News
Please find below the latest news from Wythall Taekwon-Do.
SUMMER 2010 TRAINING TIMES
These are the dates and times of all training sessions that will be held during the school summer holidays.
All classes are for one hour and fees will be payable for each session at the usual cost of £3.50 (juniors) / £4.00 (adults). All classes will be taking place at the Coppice Primary School, Shawhurst Lane, Hollywood.
We have booked and confirmed these dates/times with the school, but please regularly check our website for any unforeseen changes which may occur.
Tuesday 27th July: 7.00pm-8.00pm:
1 hour mixed family class, all ages over 8 years old - all grades.
Thursday 29th July: 6.30pm-7.30pm:
1 hour mixed junior class, Juniors / Little Ninja’s - (age 12’s & under).
Thursday 29th July: 7.30pm-8.30pm:
1 hour mixed teens & adults class - all grades.
Tuesday 3rd August: 7.00pm-8.00pm:
1 hour mixed family class, all ages over 8 years old - all grades.
Thursday 5th August: 6.30pm-7.30pm:
1 hour mixed junior class, Juniors / Little Ninja’s - (age 12’s & under).
Thursday 5th August: 7.30pm-8.30pm:
1 hour mixed teens & adults class - all grades.
Tuesday 10th August: 7.00pm-8.00pm:
1 hour mixed family class, all ages over 8 years old - all grades.
Tuesday 17th August: 7.00pm-8.00pm:
1 hour mixed family class, all ages over 8 years old - all grades.
Thursday 19th August: 6.30pm-7.30pm:
1 hour mixed junior class, all Juniors / Little Ninja’s - (age 12’s & under).
Thursday 19th August: 7.30pm-8.30pm:
1 hour mixed teens & adults class - all grades.
Tuesday 24th August: 7.00pm-8.00pm:
1 hour mixed family class, all ages over 8 years old - all grades.
Summer Break ...then back to our normal class times (and venues) on Tuesday 7th onwards.
A TKD BBQ... courtesy of Mr Clarke
Mr Roy Clarke is repeating what was a very enjoyable Summer TKD Barbeque evening last year, and once again ALL members of the club and their families are invited. This year the BBQ will be on Sunday 8th August from 3.00pm into the evening. Mr Clarke hosts the event in the spirit of the club, and for the club - so it's a great way of relaxing together without a single dobok in sight! All Roy is asking at this stage is an idea of who will be there (under 16's to be accompanied by an adult). Please email Roy... roy_a_clarke@yahoo.co.uk.
A thank you from the organisers of 'fun in the park' 2010...
We received the following thank you from Tina Lupoli, which we believe, says it all:
Dear Geoff & Julia,
On behalf of Wythall and Hollywood Fun Run Team I am writing to express our enormous thanks for Wythall Taekwon- Do supporting our Fun Run, which was enjoyed by many in the sunshine. We were delighted with the turnout on the day and received lots of positive feedback so we are confident that this could become an annual event for the local community to enjoy as well as enticing others to visit Wythall.
The display that your club did was fantastic and was instrumental in providing great entertainment for the day. Many families have commented on how much they enjoyed your display and it was very clear that the whole club had spent a lot of time and effort practising.
We really appreciate how supportive you have been towards our Panther Project and are thrilled with the money that was raised – a staggering £2,000! Whilst we still have a very long way to go, this is a very welcome boost to our fund raising target of £100,000.
We have a huge variety of fund raising activities planned over the coming year and would be delighted if the community partnership between 1st Tidbury Green Scouts(Wythall) and yourself could continue and develop.
With Kind Regards
Tina
Coloured Belt Grading - June 17th
RESULT and REPORT
We would like to thank everyone who entered the grading on Thursday 17th June, for contributing to an excellent performance and overall high standards now expected from the club.
As expressed in previous notices, this grading marked a significant benchmark for the club because it is the first time we have applied the principle of inviting members to grade each quarter for twice weekly attendees, and every six months for once weekly attendees. It also challenged the consequence of block invoicing for peewee and little ninja members, which has encouraged regular attendance.
