Archives October 2014

GMAC held their recent Black Belt grading on Saturday 4th October.  Five students from GMAC schools took part in the grading alongside four students from Glasgow East School’s of TKD.

The grading panel consisted of Grand Master MacCallum 9th Degree (chair), Mr. McIlvaney 6th Degree, Mr. Shaw 6th Degree, Mrs. Timoney 5th Degree & Mrs. McIlvaney 4th Degree, with special guest on the day Mr. Robin Blair 6th Degree.  Mr. Doyle 4th Degree was the grading facilitator.

The grading began with a theory exam in the morning which lasted an hour.  After this the participants were given time to warm-up and revise their patterns etc before the practical exam commenced at 12 noon.  Their were 9 candidates in total who each had to perform 9 patterns up to their grade, as well as 1-step sparring, sparring, 2 vs 1 sparring, self-defence and a number of breaking techniques.

The grading itself took around 4 hours with the following students being successful.  A special mention to Mr. John Rafferty from our Tollcross school who received the grading award from the examination panel.

Promoted to 1st Degree

Connor Garland – Glasgow East

Rebecca Burns – GMAC

Karys Taylor – GMAC

Derek Cochrane – Glasgow East

John Rafferty – GMAC

Promoted to 2nd Degree

Aidan Timoney – Glasgow East

Promoted to 3rd Degree

Kerris Dickson – GMAC

Christopher Dickson – GMAC

Brian Anderson – Glasgow East

Dear Grand Masters, Masters, Instructors and Students,

RE: 100th INTERNATIONAL INSTRUCTORS’ – COURSE MARCH 13 – 15 2015 – ABERDEEN SCOTLAND 

On behalf of our Grand Master, Masters and Instructors of the International Taekwon-Do Federation – (Scotland) we are truly honoured to invite you to the 100th International Instructors Course (IIC), to be held in Aberdeen, Scotland, on March 13-15 2015, where the IIC Organising Committee for Scotland eagerly awaits to welcome the ITF Technical Committee of Grand Master Marano IX, Grand Master Bos IX and Grand Master Lan IX to the “Granite City” in North East of Scotland and also ITF Kids Programme Chair; Master Donato Nardizzi VIII. We also will be very privileged to host Master Clint Norman VIII, President of ITF Canada, who will be assisting the Grand Masters on the Course.

This is a momentous occasion for the ITF and for the ITF Technical Committee to have reached the milestone of 100 IIC’s, is truly a remarkable achievement for our ITF and its’ pursuit of excellence. As such we are thrilled that our President Grand Master Tratjenberg will also be in attendance along with the ITF Board of Directors.

It is also a momentous occasion for my hometown of Aberdeen, situated in the North East of Scotland, to have this milestone of excellence and we are truly humbled by the honour and we extend our welcome to our Taekwon-Do family here in Scotland and around the World to this 100th International Instructor Course.

Aberdeen’s official toast is:

“Happy to meet, sorry to part, happy to meet again – Bon Accord!” 

is very synonymous with our friendship within the ITF and its many events when we all come together, but this time it is very special to us as we are your hosts for this very special weekend and we hope you can make the journey to this lovely part of Scotland.

On behalf of the ITF Scotland Organising Committee

Master Gordon Wallace VIII

Chair IIC Scotland 2015

100th IIC Information Package

IIC SCOTLAND 2015 Individual Application