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Silver and Gold trophies for players in the plush Derby Arena

IR Olympic selection process

First phase successfully completed for two Brits

Self defence seminar leeds

Master Paul Jones teaches some simple practical concepts

isle of man trip No matter which way you throw us we’ll always land on our feet!

taeger’s Are going to the world championships

Ki Taekwondo’s Taegers will be cheering on the athletes at the Manchester Arena in May

The Korean Martial Art of Taekwondo & Olympic Combat Sport practiced within the British Isles

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TAEKWONDO TODAY Taekwondo Today

Bringing you all the official information about Taekwondo in the United Kingdom Aquinas College Heaviley The Torkington Centre Hazel Grove Werneth Young Peoples Centre Bredbury/Romiley Stockport Birmingham University Tel:0161 456 1976 Mob: 07598 413664

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STEVE BLOMELEY 6th Dan Editor-in-Chief Contributors: Phill Payne Mark Yell Steve Blomeley George Barrett Derek Sumner Paul Timms Simon Turton Eleanor Warrington

Testimonial “Looking forward to being able to contribute a little to the Taekwondo community in Great Britain through the magazine” Steve Blomeley

Practise “Taekwondo Today” The Korean Martial Art & Olympic Sport in Great Britain

• Local Clubs • Training Tips • Instructor Profiles

Foreword from the Editor.

• Competition Dates

April 2019

Welcome to the April 2019 issue of ‘British Taekwondo Today’ and may we wish you a very happy Easter. There’s plenty been going on regarding Taekwondo in the country and of course we are all looking forward to the World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester next month. It’s been a very long time since such a championship has been held in the British Isles and the venue set up draft looks to be very exciting. My Taegers of Taekwondo mascots will be there cheering on all the athletes from around the globe but of course we will hoping our GB stars get on the podium in all of the different weight divisions. Look out for the cheeky big cats in the Active Zone of the Manchester Arena and get a selfie or standard photograph with them as a memento of the championship.

Inside the magazine are reports from self defence seminars, one to one competitions, Referee selection process for the Tokyo Olympic games plus much more.

Please keep the articles and information coming so that British Taekwondo Today can give a broad spectrum of everything that is going on with the art of Taekwondo in the country. I myself have just conducted some training at the Manchester Regional Arena (Etihad Complex) for a Ki-dz activity week which is where the NGB offices are based. It was great to introduce Taekwondo to the various different age groups that had signed up for all the activities and I hope that some of them will seek out the nearest Taekwondo club to them and join. One activator commented on how My groups kihaps sounded like a finely tuned Spitfire engine which was a nice thing to say. The arena certainly knew Taekwondo was in the house!

BT the national Governing Body are recruiting so if you think you have the credentials check out their website and send in your cv. There’s also been plenty of success on the medals front at international competitions for British players in Kyorugi and Poomsae - plus I had a nice visit to help teach on the Isle of Man, catch up with Richard Halsall and Neil Ecolango and would like to thank my good friend Mark Yell for the invitation - Keep on Ki-cking everyone!

• Results • Seminar Details • Seminar Reviews • Grading Dates • Grading Results • Student Profiles • Kids in Combat • Health Tips • Book Reviews • Product Reviews • Equipment Suppliers • Club Profiles

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3 Foreword 5 Process for IR’s cont...

7 Self Defence seminar cont...

9 Back The Brits 11 Ultimate Cont...

13 The Taegers Page 15 British Taekwondo’s Club Page 21 Calender of Events 23 Perfect Practical Poomsae 25 Technical Taekwondo Cont...

27 Birmingham University cont...

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Page 4 Olympic Selection Process for IR’s Page 6 Self Defence Seminar Leeds Page 8 Muslim News Awards for Excellence Page 10 Ultimate 1-2-1 tournament Page 12 No Payne No Gain Page 14 Kidz Corner Page 16 Isle of Man Trip Page 18 Isle of Man Trip cont. Page 20 Control the Control Page 22 The Taegers of Taekwondo Page 24 Technical Taekwondo Page 26 Birmingham University Taekwondo Page 28 Helping Para Taekwondo

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Olympic Selection Process of IR’s – by Paul Timms

GBR had two referees selected - Paul Timms and Jodie Sinden.

The WT have started their process of selecting the International Referees for the Tokyo Olympic Games. No mean feat in itself. There are approximately 7,000 IR’s around the World of which around half are what you would describe as active. And half of that very active. The WT invited each MNA to submit an EOI recommending up to 15 referees from their respective countries, in an attempt to select from as many as possible whilst ensuring that each Continental Union had representational numbers selected:

The Camp was carried out over 4 days, 2 days training followed by 2 days testing.

The tests consisted of 7 parts:

From these lists the WT selected 260 referees to attend 3x camps:

Match Management Test - duration around 2 minutes

Camp ONE: (Moscow) Europe x 70 Africa x 30

Fitness Tests of speed, endurance & Agility.

Medical - visual, hearing & blood pressure.

Camp TWO: (Wuxi) Asia x 70 Oceania x 30 Camp THREE: (Mexico City) Pan America x 60 From the 260 referees attending they will select 50 for phase two: Europe x 14 Africa x 7 Asia X 14 Oceania X 2 Pan Am X 13 From this they will select 30 for Tokyo. 15x Male, 15x Female.

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games International Referee Selection Camp ONE - Moscow.

