Congratulations to the 6 NLTKD students who successfully passed the GTI Black Belt grading held in Derby Uk on the 11th Of October 2015.
| Rinchen Griffiths-Golha Oliver Charles Ian Jannetta-Porter Oliver Crossman Aaron Bland Tamara Burling |
2nd Dan (Adult) 2nd Dan (Junior) 1st Dan (Adult) 1st Dan (Adult) 1st Dan (Junior) 1st Dan (Junior) |
They are top quality Black belts we are very proud of. Click here for list of past NLTKD Black Belts results
Training at our Leytonstone branch will remain open for throughout the summer as the attendance has been relatively high for this time of the year. On Monday we had 6 Black belts attended training, of which 5 were 2nd Dan and a generally full club of coloured belt students. A few students who normally attend the Tottenham branch are now attending our Leytonstone branch since the Tottenham branch is closed for the summer.
The types of lesson we have will be based on who is attending but focus will be on fitness and techniques in general. Any syllabus training will be aimed at who is in class, but would like to take this quiet period to give the Black Belts some attention.
Traditionally, the majority of student go away on holidays and others simply want a little break from training. Since, I am not going on holidays this summer, if we continue to have good attendance I continue to keep the classes.
Due to the closure of the Gladesmore Community school for the summer holiday, Taekwondo training there will stop till the school reopens. Many student travel on holidays in the next few week but for those of you who would like to continue training, you are encouraged to come to our Leytonstone branch which is still open.
Address is O-Regen Epicentre, 41 West Street, off Leytonstone High Road, London, E11 4LJ; OPEN Mondays and Thursdays from 6.30 pm
Note the different opening time and see you there.
Nicolas Henryanto has been selected by the GTI to compete at the Open World Championships in Rimini, Italy in June World Championships this summer . Nicolas has been a member of our club, NLTKD since 2010 and the talented 13 year was selected by GTI Squad Coach, Mr Jasper Chow.
As part of his selection, the GTI will sponsor Nicholas for half of his travel,hotel and tournament entry fees. Our club, the NLTKD will raise the balance of his cost with internal fund-raising and donations. Membership of the NLTKD offer opportunities for students to compete both nationally and internationally .
Any existing NTLKD student who would like to compete at the highest international level needs to attend as many GTI tournaments as possible and let me know so I can get you into the GTI Squad.
We are attempting to raise £400 for Nicholas to go to the event. if you would like to sponsor him, you may give me cash in class or use the link below to donate by Paypal
21 NLTKD club members attended the GTI British Open on 23 November 2014. The official results have not released by the GTI but when they are, we will update this post. Most won a medal or 2 but it is the taking part that is most important. Here are some pictures. More pictures can be found at on the GTI website at http://gti-taekwondo.com/gallery/british-open-nov-2014/
in meantime the guys had a bit of fun with self defence drills
also one of the parents filmed and posted an old video of Nicholas and a tournament he went to with the GTI Squad
I would like you all to join me in congratulating Mr N Needham and Mr C Ojokor for attaining their 1st Dan Black Belts. They had a good grading. Though Mr Ojokor pulled a hamstring early in the grading he persevered through to the end. The examining panel consisted of Master Tony Sewell (Derby) – 7th Dan, Master George Cockburn (Leicester) – 7th Dan, Mr Jason Burgess (Wells) – 6th Dan, and the GTI Black Belt grading session was held in Derby last Sunday.
Mr Ojokor, like most of our Black Belts are very active and intends to become an instructor. He starts by running a Saturday “Fight Club” for those who want extra training at the NLTKD. The next Black Belt grading is in April 2015 and we have 7 1st Dan Black Belt students and 2 Black tag students already working hard to ensure they are ready.
the biggest difference between our new Black Belts and the man on the street is our Black belts did not quit.
Official Confirmation at http://gti-taekwondo.com/black-belt-gradings/2014-12th-ooctober/