TriggerPoint Therapy Training
On September 16th 2011 I went to the Fulham Fitrooms to attend the Trigger Point Performance Therapy Ultimate 6+ Training Course taught by Jonathan Lewis from Balance Performance Physiotherapy, a TPT Master Trainer. This was a half day hands on course in which I learnt about the key areas of the human biomechanical [...]
Sunday October 9th was a fairly big grading day, with many Seniors and a few Juniors grading in front of Master R. Dennis (VII). This was the first grading for 3 Seniors and 1 Junior, they had prepared so well though that the nerves were minimal and really is the key to conquering certain unnecessary [...]
Ok, Ok, so it’s been extremely busy recently with Summer holidays, work, TaeKwon-do Schooling, Training and New Students and I have been slow on doing the newsletters. Well, slow isn’t a good description, more like ‘not doing’. Anyhow, I have done a single newsletter covering, July, August and September and it does have Students’s of [...]
September 6th 2011 saw the first session of the Greenacre School TaeKwon-Do Autumn (?) term and I am so pleased with the attendance, 13 of you turned out for a fun TKD session filled with games and of course punching and kicking. It was so good to see such excitement and enthusiasm again from all [...]
Wow this is a late post I know, my excuse is that a lot has happened this summer and I just haven’t had a chance to think about it since June 25th.
Firstly, I would like to say a real BIG THANK YOU to all the TaeKwon-Do students from Banstead, that’s the Tiny TKD’ers, Juniors and [...]
The new Greenacre School TaeKwon-Do club has come on extremely well since we started early in the summer term of 2011, and after lots of hard work and study the girls were all ready to sit their first grading in ITF TaeKwon-Do.
I arranged a date with our grading examiner, Master R. Dennis VII, for Sunday [...]
Conor and James from the Banstead TaeKwon-Do Juniors showed excellent levels of determination and courage to enter their second TaeKwon-Do Competition during July 2011. They were the only two competitors from Banstead TaeKwon-Do to attend the TKD Impact Open on July 10th down in Brighton, so a BIG WELL DONE for making the effort and [...]
A well timed grading with Master Dennis who returned to the UK a few days before May 8th from Italy after being promoted to 7th Degree (Master).
Another Sunday afternoon call at Seaton House School Hall, where we are happy to be able to use the facilities. The grading was attended by 19 students ranging from white [...]
New TaeKwon-Do Classes at Greenacre School in Banstead
Just before the Easter Holidays (2011) I was approached by Greenacre School about the possibility of starting an afterschool Martial Arts club, Martial Arts had been an activity the girls had been asking the school to provide for a while.
After an initial meeting to discuss the timings I [...]
It’s exciting that we have team hoodies and t-shirts for Banstead TaeKwon-Do school members. The current hoodies are either Royal Blue or Navy Blue with white print on the front and back. The hoodies are either Fruit of The Loom or Guildan and cotton / polyester mix and are pre-shrunk. They’re great quality, wash well [...]
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