Without doubt,the grading result is a clear vindication of these changes, reflected by a 97% pass rate overall (100% in both the adult and Little Ninja categories). Those who weren’t successful this time now have the summer period to focus on areas that need attention and hopefully bounce back in their retake in the September grading.
It was also the club’s biggest ever grading held under one roof , all at the same time. We decided not to split the grading into the usual peewee & little ninja / adult & teen sittings, so that the recent intake of white belt members had an opportunity to see the whole club in action. That meant creating and sticking to an ‘adapted’ sequence of tests that still demonstrated to Mr Archer the correct syllabus techniques.
That meant it was a big night for the Little Ninjas who, supported by the peewee juniors performed their move by move patterns infront of an audience. All of them then made life very difficult for the audience by answering a stream of Korean terminology questions with impressive accuracy. Well done gang.
With all these elements put to the test, we were very pleased with the result and congratulate you all. We were also extremely proud by the assistance we received from three of our blackbelt ladies; Emma Harvell, Amy Winkworth and Chloe Davies – who all stuck to their assigned duties without being told twice. We also thank blackbelt-to-be Miss Vicky Clubb for ‘being there’ as a familiar face and mentor for the white belt members, with whom she has been helping to instruct.
As a final footnote, Mrs Heath and I both noted that the pre-grading administration and stress, seemed to be a fraction of that created by the club’s smallest grading last September… so progress seems to be happening all round!
Thank you.
Edinburgh International Success Our thanks to all club members who travelled to Edinburgh to participate in and support our competitors in the Goodwill International. Nine members entered the competition and we were all delighted with three medals to show for our efforts. Our special thanks go to Roy Clarke for his efforts in organising accommodation and itinerary but foremost in driving us all the way there and back with little rest between outward and inward journeys. A great weekend in which TKD united so many, the highlight for us all was the incredible spectacle by the Korean WTF TKD Display team... the word 'spellbinding' does not even go close to describing what we witnessed! GH
COURTESY ...when leaving us or taking a break
Under direction from the GTUK, we are poised to ‘cleanse’ our membership list. We fully appreciate that members take a break from training now and again, for a variety of reasons; injury, study, work commitments and so on. We also appreciate it when the tenet of ‘Courtesy’ is applied, and members keep us informed of likely long-term absence, and in the same way we also appreciate a courteous communication upon leaving the club.
Unfortunately, in a few cases it seems some people learn nothing about the application of respect and choose to simply ‘disappear’ without so much of a text message to say ‘goodbye’.
For example, just recently we have been asked by members to order them (and obviously pay for) items such as sparring equipment and new doboks, only for them to then disappear without even the hint of an apology, and without paying for the equipment they asked for. In another instance, a junior female member simply 'stopped' attending owing several months tuition fees.
For this reason, we will in future terminate licences, without explanation, of any member who has missed training for four consecutive weeks, without having the decency of letting us know.
Can we thank the vast majority of you who do send apologies when missing just one lesson. If you do this via text and don’t get a reply, be assured your message HAS been noted and is hugely appreciated.
GH
British Championships April 24th
I would like to congratulate the following club members who turned out to represent the club at Stratford-upon-Avon, in the GTUK British Championships:
Alex Turrell
Rhys Jones
Megan Jones
Reagan Jones
Oake Pugh
Thomas Herriott
Charles Baker
We are very proud of your commitment and your skills. Two bronze medals were won in patterns by Mr Baker and Thomas Herriott.
It was impossible for me (assigned to medal presentation duties) to see all of our members performances but from where I was stood I was aware that Tom Herriott's medal came by performing his pattern several times in what was the biggest group of contestants on the day: Peewee Junior 7 to 11 year olds.
GH
Money raised for Acorns - final cheque
Thank you to all of you who contributed to the Acorns Hospice Fund through our Christmas Party and Awards Night. You will be pleased to know that we have just presented Acorns with a cheque for £1000.00.
Funds Raised: Ticket Sales £585, Buskers and Raffle £150, Coin Jar £180.00
Expenses: Hall £180 / Catering £300 paid for by club. Disco donated by 'Simply the Best'. Raffle misc donations.
A further donation of £85 from club funds takes the total to £1000.