December 2012
Master Nardizzi is re-elected as President of ITF-England
Master Nardizzi was re-elected as President of ITF-England in the election of ITF-England officers at the AGM on 18th November. Two other TKD Impact masters were also elected. Master Kim Anderson became Vice-President and Master Russell Dennis became Technical Director. They will serve 2 years in office and will be working to promote the development of Taekwon-Do in this country.
Master Nardizzi said 'I am very pleased to be re-elected. During my first two years of office from 2010-2012, we, the Board of Directors, worked hard to re-structure ITF-England to be a well organised and democratic association. We voted in a new Charter and Bylaws based on freedom and fairness, which will bring stability into the organisation. Having achieved that, we are now in a position to move the association forward. There are many instructors in England working outside the framework of the ITF. One of our aims is to bring them back to the ITF and get them to realise that ITF-England is a well structured organisation that is based on true Taekwon-Do principles and is focused on being a service to it's members rather than being a political tool to manipulate its members, as is often seen in organisations like this.'
The new Board of Directors of ITF England are:
President - Master Donato Nardizzi (TKD Impact)
Vice President - Master Kim Anderson (TKD Impact)
Secretary - Mrs Patricia Gray (TAE)
Treasurer - Mr Ken Chesterman (Vision TKD)
Technical Director - Master Russell Dennis (TKD Impact)
Tournament Director - Mr Nick Symmonds (Total TKD)
Ethics & Discipline Director - Mr Paul Cook (TAE)
November 2012
TKD Impact League Shield
Brighton won the TKD Impact League Shield with 177 points. Their instructor, Mr Howard Mayes, was presented with the Shield by Master Donato Nardizzi. Brighton Taekwon-Do School also received £300 prize money for winning the event.
Colour Belt Grading
Master Nardizzi held a coloured Belt grading on 17th November and seven of our students who attended were successful in passing to their next grade. So congratulations to Lauren and Lewis who passed to Red tag also Megan, Youcef and Hanin who passed to Blue belt, Joe who passed to Blue tag and Evie who passed to Yellow belt.
The next grading will be 26th January.
October 2012
LTSI 1st English open
Gary Cozens represented Crawley in the recent LTSI 1st English Open Competition and came back with a trophy for third place in Black belt sparring, congratulations Gary.
The ITF World Cup
4th-7th October 2012
The ITF World Cup will take place in Brighton, England.
Venue: The Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2GR.
September 2012
Colour Belt Grading
Congratulations to Will, Jamie and Toby for passing to 8th kup Yellow Belt.
Colour Belt Grading
The next Colour Belt Grading is set for 4.45 pm Saturday 15th September at Balfour Junior School, Balfour Road, Brighton. This will be held in the Sports Hall.
August 2012
Vicky and Aimee with Jade Jones at the Olympics
Vicky Smith and Aimee Stone have been helping out the Taekwondo competitors at the Olympics over the last few weeks. Well done to them and congratulations to all of Team GB.
July 2012
Master Nardizzi with the Olympic torch
Colour Belt Grading
Master Nardizzi held a coloured Belt grading on 14th July and all seven of our students who attended were successful in passing to their next grade. So congratulations to George who passed to Blue belt, Kamel, Youcef and Hanin who passed to Blue tag, Jessica who passed to Yellow belt and finally Alex and Toby who passed to Yellow tag.
Impact Open Competition Report
With only four competitors entering this year and three of those having just turned 13 years old and moving up a division to 13-17 years category we weren’t expecting much in the way of medals.
Lewis Mott however managed to repeat the Bronze medal he won in patterns last year with another this year.
Lauren Parrott took Silver medal in sparring and a Bronze medal in special technique.
Out of the juniors that just left George Gathern who was hoping for something in sparring. Being the only one in micro weight he was put in next group up and faced some much larger opponents to no avail.
Gary Cozens also entered in the competitively fought Black Belt seniors division and although doing well he didn’t quite make the medal positions.
Well done to all those who competed and special thanks to Emily Hayes who represented us as one of the Black Belt officials.
Master Nardizzi selected to be an Olympic torchbearer
Master Nardizzi has been selected to carry the flame in the Olympic torch relay. He was nominated by Nicholas Mellor, a parent of one of his students. He was nominated for the work he has done in developing the Taekwon-Do childrens programme and for teaching the Taekwon-Do values to children to the local community.
Master Nardizzi will be carrying the torch on 23rd July in the Merton area.
Taekwon-Do Impact Open Championships
Taekwon-Do Impact Open Championships for individuals at the University of Brighton Sports Centre, Village Way, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9PH on Sunday 8th July 2012.
The competition is open to Black Belts and colour belts Yellow Tags to Black Tags. It is split into four age categories: Under 13’s; 13-17 yrs, 18+yrs and Veterans. The events are Sparring, Patterns,
Special Technique (Under 13’s and 13-17yrs), Power (18+yrs only).
June 2012
FGMR Open Seminar
Master’s Seminar on ITF Taekwon-Do Patterns
ITF Children’s Development Course
Grandmaster Rhee Ki Ha IX Dan FGMR Open Seminar
Colour Belt Grading
The next Colour Belt Grading is set for 4.45 pm Saturday 14th July at Balfour Junior School, Balfour Road, Brighton. This will be held in the Sports Hall.
May 2012
Colour Belt Grading
Congratulations to Will and Jamie for passing to 9th kup Yellow Tag.
Colour Belt Grading
The next Colour Belt Grading date has changed to Monday 14th May 6:30pm at Balfour Junior School, Balfour Road, Brighton. This will be held in the Sports Hall.
Master’s Seminar on ITF Taekwon-Do Patterns
Master Nardizzi 8th Degree
Open to all Blue Belts and above.
1 1/2 hours for blue and red belts
3 hours for Black Belts
SATURDAY 26TH MAY 2012
Impact Academy
Innes Yard
(off Whitgift Street)
Croydon CR0 1BX
4th Kup – 1st Kup 2.30pm to 4.00pm – fee £18
1st Degree and above 2.30pm to 5.30pm – fee £25
April 2012
Taekwon-do Impact School League
Secound round of the Taekwon-do Impact School League
29th April 2012
For Under 13′s Green and Yellow Belts
Impact Academy, Croydon
March 2012
Squad Training Sessions
In preparation for the ITF World Cup, and other international events, Taekwon-Do Impact is running squad sessions conducted by the Association Coach.
If you intend to represent TKD Impact in the upcoming World Cup, or other international events, you will need to attend these sessions.
Colour Belt Grading
Congratulations to Lauren for passing to 4th kup Blue belt, to Megan, Jenil and Filoni for passing to 5th kup Blue tag and to Phil for passing to 6th kup Green belt.
Taekwon-do Impact School League
The first ever round of the Taekwon-do Impact School League
11th march 2012
Impact Academy, Croydon
For Under 13′s Blue and Red Belts
See your instructor to get an entry form.
February 2012
Congratulations to Lewis for passing to 4th kup Blue belt.
January 2012
The next Colour Belt Grading is set for 4.45 pm Saturday 21st January at Balfour Junior School, Balfour Road, Brighton. This will be held in the Sports Hall.
January 2012
27th – 29th January 2012
International Instructor Course - England
The course will be conducted by the ITF Technical Committee;
Grandmaster Hector Marano 9th Degree
Grandmaster Willem Jacob Bos 9th Degree
Grandmaster Ung Kim Lan 9th Degree.
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