On behalf of the ITF Scotland Board of Directors, we are pleased to announce the opening of applications for the following Standing Committees for the term 2025–2026: We encourage interested candidates to review the attached …
THANK YOU The ITF Scotland Board of Directors, along with the ITF Scotland members would like to express our deepest gratitude to the incredible individuals who served on the ITFS Standing Committees over the 2023-2024 …
Dear Grand Masters, Masters and Instructors, We are pleased to announce that the ITF Scotland Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday, 23rd February 2025, from 12:00 noon to 3:00 PM, at the Mercure Perth Hotel, West Mill …
Martial Arts promotions have extended an invite to all ITF Scotland members to participatre in their upcoming Scottish Cup competition. For more information please contact the organisers directly: info@martialartspromotions.com To register click here
Dear ITF Scotland Members, I hope this email finds you well and thriving in your respective clubs. As part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all our members, we are …
The Board of Directors wish to notify the membership that Mr. Christopher Dickson tendered his resignation from the position of Board Member on 1st August 2022. This was confirmed by the board at a minuted meeting on 14th August 2022.
The Board of Directors would like to express our thanks and gratitude to Mr. Dickson for his input and work during his tenure on the board, and wish him every success in his future endeavours.
The organisers of the North Lanarkshire Open (NLO), have extended an invitation to attend their event which will be held on Saturday the 10th of September, in Motherwell, Scotland.
This competition is open to all grades in the following categories;
Under 7 years
8-10 years
11-13 years
14-17 years
18-35 years
36 years +
There will also be a separate division for those with Additional Support Needs.
Below you will find the official invitation to this event.
Should you have any queries, please contact the organising committee directly: info@gmacmartialarts.co.uk
I-Kick Martial Arts have extended an invite to a Sparring Seminar they are hosting on Sunday 28th of August.
This seminar will work on all aspects of Sparring and will be taken by one of Scotlands most decorated International Competitors of the last decade – Miss Katrina Carr (III Degree).
Miss Car has held multiple titles and accolades over her international career including;
World Champion
World Cup Champion
5x European Champion
Multiple British Champion
Multiple Scottish Champion
This seminar is open to those who are aged 10 years and above.
If you wish to participate in the seminar, please contact Mr Ross Penman: info@i-kickmartialarts.co.uk
The ITF Scotland Board of Directors are now inviting applications for the following Standing Committee’s for the term 2022 – 2024:
The Technical & Instruction Committee (TIC)
The Tournament Committee (TC)
The Umpire Committee (UC)
Full details of each of the committee’s remit can be found in the appendix attached.
All applications must be emailed to secretarygeneral@itfscotland.com no later than 31st August 2022, this email should contain your CV as well as covering letter.
An interview will be arranged with members of ITF Scotland board for all applicants shortly after the closing date.
On behalf of the ITF Scotland Board we look forward to receiving your applications and wish the chosen candidates every success in carrying out their respective roles.
The ITF Scotland are currently looking to fill the vacant positions within the National Team Staff as noted below:
Head Pattern Coach
Head Pre-Arranged Sparring Coach
Interested persons are invited to apply by 31st August, attaching a covering letter, and CV to secretarygeneral@itfscotland.com. Applicants will then be invited for an interview shortly afterward.
Following on from our success in Croatia, the road to the next European Championships in Romania is on!
The following training and selection dates have been scheduled by the National Team Coaching structure:
Sunday 14th August
Sunday 28th August
Sunday 4th September
Sunday 18th September
Sunday 30th October (Final Selection)
All training and selection dates will be held at Scottish Martial Arts Centre, Alloa
Please note that this will be the first European Championships where Pre-Juniors will be allowed to participate.
Should you wish to be considered for a prestigious place on Scotland’s National Taekwon-do Team, please seek permission from your School Instructor and attend as many training and selection days as possible.
All training and selection days must be pre-booked.
ITF Scotland wish to announce the recent resignation of Mr. Mark Boydell V Degree, from his current role as Head Pattern & Pre-Arranged Sparring Coach of the National Team.
Mr. Boydell has been an integral part of the coaching team in Scotland for the past 12 years, having coached numerous individual competitors and teams over his multiple terms as coach of the national team. During his tenure Mr. Boydell has been at the forefront of Team Pattern competition steering teams to multiple European & World Championships success in both Team Pattern and Pre-Arranged Sparring events. Not forgetting coaching many of his individual competitors to medal success too.
