NP Tae Kwon Do Academy

All cleaned up and ready to go for classes starting back Thursday 4 January.

Grading weekend is done and what a busy weekend it was.

Huge well done to all of our students who have graded over the weekend.

Lots of new belts and 2 newly pre tested candidates for our Black Belt grading in March!

Well done to all of our white belt Little Taeks and Juniors who attended their first grading today. Great to see everyone looking so confident on the mats.

Thank you to Miss Lonie who joined us as an examiner today and to Robynn for looking after all of our beginners.

Individual grading photos will be posted in our club Facebook group.

It’s grading weekend!

Good luck to all of our students who are grading this weekend. You’ve all been training hard and now is your chance to show off everything you have been practicing.

Saturday - Little Taeks & Junior White Belts
Sunday - Little Taeks, Juniors, Blackbelt Pre Test

ITF OPEN BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

Today was our final competition of the year and this time we were a little closer to home in Edinburgh!

We had 6 competitors taking part today over colour belts and black belt divisions.

Medal Tally:

🥇 x1 Gold Medals
🥉 x5 Bronze Medals

Well done everyone 👊🏼

A big thank you to Miss Purves who stepped in to coach today after her divisions were done and our umpires Miss Lonie and Miss Wallace for giving up their time to support the event and our competitors.

Next weekend we have our colour belt gradings to finish off our events for the year.

Bronze for Special Technique and Bronze for Sparring for Robynn.

British Champion

🥇 Power Breaking

Bronze for patterns and sparring for Ms Purves at ITF British Championships 🥉🥉

Morning squad ready to go for British Championships

🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃

Technical seminar and black belt pre test today. Well done to everyone who took part today and great to see our next generation of black belts starting to prepare for their next stage.

Well done to Miss Lonie and Mr Peters who successfully pre tested today for the Black Belt grading that will take place in March 2024!

Finally congratulations to Mr Purves who celebrates 10 years of Elite Martial Arts Centre this month!!

October Break

Classes will be off 16-20 October for half term. We’ll be back on 23 October.

GMS CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

We had a small squad of 4 competitors take part in the Grand Master Sutherlands Martial Arts Championships in Glasgow today.

Good to see some big divisions and the opportunity to compete against some new competitors.

Well done everyone for representing the club.

Medal tally:

🥇 x 3 Gold Medals
🥈 x 3 Silver Medals
🥉 x2 Bronze Medals

📸 If anyone has more photos from the weekend please send them to us.

Thanks to our Chris Johnston for refereeing today and also to coaches Mr Purves & Mrs Purves who coached our team and thank you to our spectators who supported our team all day!

CLAYMORE CUP RESULTS

We had 7 competitors take part in the Claymore Cup at the weekend.

Good to see improvements in our students who gained some valuable experience in new age divisions for some.

Well done everyone for representing the club.

Medal tally:

🥇 x1 Gold Medals
🥈 x3 Silver Medals
🥉 x6 Bronze Medals

📸 If anyone has more photos from the weekend please send them to us.

Thanks to our coaches Mr Purves & Miss Purves who coached our team and thank you to our spectators who supported our team all day!

Anyone interested speak to an instructor as entries will close when they get to 500 competitors.

ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇɢɪꜱᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʟᴜʙ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ʙʀɪᴛɪꜱʜ ɪᴛꜰ ᴛᴀᴇᴋᴡᴏɴ-ᴅᴏ ᴄʜᴀᴍᴘɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘꜱ ?

📆 Saturday 25th November 2023
📌 Meadowbank Sports Centre, 141 London Road, Edinburgh, EH7 6AE

⭐𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣⭐

This years event will be capped at 500 competitors, we therefore encourage you to complete your entries, including umpires & coaches in plenty of time.

https://www.sportdata.org/taekwondo_itf/set-online/veranstaltung_info_main.php?active_menu=calendar&vernr=453

‼️Deadline is 23.59hrs on 10th November, or before if the competitor limit is reached.‼️

🏆Claymore Cup🏆

Good luck to our team competing at the Claymore Cup today in Glasgow.

Thank you to our umpires, coaches and families for supporting our competitors today.

