Miss Zoe Clark was awarded the student of the year award at Warwick-TKD on Friday evening at the Central Region Christmas party.
The decision for the winner this year was a very difficult one with two particular candidates in a very deserving position to be awarded it for their phenomenal service to the club and association, however Zoe was chosen by all the instructional team after a long long debate narrowly winning out.
This Sunday saw the last TUK Central Region grading being held at Stratford Leisure centre presided over by Master John Archer VII, T-UK President.
Well done to all the Warwick & Kineton students, a great performance by you all keeping the very high standards of the clubs intact.
This blog is aimed at the green tags from Warwick-TKD I was teaching on Friday. The great Master Suska performing Do San; Watch, analyse, implement, practice, practice, practice, practice and then practice some more.
This video shows you how to practice Chon-Ji Tul which is the first of 24 patterns in Taekwon-Do. It explains how to practice various parts of the pattern, such as how to pivot when you are turning, how to move your body during the different stages of the movements as well as how to remain balanced and develop more power. Then, the video explains the sequence of all 19 movements in the pattern.
So when I get a text, email, phone call saying work is manic, issues at home etc, my response is always that that is more important, go get it sorted as we are always here, let me know if I can help, lets face it training is basically just training; family, work they are a higher priority.
Conversely when people have life issue that are bogging them down I also look to utilise our classes as a cathartic experience and attempt to entice them to class to utilise it as an escapism, a constant that they can rely on, a support structure with peer group support from the other students and instructors; I look to encourage them back to training; physical activity is one of the best solutions to stress and challenge!!!
Last weekend saw a number of students from Warwick and Kineton clubs taking their black belt gradings under Masters Archer and Ridley with Grand Master Nardizzi present as a special guest examiner.
This is part 6 in the series explaining the scientific principles of sine wave motion. In this video GM Nardizzi shows how the shape of the sine wave motion curve varies with different stances, When a technique is performed on the spot while changing to another stance.
This video shows you how to perform basic combinations in Walking Stance. Recommended for beginner students (9th & 8th kup), the video explains how to position your body during the different stages of the techniques as well as how to utilize sine wave motion and how to develop more power.
This video shows you how to perform a Front Snap Kick followed by an Obverse Punch in Walking Stance. Recommended for beginner students (10th & 9th kup), the video explains how to position your body during the different stages of the technique as well as how to utilize sine wave motion and how to develop more power.
This video shows you how to perform some basic blocks including High, Middle and Low Block while stepping forwards and backwards in Walking Stance. The video explains how to position your body during the different stages of the blocks as well as how to utilize sine wave motion and how to develop more power.
