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2025 GTI English Open
| Sunday 9th February: GTI English Open | |
| Venue | Hinckley Leisure Centre, Argents Mead, Hinckley, LE10 1BZ |
| Start time | Doors open 09:00. Tournament starts 09:30. |
| Entry fee | £25 for GTI members; £30 for non-GTI. Spectators FREE! |
| Eligibility | Open to all licenced students graded 9th kup (yellow stripe) and above |
| Events | Patterns Point stop sparring for yellow/green belt juniors Continuous sparring for all other juniors and adults Destruction for blue/red/black belt adults only |
| How to enter | Online entry – ask your instructor for the £5 off code |
| Further info & rules | https://www.gti-taekwondo.com/tournament-rules |
GTI Instructor & Assistant Instructor Qualification Course
Assistant Instructor Qualification: Open to Red belts (2nd kup) aged 16+ or Blue belts (4th kup) aged 18+.
Instructor Qualification: Open to Dan grades aged 18+.
The course is broken down into two parts.
The first part is about learning the theory of teaching and how to maximise the learning of the student, including:
• The Do’s & Don’ts of teaching.
• How to teach difficult techniques in a simple way.
• Health & Safety.
• Risk Assessments.
• Teaching Children.
• Making each class an enjoyable experience.
• Plus much, much, more.
• How to teach difficult techniques in a simple way.
• Health & Safety.
• Risk Assessments.
• Teaching Children.
• Making each class an enjoyable experience.
• Plus much, much, more.
The second part of the course is about putting the theories into practice with Master Bhadeshia providing different techniques and ways to deliver the lessons to achieve better results.
Drinks will be available, but please bring along a packed lunch. You will also require your dobok & belt, safety equipment, and a pen and paper.
If you’d like to attend, please ask your Instructor for an application form.
Cost: GTI members £120. Non-GTI £170.
If taking as a refresher course, or for current qualified assistant instructors now wishing to take the instructor qualification, there is a nominal charge of £30.
Tutor: Master Bhadeshia, 7th Dan
2024 GTI North West Open
| Sunday 17th March: GTI North West Open | |
| Venue | Greenbank Sports Academy, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool, L17 1AG |
| Start time | Doors open 09:00. Tournament starts 09:30. |
| Entry fee | £25. Spectators FREE! |
| Eligibility | Open to all licenced students |
| Events | Patterns Sparring Tag team sparring (juniors only; 3-person team; register and pay on the day £15) |
| How to enter | Entry forms will be available in class, or download here. Deadline: Wednesday 13th March. |
| Further info & rules | https://www.gti-taekwondo.com/tournament-rules |
2021 ITC Southern Open: Results
Well done to our tournament team on another successful competition! 5 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medals were won at the ITC Southern Open last weekend! 
Well done to everyone who took part. And thanks to Connor for stepping up to coach.
RESULTS: 2021 ITC Southern Open
| Olly Gargan | BRONZE Sparring SILVER Patterns |
| Arya Kadar | SILVER Sparring |
| Owen Gargan | GOLD Sparring |
| Athika Kadar | GOLD Sparring GOLD Patterns |
| Callum Edwards | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring |
| Sandra Baldwin | SILVER Point Sparring SILVER Continuous Sparring |
2021 GTI British Open: Results
Great results from our team at the GTI British Open! Our 10 students won 11 medals: 7 gold, 3 silver & 1 bronze!
Well done to everyone who took part. There were some really tough fights and we’re really proud of how everyone performed. Well done, team!
RESULTS: 2021 GTI British Open
| Olly Gargan | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns |
| Nikola Kliza | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring |
| Athika Kadar | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
| Alan Johnson | GOLD Sparring GOLD Patterns |
| Harry Newstead | SILVER Sparring |
| Callum Edwards | GOLD Patterns |
| Sandra Baldwin | SILVER Sparring |
2020 PUMA International Open: Results
The 2020 PUMA International Open was held in Swindon on 8th February. It was a tough competition, but all seven of our fighters made it to the podium for medals. The final haul was 11 medals: 1 gold, 4 silver & 6 bronze!
Well done, everyone!
Thank you to everyone who helped with coaching and supporting the team!
RESULTS: 2020 PUMA International Open
| Alan Johnson | BRONZE Patterns |
| Athika Kadar | SILVER Patterns |
| Callum Edwards | BRONZE Patterns BRONZE Sparring |
| Connor Murphy | BRONZE Patterns |
| Nikola Kliza | BRONZE Patterns SILVER Sparring |
| Olly Gargan | SILVER Sparring SILVER Patterns |
| Owen Gargan | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
2020 GTI English Open: Results
The 2020 GTI English Open was held in Cheltenham on 26th January. Our Tournament Team got the year off to a great start, with our seven fighters winning seven medals: 6 gold and 1 bronze!
Well done, team!
Congratulations also to Callum Edwards and Stef Davies, who were awarded the GTI Black Belt Competitor of Year trophies for the 2018-19 tournament season. Eight awards are presented each season, and we’re proud to see four of these go to our club members this year! Callum won awards for Boys Patterns and Boys Sparring; while Stef won awards for Ladies Patterns and Ladies Sparring.
Thank you to everyone who helped with officiating, coaching and supporting!
RESULTS: 2020 GTI English Open
| Athika Kadar | GOLD Sparring |
| Callum Edwards | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring |
| Connor Murphy | GOLD Sparring |
| Olly Gargan | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
| Ryan Davies | GOLD Sparring |
2019 World ITF Taekwondo Championships: Results
The 2019 World ITF Taekwondo Championships were held in Wishaw, Scotland, from 1st to 3rd November. Eight North West Spirit Taekwondo fighters took part, and we’re proud to say that every one of them won a medal. Not only that, but seven of them are coming home as World Champions!
Our 8 fighters won 19 medals: 11 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze!
The overall GTI England team won 29 medals: 14 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze.
Well done to the whole GTI team on their success! The atmosphere at the competition was fantastic and the GTI team spirit was incredible!
Massive thanks to all our coaches & supporters, including everyone who supported our team’s fundraising efforts in the run up to the event. It’s the teamwork that makes the dream work!
RESULTS: 2019 World ITF Taekwondo Championships
| Owen Gargan | GOLD Sparring GOLD Special Technique GOLD Team Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
| Nikola Kliza | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns |
| Kaden Springer | GOLD Sparring GOLD Team Sparing |
| Alan Johnson | GOLD Sparring |
| Callum Edwards | GOLD Sparring GOLD Team Sparring |
| Connor Murphy | GOLD Team Sparring SILVER Sparring |
| Sandra Baldwin | SILVER Team Sparring BRONZE Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
| Stef Davies | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns SILVER Team Sparring |
2019 GTI National Open: Results
The 2019 GTI National Open was held in Cheltenham on 22nd September. Seven of our North West Spirit Taekwondo fighters competed against some tough opposition, and they all did us proud!
Our 7 fighters won 9 medals: 6 gold and 3 bronze!
Special congratulations to brothers Owen and Olly Gargan, who both fought extremely well to take gold in their junior sparring divisions.
Thank you to everyone who helped with coaching and supporting our team!
RESULTS: 2019 GTI National Open
| Athika Kadar | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
| Callum Edwards | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring |
| Connor Murphy | BRONZE Sparring |
| Olly Gargan | GOLD Sparring |
| Owen Gargan | GOLD Sparring |
| Stef Davies | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |