Olympic martial arts training in Rochdale, Bury and Droylsden
LATEST NEWS
Updated 31 January 2008 March
BLACK BELT TRAINING
Red belts and Black belts are invited to training on Sunday 16th March, 10:30am at the Rochdale Gym. The session is one of several over the next few months for those people who want to Supplement their regular training in the run up to the Dan Grading test in June.
£5 per person
BUPA GREAT MANCHESTER RUN 2008
John Graham will again be running the race raising money for Cancer Research UK. Hopefully he can beat his time from last year, and hopefully we can beat last years amount of money raised.
You can sponsor him online at:
http://www.justgiving.com/JCGraham
Thanks.
FIRST TAEKWONDO COMPETITONS OF 2008
Competitions start again on Sunday 13th January, with the Chungdokwan TKD 1-2-1 & Technical Competition at Ferryhill Leisure Centre, Ferryhill, County Durham.
2 weeks after that, on 27th January, is the Ultimate TKD Kids & Junior Championships in Barnsley. There will be sport fighting and patterns competition for people under 17. See Mr Graham for details.
FSK TOURNAMENT 13/01/08
The FSK events held in Urmston, Manchester are primarily Kickboxing/Freestyle Martial Arts competitions, but they do have Korean Forms categories for all ages. If you would like to enter, see Mr Graham or send an email to us via the contact page.
Registration is on the day and costs around £15 to enter.
BTCB CLASS 3 CORNER JUDGE COURSE
The BTCB Referees Department are running a Corner Judge course on Sat 1st March. An info pack and application forms are available et the gym. The cost is £39.
It is a good idea for players to attend these courses occasionally, to become fully aware of the rules of sport TKD.
CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR CLOSURE
The last classes of 2007 are on Saturday 22nd December.
Classes restart at all venues on Monday 7th January.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our students and your families.
IMPORTANT DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
The 8th Taekwondo Chungdokwan Great Britain National Championships will be held in Bracknell, Berkshire on the Saturday 8th March.
At the 2005 competition, Champions TKD only entered 2 players, but did manage to bring home a Bronze medal. Let's make every effort to bring back a lot more this time round.
Transport and accomodation will be arranged in due course. Interested players should speak to Mr Graham so we can get organised.
This is one of the more important tournaments for us in 2008, do your best to attend.
OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION EVENT FOOTAGE
Every match from all 3 days is available to watch at 247.tv. Britsh players are:
Louise Mair -49kg
Sarah Stevenson +67
Tony Grisman -68kg
Aaron Cook -80kg
Matches are 75p to watch once, or £1.20 to download.
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS 15/16 DECEMBER 2007, MANCHESTER
Rick Sedgewick successfully defended his title as Kup grade -72kg champion in Manchester this weekend.Congratulations go to Rick for a fine achievement.
DECEMBER GRADING
Saturday 22nd December at the Rochdale AcademyStart time 1:30pm. Entries and fees in by Monday 17th December