ITF Scotland held the first of this years Child Protection Courses at the Scottish Martial Arts Centre in Alloa on Sunday 24th February 2019.

The Introductory Course (Level 1), was presented by Mrs. Angela Barrie, ITFS’s Child Protection & Safeguarding Officer. The morning’s course saw the 36 participants work together in a workshop type format, initially discussing what Safeguarding and Child Protection are, with Mrs. Barrie offering information as to the processes of the Child Protection system in Scotland, and the role that Disclosure Scotland, and the PVG Scheme play in keeping our children safe as well as promoting safe practice within our roles as Taekwon-Do instructors.

The participants were split into small working groups, and given a number of scenarios to discuss, and put forward what should be the best practise in each of those situations. This also gave an opportunity for Mrs. Barrie to answer any questions surrounding current legislation and law.

On conclusion of the course, the participants were issued with their certificates valid for the next two years.

We’d like to thank Mrs. Barrie for her time in presenting todays course, and look forward to the next one in September (date to be confirmed). The next course will cover Safeguarding within Social Media and Internet/Online.

Also thank you to Mr. Paterson and S.M.A.C. for hosting the event.

INVITATION

31st January 2019

Dear ITF Members,

It is with great pleasure that you and your students are invited to the ITF Scottish Championships on 23rd & 24th March 2019, according to the following schedule;

Saturday 23rd March  – 13 years & under (Tots, Cadet & Pre-Junior)

Sunday 24th March – 14 years & over (Junior, Senior & Adv. Senior) and ASN Competitors (All ages)

This competition is open to ITF Taekwon-Do students 10th Kup to 6thDegree.

Please take the time to read the following information.
We look forward to seeing you and your students at the competition.

Yours in Taekwon-Do,

ITF Scotland Tournament & Umpire Committee

Dear Grand Masters, Masters, Instructors, and Taekwon-Do Practitioners,

It is with great pleasure and honour to invite you to the International Umpires Course to be held in Cardiff, Wales on 9th and 10th March 2019.

The IUC will be held from the morning of Saturday 9th March and will be conducted by members of the ITF Umpire Committee.

Master Alberto Katz, VIII Degree – Chairman Master Gordon Wallace, VIII Degree

The IUC is open to all ITF members from 1st Kup to 9th degree. The course is a prerequisite for any umpire who wishes to umpire at the forthcoming ITF World Championships in Inzell, Germany 2019.

Accommodation is available in many hotels in the nearby city centre.
Places on the IUC will be limited so book early to avoid disappointment and to guarantee places.

The Organising Committee comprises:
Mr Neil Ernest, VI Degree Mrs Blanka Ernest Mr Jeff Brider, IV Degree

A reminder the annual general meeting of plaque holders is to be held on Saturday 19th January 2019 @ Perth College UHI, Creiff Road, Perth, PH1 2NX. Start 12 noon.

Plaque holders have been emailed full invite and tentative agenda.

Date: Sunday 24th February 2019

Time: 10am – 1pm

Venue: Scottish Martial Arts Centre, Unit 1A, Block 6, Dumyat Business Park, Bond Street, Tullibody, FK10 2PB

This course is open to 3rd Kup and above aged 16+.

It is an introductory course ran by ITF Scotlands Child Protection & Safeguarding Officer Mrs Angela Barrie.

The course covers an introduction to Child Protection within your Schools & classes, and introduces safety procedures regarding children and vulnerable adults within your classes. The course also looks at how to deal with any situation that may occur, and steps that should be taken to report these.

Participants should wear tracksuit and bring a pen and notebook.

Advance booking required *

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*Please note those who attended the Level 1 Instructor Course January 2018, please contact the secretary general for discount code prior to booking.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

Further to our selections day in September this year, we are now looking to select candidates for our four ‘team pattern’ teams.

This is open to all black belts who will reach the age of 14 prior to the commencement of the tournament 23rd April 2019.  (Whether already attended selections or not).

We would also like any Red/ blackbelt 12/13yrs to attend with the aim of developing the next generation, by having if possible  “understudy teams” who will possibly feed into the future teams. 

