We have our annual Easter Break this weekend. Classes will be closed as follows;
Livingston – Closed Friday 19th to Monday 22nd April.
Wishaw – Closed Friday 19th April to Monday 22nd April.
Classes re-open from Tuesday 23rd April. We hope you all have an enjoyable weekend.
We have an invite to the Goodwill Scottish Championships being held in Wishaw on 18th May 2019.
Please find below the application form and further information.
CLOSING DATE: 11th May
The first black belt grading of the year was held on Saturday 6th April, at our Livingston facility. The exam was conducted by the grading panel consisting of:
The candidates exam was as always split in to two sections, with the first being their theory test. This was completed on Wednesday evening, with all successfully passing that stage, allowing them to go forward to the practical exam.
The practical exam began with nine coloured belt patterns for those looking to promote to 1st Degree, and six coloured belt, and three 1st Degree Patterns for the candidate grading to 2nd Degree. After the patterns were put through their paces with numerous bouts of 1 step sparring, free sparring, 2 vs 1 sparring, as well as self defence and kicking techniques. The last stage of the grading sees the candidates complete ten board breaks using a varying range of kicking and hand techniques, as well as a jumping technique or multiple target technique they have prepared in advance.
After the three and a half hour exam, we are please to announce the following promotions:
After the grading the candidates along with the examination panel and those black belts who came along in support of the candidates had a traditional celebratory meal at a local Chinese restaurant.
The 2019 Scottish National Championships were held recently at the Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell. The two day event, attracted 464 competitors from 27 schools, and was the first inclusive national championships, featuring divisions for those competitors with additional support needs.
GMAC had 65 students taking part over the course of the weekend, with those 13 years and under competing on Saturday, and those 14 years and over on the Sunday, as well as our ASN competitors. Our juniors got off to a terrific start, led by our small team of coloured belt coaches; winning 17 Gold, 9 Silver and 12 Bronze on day one. The Sunday saw the team collect a further 22 Gold, 23 Silver, 15 Bronze, surpassing last years medal haul to once again become overall Scottish Champions.
TOTAL MEDAL TALLY: 39 GOLD – 32 SILVER – 27 BRONZE
Additionally we had two competitors become Overall Champion in their respective age categories;
Ava Millar – Under 7 years Female
James Watson – 18 -35 years Male
A full list of medals winners can be found here.
We held our annual awards night to celebrate the success of 2018 recently. The evening was spent at the Almondvale Suite, in Livingston’s Football Stadium, with just over 200 of the students, and their families gathering to celebrate.
The evening kicked off with a drinks reception and family photos with Photography by Jason Kimmings. Before a video presentation of the awards nominees and winners, with each of the instructors presenting the awards, alongside our special guests Grand Master MacCallum IX and Mr. A. Chesworth VI. The last presentation was black belt certificates for those who successfully promoted during the past year.
A summary of the awards winners can be found below, alongside the runners up.
| STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2018 | |||
| Livingston | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up |
| ITF Kids | Amber Safian | Sophie Gallacher | Anika Sidana |
| Little Ninja – Class 1 | Oliver Crooks | Brian Green | Harry Dundas |
| Little Ninja – Class 2 | Nathan Farrell | Marcel Kawcyzk | Catherine Maciver |
| Kickin’ Kids – Class 1 | Jayden Forsyth | Harris Harvie | Ella Park |
| Kickin’ Kids – Class 2 | Jakub Krug | Junaid Abbas | Jake Sher |
| Junior Taekwon-Do – Beginners | Donald Lewis | Abby Robertson | Alekzy Pastuszka |
| Junior Taekwon-Do – Advanced | Ariana McCarthy | Donatella Fargnoli | Sophie Hunter |
| Senior Taekwon-Do | Allan Farrell | Des Anathasiadou | Scott Crookston |
| Junior Kickboxing | Ethan McEwan | Brian Dowell | Oliwia Loza |
| Senior Kickboxing | Dorota Ungeuheur | Kenny McDonald | Lynne Prowse |
| Junior ASN | Thomas Reape | Jason Seath | Izzak Bridge |
