Kickstart Taekwondo

After all grades had had a chance to go through their patterns and do some work with Mr Ridley we moved on to destruction. There were a number of students present who are due to be taking their Black Belt Grading in November so this was an excellent opportunity for them to get some helpful advice on how best to execute their destruction techniques.

After the session Miss Pearson presented Mr Archer and Mr Ridley with picture frames to hold their VI degree certificates and also some pictures of them doing what they do best to thank them for donating their time and travelling to help us raise money and also to congratulate them on their recent promotion to VI degree. We had also been selling raffle tickets in the run up to the training session and the draw was done after the presentation and with the main prize of an electric guitar, kindly donated by Fender, as well as a number of other prizes, everyone was keen to see who would win.

I spoke to a number of students after the training session and heard nothing but good things, John Delaney-Willis, a green belt student from the Stockport club summed it up the best, saying “To be trained by Mr Archer and Mr Ridley was invaluable.  Not only was it an intense and productive day but it was made all the more enjoyable knowing that we had raised money for a very worthwhile cause.” and it wasn’t just the colour belt students who gained a lot from the training session, James Lavin, 1.5 degree, agreed that “it was a great opportunity to train with such senior Instructors whilst raising money for a great cause.”

I would like to add that I hope everybody has learned something from the session that they can now take away and build upon in their clubs because, as Mr Ridley always says, we never stop learning in taekwon-do and should always be seeking to improve.

So far with the raffle tickets we sold and the money raised from the training sessions I am pleased to announce that we have raised £530.00 for Mission Cure Bangladesh. This will go a long way to help them reach their target and, on behalf of Northern Taekwon-Do, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Archer and Mr Ridley for helping to make the training session that little bit more special, the students who attended from Trident Taekwon-Do Academy, everyone who donated raffle prizes and everyone connected with Northern Taekwon-Do who bought raffle tickets and attended the training sessions.

Pictures taken during the session will be uploaded to the site soon.