by Dirk-Sumners

Sun Feb 4th 2024

GTUK UMPIRE COURSE

Grange Park Community Centre
School Ln, Northampton NN4 5FZ

(13.00 – 16.00)

Cost £15

* Adds 10pts to your Black Belt grading application Form C *

GTUK NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL BLACK BELT TEST + AGM / General Meeting

by Dirk-Sumners

GTUK NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL BLACK BELT TEST
+ AGM / General Meeting

Date: Saturday 4th November 2023 – 9.30am registration

Venue: Sports Connexion
Leamington Road, Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry. CV8 3Fl Tel:024 76306155
See full details :

Coming Soon! Sat Oct 28th – BRITISH INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Dirk-Sumners

Sat Oct 28th 2023

GTUK BRITISH INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

See full details here
Doors open 8.30am – Registration via your instructors!
Arena, Sports Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry

Sat Oct 7th – GTUK INSTRUCTOR TECH COURSES

by Dirk-Sumners

Sat Oct 7th – GTUK INSTRUCTOR TECH COURSES

Work Shop 1 & 2 (one day only) “Now open to juniors 12 – 17 yrs”
‘Banbury Suite, Sports Connexion, Ryton – 10.00am start
See details here

GTUK Individual British Championships March 4th 2023

by Dirk-Sumners

Next Tournament

GTUK Individual British Championships March 4th 2023

4th March 2023

Venue: Sports Connexion, Leamington Road, Ryton on Dunsmore

9:00am

Registration via your instructors

The competition is open to students of all ages and levels of Taekwon-Do, giving each and every student the opportunity to take part in competitive patterns, sparring, special technique and where age appropriate destruction. All students are placed into categories according to their age, height, and belt to give everyone a fair chance to compete to become GTUK British Champion.

Colour & Black Belt Championships

This Competition is for all ages and belt categories Pee-wee, Junior, Adult, Veteran
A great competition, so come and give it a go.

GTUK National Tournament Categories:
Dragons – under 6 years old
Peewee 6-7 inclusive and 8-10 inclusive
Junior 11-13 inclusive and 14-16 inclusive
Adult 17-39 inclusive
Veteran 40+

Competitor entry fee: Coloured Belt and Blackbelts £25

Spectators £5

See more information here: https://gt-uk.net/gtuk-individuasl-british-championships-4th-march-2023

GTUK BRITISH TAEKWON-DO CHAMPIONSHIPS Sat Mar 5th 2022

by Dirk-Sumners

GTUK BRITISH TAEKWON-DO CHAMPIONSHIPS

SATURDAY MARCH 5th 2022

Registration will be open from 6th February!! If you are interested speak to your instructor!

Venue: Sports Connexion, Leamington Road, Ryton on Dunsmore

Doors open 8:30am

Colour & Black Belt Championships

This Competition is for all ages and belt categories “Pee-wee, Junior, Adult, Veteran”

This is a great competition, so come and give it a go.

GTUK National Tournament Categories:
Dragons – under 6 years old
Peewee 6-7 inclusive and 8-10 inclusive
Junior 11-13 inclusive and 14-16 inclusive
Adult 17-39 inclusive
Veteran 40+

BRITISH TAEKWON-DO CHAMPIONSHIPS

Competitor entry fee: Coloured Belt and Blackbelts £20

Grand Master Oldham and the Tournament Committee are honoured to invite and welcome you to our GTUK 2022 Individual Championships. We are working hard to ensure that our tournaments are a memorable and enjoyable experience for both competitors and their families, bringing together members of the GTUK, young and old from all of our regions of the UK. Grand Master Oldham and the Tournament Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your competitor(s) for the continued support at the GTUK championships.

This individual championship is open to students of all ages and levels of TaeKwon-Do, giving each and every student the opportunity to take part in competitive patterns, sparring and where age appropriate destruction. All students are placed into categories according to their age and belts to give everyone a fair chance to compete to become GTUK National Champions.

The venue has free parking and there will also be opportunity to purchase photographs and refreshments on the day if desired.

Don’t miss this opportunity to take part! Please ask for an entry form, complete and return with fees to your Club instructor before 1st March 2022. Spectators pay on the day. Entry Fees: £20, Spectators £5 – under 8s free when accompanied by a paying adult.

I’m looking forward to seeing you all soon.

Best wishes

Master Auciello GTUK Tournament Team

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Information for GTUK 2022 Championships

Date & Time
Saturday 5th March 2022, registration starts at 8:30am.

Could you please meet your Instructors outside the venue; they will then escort the competitors into the Main hall. Spectators are free to pay and enter through the spectators door as and when.

Location
The competition is being held in the external hall at:
Sports Connexion, Leamington Road, Ryton-On-Dunsmore, CV8 3FL

Equipment & Dress code
All students are recommended to travel in casual clothes, please wear any club or GTUK merchandise if you have it. There are facilities there for all students to change into their Doboks when they arrive. Please don’t forget your belt! All boys are required to wear groin guards, and we suggest that any long hair is tied up and pulled back off the students face. If you have your own sparring gear please ensure you have it with you. Any jewellery should be removed, or covered with plasters if it really cannot be taken out; please be advised though any jewellery worn is completely at your own risk.

Format of the day
Students will register as a club, and will be taken through to the main hall, where they can rejoin their parents/guardians, we would recommend they then get changed and then use any spare time to warm up and practice. Grand Master Oldham and the senior grades will open the tournament at aprox. 9:30. There will be a holding area where all competitors will remain until their category is ready to commence. Students will be called and will bow to the judges. In the patterns category they will be asked which pattern they will be doing, and they will then perform that pattern against their opponent, judges will signal which competitor is successful at the end. This will continue through to the final. Similarly for sparring, students will be called up, and will bow in and then students will compete to see who achieves the most points during the time.

Medals will be presented during a number of ceremonies throughout the day.

Photographs/Video
Any parents wishing to take photographs or video need to sign a form when they arrive into the building. There may also be a 3rd party professional photographer onsite, who will be taking photographs during the day. If students’ photos are taken you can purchase these to take away on the day.

Food/drinks
We recommend that you take a pack up with you and some entertainment for young children. There is however a cafeteria which sells hot and cold drinks, crisps, bacon and sausage sandwiches for you during the day should you need it.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask your Instructors on the day.

We would like to wish you all the very best of luck and hope you enjoy your day, and also take this opportunity to thank you for your support!

The GTUK wishes you a very happy Christmas

by Dirk-Sumners

To all Students, Instructors and friends of the GTUK around the world.

On behalf of GMO and the GTUK Executive board we wish you a very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

The pandemic caused so many problems for everyone and the GTUK has suffered, but we have made some great progress in getting back to normality.

Thank you to all students and their families for supporting the GTUK Invitational Championships back in October, the first big event after restrictions were lifted.

Then a massive and well earned congratulations to those students that took both National and International Degree tests at the Blackbelt grading, such a great standard after a long break in training for many of you.

We look back and congratulate the Instructors and Students that have worked hard rebuilding the Association.

We still have some work to do in 2021, Good luck to all students taking tests in the next two weeks.

Finally, we eagerly look towards 2022, the continued growth, more events and seeing you all again.

Best wishes for the festive season and a very happy New Year.