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>>>12.04.10 Chris Crudelli due back again!Master Dunbar will be hosting a seminar by television star Chris Crudelli of Mind Body and Kickass Moves on Sunday 25th April at his Inverness studio. This will be the second appearance by Chris to Master D's gym after a successful session last year. The course starts at 4pm and costs £35 (approx 3 hours although last time was over 4!). He will cover everything from Deception in Combat, Weapons Training and Disarms, Fight Awareness, Basic Alphabet Striking System (Crudelli's own system of codified bursts of attack), QI Gong, Locking and Choking methods and Q & A. Places are limited so book your now by email kick@tkdsport.co.uk or call 01463 243007.>>>9.04.10 Blackbelt Exam resultsAt the last UKTF Blackbelt Examination and training course Maree McDonough, Forres was promoted to 2nd Degree and Ranald Gibson, Andrew Ashburn and Lewis Cheng all Inverness were promoted to 1st Degree. Congratulations from all at the Academy. Your journey has now began. Pictures in our Gallery>>>28.02.10 Tips from Andy Young during Elite TrainingElite training is well underway in Inverness and Forres now with Miss Hansen and Miss McDonough and Mr Ford taking the training. In the last session in Inverness we were lucky enough to have former Commonwealth games Bronze medalist and professional boxer Andy Young come along and give the students some tips on how to be better with their hand techniques and footwork. Hopefully Andy will be back in the near future as everyone really enjoyed the session with great feed back from the students. Pictures in our Gallery>>>28.02.10 Korean Kickboxing gradingSenior members of the Inverness and Forres Korean Kickboxing club sat their grading examination recently with Maree McDonough promoted to 2nd Degree Blackbelt and Hugh MacPhee, Kirsten Summers and Andy Low all promoted to 1st Degree Blackbelt. Pictures in our Gallery>>>21.02.10 National Team training in InvernessNational Team training took place in the Inverness studio on Saturday 20th March with members travelling from the West Lothian and Grampian areas to take part. National team coaches Julia Cross, Heath Denholm and Katja Hansen were in attendance to take the session.Some members of the squad to go to Sweden next month were missing due to some injury's picked up in last weekends competition in Ireland.Chris Ford, John MacKenzie and Steven Ednie all took part in the Irish Open with over 600 competitors from 7 countries taking part. John reached the semi-finals before an injury stopped his bout. After winning all his fights up to then he was looking good for the finals but had to come home with only a bronze. This was Chris Ford's first competition since sustaining a serious back injury more than 1 year ago. In his first bout he was unlucky not to get the decision when all around thought it was his but he was more convincing in the next bouts winning comfortably.Although not making the medal list it was a great workout for him against some good talent.16 year old Millburn Academy pupil Steven Ednie showed his lack of experience at International level by letting the fight slip from him after being well in front and showing some great skills. Definitely a talent for the future. Both John and Steven have been selected for the National Squad this year with Chris unable to travel due to visiting Australia at that time. Pictures in our Gallery >>>20.02.10 Leon Jay seminarProfessor Leon Jay came to the Highlands recently to run a seminar on his Small Circle Jusitsu system. Professor Jay is the son of Professor Wally Jay who was one of Bruce Lee's instructors when he first went to the USA. The day passed far too quickly for all concerned but it was great to see so many students travel from the Lothian areas to take part in the event. Many thanks to Mr MacRae for organising the event. Pictures in our Gallery>>>14.02.10 Grand Master Tran Trieu QuanSadly the remains of GM Tran have been identified in the rubble of a Port-au-Prince hotel, his family announced in a statement Saturday morning.An engineer and entrepreneur, GM Tran was also a Taekwondo Grand Master and president of the International Taekwon-do Federation. He was a very wise man, with lots of knowledge, not only about Taekwondo but about life. In a sad irony, GM Tran was in Port-au-Prince on a World Bank contract to improve the country's building standards. Master Tran was also a survivor of Vietnam's brutal penal system. In 1994, he was jailed in his native country over a commercial dispute. Following a one-day trial, he received a life sentence. He had to fight other inmates who threatened his life. He was chained 14 hours a day but this made him stronger in body and also in mind. He was released after pressure from Canada and a massive outpouring of sympathy in Quebec City, just months before Vietnam was to host the Francophonie summit. GM Tran would later say that Taekwondo gave him the strength to survive his ordeal. GM Tran first learned Taekwondo when he was a teenager in wartime Vietnam. South Vietnam was one of the first countries where Taekwondo was introduced, through South Korean troops deployed there during the war. By 17, GM Tran had earned a black belt and was teaching Taekwondo in his highschool, under the tutelage of one of the martial arts' pioneers, Lieutenant-Colonel Kim Bong Sik. The war exacted a heavy toll on GM Tran's family. His eldest brother died in a B-52 bombing in 1968. His parents and of four of his nine siblings died as boat people after their boat disappeared at sea in 1977. GM Tran had been living in Quebec City since 1970 after studying mechanical engineering at Laval University. He opened several Taekwondo schools, organized tournaments and was active in making the martial art popular in Quebec. He became close to General Choi Hong Hi, the founder of Taekwondo,who was also living in Canada. After Gen. Choi died in 2002, GM Tran succeeded him as