http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk A Professional ITF style Tae Kwon-Do School Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:56:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk/2010/03/04/tkd-and-kkb-grading-mon-29th-march/ 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 ... http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk/2010/01/12/2009-annual-awards-evening-6th-march-2010/ 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 ... http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk/2009/12/31/wka-kickboxing-course-tournament/ [caption id="attachment_316" align="alignleft" width="188" caption="Mr Boydell, Mr Collins, Mr McNairn"][/caption] 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 ... http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk/2009/12/30/mr-gary-collins-promoted-to-iv-degree-sabum/ Master Thompson will be visiting Montrose KKB on Sunday 13th December for a coloured belt grading. After that,  everyone is cordially invited to join us for a Chinese meal in the Shanghai Restaurant in Montrose Town Centre at 8pm. The cost per head is £15. No doubt the festivities will continue after the meal...we have ... http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk/2009/12/08/xmas-new-year-schedule/ [caption id="attachment_294" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Montrose Medal Winners"][/caption] Last Sunday Montrose School Of Taekwon-do travelled to Glasgow to compete in the 2009 TKD Scotland Invitational Championships, held at Bellahouston Sports Centre. Taekwon-do schools from all over Scotland and England were present and the level of competition was very high. Montrose entered a ... http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk/2009/11/03/montrose-tkd-success-in-glasgow/ Mr Boydell has kindly extended an invitation to all Montrose Instructors and Students to join him at his School's Xmas Night Out.  Anyone who attended last years event will remember having a great time, so please make the effort to come along. Details are below. Taekwon-Do Christmas Night Out 2009 Saturday 5th ... http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk/2009/10/30/xmas-night-out-invitation-5th-december/ Master Sutherland hosted a seminar on Sunday 18th October at her new Livingston Dojang. Mr Cheil Rombout Vl Degree, Dutch National Coach, was invited to take the seminar, focussing on dynamic sparring techniques, drills and exercises. Mr McNairn, Ms Brisco and Stuart Hamilton represented Montrose Academy and had a great time. Mr ... http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk/2009/10/14/mr-cheil-rombout-vl-seminar-sun-18th-october/ Master Hutton VII Deg (left) pictured with Master Gordon Wallace VII Deg. On behalf of Montrose School of TaeKwon-Do, I would like to warmly congratulate Master Mark Hutton, on his promotion to VIIth Degree Master, achieved at the recent International Instructors Course in Benidorm, Spain on Saturday 26th September 2009. Master Hutton ... http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk/2009/10/01/master-mark-hutton-vii-degree-promotion/ On Sunday 13th September Montrose TaeKwon-Do and Korean Kickboxing students travelled to Livingston to compete in the 2nd Coloured Belt Open Championship, hosted by Master Sutherland 7th Degree. The competition was open to junior and senior TKD and KKB students affiliated to the United Kingdom TKD Federation UKTF and is ... http://davidmcnairnblackbeltacademy.co.uk/2009/09/22/sep-2009-coloured-belt-competition/