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We recently hosted an incredible women's only self-defense course in March, bringing together 20 enthusiastic participants for a day of empowerment and skill-building. This event was not just about learning techniques; it was about fostering confidence, awareness, and resilience in everyday life.
Our classes are a combination of traditional Martial arts and effective reality based self-defence (Combatives).
A great last class before the break where we concentrated on combatives techniques from a personal and intimate distance and effective striking skills as well as side kicks to collapse the hip to gain an advantage over our opponent.
The use of martial arts as a means of physical fitness is popular but more importantly as an effective form of self-defence. Among the myriad styles available, International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) Taekwon Do stands out for its comprehensive approach to self-defence, rooted in its historical significance and practical applications. This blog explores the effectiveness of ITF Taekwon Do, particularly highlighting its use during the Korean War, its adoption by specialist police squads in South Korea, and the personal growth benefits it offers to practitioners.
I see many posts on social media in my area asking where to go for self-defence training. From this you get a lot of people giving their opinion and what is often suggested is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) . However I feel that this advice respectfully is coming from people with little or no expertise or experience of physical altercations and violence!!
BJJ and Judo are both highly respected combative sports that emphasise grappling and ground techniques. While they are excellent for sport, competition and fitness, there are several reasons why they are not effective systems for self-defence in real-world scenarios.
We entered 38 members into the recent Summer T-UK coloured belt grading. Everyone who was entered worked hard to attained the high standards required to be considered for promotion. As always the day was split into peewee and junior grading and adult grading.
This weekend our Instructors, blackbelts and senior coloured belts attended a seminar with Grand Master Boss 9th Degree and his son World Champion Timothy Boss.
An excellent seminar which covered technical improvement and delivery led by the Grand master and also sparring drills and strategy from Timothy.
A thoroughly enjoyable day of TKD. Warwick & Leamington TKD investing in our development and furthering our abilities to make the club the best it can be for our members.
We would like to congratulate the 37 students of Warwick & Leamington TKD who recently participated in the T-UK regional grading under the guidance of Master Archer from Taekwon do-UK. Your dedication, perseverance, and commitment to the art of Taekwondo and to the club are excellent, and we are immensely proud of your achievement.
First and foremost, we would like to commend the three students who achieved an outstanding A pass in their grading, Elsa Clegg, Charlotte Jackson and Alison Miller. This remarkable accomplishment is a testament to their unwavering focus, discipline, and hard work to achieve excellence at their grade.
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:
Due to illness pre and post Christmas our student of the year awards were delayed.
However I’m pleased to be able to announce the successful recipients:
Our club competed in the Taekwon-Do UK British Championships at the weekend with 36 of our members competing.
What an excellent performance from our members with a total of 41 medals being won - 11 bronze, 13 silver and 17 gold, phenomenal!!
