Latest News for Cornwall Tae Kwon-Do
River LIfe Day - 6th March 2010
Students from Kernow Tae Kwon-Do Academy of Excellence joined up with the Supedads group in Camborne for a River Life Day at Tehidy Country Park. The event leader was Liam Broderick, local Tae Kwon-Do Instructor and Environment Agency ecologist, who introduced the children and adults to the diverse variety of aquatic invertebrate life inhabiting the Tehidy Stream and the various lakes and ponds within the park.
Liam states, "2010 is the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity and I was very keen to recognise this with an ecology-based event for adults and children alike, which would get them thinking about the importance of working to protect our precious diversity of life. Tehidy Country Park is a very popular visitor spot but so many people there were unaware of the vast amount of life that lies just below the surface of the rivers and ponds. We worked to identify many different freshwater invertebrate groups for example, freshwater shrimp, mayflies, caddisflies, snails and leeches, but the favourite of the day was the golden-ringed dragonfly nymph, with the children loving its ability to breathe through the anus and use this as 'jet propulsion'! I would like to thank Tehidy Country Park and the Supedads group for helping to make this event possible."
GTI English Championships - 28th February 2010
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John Newman - Gold destruction
Patricia Finney - Gold destruction
Edward Cummings - Bronze patterns
Ciaran Hicks - Gold patterns
Danielle Scandrette - Gold high kick, Bronze point stop sparring, Bronze continuous sparring
David Scandrette - Gold continuous sparring, Silver point stop sparring
Alana Schilling - Gold point stop sparring
Kayleigh Yates - Silver point stop sparring, Bronze continuous sparring, Bronze patterns
Pete Yates - Gold point stop sparring, Silver continuous sparring, Silver patterns
Camborne students Danielle and David Scandrett and Alana Schilling pictured right.
More info soon!
GTI Instructor Course - 20th/21st February 2010
Martial artists from across the South-West of England took part in an intensive weekend course in Newquay to train to become the next generation of Tae Kwon-Do Instructors. The course was hosted by Global Tae Kwon-Do International at Cornwall College Newquay's premises on Tolcarne Beach, over the weekend of 20th and 21st February. The course leader was Paresh Bhadeshia, National Coach of Global Tae Kwon-Do International who is an expert in police training, particularly crowd control and riot control. He trained the new Instructors in martial arts teaching methodology, giving them the necessary skills to take Tae Kwon-Do to a wider audience and to help new students to benefit from increased confidence, fitness, well-being and self-defence ability through Tae Kwon-Do training.
Mr Liam Broderick, Regional Co-ordinator for the GTI in the South-West would like to thank Mr Bhadeshia for a truly great course. He would also like to thank Cornwall College Newquay stating "I graduated from Cornwall College recently with an Environmental Degree and my entire time at the College was an extremely positive experience. I am delighted that Cornwall College and the GTI have been able to work together in providing a unique course at the idyllic venue of Tolcarne Beach and I look forward to working alongside the College on similar courses in the future."
The new Instructors are teaching in schools throughout Cornwall and the South-West. For more information please contact Liam on 07855 734984 or visit www.cornwall-taekwondo.com
Christmas Beach Training - 27th December 2009
29 students from the Cornwall GTI Tae Kwon-Do Schools in Camborne, Newquay and Truro, along with students from Rob James' Tang Soo Do Academy took part in the 24th annual 'blow out the cobwebs' beach session on Towan Beach Newquay at 11am on Sunday 27th December. The hour-long session included Tae Kwon-Do patterns, linework and set sparring as well as beach games and ended in the sea. The organiser, Liam Broderick 4th Dan would like to thank all those who attended and also the Blue Reef Aquarium for their support once again.
Tae Kwon-Do's Got Talent for BBC Children in Need - 14th November 2009
Kernow Tae Kwon-Do Academy of Excellence (GTI Camborne and Truro) hosted a Tae Kwon-Do's Got Talent competition to raise money for BBC Children in Need. The event took place on the afternoon of Saturday 14th November at Threemilestone Community Centre. Nineteen acts too part in the talent competition which was followed by a Children's Party. Winning acts included the Jackson 3 (Instructors Mel Beattie, John Newman and Andrew Robinson), performing a Tae Kwon-Do version of Thriller, Instructor Charlotte Brown performing a routine to Cheryl Coles Fight for your Love, Kayleigh Yates performing to Tina Turner's Simply the Best and Ciaran Hicks' Supergran Tae Kwon-Do pattern. Judges included Academy Instructor and author of the I Jack children's novels Patricia Finney, Cornwall Councillor Geoff Brown, RNLI Events Co-ordinator Christine Brown and Alan Beattie representing Falmouth Thai.
