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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 We start out with lots of memory and drive, and then we become outdated… Crash at odd moments, and eventually have all our parts replaced!!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…

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 […]

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 – […]

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 […]

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 […]

Black belt test Saturday 7th of May… Slightly less applicants entered the test this first half-year, but considering the time of year just after the Easter break there was still a large turnout for this type of occasion. This allowed more time to test the students more exhaustively in every aspect of TKD and successful […]