Report and Photos from the recent GTUK British Taekwon-do Championships

Championship report

11 combatants and 7 supporters had a superb day at the GTUL Championships winning a total of 11 medals in a busy and productive day.

Joseph Miller took a superb gold in the pee wee special techniques with twin brother Henry coming 2nd (Henry also came 4th in the sparring after winning 3 fights!) Oscar Glaysher won silver for sparring and patterns in the Dragon white to green belts whilst Ali Gowing took  a silver for patterns and a bronze for sparring in the higher grade dragons.

James Gowing won bronze in the pee wee green tag-blue tag sparring.  Bronwen Back won a superb gold in the junior girls patterns and then a bronze in the sparring.  Christian Everett took a great bronze in his 1st adult black belt sparring competition whilst Clinton Gillett took gold for patterns and silver for sparring the veteran mens 3rd degree plus category.

The club is immensely proud of Jonty Gillett, Kelsie Dyer and Gavin White who competed bravely but did not quite reach the podium.  Special mention has to go to Megan Gowing who came along to support the club and was asked to step in as a welfare officer due to her qualifications, she worked all day to support the younger students really well.

Parents supported with great enthusiasm and made the day very special.  Many thanks to all and looking forward to the next grading on Thursday 15th December at 6.30pm.


A few photos from the recent GTUK British Taekwon-do Championships November 19th 2022

News from Gradings and OITF Competition

New Bungay Black Belt

Well done to James Thurston on getting his 1st Dan Black Belt on Saturday in Coventry in front of Grandmaster Oldham.

Colour Belts

Well done to everyone who took their grading on Sunday, Master King praised the enthusiasm and effort put in especially with sparring.  This Autumn grading is only small following the summer holiday so congratulations to all students who worked hard to get ready.  The next grading will be on Thursday 15th December at 6pm.

OITF Report

9 competitors and 4 parents made the early morning journey to the Open ITF tournament and came away with 5 medals and a great deal of pride.  Ali Gowing gained superb silver medals in the pee wees, with Bronwen Back gaining a silver for sparring and a bronze for patterns in the junior girls with Henry Rush gaining a bronze in the adult males.

Oscar Glaysher, James Gowing, Jonty Gillett, James Thurston, Alex Goff and Christian Everett all competed superbly in huge devisions with some quarter final positions but unfortunately no medals.  After a very long day of solid refereeing Clinton Gillett had to withdraw and not compete so he could get everyone home safely.

We are very proud of everyone as this was a huge competition with 25 different associations and several different countries competing.

Bungay Taekwondo Demo Team

Bungay Demo team

Bungay Taekwondo Demo Team

Massive thanks and congratulations to Bungay Demo team who put on a fantastic show at Ilketshall St Margaret Village Fete on Saturday afternoon. 

It was hot and the ground conditions hard but students put on a fantastic show of techniques, patterns, bag work, self defense and sparring. 

The destruction acted as a great finale and many spectators congratulated us on an impressive show.

Image gallery photos kindly supplied by parents supporting the demonstration.

 

Summer demos and Holidays

 

Summer Demos

We have been asked to do 2 village fairs and it would be great to have some students to help demonstrate at Ilketshall St Margaret on Saturday 16th July and Wortwell on Sunday 28th August please let me know if you can help with further information to follow.

 

Summer Holiday dates

We are on holiday for 2 separate weeks over summer so no Taekwondo training on Tuesday 26th and Thursday 28th July and then no training on Tuesday 9th and Thursday 11th August but all other sessions on as normal.

 

Bungay Taekwon-do clothing

If you want some cool Bungay Taekwon-do branded clothing then you can order any Bungay hoodies or T-shirts via www.Kicking-Man.co.uk with customised options available.

 

Wishing you all the best in TKD

 

Clinton Gillett VI

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