A written Exam of the competition rules IVR test of 20 video clips Scoring Test of 40 match video clips

English Oral Test The camp although very competitive and very stressful throughout, was an amazing experience for them both, with pots of enthusiasm and camaraderie between all the candidates. The sports complex although remote (think of Rocky 4) was about 90 mins from Moscow City centre in a purpose built sports complex where the Argentinian football team were accommodated during the World Cup last Summer. Both Paul and Jodie spoke warmly of their time there and sincerely felt post camp that they had done well during testing, given their all and left absolutely everything on the mats.

The great news is, that both were successful in reaching phase 2 and the final 50 and we couldn’t be prouder of them. An amazing achievement to have 2 referees in the final 50. We will be seeing plenty of them on the television in the next 15 months including the Worlds in Manchester in May that is for sure.

Well done guys, Amazing...we wish you both the best of luck in reaching final selection and refereeing at the Olympic Games next Summer.

The 1st Phase Successfully Completed 0 2 0 2 Tokyo

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TAEKWONDO TODAY Article Master Paul Jones - The Welsh Wizards

Self Defence Seminar Leeds

By Simon Turton Kindly hosted by Phillip Payne at the Warrior Factory in Leeds, Master Paul Jones instructed what proved to be a highly enjoyable seminar whilst also being informative and practical from a number of different perspectives. Paul is very knowledgeable in terms of his security background and used this to great effect during the afternoon.

He initially spoke to us about the importance of reasonable force when dealing with self-defence situations. Whilst it is essential that you protect yourself should the need arise, it is also necessary to be aware that you are only controlling the situation and not then becoming the aggressor with sustained or avoidable retaliation.

After a quick warm up and stretch we moved onto some pre-emptive striking techniques. The main focus of this part of the seminar was to shock and distract an opponent with a fast strike, then to perform follow up techniques to break balance and structure, and also to disorientate and control the attacker. Paul selected me as his ‘willing volunteer’ for demonstrations and showed how this could be achieved.

Although I’ve had prior experience of being on the receiving end of demo’s I was still taken aback as to how quickly I was put into a vulnerable position then incapacitated by follow up techniques.

Paul explained that the effectiveness of the techniques were due to their simplicity and stressed the importance of this so recall during difficult situations is much faster and easier. A number of the simple techniques that we were working on were repeated during different sections of the seminar to highlight the usefulness and importance of simplicity in technique.

Warrior Factory, Leeds

Quite a chunk of the time was spent on releasing from grabs where the majority of the key movements were again small effective techniques which proved to be useful for and against individuals of any size.

Some emphasis was also placed on knife defence and I don’t think it was a surprise to anyone that the forthcoming advice was firstly, to not carry a knife as it may be used against you amongst many other reasons! Secondly if you can get out of a situation without conflict do so, even if it means giving up your belongings.

They can be replaced, you can’t! And thirdly, only in the case of no other option should you attempt to defend yourself against an attacker PJ: Mainly it’s the situational awareness, with a knife. awareness around you and what is going on.

Avoid! Avoid any contact or situation where With that in mind we looked at some defensive you are going to be in conflict, especially with and disarming techniques that may give you a weapons, always avoid conflict with weapons. chance to walk away from the situation. Some They are the main things really. There is the of the same techniques we had used during responsibility that you have legally that you can the other parts of the seminar still applied to only do so much. That’s what I am trying to get this section reinforcing Paul’s point of keeping through, you can’t go on to do your secondary things memorable whilst under stress to give techniques, you can’t go on to something else you the best chance of personal safety. and finish people unless its in the context of literally life or death. You need to step away as As a bonus part of the seminar we were given soon as that’s nullified and get out! the opportunity to practice some disarming measures used by the military against a pistol. It ST: So if you were in a position where you had to was strongly stressed that these were used as a employ some techniques, what would be your last resort only in combat situations and at that main advice in that situation? against an assailant with no official firearms training. We gave it a go and immediately saw PJ: Talk! Verbalise as much as you can until you the point of what Paul was trying to show us know that its not going to work, then nearly as the same principles applied to all previous always look at pre-emptive strike to stop it, or sections. lock really you want to look at …… but initiation.

ST: And keep it simple?

I consider myself fortunate to have never been in the position of being threatened with a knife or firearm, and I’m lucky to have been in few physical confrontations. However if an unthinkable situation arises I hope some of the knowledge from this seminar comes back to assist, even if it is just the foresight to get the hell out of there early!! After the seminar I caught up with Paul for 2 minutes and we chatted about the following –

PJ: Yeah keep it simple, because like I say monkey brain will kick in and nothing else, all these fancy techniques will go out the window.

Once you are under pressure your adrenaline hits, you get up to high heart rate, say for me at my old age (smirks) about 160 (bpm) that’s it, everything becomes tunnel vision and switches off. You have to focus on you know, the simple things. Like these techniques we did today, multiple uses for one move and that’s important!

ST: What are the main points that you think people should take away from the session I thanked Paul for his time and I think I am today? speaking on behalf of all the other attendees on the day that it was an afternoon well spent.

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The Muslim News Awards for Excellence One of my good friends in London who runs CMS Academy was an extremely proud Father as his Daughter Jena won a prestigious award.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence are a series of yearly prizes nominated by the public and judged by an independent panel. They recognise and celebrate the contributions of British Muslims to the wider society. Also a category recognising others who without being part of the various Muslim communities in the UK might contribute to community cohesion and general British values.

The yearly awards celebration has been attended by politicians from all parties as well as His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales who has been an early and unwavering supporter.

