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Cultivating Resilience Through Taekwon-Do

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Cultivating Resilience Through Taekwon-Do

Life is a journey filled with ups and downs, moments of joy, and periods of struggle. We all encounter times that are difficult and painful, filled with frustrations, disappointments, and hurt. These feelings are not just fleeting; they are real and significant. However, what defines us is how we respond during these challenging times.

Character Revealed in Adversity

At Warwick & Leamington TKD, we believe that true character is revealed not in moments of ease, but in how we face challenge. Our curriculum goes beyond the physical techniques of martial arts; it aims to nurture and develop each individual holistically. While other martial arts clubs may focus solely on skill or self-defence, our approach is uniquely comprehensive.

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Congratulations to Jack Rowe: A True Inspiration.

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Congratulations to Jack Rowe: A True Inspiration.

We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Jack Rowe, one of the longest-standing black belts at Warwick & Leamington TKD, on his remarkable achievement of graduating from The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as an Army officer. This milestone is not just a testament to his dedication but also a reflection of his incredible journey filled with challenges.

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Celebrating another Successful Coloured Belt Grading at Warwick & Leamington TKD

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Celebrating another Successful Coloured Belt Grading at Warwick & Leamington TKD

Last Sunday marked another milestone for our club as we attended a successful coloured belt grading at North Leamington School in the T-UK Central area. We want to extend our congratulations to all 26 members who participated in this event.

At Warwick & Leamington TKD, we pride ourselves on our progressive and effective improvement program designed to prepare every student for grading. This structured approach ensures that each member receives the guidance and training they need to excel. Our assessment process adheres to strict standards, allowing us to select students who are truly ready for promotion. This rigorous preparation is key to building confidence and skill in our members.

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English Championships success

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English Championships success

We sent a small team up to Manchester at the weekend to attend the English championships. The event was well attended from around the country with 340 competitors.

With very tough competition from a number of TKD groups I am proud to announce some awesome results by Warwick & Leamington TKD members:

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End of Year Promotion Test

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End of Year Promotion Test

The year at WLTKD was rounded off with a coloured belt grading with 33 students being selected as reaching the standards necessary to try for promotion. Master Archer the President of the T-UK led the grading panel.

A number of elements are taken into account for promotion, attendance levels, technical ability and attitude. Both physical and mental attitudes we feel are important to be taken in to consideration and recognised.

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University Championships - British Champion

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University Championships - British Champion

One of our WLTKD Instructor team, Mr Jack Rowe (right of picture), competed at the PUMA British University Championships at the weekend.

I'm very pleased to announce that he won gold in the black belt sparring event. This rounds off an excellent month of achievements as he also successfully graded to 3rd degree black belt this month, well done Jack demonstrating the high standards of the club and being an excellent role model.

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Back Training Inside

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Back Training Inside

Last night saw Warwick & Leamington TKD club back inside Everyones Active Warwick site, St Nicholas Park Leisure Centre.

After 2 months of conducting training sessions out in the park twice a week we returned to the leisure centres main sports hall delivering 2 classes. This is ideal timing as the club has a promotion grading test scheduled for the beginning of June so will allow a quality practice environment for the students.

Thursday nights are still being conducted out in the park however this gives the students a fantastic opportunity to practice their skills in a realistic environment wearing clothes and trainers on as they would be if they had to deal with a physical situation for real.

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New Year Resolutions

I have been reading a number of articles today looking for one to post on new year resolutions, however most of them have been a bit poor or annoying. A number of them suggesting that this is a bad thing, that it is negative, setting yourself up to fail!!! I disagree with this and here’s why.

Some sources are saying why make a new year’s resolution, it’s just the start of another year, just another day, you can make these changes any day of the year, why put this pressure on yourself, by doing this and failing it will have a negative effect on your mental state!!! It’s right you can do this any time, any day of the year but the new year is an excellent time after the Christmas excesses, it’s a natural start point and if you do it right and for the right reasons you won’t fail!!!

Why is a resolution to be better or do better bad?! It’s obviously not, trying to better ourselves and improve our life choices has got to be a good thing, it’s just how you go about it and why you want to do it.

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141st International Instructors Course

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141st International Instructors Course

This weekend the 141st IIC was held in Cardiff under the instruction of the ITF Technical Committee, Grand Master Morano (Argentina), Grand Master Lan (USA) and Master McPhail (New Zealand).

Along with the TUK Masters and other instructors from the association, Warwick instructors Mr Martin Noddings, Mr Anthony Nash, Mr John Hoult and Mrs Rachel Hoult attended the 3 day course investing time to keep themselves and the club at the cutting edge of technical advancements and improvements in ITF TKD.

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Warwick-TKD Instructor Team Growth

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Warwick-TKD Instructor Team Growth

With any business growth it is essential to keep assessing the leadership team and the delivery of the service to keep it at its peak and deliver the quality classes for growth and development of the students.  It's also important to recognise the development, growth and abilities of members as they progress through the ranks and reach Black Belt status.  To this end I am pleased and excited to announce that we are expanding our instructor team at Warwick-TKD and have appointed Mr John Hoult and Mrs Rachel Hoult as Assistant Instructors.

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