True Spirit Taekwondo Huddersfield

Next Tournament

The next competition is the British Nationals on Jan 30th and 31st Jan 2010. Closing date for registration is 22nd Jan 2010. Can anyone interested in competing please contact Mark to register an interest. I will be putting together a True Spirit Sparring Team and to be considered for both the team and the British Nationals you must speak to Mark. There is no guaruntee you will be selected. 

Details of weight groups and ages are below taken from the BTCB website.  For further details visit the BTCB website by clicking here

JUNIORS 2nd KUP and above (advanced) born in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996Junior Male: -45kg -48kg -51kg -55kg -59kg -63kg -68kg -73kg -78kg +78kg
Junior Female: -42kg -44kg -46kg -49kg -52kg -55kg -59kg -63kg -68kg +68kg 



SENIORS 2nd KUP and above (advanced) born 1992 or before 

Senior Male: -54kg -58kg -63kg -68kg -74kg -80kg -87kg +87kg 

Senior Female: -46kg -49kg -53kg -57kg -63kg -67kg -73kg +73kg

Juniors born in 1993 January also compete in the Senior event in addition to the Junior group. An additional entry form and fee must be submitted. ALL MATCHES TO BE 3 x 2 MINUTE ROUNDS

Sunday 31st January 2010

CHILD 8th KUP & above born in 1999 or later 

Child Male: -20kg -23kg -26kg -30kg -34kg -38kg -43kg +43kg 

Child Female: -20kg -23kg -26kg -30kg -34kg -38kg -43kg +43kg 


CADETS 8th KUP & above born in 1996, 1997, 1998 
Cadet Male: -33kg -37kg -41kg -45kg -49kg -53kg -57kg -61kg -65kg +65kg
Cadet Female: -29kg -33kg -37kg -41kg -44kg -47kg -51kg -55kg -59kg +59kg 



JUNIORS 8th KUP to 3rd KUP born in 1993, 1994, 1995 or 1996
Junior Male: -45kg -48kg -51kg -55kg -59kg -63kg -68kg -73kg -78kg +78kg
Junior Female: -42kg -44kg -46kg -49kg -52kg -55kg -59kg -63kg -68kg +68kg 


SENIORS 8th KUP to 3rd KUP born 1992 or before
Senior Male: -54kg -58kg -63kg -68kg -74kg -80kg -87kg +87kg 

Senior Female: -46kg -49kg -53kg -57kg -63kg -67kg -73kg +73kg

Cadets aged 13yrs January also compete in the Junior event in addition to the cadet group Juniors born in 1993 January also compete in the Senior event in addition to the Junior group (in both cases above an additional entry form and fee must be submitted) 



ALL MATCHES TO BE 3 x 1 AND A HALF-MINUTE ROUNDS

Team members need to pass details to Mark asap!

Leaflet Drops

I am hoping to hand out leaflets to promote the club in early January 2010 and I am lookng for volunteers.  I will provide lunch for those who can help.  Additional members are a great benefit to us all ,so any support will be gratefully received.

Regards

Mark

New WTF Sparring Competition Rules

Effective from June 2009 the WTF has amended the sparring Competition Rules.  Click on the link below for a video outlining the changes. Please note that by clicking on the link below you will be guided to an external video, which, currently shows the new rules. However, True Spirit Taekwondo Huddersfield does not monitor this site and therefore can not take responsibility for its content. In addition the site will show links to other clips which True Spirit have not viewed and therefore you should only explore these clips if you are comfortable in doing so, as we can not verify their content.

New Competition Rules video click to view

True Spirit attended with 6 competitors in the sparring and 3 in the Poomsea competition. We also provided a corner judge.  There were 250 plus fighters from around the country and our thanks go to Master Gary Sykes for a well-run competition.  We did have a couple of mis-matches but with so many fighters it’s bound to happen.

Results in brief for full report please see the members area.

Sparring

Rebecca Shooter - win

Tim Needham -win

David Kirk - lost

Jack Lockwood - lost

Alex Needham - win and win

Jason Bellanfante - win and lost

Poomsea

Tim Needham - Gold

Alex Needham - Silver

Pictured above: Mark Bellanfante with Grand Master Park

It is essential that Black belt candidates attend pre-grading seminars to get BTCB recognition for attending without this it is impossible to be considered for black belt promotion. It is also a fantastic opportunity to train with a senior black belt or Grand Master and meet other people. Grades under 2nd kup can attend a seminar prior to the main event, 2nd kup and above can attend both. I attended the event on the Saturday 9 December. This met all my expectations - a very enjoyable event!

Mark Bellanfante
Instructor