Jena was nominated for the Imams Hassan and Hussein (the two grandsons of Prophet Muhammad) Youth Excellence Award and to her surprise and delight was declared its winner tonight. I (the Editor) only got to meet Jena at last years British Taekwondo Nationals even though I’ve trained with her Dad on a few occassions. The lovely delightful girl I spoke to is also a fierce competitor in the ring and works very hard at her Martial Art skills and so to me up North I think she thoroughly deserves this award.

Jena is pictured enjoying her evenings success in London.

Pictured below is her Dad Omar coaching his other daughter at the Aquila Championships 2019

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ritish Taekwondo Recruitment are looking for candidates for new positions advertised on their website CEO INDEPENDENT CHAIR INDEPENDENT NONEXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION OFFICER (p/t) MEMBERSHIP SERVICES OFFICER Location – Office based in Manchester Contract type – Part-Time Closing date – 12pm, Friday 19 April 2019 Interview date – 1 May 2019 in Manchester All correspondence, including any questions you may have, as well as your submission of CV and cover lette email (outlining relevant experience and why you are suitable for the role) should be sent to recruitment@ britishtaekwondo.org using “REF FINANCE & ADMIN OFFICER” British Taekwondo welcomes applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation or age.

Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the U.K.

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he World Taekwondo Championships will be in Manchester from 15th May 2019 the UK will play host to the World Taekwondo Championships for the very first time! ‘The Worlds’ promise to be biggest International Taekwondo competition that Britain has seen as the world’s best athletes once again come together to compete, over 5 days, for the World Championship title and valuable ranking point for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics!

The cream of British talent – including Olympic medalists Jade Jones, Bianca Walkden and Lutalo Muhammad – will be joined at the event by 1,000 other athletes representing over 150 different countries, all hoping to take home the crown of ‘World Champion’!

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ritish Taekwondo Official Poomsae Open Seminar. You can now register on line for the following BT Official Poomsae Open Seminar and Talent ID events – with payment made on the day.

Date: Sunday, 14th April 2019 Time: 13:00 – 16:00 Venue: Carronshore Community Centre, Main Street, Carronshore, Falkirk, FK2 8EX

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i Taekwondo and Streetwise Taekwondo Dan grading will take place in Stockport on the 12th May at the Ki Taekwondo Hazel Grove dojang 2:00-7:00pm.

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he England Spring Open Championships hosted by Mark Richardson will take place over the weekend of April 27/28th in Manchester

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MS Academy in London are hosting a seminar on the weekend of 22/23rd June where Olympian Levent Tuncat will be a main instructor.

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ritish Taekwond oathletes had tremendous success at the recent European Poomsae Championships held in Turkey.

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ormer professional footballer Mike Pejic became a European champion. Pejic, 69, was victorious at the Antalya 2019 European Poomsae Championships, winning in the Individual Over 65 Male category for Great Britain last week.

The Stoke legend also capped for England is now European champion in the sport of Taekwondo. The Stoke City and England legend’s routine outclassed Turkish favourite Galip Ziya Yalcinkaya, Spaniard Francisco Relaã‘o Ruiz and German Peter Johanns, a former European champion himself, to reign supreme after a year of injuries.Pejic, who made 344 appearances at the Potteries, began his Taekwondo journey in 1994.He previously told a newspaper that becoming a martial art expert was tougher than his football career and that we train for far many more hours than the average footballer.

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he World Taekwondo (WT) and the International TaekwonDo Federation (ITF) performed a jointdemonstration in Vienna, in which the headquarts of the ITF is located, to mark the ongoing cooperation between the two federations and celebrate taekwondo’s 25th anniversary of joining

the Olympic programme.

The ITF invited the WT Demonstration Team to take part in the jointdemonstration in Vienna, where both teams performed an array of different taekwondo skills. Kicking, breaking, solo patterns and self-defence were all presented.

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i Taekwondo’s Chief Instructor has been delivering Taekwondo at the Manchester Regional Arena where the British Taekwondo Offices are for children over their school break and also another Instructor Jason Mayoh along with Sanjida Faiza delivered a Community Dojang session at the Divine Mercy RC Primary School, Manchester. This Project aims to get more local school children involved in Taekwondo!

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ritish Army Taekwondo: Pte Sophie Bladek, AGC (SPS) took Gold in Female Dan Grade Under 57kg Sparring at the recent Aquila Championship

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Ultimate’s – by Steve Blomeley

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this new prestigious venue Ultimate Taekwondo hosted a 1-2-1 event so that competitors could gain some experience and match practice. The very spacious Derby arena lends a nice feel for the spectators as well as the players giving th eoverall impression of being not too crowded but also that you’re not to far away from the action. There are great facilities inside to that accomodates everyody and car parking was pretty straight forward for everybody arriving.

fter the initial coaches meeting A the matches were underway inside the silver and gold venue for the players who were vying for those large silver and gold trophies that Ultimate were handing out to the successful athletes on the day. There was also a poomsae competition event during the lunch break which saw quite a few competitors gather to show their precision to judges Master S. H. Blomeley, Tim Corlett and Darrell Carrington who were using a flag system to score who was the better performer in their opininion.

