It’s been a while since we last put out a club newsletter, but things have been rather busy lately! In this newsletter you can read about the recent TCGB tournament, kup grading and the special visit from Grandmaster Park Hae Man. There are also details of a special sparring training session coming up in May, as well as details of the summer pre-dan seminar and dan grading. We look forward to seeing lots of you in classes over the coming months.

April 2013 www.powerhousetkd.org.uk

KUP GRADING Congratulations to everyone who took part in the grading before Easter. There were some super performances and everyone who took part showed the hard work that they had been putting in. The following people have been promoted as detailed below:

Yellow Tag Yellow Belt Green Belt Jonathan Pratt James Hicks Andrew Richardson Rebecca Bentley Rachel Hicks Ian Richardson Flynn Ingram Samuel Hicks Lahra Starks Jake Bennett Tom Evans Keira Bennett Alex Scribbans Blue Tag Jack Pike Archie Withers Connaire Webling Holly Brown Alec Mackay Blake Adriana-Cecilia Nastac Amber Brown John Cullen Caitlin Banks Johann Lee Red Belt Fintan Banks Rhys Evans Joe Ward Constantin-Ciprian Barzu Green Tag William Atkinson Aryan Ghosh

The next kup grading date has not yet been decided; it will be in June or July, before schools break up for the summer holidays. As soon as the date is known, I will send out details.

BE ON TIME FOR LESSONS!!!

Please make sure that you arrive in time to start the lesson promptly. Late arrivals disrupt the lesson and also increase the risk of injuries etc because the students are missing the warm up.

DRINKS Whilst there is water available at Reception in Swanmore, it disrupts the lessons to have students leaving the hall to get a drink, and the Instructors cannot always keep an eye on the children once they have left the hall. You can’t always rely on there being any cups available either!! Please ensure that you bring a drink in a bottle that can be used in the hall.

TCGB NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – BRACKNELL Saturday 23rd March was the day of the TCGB Annual Tournament in Bracknell. Over the past few years, this has established itself as one of the best tournaments in the south of England and it was completely full two weeks before the final deadline for entries. On the day there were over 100 poomsae (patterns) competitors and well over 200 kyrugi (sparring entries). In amongst the throng was a small team of 6 from Powerhouse TKD and their supporters. Powerhouse TKD again performed excellently and the Instructors would like to say a big well done to the following people: Joe Woollett – Gold in patterns, bronze (and a trip to hospital!) in sparring Cip Barzu – Gold in patterns, silver in sparring Dalla Nastac – Bronze in patterns, silver in sparring Simon Farndell – Bronze in sparring (and a subsequent trip to hospital) Special mention to Thais Ward and Master Pat who each competed in the patterns competition, but had unlucky draws and did not manage to get a medal. All the team members represented the club brilliantly and showed great spirit. We all send our best wishes to Simon who actually broke his arm in the tournament, but tried valiantly to carry on. We hope to see him back at training once he is fully mended!

GRAND MASTER PARK HAE MAN

Over the Easter weekend the committee of TCGB received very short notice of a visit by Grand Master Park Hae Man to the UK. Grandmaster Park (10th Dan) is the vice President of Chung do Kwan in Korea and is one of the original Masters in Taekwondo; he was involved in creating the Taegeuks we all learn as coloured belts. Despite being over 80, he still travels the world and teaches, passing on his great knowledge to current students of taekwondo. There are very few of the original Masters still travelling and teaching and it is a great honour that he visits TCGB. Because it was the Easter Holidays, a lot of clubs had stopped lessons for a couple of weeks, so Powerhouse TKD was asked if we would be happy for GM Park to visit to watch the lesson in action. Of course, we were delighted to welcome him (and Grandmaster Biddlecombe) to the lesson. There was the added highlight for those students who had recently graded of receiving his congratulations. Thank you to everyone who came along to the lesson and helped show what a vibrant club we have. Grandmaster Park enjoyed visiting us very much. The following evening GM Park taught at a seminar in Basingstoke at OBTKD’s dojang. This was extremely well attended and everyone enjoyed learning from GM Park, GM Biddlecombe and GM Lawrence. Thank you to the Powerhouse TKD members who went to the seminar.

