Seminar – Ely & Witchford Tang Soo Do https://elywitchfordtsd.co.uk Traditional Korean Martial Arts Club Sat, 13 Sep 2025 10:34:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://elywitchfordtsd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-GBTSDA-Logo-32x32.png Seminar – Ely & Witchford Tang Soo Do https://elywitchfordtsd.co.uk 32 32 Dan & Gup Clinic – August 2025 https://elywitchfordtsd.co.uk/dan-gup-clinic-august-2025/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://elywitchfordtsd.co.uk/?p=1876

During August GBTSDA holds the week-long European Masters & Leadership Clinic in Nottingham. This is an opportunity for masters and master candidates from across Europe to come together to learn and train alongside Grandmaster Strong and other international WTSDA masters.

The EMC ends with the presentation of new master and dan grades, followed by the Dan & Gup Clinic. Here, the masters hold a series of sessions, passing on skills and knowledge to the lower dan and gup grades. The clinic is open to all ages and grades within GBTSDA.

KCN Strong, BKCN Khan and Instructors of Ely & Witchford TSD
KCN Strong, BKCN Khan, and Instructors of Ely & Witchford TSD

As they usually do, Master G & Master R Russell attended the EMC, our assistant and trainee instructors joined them for the Clinic.

The clinic starts with KCN Strong and BKCN Khan leading senior and junior grades, split into two groups. After this, everyone is free to choose four seminar sessions on:

  • Escrima drills
  • Bong one steps
  • Close-quarter self-defence
  • Sparring psychology
  • Hapkido
  • Pad combinations
  • Boxercise
  • HiiT kicking combos

This is only a sample of the photos taken on the day; more can be found at GBTSDA Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1294988025746754&type=3

Photos by Master Islam GBTSDA

]]> Ladies Seminar – May 2025 https://elywitchfordtsd.co.uk/ladies-seminar-may-2025/ Sat, 10 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://elywitchfordtsd.co.uk/?p=1815 Over 100 inspiring women from across the country came together for a powerful day of learning and connection, covering everything from advanced self-defence techniques, throws and falls, and BoxFit boxing, to stretching, mobility, Ki Gong, and guided meditation. It was a true celebration of strength, resilience, and sisterhood!

Organised by Master Dawn Khan, Master Noreen Khan, and Master Harvey.

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In October our students attended a charity seminar hosted by Leicester TSD in aid of Myositis UK. Organised to celebrate the promotion of Master Dearnley to 4th Dan Master the seminar was attended by over a hundred GBTSDA students from across the country and raised £1427.

Master Dearnley suffered with Myositis as a child and included Tang Soo Do in his physio to aid in his recovery. He was presented in August this year with his 4th Dan Master belt by Grandmaster Strong in a ceremony in Nottingham. His well-deserved promotion epitomises true determination and strength through many years of training while overcoming such a serious condition.

In addition to the fundraising on the day Master Dearnley has started a Just Giving page for anyone wanting to contribute:

Bradley’s fundraiser for Myositis UK

Photo credit to Sunny Marwaha. instagram.com/photowallauk

]]> Dan & Gup Clinic – August 2024 https://elywitchfordtsd.co.uk/dan-gup-clinic-august-2024/ Sat, 24 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://elywitchfordtsd.co.uk/?p=307 Helping to bring Master Week 2024 to a close was the anual Dan & Gup Clinic. This is an oppurtunity for Dan and Gup grades to train and learn from all the masters who have come together for Masters Week. Seminar session are available on a range of topics which are either outside the normal WTSDA curriculum offering an oppurtunity to learn something new or designed to enhance and build on what is already learnt.

Training was lead by KCN Strong imparting his decades of knowledge and experience followed by BKCN Khan ensuring everyone was suitably warmed up.

As usual the seminars that followed were lead by a mix of international visiting Masters as well as our local national Masters and instructors.

The sessions on offer to all students were:

  • One step flow drills by Master Homschek from Rivervalley Tang Soo Do in Ambridge, Pennsylvania (http://www.rvtsda.com/)
  • Advanced self-defense by Master Butcher from Bristol
  • Dynamic kicking by Master Mabrouk from Precision Karate Academy in Ringoes, New Jersey
  • Control kicking by Master Tyler from Market Deeping
  • Sparring techniques by Master Amin from Stanground
  • Breakfalling by Mr Walker and Mr Annis

Photos by Master Islam GBTSDA

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