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗕 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗬

We would like to welcome NP Tae Kwon Do Academy to this years Claymore Cup 👏

You can register your club via this link - https://www.sportdata.org/taekwondo_itf/set-online/veranstaltung_info_main.php?active_menu=calendar&vernr=444&ver_info_action=nennhead

Best of luck guys.

After a fantastic start to the World Championships for Miss McNair taking the gold for Junior Female Special technique and comfortably getting through her first round of sparring she unfortunately had to pull out of the rest of the event due to an ankle injury.

Whilst it’s not the campaign she had hoped for its still been a great experience being able to perform at this level with the best in the World.

A European and World title within 6 months is a massive achievement and an amazing takeaway for her first year competing as part of the national squad.

Next up is a lot of rest and rehab to get ready for selections for a spot on the senior team for the 2024 Euros!

After two days of competition Miss Purves has finished her time competing here in Finland.

It’s been an amazing experience for her. Not only has she trained in an underground bunker and carried the flag for her country she has also had the opportunity to compete at the first ever ITF Pre Junior World Championships.

She went out to a strong German opponent in her patterns and in her sparring she went out to a Ukrainian fighter who went on to take silver in her division. She might not have got the results that she would have liked but she has gained a huge amount of experience to take onto her next events.

Well done Miss Purves, we are all very proud of you!

Now for two more days in the stadium cheering on her Scotland team mates. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It’s day 2 and both of our competitors are back on the mats today. Power Breaking for Miss McNair and Sparring for Miss Purves. Good luck to both of you!

📆 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 - 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿

Miss Amy McNair - Junior Female Power Test - Ring 4 - 13:30 (11:30 UK Time) - 2nd up

Miss Reese Purves - Pre Junior Female

Day 1 podium photos for Miss McNair 🥇

🏆🏆 ITF WORLD CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE SPECIAL TECHNIQUE 🏆🏆

Miss Amy McNair

It’s almost time for the opening ceremony and the team are ready to go. The attached link has all details for streaming any of the rings from home.

📆 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 - 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
Miss Reese Purves - Scotland Flag Bearer - Opening Ceremony- 08:30 (06:30 UK Time)

Miss Reese Purves - Pre Junior 1st degree Patterns - Ring 2 - 10:00 (08:00 UK Time) - 5th up

Miss Amy McNair - Junior Female Special Technique - Ring 3 - 10:00 (08:00 UK Time) - 10th up

Miss Amy McNair - Junior Female

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The team are all weighed in and ready to go for the ITF World Championships 2023 I which start tomorrow morning with opening ceremony

The ladies will be competing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and all the details are below. We will keep you updated with links all week and remember once our competitors are finished you can still support the rest of the team from home!

📆 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 - 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
Miss Reese Purves - Pre Junior 1st degree Patterns - Ring 2 - 10:00 (08:00 UK Time) - 5th up

Miss Amy McNair - Junior Female Special Technique - Ring 3 - 10:00 (08:00 UK Time) - 10th up

Miss Amy McNair - Junior Female

First training day for the Scotland team and the venue was in an old bunker in the side of a hill. Great space and Scotland team are looking ready for the event.

Weigh in tomorrow and more training before the competition starts on Wednesday.

The training is done and the bags are packed and it’s almost time to join the rest of the ITF Scotland National Team.

Huge thank you to everyone who has supported the team in the lead up to the event.
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‼ NO PARKING or TURNING ‼

Another reminder for all students and parents that use of the car park next to the studio to park or turn in is prohibited. This is a private car park belonging to Malcolm Jack & Matheson Solicitors & Estate Agents and their customers only.

There is plenty of parking in the Walmer Drive car park at the bottom of the hill. Please advise any relatives who also do the drop off and collection.

We appreciate your co-operation.

With only days go until the squad leave for the ITF World Championships in Tampere, Finland we will be introducing the members of the team who will be at the event next week.

Next up we have Robynn who really just wanted a picture like everyone else! Robynn will be our head cheerleader at the event and is really excited to see Miss Purves and Miss McNair compete along with the rest of the national team that she has got to know at events as competitors, coaches and umpires.

She will be cheering on the whole team, but we know her favourite part will be the team sparring!

With only days go until the squad leave for the ITF World Championships in Tampere, Finland we will be introducing the members of the team who will be at the event next week.