Stuart Taylor from Ki Martial Arts was there running his stall and Andrew Taylor was running the KPNP system. Jacqueline Davies donated raffle prizes and Bryonie Noble did the catering looking after all the officials. Parents, players and personel all had positive things to say about the event ome of the youngsters stepping and the venue and we’re sure onto the mat to compete against we’ll all be back there again each other were very impressive for soon supporting Kathy and her their age showing great poise and Ultimate events in the future skill and will no doubt feature in the broadening the experience and future for the higher level sanctioned horizons of the many clubs events. Everyone who took part in present. the poomsae can be very proud of their performances especially a little The day ran very smoothly green tag who performed really with a very reasonable finsh well against much higher ranked time enabling everyone to get opposition. The Chief Referee was head back towards home on Rick Simpson and the advanced what was Mothers Day and players had their matches on KPnP2 we’re sure there were plenty PSS hogoo and headguards. Players of Mothers up and down the also had the option to not use pss if country proud and happy at they so wished or novice lower grades their little ones or big ones had the opportunity to play on the achievements in the art they pss if they wanted as Kathy Hooks love. group were letting them borrow the electronic socks etc.

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y name is Phill Payne and I am a British Taekwondo coach. I currently run two full time martial arts centres while also helping other martial arts coaches develop their coaching, business and technology systems.

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martial arts clubs are getting many of their new members through Facebook ads. There was a time when you could do reasonably well attracting new members by sharing information on your Facebook page but those days or gone. As time has moved on, Facebook has moved to monetise its platform and position itself as a ‘pay to play’ application.

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Facebook Group is a place for small communities to hang out and chat about a shared interest. We have one Page for each of our martial arts centres and then we have private Groups for each of our programmes.

On top of these we also have separate Groups for our directors, our martial arts leaders programme and another for our staff communications.

nless you have had your head in the sand, you will have heard that some

acebook basics.Besides your personal profile/timeline, you also need to know the difference between a Facebook Group and a Page. Pages were introduced to be official profiles for entities like clubs, businesses etc and can be ‘liked’. Previously this allowed your followers to receive updates from when you posted information, photos, videos and links. These days the only users that see your content without paying are the ones that have interacted with your posts previously.

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ersonal profiles/timelines Although Facebook can be a great tool to help attract new customers while also servicing current members, it can also be destructive if used with out care and attention. My recommendation is that you don’t post anything on your personal profile that you would not be happy to hang on the wall in the venue you train at. This rule should also be used for any instructors that teach at your club or anyone else that has a position of authority. Try not to forget that people in authority in your club are role models for your members.

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oost a post of create an ad? There are two ways that are commonly used to obtain new members though Facebook. You can boost a post directly from your Page or create an ad via Business Manager. If you ‘boost’ a post you are in effect creating an ad

optimised for ‘reach’. This is fine to start with but if you create the ad in Business Manager, you can also optimise for objectives such as collecting leads, driving traffic to a web site, raising brand awareness, build engagement etc. While this method is more versatile, it is also more complicated and needs a little more time to learn.

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electing an audience This is one of the most important stages of creating an ad that will give you a good return on your investment. After clicking ‘boost post‘, rather than letting Facebook select the audience for you, click ‘People you choose through targeting’. Then click the edit link so you can select the audience yourself. Select the age of your audience based on your target market and then enter the postcode of the venue you train at. Once you can see you the location of your venue on the map, click ‘Drop Pin’ and then click on the location of where you run your classes. Just above where you entered your postcode you will see map coordinates and a drop down box giving the current radius from the pin you dropped. I usually set this to 6km but feel free to change this to 8 or even 10km.

Remember that as a rule of thumb, most people will not travel further than 15 minutes when looking for a new acivity. Under the placement header untick the ‘Instagram’ box.

My suggestion for a budget is £20 to £30 a day for 7 days. This may or may not sound like a lot but if you know that new students stay an average of 15 months at your club, the return on your investment could be made back in quite a short time period depending on how successful your ad is. The last ad I ran at the beginning of March cost £140 for 7 days and we booked in 23 new students, of which around 12 joined. In this case the cost per new student was under £12 but this is not always the case.

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hoosing your images Although selecting the correct audience for your ad is very important, it is great images that will grab people’s attention. As the saying goes, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’. Here are a few tips if you are taking the shots yourself:-

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Optimising your camera setup could be a whole article in itself but if you stick with the points above, you should be able to produce some reasonable images.

Only target one market per ad

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Ad Copy Producing compelling ad copy can be a bit of a dark art in itself but here are a few quick tips:-

hen writing your copy a good phrase to keep in the front of your mind is ‘What’s In It For Me’. This is the question you need to answer if you want the reader to care about what you are saying.

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M Byeong hyun Shin and Master Sheamus conducted a seminar recently G at the Inspire Academy as part of the World Chungdokwan World Tour 2019. A big thank you was extended to the two Masters and the participants took a lot away from the days seminar.

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Please consider advertising in future issues of the magazineto help our vision of promoting Taekwondo in Great Britain Below is a sample of just a few who regularly advertised in previous editions and a thank you for all those who did before

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TAEKWONDO TODAY Article No matter how you throw us we’ll aways land on our feet!

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ell what an adventure this turned out to be in what was meant to be a quick hop across from Liverpool to the Manx Isle.

Ki Taekwondo’s Steve Blomeley 6th Dan was joining Mark Yell 4th Dan from Cheshire Academy to spend the weekend in the Isle of Man and also teach a little bit of self defence to the Taekwondo clubs along with situational awareness. It is not something the clubs there have covered much on and so they were keen to get to grips (literally) in understanding some of the principles and concepts.

