is it warm? Have you practised your Bong in the Garden?

here are some ideas to practice

https://youtu.be/ENqMy1BU2-Y

or

https://youtu.be/gm5D8TS3mNY

Grange Park will start back in September

You will be sad to hear Master Crocker will be away but Master Moodie will be in attendance for on of his high tempo classes. Wear a T-Shirt plain white or blue or a club shirt as it is forecast to be warm.

Why not share this message? We will be looking for new starters all summer. It is a great time to get off the sofa and start something new. Classes are always smaller and easy to walk into. Talk to you friends and family we really would like to fill the classes with new starters in the Autumn. If you need any advertising leaflets to hand to anyone speak to your instructor we usually carry them.

Master Mckenna would love to see you bright and bushy tailed ready for another Master class.

Remember there is no Collingham Classes due to the refurbishment of the hall.

Mr Inglis is running this class please make every effort to attend and support him.

Master Walker will be waiting for you at St Andrews Church, Roundhay. Why not bring a friend along to class? Or better still see if there is a parent or relative who wants to train.

Practise outside - wear sun cream!

Did you know Master Walker ran a mini kicking seminar at the pre-grading class in March? Having trained in another Martial Art - Taekwondo - he has a breadth of experience in Korean martial arts.

Did you know that Taekwondo split from Tang Soo Do and up until the 1960s there was hardly any difference between the two.

Tae Kwon Do came about when the Koreans decided that what they were practising was too "Japanese" and even the names for their arts, Tang Soo Do and Kong Soo Do ("empty hand way") were just Korean transliterations of "Karate-Do." Therefore, they founded a 'new' art, Tae Soo Do (later renamed Taekwon-Do) and created new forms, the Chang-Hon forms. Then Gen. Choi, Hon-Hi fell out of political favour, fled the country and took the ITF with him. Back in Korea they founded the Kukkiwon in 1972 and the WTF in 1973 to serve as the technical headquarters and centre for the sport of Taekwondo, respectively. They created the Palgwe (which were judged to be too "Japanese" also) and then Taeguk forms. The rules for the sport were changed to favour foot techniques to differentiate it from Karate and also to try to bring back some of the concepts from Taekkyon, an older Korean Martial art from which Tae Kwon Do took its name.

Grange Park suspended until September.

This has got to be the best class this week? Or is Master Crocker in charge of these messages?

Did you know that Master Crocker was a control and restraint / self defence trainer? He trained with Sensei (Japanese word) Brian Eustace 10th Dan. You can learn about Taiho Jutsu here