Our last Interclub competition of 2016 took place on 9th October, as well as our GMAC Schools we were again joined by students from Mr. Penman’s I-Kick Martial Arts School and Mr. Lyon’s Chimera TKD.

The day started off at 10am (after a brief technical issue, with Mrs McIlvaney’s printer deciding to give up before the draws were printed).  The first age categories up were the under 6 years, and 7 & 8 years.  At 12.30pm we moved on to our 9 & 10 years, 11 & 12 years and 13-16 years competitors.

We had 88 competitors take part, all of whom competed in Pattern, Sparring and Special Technique.  As our inter club competitions are about development, we use a pool system in sparring, meaning all competitors spar each other in a league system, with the winners decided through the highest score over all their respective bouts.  This makes for a greatly competitive day.

New would like to take the opportunity to thank all our black belts and assistants who have helped not only at this event, but over the previous two competitions also, without them these events would not be possible.  Thank you also to the team who set up and dismantle the hall before and after each competition.

Attached you can find the full results from this competition.  Well done to all students who have taken part throughout 2016, we look forward to taking working on and developing the inter club tournament series for 2017.

RESULTS

2016 interclub Series 3 – Club Rankings

2016 Interclub Series 3 – Division Results

Photos can be found here.

Congratulations to our Little Ninja & Kickin’ Kids students who graduated on Saturday 1st October.

Little Ninja Promotions

Promoted to Nifty Ninja:

Xander McLean, Kayla Walker, Jaiden Atkinson & Eva Johnston.

Promoted to Speedy Ninja:

Copper Wood, Isla Harper, Kayden Hutchison, Adam Murray & Harry Murray.

Promoted to Cool Ninja:

Ethan Massey, Stewart Roy, Jakub Krug & Harry Kirk.
Promoted to Super Ninja:

Brooke Cowan, Jonathan Maciver, Declan Bowman, Nathan Bowman & Arron Spiers.

Promoted to Top Ninja:

Scott Jennings & Connor Shepherd.

Promoted to Ace Ninja:

Jaime Coombes & Charlotte Daly

Little Ninja’s – 1st October 2016

Kickin’ Kid Promotions

Promoted to Quick Kicker:

Zara Sattar, Ryan Sneddon & Kenzie Hailstones

Promoted to Speed Kicker:

Sally Moffat & Aiden McDaid

Promoted to Cool Kicker:

Dante Strock

Promoted to Top Kicker:

Jack Penrice, Dylan Rodden, Kinga Jaffke, Kiana Munro, Keigan Munro & Lewis McIlvaney

Promoted to Ace Kicker:

Megan Docherty, Josh Dunsmore, Mhairi Crookston & Chloe Jervis

Promoted to  Premier Kicker:

Kaity Weir & Ruben Pearson

Kickin’ Kids – 1st October 2016

A full gallery of photo’s can be found here.

The next ITF Kids Grading will take place on Saturday 8th October @ 11.15am.

Those testing have been given invites.  Good luck to all those taking part, we are sure you’ll do an awesome job!

The third, and last in this years Inter Club series takes place this coming Sunday the 9th October at GMAC Martial Arts in Livingston.

The following schedule is in place for competitors;

10am – 12 noon:  8 years & under

12 noon – 2pm:  9 years & over

All black belts should be in attendance to umpire, assist and support our junior students on the day.  Please wear your GMAC Umpire Polo’s and black trousers.
If you haven’t already entered, don’t worry theres still time to do so.  Please complete an application form and return it to your instructor by Thursday evening to take part!

We look forward to seeing you all on Sunday!!

Our competitors have certainly been busy over the past few months, attending a number of TKD & Kickboxing tournaments across the UK.  Congratulations to all who travelled and took part.

Results are posted below.

ITF England Championships – Coventry.  9th July.

WKU Scotland International – Kickboxing.  14th August.

STA Junior Tournament – Armadale.  21st August.

WKU Kickboxing – Kilmarnock.  28th August.

North East Challenge Cup – Aberdeen.  3rd September.

Scotia Interclub – Wishaw.  4th September.

Our 2016 Awards Evening will be held on Saturday 26th November 2016, once again at the Colville Park Country Club, Motherwell, ML1 4UG.

This event is a celebration of our students, and their martial arts achievements throughout the year.  As this is a once a year event, we like to go all out, and glam up for the evening, and as such, its a black tie affair, a bit different to our usual Taekwon-Do suits!

The evening consists of a 3 course meal, awards presentation, black belt presentation, raffle and disco in to the small hours.

Awards Evening Menu

Adult’s Menu

Starter

Red Pepper Soup or Haggis Balls

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Main

Chicken & Pepper Sauce or Sirloin Steak

(both are served with seasonal veg and potatoes)

– – – – –

Dessert

Cheesecake or Chocolate Gateau

(both are served with ice cream)

Children’s Menu

Starter

Red Pepper Soup or Garlic Bread

– – – – –

Main

Chicken Nuggets & Chips or Hamburger & Chips

– – – – –

Dessert

Ice Cream or Chocolate Pudding

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Tickets can be purchased using the Annual Awards Page here.

