David McNairn Black Belt Academy

MONDAY ‘FIGHT NIGHTs’

stuarthamilton — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:00:51 +0000

Monday night saw the first Fight Night being held in Mr McNairn’s class. Students from Montrose, Hillside, Bervie and Stonehaven took part and a lot of sweat was spilled on the night.

Until further notice, the 1st Monday of every month will be a ‘Fight Night’. Hosted by Mr McNairn, Mr Boydell and Mr Ingram, senior TKD and KKB students will get to concentrate on improving sparring training and techniques with students from other schools. Fight Nights are open to all grades currently training with a Senior class.

The location and time of the Fight Night will be advised nearer the time by your Instructor, in time for transport to be arranged if not being held in your regular place of training. It is hoped that the class will be 2hrs duration from 7pm - 9pm.

SUMMER TRAINING SCHEDULE

stuarthamilton — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:45:30 +0000

Montrose TKD & KKB Senior Class training will continue over the holiday period at the normal times. Mr Boydell lV Degree will be instructing a Junior class in the sports centre on Mondays at 6pm, and Montrose students are welcome. For Juniors only, Wednesday training is cancelled for the summer holiday period and will re-commence August 18th to coincide with the school holidays ending.

2010 ITF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - SWEDEN

stuarthamilton — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:57:42 +0000

Some Of Scotland Team & Guest

This years European Championships were held in Skovde, Sweden from Friday 30th April - Sunday 2nd May.
There were 23 people competing in the team events which were Pattern, Sparring, Power and Special Technique.
In addition to the team events, there were also individual events entered by some of our competitors.

The Championships were a huge success for Team Scotland who returned with a total of 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 7 Bronze Medals.

Gold	Senior Female Team		Team Power
Silver	Gillian MacIlvaney	(GMAC)	Ind Senior Female +70Kg Sparring
Bronze	Senior Male Team		Team Pattern
Bronze	Junior Female Team		Team Pattern
Bronze	Junior Female Team		Team Sparring
Bronze	Sarah Farren		Ind Junior Female Power Test
Bronze	Alexander Gray		Ind Junior Male -63kg Sparring
Bronze	Ian O’Hare	(UKTF)	Ind Junior Male -58kg Sparring
Bronze	Gilles Brown	(UKTF)	Ind Junior Male +70kg Sparring

MONTROSE TKD IS OFFICIALLY ACE !!

stuarthamilton — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:14:24 +0000

MONTROSE TKD ATTAIN ‘ACE’ GOLD AWARD

On Monday 22nd March, Mr McNairn formally announced that Montrose TKD had attained the GOLD AWARD for Angus Sports Council’s ACE Scheme. ACE means ‘Angus Club Excellence’, and is only awarded to schools or clubs which offer the highest level of coaching for their students.

More news on this exciting development to follow shortly!

ITF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FUNDRAISING EVENT

stuarthamilton — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:11:15 +0000

SHOP TILL YOU DROP !!

Some of you may be aware now that Mr Boydell, Miss Boydell and Mr Spark have been chosen to represent Scotland in the forthcoming European Championships in Sweden from 28th April - 3rd May. Mr Boydell and Mr Spark will be competing in senior and junior Team Patterns, Team Sparring and Team Board Breaking while Mrs Boydell is competing in Ladies Team Patterns.

Unfortunately there is no funding for them to attend this event so they have to raise the money themselves. They are writing to ask some companies if they would sponsor us, but in case this approach is unsuccessful, they have decided to have a fundraiser shopping event to try and raise funds to attend. They have to pay for our flights, accommodation, transport in Sweden and the competition fees and it has been adding up rather quickly!!!

On Sunday 18th April from 12:00 - 2:00 they are holding a shopping event at the Burgh Hall in Inverbervie. There will be a number of stalls including, Thistle Kids, Partylite, Phoenix Cards, Crystal Nail Files, Jewellery stands, Hats, Handbags and Accessories, Virgin Vie etc. etc. It is hoped to have 12-15 different stalls. There will also be a raffle, tombola and a couple of other stalls to try your luck. There will be tea and coffee served as well so you can put your feet up after enjoying a spot of shopping under one roof!

Please put this worthy event in your diary and do your best to support Mr & Miss Boydell and Mr Spark to represent Scotland. If anyone has any other ideas on how to raise funds please let Stuart or Colette know.

Mr Boydell’s Tots Competition - 28th March

stuarthamilton — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:51:39 +0000

Held at Inverbervie Sports Centre. Doors open at 1pm, probably starting at 1:30pm (est time of finish 4pm ish). Competition entry fee is £10 and spectators will be £2 over 16 yrs, £1 over 5yrs and all younger children are free. All participants will receive a medal at the start of the event.

There are 3 events - Body Armour Sparring (body armour provided)

- Memory Test

- Board Breaking

Mr Boydell expects to have over 60 competitors which will be split into three groups based on height and run a round robin.

Body Armour Sparring - 1 min of point sparring with contact only to the body armour, 1 point for punch, 2 for a kick, no warnings.