ITF Scotland and it’s board of directors would like to thank Mr. Boydell once again for his endeavours as part of the coaching team, and wish him all the best for the future.
ITF Scotland would like to announce the prestigious promotion of Grand Master Gordon Wallace, who was promoted to 9th Degree by the ITF Grand Masters Promotion Committee on Friday 3rd June 2022.
Grand Master Wallace started his Taekwon-Do career in 1977 in Elgin Scotland, and has dedicated the last 45 years to Taekwon-Do.
Today reaching the pinnacle we all strive towards.
On behalf of ITF Scotland, its Board of Directors and Membership we wish to express our sincere congratulations to Grand Master Gordon Wallace on his recent promotion to Saseong.
ITF Scotland held their first national championships in two years, over the weekend of 21st & 22nd May 2022.
The national event was the first since the end of the pandemic and attracted some 507 athletes from 28 clubs across Scotland and 6 clubs travelling from England to compete at the event in Motherwell.
In advance of the championships ITFS Umpire Committee held two refresher training events for our umpires, the first of their kind. The first was a dedicated Centre Referee training hosted in Aberdeen, with the attendees being put through training by International Umpire’s Master Alexander Dunbar VIII Degree, and Mrs. Jacqui Wallace IV Degree. This event allowed four hours of dedicated match time experience for a small team of 20 Centre Referee’s some of whom had many years of previous experience, as well as a new generation of aspiring Centre Referees.
The second course was held online via Zoom the week prior to the championships, with Grand Master Gordon Wallace IX Degree, head of ITFS Tournament Committee. With 71 attendees covering the rules of the championships as well as the rules of ITF competition, that would be in place for the championships.
Both courses received positive feedback and will be a main stay in advance of future championships.
In preparations for the championships Sportdata was used to facilitate the entries, as well as live at the event, with for the first time in four years, that we had all 6 pattern & sparring rings running electronic scoring systems, as well as laptop recording results over 3 special technique and power rings. This new fully electronic system was managed over the weekend by ITF Scotland’s team of IT specialists; Mr. Craig Rennie I Degree, Mr. Chris Forbes I Degree, and Mr. Keith Graham, who were on hand to keep the system running flawlessly throughout.
Saturday saw the 13 years and under competitors take to mats across 3 disciplines: Pattern, Sparring & Special Technique. This was the first year that coaches were only permitted to be coloured belts, to facilitate a growing competition, and requirement for more experienced umpires. The event finished on the first day around 4pm.
On Sunday it was the turn of competitors aged 14 & over, as well as those with Additional Support Needs. It was encouraging to see the growth in the ASN categories with no less than 7 clubs entering competitors into the divisions.
For the second event in a row, the T & U Committee added an open weight sparring category for black belts aged 14-17 and 18 years plus. These were again received very well, with several highly competitive bouts being played out to have an overall sparring champion.
This year was also the first year there was a split in the Overall medal tables with the addition of an Overall Association, adding to the already Overall Club Title from previous years.
On behalf of ITF Scotland and its Tournament & Umpire Committees, we’d like to thank those Black Belts who gave up their time over the weekend to Umpire, and ensure the event ran as smoothly as it did.
OVERALL CLASSIFICATIONS
Overall results from the event can be found below.
Congratulations to Braveheart Martial Arts Overall Club Champions 2022, and winners of the Mr. Paddy Timoney Memorial Plaque this year.
OVERALL CLUB
1st Place Braveheart Martial Arts 22 Gold, 17 Silver and 9 Bronze
2nd Place MWBA 20 Gold, 18 Silver and 21 Bronze
3rd Place MH Taekwon-Do 13 Gold, 14 Silver and 21 Bronze
OVERALL ASSOCIATION
1st Place GMAC Martial Arts 44 Gold, 40 Silver and 53 Bronze
2nd Place Northern Taekwon-Do Academies 30 Gold, 31 Silver and 30 Bronze
3rd Place TKD Scotland 24 Gold, 25 Silver and 40 Bronze
OVERALL CHAMPIONS
OVERALL ASN <13 yrs CHAMPION
Thomas Reape GMAC Livingston 1 Gold and 1 Silver
OVERALL ASN >14 yrs CHAMPION
Claire Hislop Glasgow East 2 Gold
OVERALL <7 yrs MALE CHAMPION
Nikodem Borciuch GMAC Livingston 2 Gold and 1 Silver
