18 February 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Easter Camp 2013 with Master Dennis

Easter Camp 2013 with Master Dennis

When: April 3rd – 5th 2013 What: TaeKwon-Do Easter Camp with Master Dennis VII Where: Tadworth Primary School Every year Master Dennis runs a very successful boot camp for Junior TaeKwon-Do students and this year promises to be excellent. if you’re children are around for the 3 days in April then get them along to [...]

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15 February 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Priory School Xmas Fayre Demo

I know this post is way late, way behind time, but here’s just a little note about the demonstration we performed at the Priory School Christmas Fayre in 2012 December 2nd, I think, and a large number of Banstead TKD students attended our annual demonstration at the Priory School Christmas Fayre. This year we’d had [...]

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03 January 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Welcome Back – First Classes of 2013

Welcome Back – First Classes of 2013

BOOM – IT’S HERE, 2013 Just a quick note to say Thank You to all students who attended the first classes of 2013 on Wednesday 2nd January. Well done for making the effort to get down to training and judging by your smiling faces you all had a great time, perhaps brought on by my [...]

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09 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Banstead TaeKwon-Do Enters Year 4

Banstead TaeKwon-Do Enters Year 4

September 2nd 2009: the first Wednesday of the month was the first session of Banstead TaeKwon-Do, I was a 3rd Degree Blackbelt at the time and had worked hard to set up a TaeKwon-Do school. I started as I meant to go on: 6pm Tiny TKD’ers 6:30pm Juniors TaeKwon-Do 7:30pm Seniors TaeKwon-D0 Here is a [...]

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14 August 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Banstead TKD Instructor passes to 4th Dan Black Belt

Banstead TKD Instructor passes to 4th Dan Black Belt

From Left: Mr Steven Elliot, Master R. Dennis, Mr James Davis Since I started TaeKwon-Do training in 1995 in Scotland there was always a special feeling when being taught by an instructor with stripes on their Dobok, i.e. a 4th Degree Black belt or above and rightly so, 4th Degree is the beginning of the [...]

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14 August 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Report: TKD Grading results from August 12th

Report: TKD Grading results from August 12th

August 12th was a grading mainly for Green tags and higher, we had 15 grading on the day and well done to all attendees because it was rather sunny and warm outside and you gave that up to be inside. Master Dennis was the examiner again, with myself on the table and Mr Potter giving [...]

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12 June 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Events: two demos 23rd June and 7th July

Events: two demos 23rd June and 7th July

So, team: we have two demonstrations to do in the coming weeks. They are only 15 minutes long each so people will be performing for a few minutes each to give all attendees the chance to show off their skills. I would like representations from all age groups. The details of the demonstrations are: Warren [...]

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04 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Grading Results from April 15th 2012

Grading Results from April 15th 2012

A BIG grading from Banstead TKD students, the biggest yet with 35 students grading and the youngest being 6 years old. We have people grading for 9th Kup (Yellow Tags) and the most senior student grading for 3rd Kup (Red Tags). A few people certainly worked hard over the previous few weeks to ensure I’d [...]

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07 April 2012 ~ 0 Comments

70th TKD IIC in Watford 2012

70th TKD IIC in Watford 2012

I love being part of Big TaeKwon-Do events like the International Instructors Course (IIC). I’ve only been to one IIC before, Belgium 2007, and it was a blast so when the chance came up for one this year and in LONDON it was a MUST ATTEND event. During my time in TaeKwon-Do I have lived [...]

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21 December 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Banstead TaeKwon-Do December 2010 Newsletter

Issue #14 – news from November 2010. Slightly late again I know but here is the Newsletter for Banstead TaeKwon-Do for December 2010. Inside are the Students of the Month; a message about our success at the Vision TKD Open and a little Merry Christmas Message. I’ve got some printed which I’ll bring to class [...]

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