Archives April 2018

Congratulations to both Mr. Chris Dickson and Mrs. Kerris Dickson who successfully promoted to 4th Degree (Sabum) on Saturday 21st April, at the Senior Degree Grading held by ITF Scotland in Montrose.

The grading was held over two days, where the candidates were put through a rigorous exam process both practical and theoretical, this also involved a number of pre-grading sessions over previous weekends, as well as their official pre-test last September.

As well as congratulating both Mr & Mrs Dickson, we’d also like to congratulate Mr. David Lupton who promoted alongside them to 6th Degree, and thank the grading panel of Grand Master MacCallum IX Degree, Master David McNairn VII Degree, Master Jamie Campins VII Degree and Master Robin Blair VII Degree.

After Black Belt promotion, the next biggest step as a black belt we all hope to achieve is 4th degree, Sabum, or earning our stripes as we say in Taekwon-Do.  Chris and Kerris certainly earned theirs, and we are extremely proud of their efforts.  Once again congratulations from all at GMAC!

Our April grading’s were held over Friday 6th & Saturday 7th. We’d like to congratulate the following students on their promotions:

LITTLE NINJA’S

Promoted to Nifty Ninja:  Jamie Glass

Promoted to Speedy Ninja:  Daisy Howie, Alastair Howie and Nathan Daly

Promoted to Ace Ninja:  Jane Marshall, Carson Marshall and Conolyn Lynch

Promoted to Champion Ninja:  Harry Murray and Jayden Keay

KICKIN’ KIDS

Promoted to Cool Kicker:  Innes Hamilton, Alexis Shaw and Raif Brown

Promoted to Super Kicker:  William Graham

Promoted to Top Kicker:  Ryan Sneddon

Promoted to Ace Kicker:  Charlotte Daly

Promoted to Premier Kicker:  Isa Haq and Roshan Haq

TAEKWON-DO

Promoted to 9th Kup:  Jack Harkin

Promoted to 7th Kup:  Courtney Murphy, Tina Crookston and Allan Farrell

Promoted to 5th Kup:  Ellie Weir, Pauline Penrice, Shaun Murphy

Promoted to 4th Kup:  Charlie Harkin, Nathan Cowan, Junior Bett, Kaity Weir, Gary McAlister and Mhairi Crookston

Promoted to 3rd Kup:  Gray Nisbet, Sam Jones, Lennon McAvoy, Scott Crookston and Kyle Lynch

Promoted to 2nd Kup:  Stuart Coombes

Eight of our elite Taekwon-Do students were selected for the National Team to represent Scotland at this years AETF European Championships in Slovenia.

Our athletes set out yesterday morning, some with some changed travel plans after a strike with Germany airlines on Tuesday.  But after a 5 minute panic Monday afternoon, plans and flights were re-booked, and the competitors made their way to Slovenia.  Somearrived earlier in the afternoon, having a chance to train at the one of the most famous gyms in Europe; Sportni Centre Barada, training facility of Master Tomaz Barada, then on to relax, and take in a little of Maribor.  Those on the afternoon flight, arrived in Maribor late in to the evening, so after a quick check in, it was straight to bed before an early start this morning.

Wednesday’s already off to a great start with all our competitors from GMAC making weight successfully.  The rest of the Scotland squad who are present have also made weight, with a few team members still to arrive later in the afternoon due to further flight delays.

The competitors are now off to refuel, and then a light training session this afternoon.

The competition officially starts tomorrow, we will update our Facebook page and Instagram later this evening with time schedules.  You can follow the GMAC competitors directly on their instagram page here or via our Facebook page here.

Competing as part of ITF Scotland National Team are:

Jason Munro 3rd Degree – Individual 3rd Degree Male Pattern

Iain O’Hare 2nd Degree – Individual 2nd Degree Male Pattern & -70kg Sparring.

Megan Brown 2nd Degree – Individual 2nd Degree Female Pattern & -56kg Sparring.

Kieran Cain 1st Degree – Individual 1st Degree Male Pattern & -63kg Sparring.

Hayden McAvoy 1st Degree – Individual Junior Male 1st Degree Pattern & -50kg Sparring.

Jay Jervis 1st Degree – Individual Junior Male -68kg Sparring.

Lauren Watson 1st Degree – Individual Junior Female +65kg Sparring.

Lauren McKay 1st Degree – Individual Junior Female Power & Team Power.