SPORT TKD TRAINING SESSION – 19 May 2013

Master Gerry Reilly of OBTKD has invited Powerhouse TKD to attend a special sport TKD training session in Basingstoke. OBTKD has recently purchased a full set of the Daedo Electronic Protection System (ie electronic body armour etc) and this will be used at the training session. Places may be limited at the session, so if you are interested please email Darren (Darren@powerhousetkd.org.uk) as soon as possible to get your name on the list. He will need: name, grade, height, age, weight The session is being held to raise funds for the Master Eric Rose Memorial Fund, with a suggested donation of £5 a person.

To register please used an email to info@obtkd.org.uk

Registered Charity. 1137526

Master Eric Rose from the Korean Taekwondo Association of America was a well respected friend of OBTKD. He was an amaz-ingly talented Taekwondo performer and instructor, great artist and excellent host on our trips to Detroit. Unfortunately Master Rose tragically died last year attempting to rescue a woman from drown-ing. The memorial event will take the form of a joint sport training ses-sion between OBTKD and Powerhouse Taekwondo. The focus will be on matches using the Daedo Electronic Protection Systems—as used at London 2012. Open to all grades and ages.

There will not be a charge. However all those attending will be encouraged to make a donation (suggestion is £5 but more welcome!) to a memorial fund established by the KTAA to provide an arts scholarship in Master Eric Rose’s name.

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EVENTS COMING UP

If you are interested in taking part in either of these events, please make a note of them in your diaries. Fully details will be available shortly and will be emailed out. Sunday 19 May Sport TKD Training, Basingstoke Sunday 26 May Pre-dan Seminar, Kingston Sunday 9 June Dan Grading, Kingston

NEW AFFILIATED CLUB TO POWERHOUSE TKD

Gavin Banks who trains with Powerhouse TKD in Havant is setting up his own club in Chichester which will be affiliated to Powerhouse TKD. The website of the club is: http://www.supremacytaekwondo.co.uk Why not take a look at the website, and if you are in the Chicheter area visit one of his lessons?

NEW INSTRUCTOR FOR POWERHOUSE TKD

We are pleased that Thais Ward has now got Registered Instructor status with British Taekwondo, and are looking forward to her teaching lessons. She will be teaching some Wednesday lessons in Swanmore, and helping give Instructor cover in other lessons as needed.

REMEMBER! All members of Powerhouse TKD are welcome to come to any of our classes (subject to age/grade on Wednesday and Thursday in Swanmore!!). So if you find you cannot make your normal lesson one week, why not come along to one of the other sessions and meet some of the other club members? All lessons are usually taught by either Master Pat, Stephen, Vanessa, Darren or Tessa.

Monday 8:00 - 9:30pm Cost £3

Dance Studio, Staunton Community College, Havant

All grades welcome. If you are interested please contact Master Pat

Tuesday 5:30 - 6:30 pm (5:30 - 7:00 pm for higher grades) Cost £3

Main Sports Hall, Swanmore College of Technology

Primarily aimed at families. Please contact Darren if you are interested

Tuesday 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Trinity Methodist Church, Albert Road, Southsea, Hampshire, PO4 0LX

All grades welcome. If you are interested please contact Vanessa

Wednesday 7:00 - 8:00 pm Cost £3

Main Sports Hall, Swanmore College of Technology

Adults only, all grades welcome. Any queries contact Darren Bailey

Wednesday 8:00 - 9:30 pm Cost £3

Main School Hall, Staunton Community College, Havant

All grades welcome. If you are interested please contact Master Pat

Thursday 6:00 - 7:30 pm Cost £3

Main Sports Hall, Swanmore College of Technology

Green Belts and above only. Any queries contact Stephen Butlin.

Thursday 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Portsmouth Grammar School

All grades welcome. If you are interested please contact Vanessa

CLASS VENUES AND TIMES

CLUB ADMIN

If you have moved house, or changed your phone number (including mobile number), please let us know so that we can update our records. It is important that we have a current contact number for all students so that we can get in touch in an emergency.

CONTACT DETAILS Master Pat 07786 486063 pat@powerhousetkd.org.uk Stephen - stephen@powerhousetkd.org.uk Darren 07531 805642 darren@powerhousetkd.org.uk Tessa 07531 805642 tessa@powerhousetkd.org.uk Vanessa - vanessa@powerhousetkd.org.uk