Radford Taekwon-Do

🥋🔥 UK ITF South East Region — What a Performance! 🔥🥋

Four of our Radford Taekwon‑Do students stepped up at the UK ITF South East Regional Championships yesterday — and they absolutely delivered.

Tough rounds. Big heart. Real progress.
They showed determination in both Patterns and Sparring, representing themselves, Radford Taekwon‑Do and Gassor’s Taekwon‑Do Wales with pride.

🏅 Results

• Billy — Bronze Patterns 🥉 Silver Sparring 🥈
• Finley — Bronze Patterns 🥉 Silver Sparring 🥈
• Noah — Bronze Sparring 🥉
• Sylvee — Silver Patterns 🥈 Gold Sparring 🥇

So proud of how far they’ve come — stronger, sharper, better every tournament.

🥋🔥 South East Open Championships — Let’s Go Team! 🔥🥋

Best wishes to Billy, Finley, Noah, and Sylvee as they step onto the mats today to represent at the South East Open Championships.
Your hard work, focus, and spirit have brought you here — now it’s time to show what you’re made of.

Perseverance
Passion
Power
Pride

Go out there and give everything you’ve got. We’re all behind you 👊🔥

22.07.2027 - 25.07.2027 🥋🥊

Huge congratulations to the 13 Radford Taekwon-Do students that graded, and earned their new belts today.
You all showed your Taekwondo-Do techniques to a fantastic standard we are very proud of you, not just for today but for the hard work that you continue to@put into your training.
A further mention to Ariadne, Kirie and Adwaith who were awarded A passes during the grading, for standing out in your sections.
Wear those new belts with pride.

Good luck to the Radford Taekwon-Do students who are grading today.

If you use the 5 tenets during the grading you can’t go far wrong.

🥋🔥 British Taekwon‑Do Championships — What a Day! 🔥🥋

Yesterday, 6 of our incredible students stepped onto the mats at the British Taekwon‑Do Championships in Worcester, representing — and they rose to the challenge with courage, focus, and true Taekwon‑Do spirit.

For some, it was their first ever tournament.
For others, it meant adapting to a new environment with unfamiliar rules.
But every single one of them showed heart, discipline, and determination.

And their results speak for themselves:

• 1 Gold Medal 🥇
• 1 Silver Medal 🥈
• 4 Bronze Medals 🥉

As I was umpiring throughout the day, I didn’t get to watch all of their performances — but the feedback from the other coaches was outstanding. Their conduct, courtesy, and competitive spirit truly stood out.

This tournament gave them valuable experience, and we’ll be taking everything learned straight into the next event in just a few weeks.

So proud of every one of them.
This is what progress looks like. This is Radford Taekwon‑Do. 👊🔥

🇬🇧🥋 BTC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 🥋🇬🇧

What a fantastic day for Gassor's Taekwon-Do Wales as 28 students proudly represented our clubs and the UK ITF at the British Taekwon-Do Council (BTC) Championships 2026.

Together, Gassor's achieved an incredible 39 medals! 👏

They won:

🥇 10 Gold medals
🥈 14 Silver medals
🥉 15 Bronze medals

Whilst we are incredibly proud of these results, what made us proudest wasn't the medal tally itself, it was the way our students represented themselves, their teammates, their clubs, and the UK ITF throughout the day. From the youngest competitors to the most experienced, we saw courage, determination, focus, sportsmanship, respect, resilience, and a genuine willingness to challenge themselves and step outside their comfort zones.

Many of our students were experiencing new competition formats, including Team Patterns, Tag Team Sparring, and Point Stop Sparring. It was wonderful to watch them embrace these challenges with confidence, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude.

Perhaps most importantly, we saw progress. We saw students who have worked hard to overcome previous disappointments return stronger and more confident. We saw competitors trusting their training, applying lessons they have learned, and demonstrating significant improvements in both performance and self-belief.

We also saw teammates encouraging one another, celebrating each other's successes, and supporting one another through the challenges. Those moments are every bit as important as the medals themselves and reflect the values we strive to develop within our clubs.

To those who didn't come home with a medal this time, please remember that competition success is about far more than standing on the podium. Every competition provides valuable experience, lessons, and opportunities for growth. As we always say, we never lose, we learn. We look forward to seeing you take those lessons forward and continue your journey with even greater confidence and determination.

A huge thank you to our coaches, instructors, parents, families, and supporters, whose hard work and dedication helped make the day such a success.

Thank you to everyone involved in organising and running the BTC Championships. From the officials, umpires, event staff, volunteers, and organisers behind the scenes, to those working on the day itself, your efforts helped create a great competition experience for competitors from many different clubs and Taekwon-Do organisations.

Most importantly, thank you to our students. Whether you came home with a medal, a personal achievement, a valuable lesson, or simply memories of a fantastic day, you should be incredibly proud of yourselves. You represented Gassor's Taekwon-Do Wales and the UK ITF with pride, professionalism, humility, and respect, and you did yourselves, your families, and your clubs proud.

The future is looking very bright indeed, and we are already looking forward to the UK ITF South East Regional Championships in two weeks' time.

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