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Inverness Ice Centre
Bught Park
Inverness IV3 5SR
01463 243007


Dunbar Blackbelt Academy
Greshop Industrial Estate
Forres IV36 2GW
01309 676876


Buckie
Community High School
West Cathcart Street
Buckie AB56 1QB
01542 835063



>>>9.11.09 Highland Open ITF Taekwon-do Championships

All 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 Landmark

Our 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 promotions

Last 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 Nairn

Members 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 graduation

Congratulations 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 Perth

Forres 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 Inverness

Master 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 Wishaw

Well 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 Crudelli

Star 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)

Medals: Gold Silver Bronze
Alness 6 8 12
Buckie 1 3 0
Culloden 3 7 6
Forres 15 11 15
Inverness 11 5 9
Nairn 4 7 16

Individual results


Forres winning team

>>>Inverness Academy Awards for 2008/9

Students Choice Awards
Little Ninja 1: Orita Manda
Little Ninja 2: John Henderson
Little Ninja 3: Marie Morrison
Little Ninja 4: Ryan Gallie
Kicking Kids 1: Kieran Sarwar
Kicking Kids 2: Rebecca Reid
Kicking Kids 3: Aiden Kent
Kids Advanced: Cameron Grant
Cools Class: Andrew MacKintosh
Korean Kickboxing: Julia Sarwar
Adult Taekwon-do: Liz Gray 
Blackbelt Attitude Award: Allison Tulloch
Indomitable Spirit Award: Birgit Hees
Special Achievement Award: Donald Chisholm, Malcolm McLennan & Shona Anne McLeod
Perseverance Award: Sandy McLeod
Most Promising Coloured Belt: Thomas Gray

Instructor Choice Award
Little Ninja: David Graham
Kicking Kid: Caitlin Shanks
Kids Advanced: Sean MacLeod
Cools: Saffron Hanvidge
Korean Kickboxing: Callum Reid
Taekwon-do: Derek MacKay & Claire Dalgarno

ITF Blackbelt Certificates Awards
Eddie Moore 3rd Degree
Richard Baker 3rd Degree
Sandy McLeod  2nd Degree
John McKenzie  2nd Degree
Andrew MacKintosh 2nd Degree
Donald Chisholm 2nd Degree
Andrew Ednie 1st Degree
Philip Dickson 1st Degree

Korean Kickboxing Blackbelt Certificates
Henry Taylor 1st Degree
Anthony Corrigan 1st Degree
Robyn Cameron 1st Degree
Colin Mackie 1st Degree
Keith Martin 1st Degree

Long Service Awards
Myles Macrae 4th Degree
Janet Macdonald 2nd Degree
Jill Sommerville 3rd Degree
Donald Chisholm 2nd Degree
Sandy MacLeod 2nd Degree

 

>>>Kickboxing Grading

Group photos of the kickboxing grading in Inverness on 22nd February are now in our Gallery

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