Please note their is a limited number available, and all on a first come first served policy.

Adults (13 years 7 over) £30.00

Children (3 to 12 years) £15.00

Infants (2 years & under) Free

Dear Masters and Instructors, 

GMAC Taekwon-Do are honoured to invite you and your students to a seminar with World renowned Instructor Master Jerzy Jedut 8th Degree from Poland.  

Master Jedut is AETF Secretary General, Ex-National Coach to Polish Taekwon-Do Team, Instructor to a number of European & World Champions; including six-times World Champion and twenty-times European Champion: Mr. Jarosław Suska VI Degree, an iconic National Team Representative of Poland.

Master Jerzy Jedut will be in Scotland for one day only this August, conducting seminars which will illustrate his passion for Taekwon-Do through a series of unique strength exercise’s, challenging kicking combinations and interesting methods on how to incorporate effectiveness of technique, control and optimum power from beginning to end in sparring & Taekwon-Do training.

Sunday 7th August 

10:00 – 11:30 Juniors (under 13s) Cost £15.00

12:00 – 16:00 Teens & Adults (age 13 and over) Cost £30.00

Application/information forms that can be handed to your students are attached, as well as an instructors application form, and official poster are attached.

DOWNLOADS

APPLY ONLINE

Please ensure you use the correct application form below:

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Or for the adult seminar please use the form below.

The second Inter Club tournament of the year was held on Sunday 12th June.  Again we saw the children gain more confidence in their abilities, and saw them step up a gear from the last event.  Well done to all who took part.

RESULTS

Patterns

GOLD:  Nathan Cowan, Sami Save-Kimmings, Gray Nisbet, Kiegan Munro, Sally Moffat, Kyle Lynch, Dylan McMaster, Mhairi Crookson, Lauren Kee, Katelyn Alexander, Declan McAvoy, Sydney Farrell, Kyle Gemmell, Cameron Paterson

SILVER:  Junior Bett, Eilidh Watts, Emma Dick, Kieran Farrell, Matthew Docherty, Kelsie Mooney, Lennon, Kiana Munro, Rebecca McMahon, Mason Chatham, Dylan Hamilton, Donatella Fargnoli, Jaimie Singleton, Adrian Lewicki

BRONZE: Morris Brown, Thomas Kelly, Lewis McIlvaney, Cameron Holmes, Sophie Hunter, Robbie Watson, Lewis Watson, Jinga Jaffke, Jayden Drysdale, Adam Weir, Alex Logan, Connor Hall, Logan Devlin, Josh Dunsmore, Megan Docherty, Lewis Millan, Zach Killey, Cameron Phillips, Leaha McLelland, Joshua Miller

Sparring

GOLD:  Nathan Cowan, Declan Bowman, Madison Brown, Adam Weir, Kyle Lynch, Sophie Hunter, Sophie Niezbecka, Kaity Weir, Dylan McMaster, Mhairi Crookston, Mason Chatham, Donatella Fargnoli, Ethan McEwan, Leaha McLelland. Kyle Gemmell, Cameron Paterson, Hayden McAvoy

SILVER:  Ethan Massey, Junior Bett, Nathan Bowman, Gray Nisbet, Kiegan Munro, Sally Moffat, Kelsie Mooney, Alex Logan, Josh Dunsmore, Lauren Kee, Lewis Millan, Rebecca McMahon, Declan McAvoy, Reno Christie, Sydney Farrell, Jaimie Singleton, Joshua Miller

BRONZE:  Stewart Roy, Reni Lawson, Jacob Christison, Jakub Krug, Morris Brown, Sami Save-Kimmings, Jessica Alexander, Jayden Drysdale, Kinga Jaffke, Kieran Farrell, Lewis Watson, Robbie Watson, Matthew Docherty, Cameron Holmes, Lewis McIlvaney, Kiana Munro, Connor Hall, Dylan Rodden, Megan Docherty, Katelyn Alexander, Zach Kiley, Dylan Hamilton, Cameron Phillips, Cameron Paterson, Adrian Lewicki

Special Technique

GOLD:  Junior Bett, Nathan Cowan, Madison Brown, Gray Nisbet, Emma Dick, Sophie Hunter, Megan Docherty, Lewis Millan, Rebecca McMahon, Mason Chatham, Donatella Fargnoli, Kyle Gemmell, Hayden McAvoy

SILVER:  Jessica Alexander, Jakub Krug, Eilidh Watts, Sally Moffat, Kyle Lynch, Kelsie Mooney, Zach Kiley, Lauren Kee, Dylan McMaster, Declan McAvoy, Sydney Farrell, Jaimie Singleton

BRONZE:  Ethan Massey, Nathan Bowman, Morris Brown, Lewis McIlvaney, Sophie Niezbecka, Robbie Watson, Kinga Jaffke, Alex Logan, Dylan Rodden, Josh Dunsmore, Reno Christie, Leaha McLelland, Cameron Paterson, Joshua Miller

Photo’s of the event can be found on our Facebook page.