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“Don’t let small minds tell you your dreams are too big” #MondayMotivation
Easter Weekend Training Times
Welsh Championships
If you are interested in taking part in the Welsh Championships please read the PDF below, fill out the Competition Entry Form and return it to us. Payment can be made via bank transfer to the same account as fees. Black Belts who wish to officiate please submit your names to us before the deadlineContinue reading “Welsh Championships”
April 2022 Black Belt Presentations
Tour Through Time: Stop 25: Bunhwangsa Temple
14 miles later and we arrive at the Bunhwangsa Temple in Gyeongju. Bunhwangsa means “Fragrant Emperor/Imperial Temple” and it was first established in 634 AD under Queen Seondeok of the Silla Dynasty. Buddhism had been adopted by the Silla Dynasty in 527 AD by King Beop-Heung, and the temple was originally several acres in size,Continue reading “Tour Through Time: Stop 25: Bunhwangsa Temple”
April 2022 Black Belt Grading Results
Tour Through Time: Stop 24: Pohang
17 miles later and we arrive in Pohang. On 13th October 1940 Hee Il Cho was born here; the man who would become the very first Senior Grading Examiner for the T.A.G.B. He started his Martial Arts training when he was 10 and got his Black Belt at just 13 years old. In a laterContinue reading “Tour Through Time: Stop 24: Pohang”
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“You can’t always have a good day. But you can always face a bad day with a good attitude.” #MondayMotivation
Tour Through Time: Stop 23: Chunghyo Ri
37 miles later and we arrive in Chunghyo Ri, originally Seokjeo Village, where Kim Duk Ryang was born into a peasant family in 1567. He became a student of Neo-Confucian scholar Seong-Hon, and later joined the army with his brother Kim Duk Hong when Hideyoshi Toyotomi led Japan to invade Korea in the Imjin War.Continue reading “Tour Through Time: Stop 23: Chunghyo Ri”