Master Boyle and Mr Derrick with students whom sat black/belt
On Saturday 2nd December Inverclyde Cho’s Tae Kwon Do held its annual black-belt grading at 11a Kerr Hall George Square Greenock and was overseen by Master Charles Boyle 6th degree black-belt and Academy Chief Instructor with Senior Student Mr Ross Derrick 3rd degree assisted on the day.
three students grading for black-belt on the day, but only two students were successful.
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 grueling 4 1/2 hour grading.
Students also had to undertake a teaching schedule to enable them to enter the blackbelt ranks within AIMAA.
The morning started off with a twenty min warm up, leading into all patterns, basic and advanced line work, sparring then on to pad work, self-defence, 3v’s1 sparring, 2v’s 1 sparring and 2v’s1 self-defence, and then on to breaking boards.
The morning started off with a twenty min warm up, leading into all patterns, basic and advanced line work, sparring then on to pad work, self-defence, 3v’s1 sparring, 2v’s 1 sparring and 2v’s1 self-defence, and then on to breaking boards.
All students were on the floor for about 4 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.
If you are interested in learning traditional Tae Kwon Do, please contact Master Boyle at his full time studio: Inverclyde Cho’s Tae Kwon Do, 11a George Square, Greenock, PA15 1PQ
Classes are held from ages 3½ upwards, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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.
in photo from left to right is Jason Harvey, Aiden Bradley, Master Boyle, Thomas Collins, Rebecca Foley and Mr Derrick.
You can visit the webpage at Inverclyde-Taekwondo.com or contact via phone:
Master Boyle ~ 07901828863
Mrs Boyle ~ 07908715883.