Next up we have Mrs Louise Purves, V Degree. Mrs Purves is no stranger to international events and will be responsible for managing our social media throughout the event. Regular updates will be posted on how the team are progressing and sharing the timetables for each of our athletes.

Mrs Purves is the driving force behind most of the event planning for the club and has also been supporting the squad in the run up to the event.

Look out for her updates over the course of the week!

With only days go until the squad leave for the ITF World Championships in Tampere, Finland we will be introducing the members of the team who will be at the event next week.

Next up we have Miss Reese Purves, I Degree. Miss Purves is one of the newest members of the ITF Scotland National Team having been selected to compete as a Pre Junior.

She will be competing next Wednesday and Thursday representing Scotland in both patterns and sparring. Miss Purves has taken her training really seriously this summer and been attending extra classes, national team training and her own fitness work.

She is excited to be part of the Scotland team and we wish her all the success at the event next week!

With only days go until the squad leave for the ITF World Championships in Tampere, Finland we will be introducing the members of the team who will be at the event next week.

Next up we have Miss Amy McNair, II Degree. This is the second time this year Miss McNair has been part of the ITF Scotland National Team having competed at the European Championships in Romania earlier this year where she took Gold for special technique.

This is one of Miss McNair’s final competitions in the juniors however being selected for patterns, sparring, special technique and power breaking she is looking to to make the most of this event.

Miss McNair has worked hard following the Romania campaign in classes, national team training, extra sessions in addition to her own fitness work.

We wish her all the success at the event next week!

With only days go until the squad leave for the ITF World Championships in Tampere, Finland we will be introducing the members of the team who will be at the event next week.

First up we have Mr Nik Purves, VI Degree. Mr Purves will be coaching our team at the event. As the senior instructor of the club he has been working hard over the past months with our competitors in preparation for the event.

With 28 years of competing and more recently coaching Mr Purves is looking forward to to working with our competitors in Finland in their attempt to win a World title.

Mr Purves, Miss McNair and Miss Purves getting some more good luck messages. Thank you Bannatyne Health Club & Spa Dunfermline.

Our Fitness Adviser & Personal Trainer Nik will be heading to Finland this weekend as a coach for the ITF World Championships in Tampere, Finland. Having first competed with Scotland on his back in 1995 at the World Championships in Sardinia, Nik has travelled to many international Taekwon-Do events both as a competitor and more recently as a coach.

This time Nik will be joined by two of his students, his daughter Reese who is a 1st Degree black belt and her classmate Amy who is a 2nd Degree black belt. Both of the girls have trained hard since selections earlier this year both with Nik and the National Team and are now all set for the big event.

Bannatynes would like to wish Nik and his team all the success in Finland! If you are looking to achieve sports related goals or just improve your general fitness then speak to Nik about a fitness review or personal training options.

Summer grading today and well done to all of our students who took part today and got to show off everything they have been learning in class.

Big thank you to Miss Purves for supporting todays grading and keeping things running throughout the day!

Individual grading photos can be found on the club group.

Great write up in the Dunfermline Press following Miss McNair’s success at the ITF European Championships in Romania earlier this year.

Next up she will be flying off to Finland with Miss Purves to the ITF World Championships in September!

Taekwon-Do star Amy enjoys European glory She's set to compete at the World Championships after her success.

Our summer grading weekend kicked off last night with some of our Kickboxing students working towards their new belts. Well done to everyone who took part!

Next up we have our Taekwondo-Do grading on Sunday.

Great opportunity for some of our students last weekend to train and compete in front of Grand Master Bos.

He attended the North Lanarkshire open at the weekend where we has a squad competing and then hosted a seminar on Sunday where some of our team has the opportunity to learn from him along with other students from across Scotland.

🥋 Student Spotlight 🥋

Meet Grace (age 10), who has been training with us since she was age 5.

Grace trains in our junior TaeKwon-Do class at Bannatynes and is currently a green belt. Over the years we have seen Grace’s confidence grow and as a senior in her class she is an excellent role model for the newer / younger students.

Her favourite parts of Taekwon-Do are patterns and kicking and after competing at our club competition last year she is hoping to get into more competing.

Keep up the great work Grace!

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Well done to our small squad that took part at the North Lanarkshire Open - Taekwon-Do Championships today!

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