This week I have been invited to martial arts illustrated magazines Hall of Fame dinner in November to receive an award for my contribution to tae kwon do, so I am pleased with that. On Wednesday I went to Manchester to a British tae kwon do council meeting to talk about a proposed scheme to encourag...
Black belt training went well on Saturday and I was impressed with the overall standard of the 1st Kups and black belts, then on Sunday I was grading for Mr. Scholes & Ms Pearce in Grantham in the afternoon and then drove back to Kenilworth for Mr. Carter's grading in the evening. Monday night I...
I start my black belt training sessions this Saturday in Dorking for the South East Area in preperation for the next black belt grading in October. Remember its now compulsory for red belts to attend at least one of these sessions. I must say it seems to have come round really fast. For those of you ...
I had a good week walking in Scotland up on the Isle of Skye and Lochness with Master Atkins prior to the Scottish championships, which ran very effiecently thanks to all the officials who attended. It was nice to see Warren Vice and James Watson working hard as referee's instead of competing. There w...
I really hope all you instructors out there are booking your places on the 30th anniversary medieval banquet at Coombe Abbey, we would really like to see as many of you there as possible to celebrate with us, and you can also bring along your assistant or people that help you as a thank you gift. Ne...
I was saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Mr. Johnny Black. John was an instructor with the TAGB for many years and John also trained with me at my Nuneaton club. John was a larger than life character who always trained and taught with great enthusiasm, he will be a sad loss to tae kwon do and...
On Saturday I did a seminar for Mr. Darren Richardson, 2 x one hour classes, it was nice to see so many senior grades from around the area on the second one and I was very impressed with their technical standards. Last Thursday I arranged for 2 of our international compeititors and instructors Mr. Go...
