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At this years event we had ‘Sumo’ Sparring for kids 9 years and under, ITF Patterns, Continuous Sparring, Special Technique and a ‘King of the Ring’ event. What’s different about this tournament compared to others, well: • Divisions are not

fixed, but rather finalized using a sliding scale, w h i c h i s dependant on entries, which means you wont see a division with just 2 entries in it, nor will you see a division with 30+ entries in it, as t h e s y s t e m allows us to adjust things accordingly and

create new divisions should numbers get too high.

• Sparring is strictly ‘light contact’ for all grades, including black belts and brilliant referees enforce the rules throughout - we want to see skills not blood!

• We use the 5 judges system on patterns, so no bias can get through and patterns are judged o n o v e r a l l performance, not whether they did or didn't do sine-wave etc. just whether it was a great pattern or not! And in sparring none of the corner judges are from the clubs of those ac tua l l y competing!

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By Stuart Anslow

Taekwon-Do Explosion is a name given to a small tournament run by myself and Mr Hay Harris, 6th degree. The aim of the tournament is to provide a truly friendly competition, that is fun to compete in, has decent trophies to win for those that work hard and provide a little bit of a difference to the standard competition divisions.

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• Male and female compete in the same pattern divisions.

• Uniquely, those aged 15 years old compete in the 15+/Adult divisions, which is another reason we strictly enforce the contact rules - it is a great experience for them!

• We try to vary the divisions a bit - this year the black b e l t s p e c i a l technique was ‘Overhead Kick’ but based on height, rather than distance.

• The ‘King of the Ring’ event is open grade and open gender, so sometimes there could be a ‘Queen of the Ring’!

This years event kicked off at 9.30am following a judges meeting. The youngsters gave some real effort in the

Sumo Sparring sections. Following this the 14’s and under patterns divisions began, again with some great efforts by all and some real technical performances. Then is was onto the sparring and we again saw some outstanding efforts, some great techniques from the youngsters, with the refs keeping good control of the proceedings.

The morning session finished with the Special Technique divisions, which saw the youngsters flying over poles placed further and further apart, with the winners making some outstanding distances. As the kids finished

off, the black belts got changed ready to start their patterns divisions. This year, the mix of grades saw us running a 1st Dan only Patterns division and a 2nd Dan+ Patterns Division, which, with the great performances on displayed,

Some of the youngsters bow in

Sumo Sparring


allowed the audience to see patterns from 1st Dan up to 4th Dan. Next up was the black belt sparring, again some great displays of ski l l , whi lst a l l adhering to the ‘light Contact’ rules of the day - with great s p o r t s m a n s h i p , c o u r t e s y a n d fr iendship shown throughout. Following this, the black belts finished with their Special Technique section, flying higher and higher until a winner was found. A special mention of Mr Andrew Smith who won 3 gold's on the day, one in each division. The 3rd segment that day was the 15+/Adult Kup grades. You could see some nerves on display from the

lower grades, as well as the 15 year olds, but when they competed these soon disappeared as they gave some great performances in their patterns. One

notable draw was between Chloe Bevan (Dartford TKD) and Dean Armitage (Harris TKD) which drew in the 1st round, then drew again in the second, then a random pattern was chosen to decide their fate! A s w i t h t h e youngsters earlier, the adults gave their all in the sparring, less experience and the odd ‘over excited’ competitors made the work of the refs a little more involved, a few warnings issued and the odd DQ to keep things in adherence to

the rules - but that is the refs job and what


a great job they did! The 3rd segment came to a close with the Special Technique division, which is winner takes all! Before the final division of the day, we decided to give a special award out and called it the ‘Indomitable Spirit’ award. It was presented to Dennis Murrell (BLTSA) whom I had seen at many events, giving his all (in all divisions including sparring), at the ripe old age of 63 - credit and respect where its due, hence the special award. The day ended with the ‘King of the Ring’ - an open grade, open weight, open gender points fighting knock out event. It saw blue belts against black belts, men against women, but with total control, which meant some very crisp techniques came out! With all techniques only scoring 1 point and only 2 or 3 points to win a round straight out, all the fighters had to be cautious and tactical. Eventually a winner was found in the form of Rayners Lane TKD student, Vikram Gautam who became ‘King of the Ring 2013’. Many thanks to all the officials that helped out during the day, as well as those on the canteen and our photographers Dean Armitage and Martin Addy and our 1st Aider, John Asher - all of whom not only enable the event to run, but enable it to run smoothly with no problems.

Results

14’s & Under

Sumo Sparring – Low Division (Under 9’s)

1st – Ethan Smith (Moulton White Tigers) 2nd – Savanna Baker (Sutton-Bonington TKD) 3rd – Ethan Smith (Moulton White Tigers) 3rd – Ryan Weston (Harris TKD)

Sumo Sparring – High Division (Under 9’s)

1st – Thomas Stanton (Moulton White Tigers) 2nd – Ben Murfin (Harris TKD) 3rd – Thomas Turner (Escape TKD) 3rd – Charlotte Kennedy (Harris TKD)


Patterns – 4th to 1st Kups 10 Year & Under

1st – William Adamson (Harris TKD) 2nd – Enia Rikena (Lone Wolf TKD) 3rd – Ryan Weston (Harris TKD)

Patterns – 4th to 1st Kups 11 to 14 Year Olds

1st – Taran Sunner (Harris TKD) 2nd – Gaurav Sunner (Harris TKD) 3rd – Thomas Winter (Lone Wolf TKD)