A trip to help teach some self defence and situational awareness

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he Isle of Man is perhaps a reasonably safe environment to be in whereas you may need to keep your wits about you on the mainland especially in the bigger cities. Mark Yell started the training for the local club students with a brief lecture combined with a slide show from his laptop highlighting how some things that we see a lot of younger people do these days with their headphones in and mobile phones out and therefore become basically unaware of the very environment they are in! He demonstrated how a criminal mindset would work in targeting their victims showing just how easy you can make it for them to rob or assault you, their chosen victim.

efore we go further I am just going to take you back to the beginning of the adventure and perhaps appreciate the lengths Instructors and teachers will go to, to be able to deliver their art and knowledge to the students. Master Blomeley was heading to his friend Mark’s house when he had to pull up on the hard shoulder of the motorway because his car was overheating. It ended up with the AA towing the car to Mark Yells house where they immediately jumped in his car to get to the airport. The time was now 10 past seven on the Friday evening and their flight was at 8 :00pm. After a mad dash through the airport as the last call for boarding had already gone disaster nearly struck because of the breakdown delay because Master Blomeley hadn’t had time to check in online which he was going to do once arriving at his friends house. So, another mad dash back to the check in desk which was now shut seemed to be to no avail but on spotting the Flybe lady she decided to give Steve a special late boarding pass and so a frantic dash saw the duo get on the plane with literally 30 seconds to go as they shut the door. Phew!

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ack to how the training was going the next morning! Master Blomeley took over for a very short period to reinforce what Mark was putting across to the club students but emphasised how in reality you need to be aware and perhaps how to spot if someone is carrying a weapon plus demonstrated how far away you need to be in a scenario such as being an armed officer trying to draw his own weapon to deal with the threat of a deployed knife attack etc. I think a few were quite taken aback at how quickly a knife weilding assailant can be on you before you actually have time to react.

Many advocate the 21ft rule.

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e demonstrated some fun drills moving around the mat which as normal sees everyone smiling and laughing relaxing into the training but also gaining a principle of avoiding a conflict in the first place and being able to quickly

move away from a potential threat. Some of the drills have the students learning to stop quickly, cover or maintain distance control plus be aware of being able to protect their vulnerable spots quickly. The parents who had

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ark Yell and Steve Blomeley covered the concept of utilising equalisers and that many times you don’t realise that you may be carrying an everyday object around with you travelling such as a backpack or laptop which can be used to shield or even use the environment you are in to create barriers buying you a bit of time!

Over the weekend it was really nice to catch up with Richard Halsall, share a beverage in the evening, chat Taekwondo and share a few laughs. Neil and his wife were great hosts after the Saturday trainng session and prepared some lovely Filipino food for us back at their residence and Master Blomeley did his best to convert their son to a Stockport County fan as he loves football as well as training Tkd. The pair got around the island quite a bit as it was Master Blomeley’s first visit and it was interesting to do a tour of the famous TT circuit plus look at a few different landmarks including looking at old Viking headstones and burial sites. Mark is a qualified TT marshall now and he explained some of the rules and regulations that are in place when the TT festival is on and it sounds as though it is something I have to go and see for myself to appreciate the sheer speed they go around on the normal everyday roads. After a quick walk around Douglas it was time to head back to the airport to hopefully catch the flight back in less dramatic circumstances than going but knowing that they had the problem of getting Steve’s car going again and driving it back to Stockport. You couldn’t have written this as after landing back in Liverpool, making their way to his car they got it going but on driving back towards Stockport with Mark following for safety it broke down again! So after getting it off the motorway and into services it was another AA tow home but at least the AA man had an interest in martial arts and the TT so the time passed quickly.

It was gone midnight when Master Blomeley got back to his house but it was a very enjoyable weekend despite the calamatous start to it and some very nice Taekwondo people were met. Pretty sure we’ll be back and even talk of them coming over to train with us and who knows we may even be able to set up some weekend training excursions for groups to visit the Manx Isle and enjoy the hospitality!

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By Master S. H. Blomeley Self-defence tip for the beginning Taekwondo student or Kicksister this month covers a move which is featured in a higher kup grade pattern. The Pattern or Poomsae is Chil Jang a red belt requirement form. The move we are looking at is the sequence where you cup your left hand over the right closed fist and also come up on your toes with feet together.

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1: Picture 1 The students face each other ready to begin the practice.

2: Picture 2 The attacker reaches out with his right hand to grab the lapel of the defender. The attacker is more than likely going to follow this up with a circular (haymaker) punch to the head of his victim

Students face each other

4: Picture 4 shows the defenders elbow covering the actual punch that is swung at him and takes the brunt of the force on his arm or elbow rather than his own head

7: Picture 7 the next move that follows this in pattern 7 is what we call a scissor block and if you follow a logical process you may begin to see how this can actually be utilised to cause further pain or disruption to the attackers structure and stability. You must only practice this move under a qualified instructor and with great care for your partner.

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Defenders elbow covers the angle of punch thrown

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Defender grabs attackers wrist

5: Now the defender quickly turns the grabbing wrist over and secures it with both hands (why in the form the left hand is over the right) and lifts up his heels as he brings his feet together.

This gives him good structural strength.

6: As he puts his heels down this momentum aids the defender in putting pressure on the assailants trapped arm and if done correctly quickly brings him to his knees to escape the pain.

Attacker lunges and grabs lapel

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3: Picture 3 shows the defender quickly reaching to grab the right arm that is on his lapel with his own right arm and thus creating a barrier alo from the possible incoming left handed punch.

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The pressure exerted downwards forces defender onto his knees

Beginning position of the scissor movement

Note: This technique shows the ability of a person being able to defend against an opponent from a common assault. Always train or practice with a qualified Instructor.

