We had six students competing at the ITFU British Open today, and they all smashed it!

Excellent performances from each of them, despite some tough competition. Everyone came away with a medal, with the total at 4 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze!

Special shout-out to Jay, who was absolutely amazing in the sparring, even though it was his first time sparring at a tournament! He really got stuck in and showed true fighting spirit to win the gold. One to watch…

It was a successful day for our team and for the rest of the GTI fighters, who fought hard and bagged another load of medals 

Well done, everyone!

RESULTS: 2024 ITFU British Open

Congrats to our little team who attended the GTI Junior Open in Cheltenham today! We had 8 students competing and we’re proud of every one of them.

16 medals won: 7 gold, 5 silver & 4 bronze!

Well done to everyone who took part!

Thanks very much to our coaches – Connor, Nicole and Callum – for looking after the team today. And thanks to everyone who came along to support

RESULTS: 2024 GTI Junior Open

The GTI National Squad has been announced for the 2024 World Taekwondo Championships in Croatia this September!

We’re very proud to have nine Liverpool fighters selected to represent England: James, Liam M, Nikola, Eloise, Olly G, Owen, Callum, Connor & Stef.

Congratulations to everyone selected to represent the GTI England team!

The hard work is just beginning…

We feel totally shocked and gutted today after learning of the passing of one of our former students, Philip Zhu.

Phil trained with us as a young lad from around 2011. He was a respectful, talented and dedicated student who always gave 100%, pushing himself and those around him. He earned his 1st Dan Black Belt in April 2015, aged 10; followed by 2nd Dan in October 2016. He was a skilled competitor and a massive part of our taekwondo family. Even though he eventually went on to concentrate on other martial arts, he did pop in once or twice to say hello and it was always a pleasure to see him.

Sending much love to the Zhu family and to Phil’s friends at The Combat Unit, where he trained in recent years.

A great young man, gone too soon

Well done to everyone who took part in the ITF North West Championships today! You all did us proud

It was awesome to see a few first-time competitors joining the team and overcoming their nerves to have a go. Great effort from Kal, Isla, Jay W and Luis at their first comp

It was also a pleasure to watch our students growing in confidence; fighting hard, taking the knocks, but never giving up

We had 28 competitors today and they bagged 36 medals: 16 gold, 14 silver & 6 bronze! Great work, team!

RESULTS: 2024 ITF North West Championships

Well done to all those who graded this month! Everyone passed!

Super-proud coaches here today after a great effort from the team at the GTI North West Open!

We had some first-time competitors and a few students competing in higher divisions after the recent grading; but everyone got stuck in and gave it their best shot.

Our 29 competitors achieved 40 medals: 19 gold, 8 silver & 13 bronze!

Well done also to Jonny, Toby, Ríain & Sandra. They missed out on medals this time, but they all gave performances to be proud of.

Thank you and well done to everyone who helped with officiating and organising the tournament, and to all our coaches and support squad. The dream team!

RESULTS: 2024 GTI North West Open

Our team smashed it again today at the ITC Northern Open in Oldham, with everyone who took part winning at least one medal!

12 competitors. 30 medals! Total haul: 16 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze!

Well done, everyone! Many thanks to the ITC for hosting.

RESULTS: 2024 ITC Northern Open

Our students battled it out in Deeside today (sometimes with the refs as much as with their opponents!) and each of them gave a performance to be proud of! Our team of 20 students won 30 medals: 14 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze!

A big shout-out to Dean and Ríain, who were competing for the first time; and to Owen & Rod, who also took part but missed out on the medals. Great effort, lads

Well done to everyone who stepped up to have a go. You did yourselves and your club proud

Thanks to OMA for running the event and thanks to our awesome support squad

RESULTS: February 2024 OMA Regional Championships

The full list of our most recent Student Award winners
Well done to you all!