president of the International Taekwondo Federation. “He was dedicated to introducing Taekwondo among the poorer communities of the world, to give young people the hope to achieve in life and attain happiness,” his family said in its statement. GM Tran is survived by his wife Nguyen Thi My and two daughters and a son, Joliette, Cecilia and Nicolas, all of them Taekwondo black belts. GM Tran's remains will be returned to Canada on Sunday, on Lunar New Year, traditionally the most festive time for people of Vietnamese ancestry. A private funeral will be held Feb. 20, but a public service is expected in March. Our thoughts are with his family, always. Taekwon. >>>9.11.09 Highland Open ITF Taekwon-do ChampionshipsAll the Results>>>2.11.09 Hallowe'en Parties!Hallowe'en parties took place in Forres and Inverness and a spooky time was had by all! Pictures in our Gallery>>>27.09.09 Trip to LandmarkOur annual trip to Landmark this year had 105 students and Instructors from Buckie, Forres and Inverness enjoy a great day with superb weather. As usual we took the forest trail first before lunch and then the kids enjoyed a good 4 hours of play in the excellent facilities at Landmark. As we left the park and boarded the buses it was the usual see you again next year or at the next competition! Pictures in our Gallery>>>27.09.09 Blackbelt promotionsLast weekend saw the UKTF Black Belt training and exam in Livingston. Our Academy had a number of students at the training day on the Saturday and 3 students testing on the Sunday. We are pleased to announce that Cameron Thomson (Forres) and Saffron Hanvidge (Inverness) were both promoted to 1st Degree and Christopher Milne (Inverness) was promoted to 2nd Degree.Congratulations from Master D and all the Instructors and students at the Academy. Pictures in our Gallery>>>Beach Training in NairnMembers from Forres and Inverness took part in a 3 hour training session at Nairn beach. It was a chance for Taekwon-do and Kickboxing students to meet up and train together in a fun session which included a team run, team games, including a sandcastle competition?? Sand dune piggy back races and a nice swim at the end. Great fun and we look forward to the next event. Pictures in our Gallery>>>Inverness seminar date with Leon Jay  >>>Inverness students graduationCongratulations to all who passed their requested ranks at the latest Little Ninja and Kicking Kids graduation. Special mention to Anya Coleman, Hanah Foster and Angus Tulloch on completion of the Little Ninja programme and also to Lewis Robins, Nathan McKee, Keiran Sarwar, Aiden Kent, Cameron Kent and Jamie Bowern on completion of the Kicking Kids programme. Pictures in our Gallery>>>Success at British Championships in PerthForres and Inverness students had a great day at this years Brits with a total of 7 Gold,5 Silver and 12 Bronze between them. Competitors from as far as Norway, Ireland and ITF England took part in the event and to win a medal in any division was going to be quite a feat with over 360 competitors on the day. Special mention must go to Rachelle Fawcett( Forres) winning Gold in Sparring and Gold in Special Technique yellow belt division and also Maree McDonough( Forres) Gold in Pattern and Gold in Power Test Black Belt division. Kristopher Carbis(Forres) won Gold in Blackbelt Power test along with a Bronze in both Sparring and Special technique.Rest of results as follows: Forres students Callum Neilson Gold sparring (Yellow belt) Fraser Neilson Silver Patterns (White belt) Matthew Stephen Silver Sparring and Bronze Patterns( White belt) Rachel Fraser Silver Special Technique and Silver Patterns (Green belt) Graham MacPhee Bronze Sparring (Blue belt) Cameron Thomson Bronze sparring and Bronze Pattern (Red belt) Callum McCulloch Silver Special technique( Black belt) Greig Sim Bronze Pattern and Bronze Power (Black belt) Inverness students Callum Ednie Gold Sparring (Black belt) Steven Ednie Bronze Sparring (Black belt) Scott Tulloch Bronze Sparring (White belt) Alison Tulloch Bronze Pattern (White belt) Gavin Kippen Bronze Special Technique (Green belt) >>>Kickin' Kids graduate in Inverness!Congratulations to all who were successfull at the Kicking Kids Graduation in Inverness. Special mention to the following students who have completed the Kicking Kids programme and are now into the Taekwon-do sylabus as green belts: Fraser Dalgarno,Cameron Kent, Aiden Kent, Lewis Robbins, Keiran Sarwar,Jamie Bowern and Nathan McKee. Pictures in our Gallery>>>Master Thompson in InvernessMaster Michael Thompson VII Degree gave a seminar in Inverness on June 7th. Over a 3 hour seminar he covered all aspects of Taekwon-do and it was thoroughly enjoyed by the students on the course.His 33 years knowledge was put to the test as he was quizzed on various aspects. We look forward to his next visit later in the year. Pictures in our Gallery>>>IAKSA Event in WishawWell done to John MacKenzie and Kieran Fitzpatrick from Korean Kickboxing Inverness on winning Golds at the IAKSA Wishaw event! John was competing in Senior event and Kieran in Novice. A photo of Kieran is now in our Gallery >>>Chris CrudelliStar of BBC TV's Mind Body & Kick Ass Moves Chris Crudelli visited the Inverness dojang last weekend and conducted a 3 hour seminar showing some of the finer moves he has learnt in his many years of Martial Arts. Chris started with a variety of warm up moves and games along with some strength and conditioning moves before teaching some basic moves. The class then progressed onto Kali and knife defence work before finishing with some meditation and Ki training. For pictures go to our Gallery and for more info on Chris please go to www.crudelli.com>>>Highland Championships (Forres, 21.03.09)
Individual results  Forres winning team >>>Inverness Academy Awards for 2008/9
>>>Kickboxing GradingGroup photos of the kickboxing grading in Inverness on 22nd February are now in our Gallery |
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