The event will be held 
On Sunday 4th November 
1100 – 1300

Mearns Fitness Ltd
Laurencekirk Business Park 1EY, Aberdeen Road, Laurencekirk AB30 1EY

Thankyou
Paul Mullen

Dear Masters/Instructors /Students

On behalf of the Taekwon-Do UK executive, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to attend our Scottish Goodwill Open Championships.  This Taekwon-Do event is open to coloured belt and Black belt competitors and is designed to unite TKD schools through our Martial Art of Taekwon-Do.  These championships are a continuation of our successful International event held at Edinburgh for the previous four years, with a big emphasis on fair play and light contact for competitors especially junior divisions to encourage scoring points rather than causing injury to your respected opponent.

Please note that as this is a goodwill event and we want each division to be as fair as possible, all junior categories will be designed on age, weight and height to keep physical and mental development as even as possible so please fill out entry forms correctly.  Weigh in will commence prior to the sparring division starting.

I very much look forward to your attendance and promise as always I will help in any way that I can to ensure that your competition is a very enjoyable one.  If anyone requires assistance with accommodation, entry forms, travel, party or any other aspect of our Taekwon-Do UK event, then please do not hesitate to contact me direct.

Associations are encouraged to submit referee’s at this event.

Good luck at these 2018 championships

Mr David Condie V

Taekwon-DoUK Director

Tournament Host

DOWNLOADS

Goodwill Invite 2018

Goodwill Individual Entry Form 2018

Goodwill School Entry 2018 (for use by instructors only)

ITF Scotland held an international grading this weekend in Montrose, under the grading panel of Grand Master MacCallum, Master McNairn, Master Campins and Master Blair.

Congratulations to the candidates on their successful promotions:

Mr David Lupton 6th Degree – STA
Mr Christopher Dickson 4th Degree – GMAC
Mrs Kerris Dickson 4th Degree – GMAC

The ITF Scotland National team have just returned from the 33^rd Senior & 24^th Junior European Taekwon-Do Championships 2018, held on the 12–15 April 2018 in the sports hall LUKNA, Mladinska 29, Maribor, Slovenia

The competition was conducted in compliance with the AETF competition rules and the participants competed in the individual and team disciplines of Pattern, Sparring, Special Techniques & Power Test.
The competition was open to Black Belt holders for competitors aged 13 years and above.

Team

The team travelled with 30 competitors, 11 coaches, 1 umpire, 1 IT assistant and 7 supporters. 

Arriving at their hotel for a successful weigh in on the Wednesday morning they then went on to some lite pre competition training at the Barada Centre.

The Event

With an opening ceremony on the Thursday morning, the competitors and spectators were given a display of pre arranged sparring, patterns and contemporary dance, followed by the commencement of the event and the patterns category.

Results

The National team all performed well, scooping up 5 medals in total; (1 Silver, 4 Bronze).  This is testimony to the hard work of team, with 7 competitors also reaching the quarter final stages.

Not all hard work

Following the event, the team had the remainder of the day to relax before returning home, and took in some of the sights the city of Maribor had to offer.

What next

The National coaching team will take a quick breath to plan ahead for the World  Championships in 2019, with the selection process planned to take place in the near future.

The Team would like to thank MIGHTYFIST EUROPE & MIGHTYFIST SCOTLAND, for their support and sponsorship.  This has provided a massive contribition for our members.

Well done to all !!!

Tae Kwon.

Report:  Mr. Paul Mullen I (Team Manager)

2018 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM MEMBERS:

SENIOR FEMALE

Megan Brown, Rheannan Brown, Kartina Carr, Shelby McQuade & Catriona McRoberts

SENIOR MALE

Gilles Brown, Kieran Cain, Michael McRoberts, Jason Munro & Iain O’Hare

JUNIOR FEMALE

Amber Blair, Emma Jane Fraser, Erin Logan, Alex Marshall, Kloe McKay, Lauren McKay, Chiara Mullen, Katie Riddell, Jemma Swinburne, Lara Torrance & Lauren Watson

JUNIOR MALE

Rico Campins, Leon Carlaw, Blair Chisholm, Ian Ford, Jay Jervis, Hayden McAvoy, Zacharia Obike, Robbie Shepherd & Connor Stuart