We have the pleasure in inviting you and your students to our second competition of the year; the GTI National Open at the Wycombe Sports Centre in High Wycombe on Sunday 1st July February.Please see the poster for costs and venue details.

As well as the normal point-stop and continuous sparring categories, patterns, board breaking, and high jumping front kick competition, there will also be a Veterans division which is being trialled at this event.

The 2011-2012 Black Belt Competitor of the Year Awards will also be presented at this tournament.

Entry forms have been amended to include the Veterans category. Please ensure competitors complete an individual entry form (G10) and then transfer their details to the block entry (G8). (NB. Instructors should retain the individual G10 forms for 14 days after the event)

Closing date for entries is Wednesday 27th June.
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FORMS
All Competitors, download and fill in the Individual Competition Entry Form then hand the completed entry forms to your school instructor
GTI Instructors - please collect all your student entries and then download and fill in the G8 GTI Competition Block Entry Form.
Non-GTI Schools - please collect all your student entries and then download and fill in the Non GTI Competition Block Entry Form

Postal entries (Instructor cheques only please): Mr. S. McGinley, 4 Woodcrest, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury SY3 5EU - Tel: 07963 065229
Email entries (Please attach forms when emailing with payment made on the door): tournaments©gti-taekwondo.com]

Also

• Previous GTI Newsletters uploaded see downloads section
  

With over £500 already raised for Sport Relief 2012 and much more sponsorship pledged, this year's GTI Cornish Tae Kwon-Do Championships has been a resounding success.

Martial artists from GTI Camborne, Newquay and Truro competed in this friendly competition to raise funds for Sport Relief 2012. The competition included a number of different aspects of Tae Kwon-Do training, traditional patterns, where students performed the set forms of Tae Kwon-Do, team patterns, with students performing patterns in teams of three, free sparring, which is controlled Tae Kwon-Do fighting, highest jumping kick and destruction, with adults breaking boards with various hand strikes and kicking techniques. Exactly one hundred medals were awarded on the day, with Truro Tae Kwon-Do Academy winning the Cornish Schools Shield for the third year in a row.
Click HERE to see lots more pictures
Click HERE to see the GTI Cornwall youtube video channel


Also
more rare footage of GTI Vice chairman Master Tony Sewell

On Saturday 24 March, GTI Team Coach, Jasper Chow, took a few GTI members to compete in a Scotland Tournament in Glasgow. Some members drove 800+ miles over the weekend. New GTI squad jackets produced for the members, who have been attending squad training were available to show off on the day. All members met up the evening before for dinner and epic jokes (imagine Stuart King and groin guard) Lots of fun and bonding was had by all during this truly epic adventure.

To be a member of the GTI squad or to join them or their adventure, please contact your instructor or Team Coach, Mr. Jasper Chow, jasper©gti-taekwondo.com
A few more pictures can be seen HERE


and for a bit of fun with GTI Instructor Simon Nguyen (Derby)

THIS ENDED OCCURRED IN THE PAST PLEASE CLICK HERE AND HERE TO READ OR POST COMMENTS
Click here for PICTURES
Click here for RESULTS

We have pleasure in inviting you and your students to our first competition of the year; the GTI English Open Championships in Cheltenham on Sunday 19th February. This will be held at the Leisure @ Cheltenham Sports Centre which has both cafeteria and swimming pool facilities. Please click the above poster for cost and venue details.
Download and print poster for your school noticeboards


As normal there will be both point-stop and continuous sparring categories, patterns, board breaking, and high jumping front kick competition. This is also the last event for the Black Belt Competitor of the Year hopefuls to gain points for the 2011/12 awards.

To Take Part:
Download and fill in the Individual Competition Entry Form then hand the completed entry forms to your school instructor

GTI Instructors - please collect all your student entries and then download and fill in the G8 GTI Competition Block Entry Form.
Non-GTI Schools - please collect all your student entries and then download and fill in the Non GTI Competition Block Entry Form

Sent all to:
Postal entries (Instructor cheques only please): Mr. S. McGinley, 4 Woodcrest, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury SY3 5EU - Tel: 07963 065229
Email entries (Please attach forms when emailing with payment made on the door): tournaments©gti-taekwondo.com
(NB. Instructors should retain the G10 forms for 14 days after the event)
Closing date for entries is Wednesday 15th Feb.

Also:

• 12 Febuary - The GTI has re-activated it's Twitter account. Follow us @GlobalTaekwon. It will have lots and lots of fun tweets hopefully daily
  
• 8 Febuary - A new GTI school, called FIST Taekwondo starts on 1st of March at Richmond Pensioners Community Centre, Overend Road, Whitehaven. Classes start at 6.30 on Tuesday and Thursday contact Nigel Fouracre on 07595159342. The GTI wishes him good luck and our full support.
  
  
  
  
• 5 Febuary - Mrs Sarah Burgess has returned to her former role as Treasurer of the GTI. We thank her for her support.
  
• 22 January - Photos from January 2012 Squad Training added
  
• 16 January - Updated Instructor's Enquiry page
  
• 15 January - Click here for what we think is A Guide to what the belt colours truly represent
• 14 January - Website colour theme temporarily changed, simply just for a change, old colour back in a week.