| Senior ASN | Bradley McKenzie | Mary Seath | Karen Smith |
| Uddingston | |||
| Little Ninja | Rhys Fraser | Mia McCrory | Carson Marshall |
| Kickin’ Kids | William Graham | Keeva Lynch | Helen McEneny |
| Junior Taekwon-Do | Kayleigh Sprott | David Scott | Ben McSeveney |
| Senior Taekwon-Do | Jamie Simmonette | Graham Burns | Callum Gilchrist |
| Junior Kickboxing | Jack Vance | Megan Crosby | John Docherty |
| Senior Kickboxing | Lorna Geoghans | Scott Goodman | John Mitchell |
| Wishaw | |||
| Little Ninja | Poppy Thomson | Christopher McGuire | Dylan Williamson |
| Kickin’ Kids | Jamie Coombes | Ethan Massey | Charlotte Daly |
| Junior Taekwon-Do | Hope Currie | Abbie Mungall | Sam Jones |
| Senior Taekwon-Do | Ellie Weir | Lauren Watson | Marcin Puzio |
| COMPETITOR OF THE YEAR 2018 | |||
| Livingston | Winner | ||
| Taekwon-Do Junior Under 13 years | Sophie Hunter | ||
| Taekwon-Do Teens 14 – 17 years | Donatella Fagnoli | ||
| Taekwon-Do Senior 18 years & over | Des Anathasiadou | ||
| Kickboxing Junior Under 13 years | Oliwia Loza | ||
| Kickboxing Senior 18 years & over | Steven Mair | ||
| Uddingston | |||
| Taekwon-Do Junior Under 13 years | Sharon Shaw | ||
| Taekwon-Do Teens 14 – 17 years | Adam Hackett | ||
| Taekwon-Do Senior 18 years & over | Jamie Simmonette | ||
| Kickboxing Junior Under 13 years | John Docherty | ||
| Kickboxing Senior 18 years & over | none | ||
| Boxing | Andrew McKenzie | ||
| Wishaw | |||
| Taekwon-Do Junior Under 13 years | Kaity Weir | ||
| Taekwon-Do Teens 14 – 17 years | Jaimie Singleton | ||
| Taekwon-Do Senior 18 years & over | Kieran Cain | ||
| TENET AWARDS 2018 | |||
| Livingston | Winner | ||
| Indomnitable Spirit | Isa Haq | ||
| Uddingston | |||
| Indomnitable Spirit | Colin Cupples | ||
| Wishaw | |||
| Integrity | Ethan Massey | ||
| Perseverance | Pauline Penrice |
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners.
A gallery of the official pictures from the evening can be found here
Keep your eyes open – we’ll soon be announcing our 2019 awards evening, giving plenty of notice.
So its been a pretty busy few weeks during February, we hadn’t had time to update the website fully as yet.
We’ve had a first aid course, four competitions, a child protection course, our awards night, different training sessions, and today our Interclub competition. Wow!!
Please bear with us as we catch up with some news items over the next few days. Sorry in advance is we spam your inboxes and social media with our posts!
ITF Scotland held the first of this years Child Protection Courses at the Scottish Martial Arts Centre in Alloa on Sunday 24th February 2019.
The Introductory Course (Level 1), was presented by Mrs. Angela Barrie, ITFS’s Child Protection & Safeguarding Officer. The morning’s course saw the 36 participants work together in a workshop type format, initially discussing what Safeguarding and Child Protection are, with Mrs. Barrie offering information as to the processes of the Child Protection system in Scotland, and the role that Disclosure Scotland, and the PVG Scheme play in keeping our children safe as well as promoting safe practice within our roles as Taekwon-Do instructors.
The participants were split into small working groups, and given a number of scenarios to discuss, and put forward what should be the best practise in each of those situations. This also gave an opportunity for Mrs. Barrie to answer any questions surrounding current legislation and law.
On conclusion of the course, the participants were issued with their certificates valid for the next two years.
We’d like to thank Mrs. Barrie for her time in presenting todays course, and look forward to the next one in September (date to be confirmed). The next course will cover Safeguarding within Social Media and Internet/Online.
Also thank you to Mr. Paterson and S.M.A.C. for hosting the event.
Pictured alongside the group are GMAC instructors who took part; Mr. John McIlvaney, Mrs. Gillian McIlvaney, Mr. Kieran Cain and Mr. George Russell.
February 24th saw our team of kick boxers attending the WKU Edinburgh Open. Fantastic Performances from everyone, with personal goals set in advance and achieved on the day.
Stephanie Peden – Gold 🥇
Lynne Prowse – Silver 🥈
Anna Levitzka – Bronze 🥉
Ryan Shaw – Bronze 🥉
Brian Dowell – Bronze 🥉
Katie Drummond Amazing Performance!!! Just Missed out on the Bronze Medal
Coaches are all proud and blown away by the team work!!