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will be at the World TaekwondoChampionships cheering on the athletes come the 15th May!

fter attending the first Grand Prix and subsequently all the other British Taekwondo A Grand Prix’s it was very noticible how the rest of the world began to follow suit and include mascots at these inaugural events but none are quite like the ‘Taegers of Taekwondo’ created by Master S. H. Blomeley originally for the Ki-dz in his group Ki Taekwondo. Once featured at the very first Grand Prix event they endeared themselves to the British taekwondo public and became a firm favourite with the crowd. The Taegers love Taekwondo and all athletes but of course are particularly partial to cheering on the Brits as they to are from the United Kingdom.

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dding their own unique blend of entertainment for the crowd especially the Ki-dz they will be getting up to their antics around the active zone in the Manchester Arena whilst the worlds very best competitors fight it out on the mats. The World Championships is obviously a very different set up to the Grand Prix but they are looking forward to ading to the atmosphere and hoping that many of the spectators will grab that all important selfie with them post on social media. Keep your eyes out for the cheeky characters as they may be solo or in a duo or even if you’re lucky catch the whole pack together. original Taeger characters are Tiger Tae (the Mischievious one), Taeger the TTinyheTigerTaeger and Tiger Kwon the lovely lady of the family. a couple of Grand Prix’s ago was born and has become a favourite amongst the little ones but aslo

the family keeps growing as Rio appeared, then Tokyo Taeger and let’s not forget Grandmaster Taeger with his white goatie beard. Last year saw Quen B’ Taeger make her debut along with Man-Taeger from the city. One thing for sure is that they are all united in supporting the art of Taekwondo and hopefully encouraging more and more youngsters to begn practicing the art they so love. So, we’re all looking forward to a Taegerific World Championships in Manchester and fingers or maybe paws crossed we will witness a few British World Champions in the making!

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ou can see The Taegers in Action on you tube if you search for them being put through their paces at GB Taekwondo not so long ago. The British Taekwondoist’s love them as do the players and we think it wouldn’t be a British Event now without them being there keeping up with the Jones’ ..................hmmmmm! speaking of Jones’ - Come on Jade we’re right behind you cheering you on with the rest of the gang...

By Master S. H. Blomeley erforming patterns well can be accomplished on two separate fronts or even combined Pso much together depending on your understanding and outlook, as to what they are for and why emphasis is placed on them for promotion. Do we practice them to be executing the nicest techniques visually, showing great flexibility, balance and control with perfect timing, as is required for Poomsae competition or do we perform them with a pragmatic approach being able to deliver decisive blows, locks and holds to a would be assailant?

ets look at Koryo, the Black Belt pattern with its trademark double side kick, arc hands, Lcupped knife hand strikes, and interestingly the low arc hand technique with the opposite hand under the elbow and the low finger tip thrust, with the opposite hand close to your own face, palm facing. Let us look at where these come into play and as to what sequence they take because what came before it or what immediately follows it can give the student a clue as to how to use it pragmatically.

racticing the pattern for competitive purposes i.e.. with good form, nice Ppower balance and perfectly executed side kicks with proper foot formation, height, and control is a prerequisite for scoring high marks and to be done equally

as well with both sides. Poomsae players train extremely hard in getting to this stage working constantly on their breathing and timing to execute the yeop chagi’s perfectly. There are many wonderful floor exercises that can be done to help develop the hip flexors so that a student can get the height and strength in the kick to impress the judges, when they are on the mat and flexibility is something that generally has to be constantly worked at.

the side kick part of the pattern alone for the moment, I want you to explore Laseaving the possibilities of the low finger tip thrust and perhaps one method or understanding to why the other hand is close to your face, palm facing. The student should always be evaluating and developing their combative approach and heightened awareness of how and why you can use it defensively. Poomsae was created originally as we have discussed before for combat, they contain a myriad of techniques at your disposal. Different instructors may have different interpretations of a technique contained in Patterns but the important thing to remember is take on board what works for you, or what makes the most common sense. Field test the movements and see what you come up with. If you have around three possible applications then your on the right track, but do throw away what does not work for you.

s you will notice in Koryo you actually turn just before you execute the low A finger tip thrust and some say you are aiming at the abdomen or better still the groin. The turn can give you a clue! Your opponent is actually behind you and not in

front of you. If you are collar grabbed from the rear then it is logical to turn on the outside of the opponent which leaves you in the perfect range of close combat to actually perform the low finger tip thrust to the assailants groin. This of course has to be done quickly and explosively with surprise to be effective. Why is your hand cupped near your head you may ask? This helps to control the attackers grabbing arm and can bring his head close to yours, keeping you safer from any counter movements. Why do we pull back with a low block in short stance? Well in this scenario it actually helps you to pin the opponent especially if he naturally grabs at your counter attack and the footwork if done correctly, you will find drops him to the floor, as he loses his own balance points.

Not everything is as it seems in patterns! Can you figure out which Dan Poomsae, this rarely seen move in Taekwondo of escaping an arm bar is from?

Click picture to see technique in action!

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ageuk 2 jang represents ‘Tae’ and refers ‘pond’. A pond is soft on teh surfaceand hard on teh inside. Tageul two indicates a process that one trains on the movements of softness and hardness. Some tips for performing the poomsae lines of ‘tae’ , ‘da’ and ‘ra’, are eumbryo (short rod) so the movements are short according to the book of Taekwondo.

The order of movements 8,10, 16,17 and 18 are continuous. One poom is composed of two or three movements.