Kernow TAE Chief Instructor Liam Broderick would like to thank the entrants, spectators and judges for their support of this important charity. He would also like to congratulate all who got involved and the superb effort that went into the acts.
Total funds raised so far: £319
Images and videos right...
GTI British Championships - 1st November 2009
Cornwall produced three British Tae Kwon-Do Champions over the weekend as students from the County competed in Global Tae Kwon-Do International's British Championships on Sunday 1st November in Cheltenham. All the divisions were hotly contested as Tae Kwon-Do martial artists from many organisations throughout the UK competed for the coveted trophies. The three new Champions had to beat off stiff competition to win their respective divisions. .jpg)
Alana Schilling of Camborne Tae Kwon-Do Academy won the girls yellow and green belt point stop sparring division. Ciaran Hicks of Truro Tae Kwon-Do Academy took gold in the boys blue and red belt patterns category. John Newman, a Kernow Tae Kwon-Do Academy Instructor became a 'Champion of Destruction', winning his division by being the best at breaking boards with a number of strikes, kicks and jumping techniques.
The hundreds of competitors were treated to a spectacular display from some of the top martial artists in the UK, including three times undefeated World Champion, Tony 'the Iceman' Sewell, which culminated in both him and George Cockburn being promoted to 7th Dan black belt Master of Tae Kwon-Do, in recognition of each of them having committed themselves to the promotion and development of Tae Kwon-Do for over 30 years. See videos above.
The Chief Instructor of Kernow Tae Kwon-Do Academy, Liam Broderick, 4th Dan would like to congratulate Cornwall's new British Champions and also Tae Kwon-Do Masters Sewell and Cockburn on their promotion.
Pictured in the back row; Instructors John Newman and Liam Broderick and front row; Alana Schilling and Ciaran Hicks.
GTI British Video Collection:
Coloured Belt Grading - 22nd October 2009
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40 Cornwall GTI students graded under new coloured belt grading examiners Marc Dummett, 5th Dan and Liam Broderick, 4th Dan on Thursday 22nd October 2009 at Treviglas Community College, Newquay. All students passed and gained their new belt. Cornwall Tae Kwon-Do would like to thank Treviglas College and congratulate all the students for their hard work and dedication.
Black Belt Grading - 11th October 2009
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Three Truro Tae Kwon-Do Academy students were promoted to new black belt grades following successful black belt gradings in Derby on 11th October. Andrew Robinson and Charlotte Brown gained their black belt 1st Dans, whilst Mel Beattie was successful in gaining a black belt 2nd Dan. The three had to grade in front of a panel of five expert Tae Kwon-Do practitioners, including the three times undefeated World Champion Tony 'the Iceman' Sewell. They were tested on their knowledge of the traditional and modern aspects of Tae Kwon-Do training, including streetwise self-defence and knife defence. They were also tested on their theoretical and philosophical knowledge of the Korean Art of Self-Defence.
Liam Broderick, the 4th Dan Instructor of the Academy was delighted that all three were successful stating, "Mel, Andrew and Charlotte have worked incredibly hard over recent years to put themselves in a strong position to gain their black belt promotions. Traditional Tae Kwon-Do black belt gradings are notoriously difficult to get through but I was confident that these three students would do well. I’m both overjoyed and immensely proud of this great achievement and I wish them all the best as they work towards their next Dan grade."
Truro Tae Kwon-Do Academy is part of Global Tae Kwon-Do International and offers a free month of classes at Truro Leisure Centre on Fridays at 8pm and Sundays at 6pm. Please call Liam on 07855 734984 for more information.
UK Open - 20th September
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Cornwall Tae Kwon-Do students from our Truro school travelled to the GTI UK Open Competition in Worcester on Sunday 20th September. Divisions were hotly contested and students gained the following results:
Mel Beattie - 4th place - black belt female patterns
John Newman - 3rd place - black belt male patterns
Andrew Robinson - 2nd place - red belt patterns
Ciaran Hicks - 2nd place in both sparring and patterns
Charlie Woon - 2nd place in jumping high kick, 4th in patterns
Toby Woon - 4th place in sparring, 5th place in patterns
Congratulations to you all and keep up the good work!
Truro Carnival - 12th September
Kernow TAE students put on an impressive display for the people of Truro, taking part in the carnival for the 3rd year running. The students won 3rd place in the walking groups category.
