On Friday 14th November 2025 Inverclyde Cho’s Tae Kwon Do held its annual black-belt grading at our new TKD Hall in Saint Margaret’s Church 67 Finch Rd Greenock, PA16 7DE. the grading was overseen by Master Charles Boyle 7th degree black-belt and Academy Chief Instructor.
Four students graded for black-belt on the day, from 2nd degree to 1st degree Black/belt and all were successful on the night.
All students have been training intensely since January and have also undertaken 3 pre-grading’s in the previous 2 months leading up to the grading, All to prepare themselves for the gruelling 3 1/2 hour grading.
Students also had to undertake a teaching schedule to enable them to enter the black/belt ranks within AIMAA.
The night started off with a twenty min warm up, leading into all patterns, basic and advanced line work, sparring then on to pad work, sparring, 2v’s 1 sparring and then self defence.
All students were on the floor for about 3 hours with only short breaks from time to time to take on fluids. Students were also tested on their knowledge of Tae Kwon-Do and had to submit a 1000 word essay which was then passed to Grandmaster Hee Il Cho 9th degree and president and founder of AIMAA, who also had the final say on weather or not the students had passed.
Student promoted where:
Ms Abagail Pollock promoted to 3rd degree,
Mr Jaxon Boyle promoted to 2nd degree,
Mr Sean Bryceland, Mrs Carolyn Pollock promoted to 1st degree.
would like to thank Mr Logan Boyle for helping out with testing on the night.
If you are interested in learning traditional Tae Kwon Do, please contact Master Boyle at our new TKD Hall at Saint Margaret’s Church, 67 Finch Rd Greenock, PA16 7DE.
Classes are held from ages 6 years upwards, Tuesday and Fridays nights. Upon your first visit, you will receive a week’s free trial under the tutorage of Master Boyle and his instructors, all who have accumulated over 70+ years of experience between them. Spaces are limited and some classes are full, so please get in contact if you are interested. or pop in on Tuesday or Friday nights any time between 6pm to 7pm junior class and 7pm to 8pm senior classes.
in photo from left to right is Mr Jaxon Boyle, Mr Sean Bryceland, Master Boyle, Mrs Carolyn Pollock and Miss Abigail Pollock.
