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something different - Do Tae Kwon Do!
Taekwondo
is a great way to stay in shape as well as have fun.
We
have a range of clubs and classes around the greater London area
to hopefully accommodate you. Master Lawrence has also conducted
a number of one off self-defence classes at company wellness days.
Once
you start training you may have a few aches and remember muscles
that you haven't used in ages, but once you get into it you'll feel
great. Training isn't expensive when you compare it to gym membership
and you have a class around you so it's much more fun. You don't
have to sign a contract, you can try a class to see if you like
it. Don't be shy - give it a try!
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forget - you can keep up to date with us on Facebook and
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Summer
Holidays
As
we train mostly in schools and colleges, we are now closed for the
summer with the exception of Kingston University club. If you want
to come down to train, it's probably best to contact us beforehand
so you don't have a wasted journey!
Hungary
2010
We
have the team t-shirt design, check out our facebook page for more
info.
Dan
Grading Seminar and Dan Grading
Congratulations
to those who took and passed their dan grading this year, namely
Hiba, Janusha, Sachin, Sanjiv.
Kingston
Uni Sports Dinner
Well
Done to everyone who got awards at this year's Sports Awards and
especially to Tony who won Sportsman of the Year - a really excellent
achievement!
Most,
but certainly not all of the Kingston University Taekwondo Club!
Chungdokwan
National Championships, March
The
students really did us proud by coming second in the sparring competition
and coming home with 8 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals - in addition
to the medals won in the patterns competition. An excellent effort! |
BSTF
Student Nationals, February
The
University students did exceptionally well at the University Championships
in Aylesbury narrowly missing the 1st place team award. It was a
very long day, but the team never gave up, even when some of them
had the last fight of the day. In total, the Kingston students returned
home with 8 gold, 3 silver and 10 bronze. |
BTCB
Nationals, Manchester 30th & 31st January
Well
Done to Annabel, Anthony, Kerry, Michael & Tyrone for participating
at the BTCB Nationals. The team did extremely well returning with
3 golds and 1 bronze! |
 New
Self-defence clip added
Check
out the *new* More page,
where you'll be able to find a range of Taekwondo information and
clips including self-defence, the patterns and useful links. |
Gradings
Well
done to all those who graded, including the Rob, Sean and Ryan who
took dan gradings! |
Kup
grade poomse
Check
out the clubs page for all your kup grade
poomse, three-step and introductory one-step sparring. |
| 2009
Hungary Summer Camp |
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was the 3rd year that Master Lawrence took a team of LLTKD students
to the Universum Taekwondo Summer Taekwondo Training Camp. As ever,
the camp was enjoyed by all. This year, additional teams from Austria
and Greece were in attendance as well as a large contingent of UK
university students and Hungarians. The camp is an excellent opportunity
for students of Taekwondo to have 7 days of training morning, noon
and night and to practice with over 100 other students.
It's
not all hard work though, Budapest is a very economical city to
visit and benefits from the thermal bathes in the city. Something
gladly welcomed in the 35 degrees heat!
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Back
row: Master Lawrence, Andrew, Master Patakfálvy, Master Támas,
Master Suh.
Middle row: Mike, Lee, Sean, Grand, Michaela, James, Kerry, Lindsey.
Front row: Rob, Ed, Evans, Kavita, Op. |
 Chungdokwan
Nationals
Well
done to all the competitors and medallists at the Chungdokwan Nationals.
Team LLTKD did particularly well coming in 4th overall! See Events
for more.
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|  Kingston
University Colours Sports Dinner and Awards
KUTKD
did unexpectedly and exceptionally well at the 2009 Colours Awards
Dinner held at Twickenham rugby club on 27th March. All 20+ club
members who were at the ball were delighted to see the club receive
recognition for all the hard work and effort that the students have
put in. Let's see if we can repeat the success next year.
Kingston
University Taekwondo came away with awards for:
- Club
of the Year - for all the medals won from the competitions
attended. We managed to beat off the traditional clubs such as
rugby, football, netball and hockey to win!
- Coach
of the Year - for Master Lawrence (and it's about time
too!).
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Full Colours - Anthony Ofori - for all his hard
work in building the club and his successes in competitions.
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Half Colours - Michael Nathan-Pepple & Koushk
aka Ryan - for their help and support in running the club over
the last year, and competition successes.
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in Taekwondo? If you need any more reasons why to start Taekwondo
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queries or suggestions.
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We practice
WTF-style (World Taekwondo Federation) or Olympic style Taekwondo.
LLTKD is
a member of Taekwondo Chungdokwan GB, group member of the BTCB, National
Governing Body for WTF Taekwondo in Great Britain.
Taekwondo
is a Korean martial art with history extending over two thousand years.
Taekwondo first and foremost is a martial art with practical and useful
methods of self-defence.
In
1988 Seoul Olympics, Taekwondo was introduced as a demonstration sport.
Since then, the competition/sport side of the martial art has become increasingly
popular. In Master Lawrence’s Taekwondo clubs, you have the opportunity
to learn the martial art, whilst practicing the sport, having fun and
making some great friends.
Master
Lawrence has clubs running from Sunday to Thursday; turn to the LLTKD
Clubs page for your nearest venue. Meet the great team of instructors
and if you have any queries, please click here.
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