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Camborne Tae Kwon-Do Academy Launch - 7th September
37 students attended the official launch of Camborne Tae Kwon-Do Academy, part of Kernow Tae Kwon-Do Academy of Excellence and GTI Tae Kwon-Do. The students gave an impressive demo followed by a Tae Kwon-Do taster session. Chief Instructor Liam Broderick would like to thank all the students that took part and is looking forward to the continual development of Tae Kwon-Do in the Camborne, Pool, Redruth area. Classes are held at Pool Business and Enterprise College on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7pm.
Saturdads - 5th September
Kernow-TAE black belt Instructors Liam Broderick, Mel Beattie and John Newman were invited to Saturdads at Rosemellin School, Camborne. The instructors performed a demonstration of Tae Kwon-Do and taster session for the members of Saturdads. Liam Broderick would like to thank Saturdads for their invitation and great hospitality.
Newquay LIfeboat Day demo - 30th August 2009
Cornwall GTI Tae Kwon-Do attended Newquay Lifeboat Day at Newquay Harbour on Sunday 30th August.
Before performing a demo, Camborne and Truro GTI Instructor Liam Broderick and some of his students took part in demonstration of a lifeboat recovery of a fishing vessel that had lost power. The Tae Kwon-Do students were rescued by the Newquay RNLI Atlantic 21 helmsman Christian Brown, a green belt at Truro GTI!
Twenty students from the GTI schools in Camborne, Newquay and Truro performed a demo on the beach, involving Tae Kwon-Do linework, patterns, set sparring, self-defence, knife-defence and wooden board breaking. There was also a section showing the abilities of the junior students in Tae Kwon-Do techniques and board breaking.
The Instructors would like to thank all the students that got involved and helped the RNLI to have a great Lifeboat Day.
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Truro GTI held a Tae Kwon-Do Summer Camp at Polly Joke across the weekend of 10th to 13th July. On the Friday evening, training began on Polly Joke beach with a Spring tide and 27 students having great fun, with self-defence, including throws and groundwork, Tae Kwon-Do linework, patterns and set-sparring and the session ended in the sea, including underwater press ups and fun with the local seal! Then it was back to camp for fish and chips around the camp fire.
The Saturday morning session also took place on Polly Joke Beach, and the students learnt a new pattern from the WTF syllabus, Keumgang, and enjoyed great training on the beach, ending in the sea. The session was followed by a surf and an evening get together at the Bowgie Inn with another gathering round the camp fire.
On the Sunday, students walked West Pentire Head to Crantock Beach for a morning session, spent the afternoon sunbathing and playing on the beach, then trained in the evening on Polly Joke Beach, with beach games for the juniors afterwards. This was followed by a beach barbecue until sunset, and a camp fire get together back on camp.
Mr Liam Broderick would like to thank the 28 people that camped and the 46 people that joined us to make this such a great event. We're all looking forward to summer camp 2010 in June!
Beach Clean - Perranporth Beach, 6th June
Truro Tae Kwon-Do Academy students and instructors performed a beach clean on Perranporth Beach on Saturday 6th June 2009. This event was organised to coincide with the United Nations World Environment Day, held on 5th June and the BBC Springwatch Dirty Weekend on 6th and 7th June.
Although it was a rainy and windy day, the students persevered against the elements to help to improve their local environment.
Black Belt Grading - 10th May 2009
Liam Broderick, Instructor of Truro GTI , John Newman also of Truro GTI and Joshua Smith of Newquay GTI travelled to Derby on Sunday 10th May to take black belt gradings. The grading panel included Master Clive Harrison, 7th Dan, Tony 'the Iceman' Sewell, 6th Dan, George Cockburn, 6th Dan, Francis Plunkett 6th Dan and Paresh Bhadeshia 5th Dan. The grading lasted around an hour and a half and included linework and jumping kicks, patterns, one-step sparring including one-step jumping defences, self-defence, including knife defence, free sparring, jumping 360-degree kicks against a target, destruction of breaker boards and Tae Kwon-Do theory and philosophy. Joshua gained his 2nd degree and John successfully gained his 1st degree black belt, adding this to the karate black belt that he already holds. Liam was promoted to 4th degree black belt and International Instructor. Liam would like to thank all the students of Cornwall GTI that helped them all to prepare for their Dan grades and they are all looking forward to their next grading.