Patterns - 10th to 5th Kups 9 Years & under

1st – Shakeel Taylor (Lone Wolf TKD) 2nd – Emily Adamson (Harris TKD) 3rd – Zachary Mendham (Cambridge TKD)

Patterns - 10th to 5th Kups 10 to 14 Year Olds

1st – Rosie Pendred (BLTSA) 2nd – Kamraan Majeed (Rayners Lane TKD) 3rd – Amy Miller (Northants TKD)


Sparring – 10th to 5th Kups Low Division

1st – Orrin Edmunds (Sutton-Bonington TKD) 2nd – Elyah Uylett (Northants TKD) 3rd – Zachary Mendham (Cambridge TKD)

Patterns – Junior Black Belts 14 Years & Under

1st – Joshua Iyalla (Harris TKD) 2nd – Joel Iyalla (Harris TKD) 3rd – Issac Uylett (Northants TKD)

Sparring – 10th to 5th Kups Mid Division

1st – Ryan Streeton (Moulton White Tigers) 2nd – Jason Fuller (Dartford TKD) 3rd – Jono Vincent (Harris TKD)

Sparring – 10th to 5th Kups High Division

1st – Yousaf Majeed (Rayners Lane TKD) 2nd – Matthew Field (Preston TKD) 3rd – Ubaid Reham (FSMA)


Sparring – 4th to 1st Kups High Division

1st – Tarun Sunner (FSMA) 2nd – Gaurav Sunner (FSMA) 3rd – Shreya Patel (FSMA)

Sparring – Junior Black Belts Low Division

1st – Joshua Uylett (Northants TKD) 2nd – Katie Turland (Northants TKD TKD) 3rd – Issac Uylett (Northants TKD)

Sparring – Junior Black Belts High Division

1st – Alex Evans (Harris TKD) 2nd – Joshua Iyalla (Harris TKD) 3rd – Tom Hurley (Preston TKD)

Sparring – 4th to 1st Kups Low Division

1st – Simon Agustin (FSMA) 2nd – Seam Agustin (FSMA) 3rd – Ella Barnes (Hemel LTSI)


Patterns - 10th to 5th Kups 15+/Adults

1st – Dreek Clark (Harris TKD) 2nd – Ivan Bong (Harris TKD) 3rd – Joe Draper (Dartford TKD)

Special Technique All Grades

Jnr Low Division : 1st – Ben Streeton (Moulton White Tigers) Jnr Mid Division : 1st – Alex Evans (Harris TKD)

Jnr High Division : 1st – William Adamson (Harris TKD)

Results 15+/Adult

Patterns – 4th to 1st Kups 15+/Adults

1st – Yll Kelani (Rayners Lane TKD) 2nd – Dean Armitage (Harris TKD) 3rd – Chloe Bevan (Dartford TKD)


Patterns – 1st Dan Black Belts 15+/Adults

1st – Chris Clark (Kings TKD) 2nd – Stephen Kennedy (Harris TKD) 3rd – Killian Govinden (Dartford TKD)

Patterns – 2nd Dan & Above Black Belts 15+/Adults

1st – Andrew Smith (Hemel LTSI) 2nd – Vikram Gautam (Rayners Lane TKD) 3rd – Chris Mann (Essex TKD)

Sparring – 10th to 1st Kups Adult Male Heavy Division

1st – Jaspreet Singh (FSMA) 2nd – Tarun Gupta (FSMA) 3rd – Joe Draper (Dartford TKD)

Sparring – 10th to 1st Kups Adult Female Division

1st – Chloe Bevan (Dartford TKD) 2nd – Charlotte Martin (Dartford TKD) 3rd – Marie Rouse (BLTSA)


Sparring – Adult Black Belts (inc. Vets) Female Open Weight Division

1st – Lyndsey Reynolds (Rayners Lane TKD) 2nd – Phoebe Dickenson (Moulton White Tigers) 3rd – Jordan Shepard (Harris TKD)

Sparring – 10th to 1st Kups Male Light Division

1st – Avinash Bakshi (Rayners Lane TKD) 2nd – Yll kelani (Rayners Lane TKD) 3rd – Jude Emmett (Harris TKD)

Sparring – 10th to 1st Kups Veteran Male

1st – Simon Carroll (BLTSA) 2nd – Craig Johnson (Moulton White Tigers) 3rd – Dean Armitage (Harris TKD)

Sparring – Adult Black Belts Male Light Division

1st – Andrew Smith (Hemel LTSI) 2nd – Umar Marikar (Rayners Lane TKD) 3rd – Richard Lapthorn (BLTSA)


Sparring – Adult Black Belts Male Heavy Division

1st – Ben Roberts (Lone Wolf TKD) 2nd – Vikram Gautam (Rayners Lane TKD) 3rd – Chris Clark (Kings TKD)

Sparring – Veteran Black Belts Male Open Weight Division

1st – John Asher (TST-UK) 2nd – Billy Iyalla (Harris TKD) 3rd – Bruce Lapthorn (BLTSA)

Special Technique – Kup Grades 15+/Adult

1st – Shane Ramsey (Escape TKD)

Special Technique – Dan Grades 15+/Adult

1st – Andrew Smith (Hemel LTSI)


King of the Ring 15+/Adult

Vikram Gautam (Rayners Lane TKD)

Indomitable Spirit Award 15+/Adult

Dennis Murrell (BLTSA)

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