On Saturday 29th November 2014 the Leicester Taekwon-Do Academy had their first celebration event. The purpose of this event was to celebrate the club’s first year and to have a Christmas get together.
I would like to thank everyone who attended and everyone who helped make this year such a success
Thanks
Mr Nick Overton V Dan
Mr David Martin II Dan
Leicester Taekwon-Do Academy Instructors
To celebrate the Leicester Taekwon-Do Academy first year as a club, we are organising a Christmas do joined with a celebration evening.
The idea is that members get to meet with family and friends in a less formal way and celebrate Taekwon-Do without their suits on. There will be light refreshments and a time for all to gather and talk to one another. There will be a short presentation from Mr Nick Overton to members of the club for their support and contribution to Taekwon-Do.
Hopefully everyone will be able to spare an hour that evening.
Venue: Southfield Drive Community centre
Time: 6pm – 7pm
Date: Saturday 29th November 2014
Below are dates for your diary
On Monday 3rd November Edan Tyson became the 5th Black belt member of the Leicester Taekwon-Do Academy as he received his belt, certificate and training suit (Dobok)
Black Belt Training – Regional from 10:30 till 12:00
In line with UK ITF procedures we have scheduled a technical training session. This will be overseen by your regional representation. Open to UK ITF Degree members and 2nd kup and above, any student wishing to promote should attend these sessions. Attendance cards can be down loaded here, please ask the instructor to sign after the session Your instructor will advise when your applicable for promotion. You are also required to have in place current membership and insurance.
Squad Training – Regional from 12:00 till 13:30
In line with UK ITF procedures we have scheduled a Squad training session. This will be overseen by your regional representation. Open to UK ITF members, any student wishing to promote should attend these sessions. Attendance cards can be down loaded here, please ask the instructor to sign after the session
On Saturday 4th October 7 members of the Leicester Taekwon-Do Academy travelled to Bristol to take part in the bi-annual Grandmaster Nicholls seminar.
We set off at 7am in 2 cars arriving at the venue about 9.30am. The seminar started at 10am with a quick but rigorous warm up from Master Deedigan VII Dan. Grandmaster Nicholls IX Dan then took us through a series of leg rising exercises and talked to us all about the different types of kicks. We looked at the side kick and back kick families, with Grandmaster Nicholls explaining the application of the kicks in detail. Grandmaster Nicholls stressed how the start position was important and how the foot positions could/would change dependent on the type/application of the kick.
The seminar ended at 12am with the customary photograph.
The grading started at 1pm with 2 Leicester Taekwon-Do Academy students lining up going for their 1st degree
The grading ending around 4pm with Master Deedigan VII Dan and Grandmaster Nicholls IX Dan summing up quickly the highlights of the grading.
I would like to thank Miss Burridge for organising the event and for making South Leicester Taekwon-Do so welcome. Master Deedigan and Grandmaster Nicholls for taking time out to share their wealth of experience and knowledge with us and all the other UKITF members who helped make this such a positive experience/event
The members of the Leicester Taekwon-Do Academy who travelled are
On Saturday 16th August the Leicester Taekwon-Do Academy was lucky enough to have the pleasure of Master M Wood VIII Dan visiting. Master Wood came from Nottingham to help Mr Nick Overton V Dan with the new UKITF syllabus.
The mini seminar started at 1.30 with Master Wood saying a few words about not being nervous and reassuring all members that we are all here to learn from each other.
After this the lesson commenced with a light warm up before we started the main part of the seminar. The next hour was spent looking at the 7 different self defence drills that there are within the UKITF syablus.
To conclude, Master Wood ran through the 4 kicking drill. The first 2 the students participated in and the final 2 were demeostarted by Mr Nick Overton.
After the session had finished Master Wood stopped to answer questions and a light lunch was provided for all who attended by Mr David Martin.
As the instructor of the Leicester Taekwon-Do Academy I would like to extend a huge thank you to Master Wood for taking time to attend the seminar. Mr David Martin for providing the lunch and for setting the room up and all the other members of the South Leicester Taekwon-Do school who attended and made this a successful day.
I hope this is the first of many sessions that Master Wood will conduct and we at South Leicester Taekwon-Do look forward to training with him in Nottingham in the future.
More details can be found on the following links
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eastwood-Taekwon-Do-Academy/277323379008176?ref=ts&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/Leicestertkd
Mr Overton VI Dan will be away on holiday from Monday 21st July until Monday 4th August. During these 2 weeks the sessions will be covered by Mr David Martin II Dan.
Thank you
Leicester Taekwon-Do Academy 