Cornwall GTI grading and seminar under Master Harrison - 23rd/24th February 2009
GTI Cornwall students graded under GTI Chief Instructor Master Clive Harrison 7th Dan on Monday 23rd February at Pool School, Camborne. All 40 were successful in this 4-hour grading. The GTI Instructors would like to thank Master Harrison for another professional grading. Students are pictured right.
On Tuesday 24th February, Cornwall GTI Tae Kwon-Do students joined Master Harrison for a 2-hour seminar in St Austell. Master Harrison taught alternative applications of the pattern moves and pressure point self-defence. He also tested Cornwall's black belts on their technical ability. Cornwall GTI Instructors would like to thank Master Harrison for this fine seminar and look forward to his next visit to the County
GTI February Newsletter here
Cornwall Tae Kwon-Do takes to the beach - 27th December 2008
26 students from Camborne, Newquay and Truro GTI took part in the 23rd annual Christmas beach training on Towan Beach, Newquay on 27th December 2008. With the air temperature just 2 degrees this was the coldest for many years yet it still ended in the sea (to warm up!). The session was jointly taught by Mr Danny Broderick of Camborne Tae Kwon-Do, Mr Liam Broderick of Truro Tae Kwon-Do Academy and Mr Rob James of Cornwall Tang Soo-Do.
Thanks to all who attended and to Rob James' Tang Soo Do for joining us once again. Cornwall Tae Kwon-Do would also like to thank the Blue Reef Aquarium for their continued support.
Truro GTI raises over £550 for BBC Children in Need - 27th October 2008
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Thirty-nine of the school's martial artists were sponsored to take part in a special Tae Kwon-Do training session, wearing horror fancy dress costumes. The students, aged between 6 and 55, performed many of the spectacular Tae Kwon-Do kicks and took part in self-defence, sparring and pattern routines, as well as a number of spooky-themed games.
The Instructor, Liam Broderick is delighted with the amount that was raised stating, "I am very proud of all of my Tae Kwon-Do students and I would like to thank them, and their families and friends for their generosity in raising so much for BBC Children in Need. Part of the martial arts training is to work to give back to your community and my students have certainly excelled in this by raising over £550 for such a worthy cause. I would also like to send out a great big thank you to Truro Leisure Centre who donated the training hall for free for this event. Well done to you all!"
Black Belt Grading - 12th October 2008
Congratulations to the new black belts that were promoted following a successful grading in Derby:
Mr Frank Luckham, 1st Dan - Newquay GTI
Mr Guy Tullett, 1st Dan - Truro GTI
Miss Claire Tullett, 2nd Dan - Truro GTI
A big well done from everyone in Cornwall Tae Kwon-Do!
Newquay Lifeboat Day Demo - 10th August 2008
Well done to the Cornwall Tae Kwon-Do students that performed a demo in very wet conditions on Newquay Harbour Beach. Your support for the RNLI is much appreciated and helped them to raise almost £4,000 on the day!
GTI July 2008 Newsletter here
7th June 2008 - Beach Clean for World Environment Day 2008
Truro’s martial artists took to the beach on Saturday 7th June to perform a beach clean at Perranporth for World Environment Day 2008.
Twenty-two Tae Kwon-Do students from the Truro Tae Kwon-Do Academy walked Perranporth dunes and beach to collect over twenty bags of rubbish. After a morning spent cleaning, they then gave an hour’s display of this dynamic Korean martial art to the hundreds of beach goers who were enjoying the fantastic sunshine. This ended with the traditional dip in the sea and a well-earned drink at the Watering Hole!
Liam Broderick, the Instructor of the Academy has a long history of environmental work and states, ‘I work as an Ecologist for the Environment Agency here in Cornwall and I’m firmly committed to improving the local environment. It is great for me to be able to combine my love for the Cornish countryside with the martial arts I’ve dedicated so much of my life to. Tae Kwon-Do students that train in its native Korea are expected to give back to their local community in a number of ways such as litter picks, river and park clean-ups and helping the elderly. I’m delighted that my students from the Truro Academy have honoured this tradition and been able to give back to their local community in such a positive way and I thank them all for their dedication and hard work’.
Sue Allen, a green belt in Tae Kwon-Do who attended this event has just returned from walking the West Highland Way, 96 miles across Scotland. In doing this, she raised over £100 for the charity Water Aid and Truro Tae Kwon-Do would like to congratulate her on this tremendous achievement.