Board Breaking - Left & Right leg Front snap kick, students choose which board they want to try for each leg - 1 point for white board, 2 points for yellow and so on! The student with the most points wins gold, and so on. If tied then those students will go again until there is a Gold, Silver & Bronze (just 1 bronze).

Memory - Like sparring two students will compete against each other in a duel, back to back! A sequence of numbers will be called out, each number relates to a certain technique. They have to perform the techniques in the correct order starting with 3 numbers. If both students are correct they are recalled to the start and given an additional number and so on until 1 student forgets. The winner advances into the next round.

Numbers and Techniques are:

1 - Walking Ready Stance

2 - Walking Stance Punch

3 - Front Snap Kick, land in L-stance Guarding Block

4 - Walking Stance Rising Block

The emphasis is on memory, not how they perform the technique!

We hope to see you there! Also any blackbelts or senior coloured belts who would like to gain some umpire experience in a more relaxed fun atmosphere would be more than welcome. Umpires should be dressed as normal, trousers, white shirt and tie. Anyone interested in competing or Umpiring please contact Stuart or Miss Brisco at training.

TKD And KKB Grading - Mon 29th March

stuarthamilton — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:56:06 +0000

Montrose & Forfar Schools are holding a coloured belt grading in Montrose Sports Centre on Monday 29th March. Only students who have been advised by their Instructors will be grading. The grading session will begin at 7pm, but there may be access to a hall from 6pm for students to practice or warm up.

Master Thompson 7th Degree will be attending to carry out a KKB grading. Start time is as normal ie 8:30pm. Once again, only students previously notified will be grading.

2009 ANNUAL AWARDS EVENING

stuarthamilton — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:08:47 +0000

Once again Mr McNairn and Mr Boydell are please to announce that there will be a joint Awards Dinner and Dance, to recognise and celebrate everyone’s achievements through 2009. This will be on Friday February 26th 2010 in the Links Hotel Montrose www.linkshotel.com . Tickets will be on sale soon, so contact any of the Black Belts to pre-book your place(s). The Hotel is offering a special deal on overnight stays, with a reduced rate of £60 per room (breakfast included) available to anyone who is interested on a first come first served basis. More details will follow once firmed up.

Can everyone please make a note of the date in their busy calendars/diaries, and dust off their formal dress ie Kilts, Suits and Evening/Cocktail dresses. If it is as good as last year’s night we should have a great time!!

WKA Kickboxing Course & Tournament

stuarthamilton — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:11:19 +0000

WKA is hosting a combined Course & Squad Training seminar in Edinburgh on 24th January 2010. This is a good opportunity for anyone who wishes to get experience of refereeing martial arts sparring, and also for some extra training with martial artists from various disciplines.

WKA are also hosting a World Championship Qualifying Tournament on 7th February 2010. Both TKD and KKB students are eligible to participate. Montrose has attended several of these tournaments in the past few years and they always provide a challenge, as well as some fun!

Anyone wishing to participate in either of the events contact Stuart on any training night. Transport arrangements will be made nearer the time when numbers are confirmed.

Mr GARY COLLINS PROMOTED TO IV DEGREE SABUM

stuarthamilton — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:55:03 +0000

Mr Boydell, Mr Collins, Mr McNairn

When Mr Gary Collins began his journey in TKD, little did he know it would turn out to be such an international journey. He joined the Houston Self Defence Academy in January 1997, and began training under the guidance of Master Hanh Dzuy Nguyen. Mr Collins earned an ITF 1st Degree Black Belt on June 3rd 2000, an ITF 2nd Degree Black Belt on June 2nd 2002, and an ITF 3rd Degree Black Belt on June 4th 2005. All these promotions were attained in Houston, Texas under Grand Master Van Binh, Master Hanh Dzuy Nguyen, and Master Loc Pham. On April 15th 2007 he earned an International Instructor’s Certification.

After re-location to Stavanger, Norway, Mr Collins began training with Mr David McNairn, with the ultimate goal of achieving his promotion to IV Degree Sabum. After many months of hard training, sweat and effort, Mr Collins travelled to Scotland to sit his Sabum grading. On December 6th 2009, Mr McNairn and Mr Collins travelled to the Livingston Dojang of Master Sutherland VIII. There he was examined by Master Sutherland VIII Degree, Master Thompson VII Degree and Master Denis VII Degree.

After the excitement and stress of the grading, Mr Collins returned to Montrose to await the deliberation of the grading panel. At training on the Monday evening, Mr McNairn was delighted to announce to the class that Mr Collins had successfully passed, and was promoted to IV Degree Sabum. To celebrate the event, Mr Collins was presented with his Sabum Dobok and Belt by Mr McNairn on behalf of himself and the Montrose TKD Academy. After he changed into his Sabum dobock, Mr Collins was subjected to the customary ritual of performing one of his grading patterns in front of the class….just when he thought he was safe!! Mr Collins’ final duty was to sit on the grading panel for the 1st Kup examination later that evening, and finally he could relax.!

Mr and Mrs McNairn, Mr Boydell and all the students of Montrose Academy would like to warmly congratulate Mr Collins on his promotion to IV Degree Sabum, and are rightly proud of their small contribution to his fantastic achievement.