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GMSTKD CALENDAR

COLOUR BELT GRADING

SUNDAY 3^rd NOVEMBER 2024

RODWAY HALL SCOUT HUT, REDLAND ROAD, MALVERN WR14 1LY

Purchase from:-

https://www.gmstkd.co.uk/shop#!/products/colourbelt-grading-11th-august-2024

GRADING TIMES

09.00 – 09.45 10^th Kup White Belt grading to 9^th Kup Yellow Tag; 9^th Kup Yellow Tag grading to 8^th Kup Yellow Belt

10.00 – 11.00 8^th Kup Yellow Belt grading to 7^th Kup Green Tag; 7^th Kup Green Tag Grading to 6^th Kup Green Belt

11.15 – 12.15 6^th Kup Green Belt grading to 5^th Kup Blue Tag; 5^th Kup Blue Tag grading to 4^th Kup Blue Belt

13.00 – 14.00 4^th Kup Blue Belt grading to 3^rd Kup Red Tag; 3^rd Kup Red Tag grading to 2^nd Kup Red Belt

14.15 – 16.00 2^nd Kup Red Belt grading to 1^st Kup Black Tag; 1^st Kup Black Tag grading to 1^st Degree Black Belt

GTI British Open Championships 2024

Sunday 1st December

Please register using the following link to Kihapp

https://www.kihapp.com/

It is £30 to enter the tournaments, payable when registering using Kihapp. Please consider entering both pattern AND sparring categories. The entrance fee covers both. CMAA membership does not include event insurance we will need to pay a £5 surcharge on the day which will provide insurance at GTI events for twelve months. Clearly if you have paid for insurance in September then you do not need to pay again.

SPECTATORS ARE FREE!

Please look at the tournament rules before competing:-

https://www.gti-taekwondo.com/tournament-rules

VENUE

Cheltenham Leisure Centre (Leisure at Cheltenham), Tommy Taylor Lane, Cheltenham GL50 4RN

DOORS OPEN AT 9.00 FOR A PROMPT 9.30 START AND THE TOURNAMENT IS USUALLY (BUT NOT ALWAYS) FINISHED BY 5.00 PM.

THE RETURN OF SPAR DAY

BY OVERWHELMING POPULAR DEMAND!

FROM AND INCLUDING 1st OF JULY SPAR DAY RETURNS TO MALVERN CUBE. THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH WILL MEAN THAT THE MATTS COME OUT AND ALL STUDENTS ARE ENTITLED TO A FULL TWO HOUR SPARRING CLASS, 7.00 PM - 9.00 PM. ALTHOUGH NOT ESSENTIAL IT IS ADVISED THAT ALL STUDENTS PURCHASE SPARRING KIT FROM THE CLUB SHOP. IT IS A CLUB RULE THAT ALL SPARRING KIT IS PURCHASED FROM OUT CLUB SHOP.

FEMALE SPARRING KIT: https://www.gmstkd.co.uk/shop#!/products/sparring-equipment-female

MALE SPARRING KIT: https://www.gmstkd.co.uk/shop#!/products/sparring-protective-equipment

CHANGE OF CLASS TIMES

FROM AND INCLUDING 26th OF JUNE

CLASS AT MATHON PARISH HALL WILL BEGIN AT 6.30 PM AND FINISH AT 8.00 PM. THE FIRST HOUR OF THE CLASS WILL CONSIST OF MAINLY SYLLABUS WORK AND THE FINAL OPTIONAL HALF HOUR WILL BE SPARRING.

WEARING OF GMSTKD COOL TRAINING T-SHIRTS IN CLASS

FROM (AND INCLUDING) MONDAY 3rd JUNE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO WEAR THEIR WHITE COOL TRAINING TEE-SHIRTS AVAILABLE FROM THE CLUB SHOP. THIS WILL BE ACCEPTABLE ATIRE UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST IF THE WEATHER WARRANTS IT SO PLEASE WEAR THE TEE-SHIRTS ONLY IF WARRANTED.

THIS IS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE DOBUK TUNIC. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT ALL ITEMS OF UNIFORM MUST BE PURCHASED THROUGH THE ONLINE CLUB SHOP.

OF COURSE DAN GRADE INSTRUCTORS AND CADET LEADERS ARE PERMITTED TO WEAR THEIR BLACK CLUB T-SHIRTS AS PURCASED FROM THE ONLINE CLUB SHOP.