October Black Belt Grading Promotions

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