Sparring Seminar with Stephen Tapilatu V Degree – 17th May
Sparring Seminar with Stephen Tapilatu V Degree.
Scotia Tkd and Taekwon-do-UK are proud to announce a Sparring Seminar with Mr Stephen Tapilatu V Deg. Mr Tapilatu, is possibly the greatest ever Taekwon-do sparring competitor.
Stephen ‘The Dragon’ Tapilatu is a Dutch legend in both ITF and WTF Taekwon-do. In the nineties he won three medals in the ITF world championships. Twice he reached the highest attainable in ITF; he became world champion in Canada in 1990 and in Malaysia in 1994. He is one of the very few Taekwon-do practitioners that has achieved major successes in both ITF as WTF competition. In the WTF 1991 World Championship in Athens, he won a silver medal.
Besides two world titles ITF, Stephen won 2 European titles as well (1990 Davos & 1992 Koszalin), two silver medals in the EC (1991 Reading & 1996 Terracina) and two bronze medals in the EC (1993 Groningen & 1997 Chre).
Mr Tapilatu won the prestiguous ‘King of Taekwon-do’ tournament in Tokyo two years in a row: 1995 and 1996.
After his Taekwon-do career, Mr Tapilatu switched tot the full-contact sports and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). He fought matches against the famous Dutch Karate Champion Ronny Rivano, against Brian Lo An Joe and the former kickboxing world champion: Perry Ubeda.
He retired from competitive martial arts in 2008. Since that time he has taught Taekwon-do with his father at Tapilatu’s sport centre in his hometown of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Mr Tapilatu was appointed national coach of ITF Netherlands in November 2012.
For application forms please download below. The spaces will fill up fast, in order not to miss out please return to Mr or Mrs McIlvaney ASAP.
The sparring seminar will take place at the Kelvin Hall on 17th May (6-8pm for Juniors, and 8-10pm for Seniors)
Click link below to watch Highlights of Mr Tapilatu in action;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gzhEdkVrPMU