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he long forward stance when being performed , the distance of the two feet is one step long. The inner sides of the two feet must be in a straight line. The two knees should be kept straightened, the weight being supported by both legs evenly. It is permitted to keep the rear foot slightly turned from the straight line within the angle of 30 degrees in order to allow a natural pose. Seogi is the Korean word for stance and is translated as keeping any part of the body except the two feet away from touching the ground or the floor.

Joyfulness, Taegeuk Ee Jang, Pattern Two!

– A look at some of the finer points for beginning students who are practicing the second Taegeuk pattern of the series.

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he middle punch or Jireugi in Korean is T(reverse split into “baro Jireugi” and “bandae jireugi” punch) according to the position of the attackers foot. When making an attack using your arm the rotary power or centrigugal force of the trunk is used. It is defined as a blow at the targets extending the elbow and moving the fist generally in one straight line.

front kick should be performed by first Tto heraising the folded knee of the kicking leg up the chest and then immediately thrust the

foot forward, fully stretching out the leg. The tracking of the foot must be in a straight line towards the target. The target being kicked is struck by the ball of the foot with the toes being pulled back. The groin, lower part of the abdomen, solar plexus, chin etc are all legitimate targets. The supporting leg on the floor should not stretch the knee fully before or during the kicking motion because the upright standing is more likely to cause the falling down of the attacker or weakening of the kicking force. It is also then not easy to perform the next moveme he middle inward block the wrist must be Tin outer kept at the centre line of the body whereas forearm blocking the wrist is situated

Baro jireugi or right punch is when the Tto hefeet are widely opened fore and back due the movement of the body weight. A baro

jireugi is performed by the fist on the side of the back foot. The bandae (opposite punch) jireugi is made by the fist on the fore foot side. The part of the fist used is the first two knuckles of the index finger and middle finger. The opposite fist is pulled back to the opposite hip creating a reaction force. One should be breathing out or exhaling as you thrust the fist forward and tensing the muscles for a fraction of a second then relaxing again in preparation for the next move.

at the side of the shoulder. Th eelbow is kept open at 90-120 degreesand the blocking fist is kept at shoulder height. The reaction hand is kept at the waist or hip of the opposite side.

The high section block or Olgul makki the wrist of th eblocking arm comes in front of the centre of the face. One fist level can pass between the forehead and the blocking arm of the practitioner. Again the opposite hand is pulled as a fist to th ewaist or hip. A key point is that the blocking arm should be kept slightly lower than the outside of the other arms elbow and the other arm starts from the shoulder height of the other side keeping th efist directed upwards.

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he long walking stance technical specifications are that the vertical d i s t a n c e between the two feet is one and a half step. The parallel distance between two feet’s tiptoes is one foot.

The tiptoes of the front foot are placed forward. Lower the knee in order to match your knee and tiptoes when you look down in a upright standing position. Keep th eback sole turned inward within th eangle of 30 degrees and stretch the knee of the rear leg and put the balance of your wight forward by two-thirds.

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ageuk two or Ee jang as it is called represents Joyfulness. The pattern has eighteen movements in its performance.

The direction that the poomsae follows is the trigram that has three levels of base middle and top with a line running down the centre. Think of it as a capitol letter I on the floor with a line drawn across the middle of it

he symbol for Tageuk Ee jang is Tae meaning the joy which is spiritually uplifting in nature, but it is not aggressive.

It is serene and gentle instead. The actions of this form should be performed with ease and fluidity without the sense of struggling against your limitations, but nevertheless, living fully within them. Tae is symbolized by the image of a lake.

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By Eleanor Warrington

On Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March 2019, the University of Birmingham Ki Taekwondo Club attended the BSTF Spring Championships, which was also the qualification event for the EUSA (European Student) Championships in Croatia. This was the biggest BSTF competition of the year with over 600 participants and 55 Universities across the UK. Our team competed in Kukkiwon patterns, WT style sparring and ITF style sparring.

Our team this season did better than ever! We came home with 5 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 5 bronze medals, including 2 EUSA Championship qualifiers.

On Saturday, Fabian Burkhardt and Bel Bevan-Davies competed in the pair Kukkiwon patterns discipline for A-class where they showed great form and teamwork, achieving a bronze medal. Fabian also participated in the team Kukkiwon patterns discipline for A-class with Henry Chiu (Loughborough) and Jack Durcan (UCLAN); they demonstrated excellence and achieved a gold medal. Amazingly, Fabian also participated in the Kukkiwon patterns discipline for A-class and achieved a bronze medal. Fabian did incredibly well throughout and managed to qualify for the EUSA Championships.

Haydn Price, Divya Kaurc and Tom O’Sullivan participated in Kukkiwon patterns discipline for C-class and proudly entered the semi-finals! Tom and Divya also competed in the pair Kukkiwon patterns discipline for C-class and also entered the semi finals. All of them performed very well and we are extremely proud of their achievements.

On the same day, Rachel Higgins competed very well in both ITF and WT style sparring for B-class. It was very tough as one of her fights ended in a nosebleed. Nevertheless, she

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continued fighting and achieved a gold in ITF and a bronze in WT! Martin Kong competed in C-class ITF style sparring and having never have competed in ITF before, he amazingly achieved a silver medal. The two of them performed exceptionally well.

On Sunday, the club competed in A-class and C-class sparring. Divya and Richard Pearce faced very difficult fights and fought well in the C-class quarterfinals. Haydn also performed really well in C-class sparring by making it into the semi-finals and winning a bronze medal.

