120-plus Taekwondo students + 14 Taekwondo clubs + 9 6-8th Dan Black Belt Instructors = an EPIC Day of Taekwondo!

It’s superb hearing stories from our members and the reasons why they do Taekwondo. In this feature we have an update from a recent event organised by Phoenix Taekwondo in Didcot, Oxfordshire.

Taekwondo is best practised together, and it is always fantastic to see athletes from different clubs train as a group exchanging ideas and aligning best practices. On Sunday 24th September, Phoenix Taekwondo hosted a Dan Grade Black Belt Seminar in Oxfordshire, organised by Phoenix brothers Chris and Russell Pearson. The seminar was led by an alliance of clubs and attracted over 120 participants, from 14 clubs across the length and breadth of the UK from Oxford to London, across Lincolnshire and up through Nottingham to Yorkshire!

Phoenix Taekwondo Dan Grade Black Belt Seminar in Oxfordshire, 24th September 2023

The seminar was conducted by 8th Dan Black Belts Grand Master Ian Lennox (Kang Han) and Grand Master Alan Steeper (Boston) with a team of supporting 6th Dan Black Belt Masters Chris Pearson (Phoenix), Jamie Tuxford, Darrell Carrington (Kang Han), Matt Fox, Kimberley Stancer (Boston), Guy Chatel (Carlton Arena) and Paul Timms (Spartans).

Phoenix Taekwondo Dan Grade Black Belt Seminar in Oxfordshire, 24th September 2023

The 4-hour seminar covered all aspects of the 2023 Winter Dan Grading Examination, a British Taekwondo sanctioned event, to be hosted by Phoenix Taekwondo in Oxfordshire on Sunday 19th November (open to all British Taekwondo clubs). Students worked in detail on Poomsae, set-sparring and kicking, self-defence and destruction, allowing everyone to understand the requirements and content for the Winter Grading Examination.

Phoenix Taekwondo Dan Grade Black Belt Seminar in Oxfordshire, 24th September 2023

This was a fantastic day allowing students from so many clubs to work together, learning and improving their techniques and making new friends in Taekwondo!

You can find out more about the club on the Phoenix Taekwondo website and Facebook Page.

The page with information about the Dan Promotion can be found here.

Photos: Submitted.

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