Following today’s GTI Black Belt Grading, we’re extremely proud to present our club’s newest Black Belts!
Olly Gargan, 1st Dan Eloise Williams, 1st Dan Nikola Kliza, 1st Dan Nicole Murphy, 1st Dan Connor Murphy, 3rd Dan.
Each of them has worked incredibly hard in the run up to the grading, putting in lots of work in class and at home, training hard to improve their weaker areas, and digging deep to conquer their fears and self-doubt. It was a tough journey, but you made it! Now the hard work begins again…
Massive congratulations to you all. Very well deserved. You’ve done your club proud!
We’re proud to have had a team representing the club today at the Rotterdam Taekwondo Cup!
This was the first international tournament for many of our fighters, and we’re proud of them all for stepping up and rising to the challenge!
Despite some tough competition, our team will bring home 3 silver and 11 bronze medals.
Well done to each of our competitors, including Kal, for getting onto the mats, gaining valuable experience and representing our little club on the world stage.
Thanks to everyone who made it happen, especially our coaches Connor, Callum and Nicole, who took care of all the organising as well as looking after the fighters. Thank you to Jan Merritt for doing an excellent job of fundraising for the trip. And thanks to everyone who supported the team, either in person or from home!
A fantastic day for the team today at the GTI North West Open in Liverpool!
We had a big team of 30 competitors and they did us proud, as usual! They all gave 100% and came away with 39 medals: 17 gold, 11 silver & 11 bronze!
Well done to Dominik, who sparred really well but just missed out on a medal; and to Ben for a really good effort in patterns at his first ever competition.
A special mention also goes to Francis, who was competing for the first time and fought really well to take bronze in sparring. One to watch!
Thanks to everyone who helped out today with setting up, organising and running the event. Well done to all our competitors and a big thank you to our coaches and our awesome cheering squad. What a team!
A successful day in Stoke! We had a team of 5 students taking part in the PUMA Northern Championships today, and they bagged 12 medals: 6 gold, 3 silver & 3 bronze!
Well done, all! Awesome results!
RESULTS: 2025 PUMA Northern Championships
Kal Merritt
GOLD Tag Sparring GOLD High Kick GOLD Spartan Combat SILVER Competition Drills BRONZE Patterns
Nikola Kliza
GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns
Jay Connolly
SILVER Sparring
Rod Hizmeri
BRONZE Sparring
Callum Edwards
GOLD Patterns GOLD Hand Destruction SILVER Sparring
Our team attended the OMA British Championships in Deeside today and brought home a massive haul of 39 medals: 14 gold, 10 silver & 15 bronze!
Special congrats to Ewan and Luca who were competing for the first time. Great work, lads
Huge thanks to our coaches for looking after the team and to our awesome cheering squad for their support! Thanks to One Martial Arts for another great event
We had 15 students competing in Liverpool as well as one student (Callum) competing at the GMS Championships in Motherwell, and we’re pleased to report that everyone won a medal!
The total haul from all 16 competitors was 27 medals: 14 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze!
Our team made an excellent start to the year’s tournaments at the 2025 GTI English Open!
We had 18 students taking part and, regardless of any medals won, they all pushed themselves, worked hard, and did the club proud! The total haul was 19 medals: 12 gold, 3 silver & 4 bronze!
Well done to Eoin, Kal and Olly K for a great effort in patterns and sparring. No medals this time, but lots of valuable experience gained.
We also had two Black Belt Competitor of the Year trophies awarded to Owen (Boys Sparring) and Stef (Ladies Sparring) for the 2023-24 season
Overall, an awesome day out for the team! We’re so proud of everyone who took part. Thank you to everyone who came along to support and cheered us on to victory!
We’ll be taking a break for a couple of weeks over Christmas and the new year. We hope you all have a lovely, restful time; and return ready to smash your goals in 2025!