Sharon, competing for the first time, won gold in WT style C-class sparring. The hardest worker on Sunday was Tom, who sparred in the most popular category, male WT C-class -74 kg. He fought all day, and won them all, even after injuring his foot quite seriously in the final. His perseverance rendered him a gold medal!

Our last competitor was Ismael Mekene Coulibaly for A-class WT style sparring, who made it into the spotlight finals and after a tense and thrilling fight, he achieved a gold medal! Ismael also qualified for the EUSA Championships. This was one of the most successful competitions to date! The club is immensely proud of everyone and we are extremely excited for future competitions where we hope more members are encouraged to compete too! Most importantly, we give our deepest gratitudes to Fabian and Hamid Ghayoorzadeh for coaching our team, the spectators who came along to cheer and our instructors David Austin Grey and Jim Clements for such invaluable support and guidance.

Following on from this event the club was also geared up for their kup grading under the watchful eyes of their Chief Instructor Master S. H. Blomeley who founded the club over 25 years ago. The kup grading was conducted as the last few previous ones inside the purpose built dojang which sits in the very plush brand new purpose built sports centre. The students haven’t had their results as of yet but will get them upon their return to campus from the Easter break. Master Blomeley conducted a 2 hour training session after the grading for the Ki Taekwondo University students.

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Finding the best syllabus and grading programme for the intellect disabled is complex but what is important is to have clarity and fairness for the students but ensuring good Taekwondo ethics are followed. It is important that gradings for these candidates are set out and rules followed as designated by the Kukkiwon so that examiners are following the correct procedure that has been laid out. I have done a draft guide based upon my decades of experience working with a wide spectrum of disabilities.

This is an area I have always tried to give back to Taekwondo and share my knowledge so that others may benefit in their clubs specially if they have students joining who may have such disabilities because we as Taekwondo Instructors have so much to offer everybody making it more inclusive.

By Derek Sumner

Dan syllabus for Level 1 Dojang etiquette

An Intellect para Dan Syllubus could be as follows:Kukkiwon approved Dan Examiner Panel 1 Safeguarding Association /Club Officer 1 Parent/guardian or designated care worker Coach /instructor

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Understanding of Dojang procedure entering without assistance follow basic commands Show static techniques by command (with encouragement from coach) Show developed tkd movements by command with body movement that has mobility .

Show improved extension of moveable limbs .

Visual contact to targets expression of Ki Pad striking using power subjective to the candidate Movement up and down the dojang by Numbers and if necessary using a training partner .

Pattern of candidates Choice showing Knowledge of requirement using target encouraged movement .

One step Sparring understanding the basic purpose of attack and

Self defence release from grabs and counter defence .

Free sparring with full protection light contact opponent candidates/carers choice .

Destruction panel /parent /Carers discretion Fitness subject to candidates ability .

Report on improved activity related to tkd from a professional independent and current instructor 5th Dan or above (in all cases candidate may require assistance, to be discussed with all officials prior to testing)

PAPER WORK Complete medical information Medical Professional letter of confirmation the candidate is fit to test for high level Dan Grading

5 Levels of Para Intellect Condition

Dan Grading Level 2

1 severe physical and mental disability 2 High level physical and mental disability 3 Moderate level physical and mental disability 4 Mild level physical and mental disability 5 Mild mental disability no physical disability

Level 2 same as level 1 with increasing expectation in all areas where less disability , increased individual activity for dan testing .

Increased combination techniques higher level of kicking where applicable .

Dan Grading level 3

The Object of para intellect grading is to give opportunity for the candidate to demonstrate his or her ability to express and demonstrate WT Taekwondo to a high standard within the parameters of the individuals personal condition without discrimination .

Candidate should show Good etiquette basic commands and dojang rules. Physical testing with combination techniques with varied kicking drills. Blocking and attacking drills candidate showing relevance of moves and purpose. Poomsae performed how the candidate perceives the poomsae learnt (candidates choice more than one poomsae ) Fitness and destruction leg or Hand technique 2 breaks.

Level 1 the candidate may use an instructor to assist coach and encourage Extension of arms and legs , focus , balance spirit , the candidate should have reasonable understanding of the test and its purpose.

Show patterns learnt and their interpretation Non contact Sparring , self defence, destruction (if safe to do so) Fitness and suppleness

Dan Grading level 4

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Unassisted test. Designated Training partners used for applicants must be a Kukkiwon Dan grade. Good knowledge of tkd as a para athlete .

Varied Poomsae applicants choice must have reasonable knowledge of Poomsae direction application following a reasonable line to determine a regular Poomsae .

Techniques with movement showing power accuracy and speed .

One step Sparring, applicant showing Ki balance and knowledge. Self defence all as standard for dan grading Freesparring light contact 2 rounds 2 breaking techniques candidates choice Fitness target as an able bodied applicant

Dan grading level 5.

Candidate to show good knowledge of warm up and class preparation.

Static techniques followed by movement up and down the hall showing good accuracy and above waist for kicking techniques.

Poomsae good knowledge , dan examiners choice , candidate to show reasonable completion of poomsaes, Self defence release from grabs with counter attacks.

One step sparring with take downs.

Free sparing contact 2 rounds (coach/ instructor to referee) Destruction examiner’s choice .

Fitness as per regular Dan candidate.

All para Dan Grading officers should be flexible on all levels of disability , none should judge on what is physically difficult by the candidate , all candidates must show spirit and etiquette

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