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MSBA Septemder 13 2009hace 75 días
 
Well done again! A great competition just passed, gathering people from further afield, this time we welcomed students from Newcastle as well as from all over Scotland.

Thanks to everyone who helped set up and make the event happen, especially Ricky in West Lothian College, in his 70's and still working away. Thanks for all your help.

The standards were high and all students were a credit to their schools in the way they competed. Team events were some of my highlights, the junior team from Queensferry doing Chon Ji aged 6! The team sparring was great to watch as well.

The competition started with one of Master Sutherlands favourite events, traditional sparring. Mark McGeachie and Sean Whelan treated the crowd to their traditional sparring display, it was excellent and inspiring. Good luck for Argentina where the boys will be representing Scotland in the Event.

South Queensferry Won the overall School award with an incredible 30 medals in all events, beating Bathgate (2nd) and Muireston (3rd) a complete table is listed below;

1 - South Queensferry
2 - Bathgate
3 - Muireston
4 - Broxburn
5 - Livingston
6 - Montrose
7 - Linlithgow
8 - Howden
9 - Newcastle
10- Inverurie
11- Forres
12- Leith
13- Forfar

Well done again to all students, keep putting in the hard work and we will see you again next spring!
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MSBA Colour Belt Open Championshipshace 210 días
 
Sunday 3rd May saw the first MSBA Open Championships. :D A great competition was held within West Lothian’s newly built collage.

Junior and senior competitors from 17 schools, some as far away as Inverness, Inverurie and Forres battled it out for gold in some tough divisions. We had junior and senior individuals and team events and mixed continuous sparring for over 13 years with Taekwondo-do and Korean Kickboxing students going head to head.

The divisions were competitive but the attitudes were first class. With some senior officials commenting on the great spirit and etiquette shown by the competitors.

All in all a great day was had by all 180 competitors and over 300 spectators can’t wait till it’s even bigger and better on Sunday September 13th, see you there. :D

We would like to thank all competitors for entering and competing with the right spirit, also a massive thanks to all the umpires who gave up there time to help make it happen, thanks also to WL Collage for given us access to such wonderful facilities and to everyone who helped set up the event. Thank You :)
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Systema, January 25th!hace 328 días
 
Systema

The system is an easy to learn martial art that is ideal for people with or without martial experience. Students range from every day workers, students and is used by people that uphold the law. The system is a very practical and unique form of self-defence. It is also a very practical form of defense for women as it doesn't rely on strength or aggression.

Systema originates in the Special Opperations Unit (SOU) from within the Russian Spetsnaz (SAS equivalent) so you know that what you are learning is effective and practical. But it has a philosophy of non-aggression and teaches students to maintain control and a calm demeanour in the face of adversity.

Systema also has a lot of health practices to promote ligament and joint strenght, mobility and the ability to improve your health over all through a range of unique exercises.

Systema covers all aspects of combat including: punching and kicking, grappling, fighting from the ground,multiple attackers, knife and other weapon defense as well as the psychology of combat and conflict.


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NEW CLASS, Systemahace 383 días
 
HOW ABOUT THE SYSTEMA CLASS?

Systema comes from a Russian / European background. This means that are many differences from the approach of Oriental styles such as Karate or Kung Fu.

The most immediate difference that people will notice is that there is no bowing and very little formality in the class. Training is usually done in a circle or a group rather than in lines. The teacher has no special title and there is no foreign terminology. Classes tend to be relaxed in attitude, although focused in intent.The second major difference is that there is no training in form or kata. Aside from some of the exercises all training is done either with a partner or in groups of three or more. Our philosophy is that rather than practicing one particular technique, which is then applied into a situation, you are put into the situation and see what movements you can develop out of it. On the face of it this may sound daunting - "how will I know what to do?". In practice we find that everyone does something! We can then take that natural reaction - e.g. ducking a hook punch - and build a defensive strategy around it. This means that there is no need to learn new movements, merely to adapt what your body already does and knows.

This approach also means that there is no "syllabus" as such. You are not expected to learn certain moves in order to progress or to go through gradings. How do we measure progression? You will measure it yourself, by finding certain things easier, by becoming more efficient and effective in your movements, by becoming a fitter and healthier person.
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Letter congratulating Master Sutherland on her promotion to ITF Scotland Presidenthace 461 días
 
Master Sheena Sutherland
President
ITF Scotland

Dear Madam,
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the All Europe Taekwon-do Federation and myself I would like to sincerely congratulate you on being entrusted with the function of President of ITF Scotland.
I wish you much success in your new function and all success in your personal life.

Please send also our sincerely congratulation to other new chosen members of the Board of Directors of ITF Scotland.

Best regards,
Tadeusz Loboda
AETF President
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Thank youhace 532 días
 
Dear Master Sutherland

I am writing to you to thank you and the members of Master Sutherland’s Blackbelt Academies for the funds raised at our Annual Academy Awards that were donated to me towards the costs of the AETF European Championships in Poland. It is a great honour to be selected to represent my country and I take pride in knowing that within the ITF Scotland team I am representing my Instructor and my club.

The support I receive from everyone at the club is very much appreciated and I can only continue to work hard and try to repay that support with success. Once again, I would like to sincerely thank you and every member of the club for the very kind sponsorship I received.

Yours in Taekwon-do





Mark McGeachie
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UKTF British 2008hace 533 días
 
Saturday 14th June, Perth.

A great day with over 350 competitors. Bathgate won 12 golds which just pipped Aberdeen (11) to the overall sheild.:D Below are evreyone who helped win medals for Bathgate;

Bailey Warren-Black, Ellis Shanks, Callum Gray, Louise Burns, Iona Currie, Prentis MacLean, Kieran Doran, Scott Thomson, Amy Wilkinson, Rhys Muirhead, Liam McCombie, Deborah Arnold, Samantha Merrit, Mark McGeachie, Chris Rajek.

Well done to all the competitors. The next competition is in October (ITF Scottish) we hope to take a bus up to the event. Watch this space for details!
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PLANNING ACCEPTEDhace 550 días
 
Full Steam Ahead!!

WLC has approved the MSBA planning application for our new gym in Livingstone.

The new state of the art martial arts academy and education center will be open from this summer!!!

Thanks to everyone who supported the application!!!
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European Championships 2008 POLANDhace 551 días
 
Congratulations to all our competitors in the Euros, everyone was of a very high standard and a special congratulation to Miss Cross who won Gold in sparring and and silver in 4rth degree patterns. Also Miss Samantha Merritt won bronze in junior 2nd degree patterns, her first European championships!!

Well done everybody!!
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Congratulationshace 551 días
 
Master Sutherland

Congratulations on your "recent" promotion to VIII degree Black Belt-


all the best

Rod Johsnon
Vancouver
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