Truro Tae Kwon-Do Academy holds classes at Truro Leisure Centre on Sundays at 6pm and Tregolls Primary School on Thursdays at 6.30pm. Students currently range from age 5 to 54 and there are many families training together. The first month’s training is completely free! For further details please contact Liam Broderick on 07855 734984 or visit www.truro-taekwondo.com
Read the reports: Beach Clean West Highland Way
18th May 2008 - New Black Belt Promotions
The following promotions have taken place following the recent Black Belt Grading in Derby on Sunday 18th May 2008:
Marc Dummett, 5th Dan (Newquay GTI)
Mark Edwards, 3rd Dan (Truro GTI)
Lauren Roberts, 3rd Dan (Newquay GTI)
Mel Beattie, 1st Dan (Truro GTI)
Gavin Bennetts, 1st Dan (Newquay GTI)
The grading panel consisted of Master Clive Harrison (7th Dan), Mr Tony Sewell (6th Dan), Mr George Cockburn (6th Dan), Mr Francis Plunkett (6th Dan) and Mr Paresh Bhadeshia (5th Dan). Congratulations to all the students who passed their black belt gradings. The image shows senior black belts with the grading panel.
6th April 2008 - 20 medals for 20 students at the UK Taekwondo Open 2008
Tae Kwon-Do martial artists from across Cornwall braved arctic conditions and snow to get to the UK Tae Kwon-Do Open in Swindon on Sunday 6th April 2008.
This event, hosted for the first time by Global Taekwondo International, saw hundreds of competitors from each of the four UK nations; England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, plus our Cornish squad compete for medals in both traditional patterns and modern competitive sparring divisions. Cornwall fielded twenty competitors who took twenty medals, a truly stunning result. And Andrew Robinson of Truro Tae Kwon-Do Academy and John Newman and Alanna Schilling, both from Camborne Tae Kwon-Do were crowned UK Champions 2008 in their respective divisions.
Danny Broderick, Area Rep for GTI Southwest Region states, ‘Cornwall Tae Kwon-Do has a long history of competition success and continues to produce some of the finest competitors in the UK and the Instructors across the County are very proud of their students’ achievements. Our youngest competitor was only six years old and the oldest fifty-four and five families competed on the day, a testament to Tae Kwon-Do’s appeal to such a wide range of ages and abilities. As we continue to provide excellent training at the lowest fee rates in Cornwall we hope to improve on our successes and ensure that Cornwall remains at the top of the UK’s Tae Kwon-Do.’
3rd February 2008 - Cornwall triumphs at the English Championships in Worcester
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Cornwall’s top martial artists gained a host of trophies at the English Taekwondo Championships on Sunday 3rd February in Worcester.
Truro Taekwondo gained two new English Champions, Andrew Robinson who took the gold in both the sparring and patterns divisions and Pete Yates, who gained a 1st place in his sparring division. Camborne Taekwondo brought home three English Champions, John Newman and Kyle Silgram who both won their patterns divisions and Alanna Schilling who gained a gold in the junior sparring category. Other students from Truro and Camborne took a number of silver and bronze medals and black belt Lauren Roberts from Newquay Taekwondo won a silver in sparring, making this a truly phenomenal result for the County.
The senior Cornish Instructor at this event, Liam Broderick says, “the English Championships is a very prestigious first event on the 2008 competition circuit and with over 200 competitors at this competition, the Cornwall Taekwondo students can feel very proud of what they achieved. This is a great start to our 2008 medal tally and we look forward to even better results as we work towards the UK, Midlands, Cornish and British Championships later in the year.”
Taekwondo is the Korean martial art of self-defence, famed for its high kicks and dynamic movements and is suitable for students from age 5 upwards. It is a fusion of Korean and Japanese styles, embracing both traditional and modern martial arts elements. The schools across Cornwall offer a free month’s training for all beginners. Please contact Liam Broderick on 07855 734984 or visit www.cornwall-taekwondo.com for further information.
Pictured are some of the Cornwall Taekwondo students at the English Championships with Truro Instructor Liam Broderick. (More pics here) Videos here, Report here
27th January 2008 - Cornwall gets a bunch of new TaeKwonDo umpires and referees
Master Clive Harrison, Chief Umpire of Global Taekwondo International, came to Cornwall on Sunday 27th January 2008 to train the Cornish black belts to become umpires and referees in TaeKwonDo.
A dozen black belts were taught how to manage TaeKwonDo competitions and to judge and referee point-stop and continuous semi-contact sparring bouts, patterns competitions and destruction. All the black belts passed the course and many will now go on to umpire and referee at regional, national and international competitions.