! Their baby boy, Jonty, weighed 9.6lb, and we all wish Mickey well. Once again, huge congratulations from all our membership, what a great Christmas present for […]
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Scottish Seminar – Unified International Taekwon-Do Federation Grand Master Hwang Kwang Sung (K-9-1) On the 12– 14th of October in the beautiful surroundings of the Inchyra Grange Hotel, near Stirling, Master David Brown hosted the first ever Unified International Taekwondo Federation seminar conducted by Grand Master Hwang Kwang Sung (K-9-1) held in Scotland. GM Hwang […]
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BTC Black Team Championships By Charlie Cox Prologue: 1952 London’s docks are vibrant, tough and hectic, With ships from every country to be seen, Elizabeth departs on tour a princess, But soon returns to take the throne as queen. A South Korean brigadier general, Is working on a brand new martial art, With twists and […]
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We are proud at this time in our history to be part of both the Unified International Taekwon -do Federation (UITF) and Taekwon-do International ( T I ) This will make certain that our National Squads enjoy an abundance of International Championships at European and World events in the future……. Both of these international organisations are unique […]
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Ex TAGB black belt Jade Jones struck gold at the Olympics winning her division in the WTF sparring, when in the TAGB / BTC Jade trained with Mr Martin Williams, Mr Richard Saunders and Mr Adrian Jones, all in North Wales, before switching WTF to gain access to the Olympics. Well done Jade from everyone […]
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At the last executive meeting on Sunday the 1st of July 2012 a date for the next international promotion test was agreed. The test will be held on Friday the 17th of May 2013 – 6.30pm start. This is the night before the first black belt test for 2013. All applications must be at the […]
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GTUK SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 Voilà, the GTUK! In view, a humble veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to […]
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On behalf of all competitors and parents who travelled from Scotland to the British Championships held in Ryton on Dunsmore on the 3rd March we would like to express our sincere gratitude for the warm and friendly welcome we received from everyone in the GTUK south of the border. The organisation of the event was […]
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Everyone a winner! By Mr Darren Holmes V deg After a late night of celebration at Mr Twelvetree’s wedding (congratulations to Darren & Angela), it was an early start for a number of GTUK students heading up to Derby to compete in the 7th Annual ITF/ITUK Midlands Open, hosted by a close friend to the […]
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Congratulations to all the guys, girls, and coaches that made this weekend another milestone on our journey to great success. 42 medals is a great achievement!! The association just gets better and better. You all make me so proud, all of you….. Onwards & Upwards…. Master Oldham
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Congratulations Mr Martin Harvey on your 50th birthday!! Message from the membership… Ever noticed Martin….The older we get the more we get like computers! We start out with lots of memory and drive, and then we become outdated… Crash at odd moments, and eventually have all our parts replaced!! Happy Birthday Mate…
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On the 17 – 18th of March the association held its six monthly instructor workshop courses. The first workshop on the Saturday concentrated on standardizing technique for the attendees present. All organizations throughout the world have “their own” variation now on ITF style taekwondo, so it is important to us that our instructors all teach […]
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Open GTUK Championship 2012. 2012 was always going to be an exciting year. Of course we have the London Olympics to look forward to, as well as the added excitement of the predicted end of the world, but what we were all really excited about was seeing how the GTUK could improve on the huge successes […]
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Sports Council for Glasgow Annual Awards 2011 We are proud to announce that XS Clubs (GTUK-Scotland) took the following awards at this prestigious event: XS Taekwon-do Club/s of the Year (development) (highly commended) Blair Fraser – Junior Outstanding Achievement Award (best overall) Stuart Odell – Senior Outstanding International Achievement Award (highly commended) Allan Clark – […]
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It was the morning of Saturday 29th October and the Ryton On Dunsmore Connexions centre took on a distinctly eerie feeling, cloaked in (light) fog and with temperatures erring on the side of cold (ish), the outlines of cobwebs covering doors and just the faint sound of ‘The Monster Mash’ (although that may have just […]
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Black Belt Grading Report The GTUK would like to congratulate all participants who took part in the recent black belt grading test at Wellingborough hosted by Mr Steve King V degree. The day, although busy, ran very smoothly as usual with the help of our professional team of senior instructors & club instructors. The tests […]
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Hosin sul Seminar, a great day had by all… On Saturday the 15th of October our association embarked on the first of many advanced hosin sul seminars conducted by Mr. Paul Hastings head of Sung Moo Kwan Hapkido (UK). This first seminar was an introductory session, and was geared up to fit in with our […]
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Miss Marie McAneny and her team of XS instructors seem to be going from strength to strength. XS have purchased a very large site in Bearsden, Glasgow with parking for up to 40 cars. The location of the site is exceptionally situated on a corner plot of a very busy major road. Negotiations with the […]