BTC Championships Sep19
Master Boyle & students from Championships
On Sunday 22nd September Inverclyde Cho’s Tae Kwon Do Scotland traveled to England Worcester University Arena to take part in the British Tae Kwon Do Championships 2019. This was hosted by BTC (British Tae Kwon Do Council) this competition was all different Tae Kwon Do federation coming together with 750 competitors from all over UK attended to make it a great event on the day.
other students Miss Stephanie Turner, Miss Rebecca Foley, Abigail Pollock, Brandon Matznick and Mrs Carolyn Pollock. all did great on the day.
A.I.M.A.A. Ireland Camp 2019
Next was a very technical boxing class from Mr John Darcy. The class covered footwork for setups, distance management and combination drills. I know from experience that Mr Darcy has a wealth of knowledge in boxing.
Ms Katrina Kenny was on next with very effective kicking seminar. Mrs Kenny covered drills for point, continuous and full contact fighting and offered explanations on which would work in the different systems.
Day one came to an end and campers could then explore the many attractions that Drumshanbo has to offer including water sports, horse riding, canal cruises, hiking, biking or if camp had taken its toll then the town offered an array of cafes and coffee shops.
Day two started with self defence from Mr Aeneas O’Connor showing the effectiveness of short powerful movements to vital areas of the attacker while making distance and scanning the area for escape.
Mr Paul Healy was next and showed some Jiu Jitsu movements. He tried to take things down a notch and show the flowing aspect of the art.
Next up was the boss, Master John Darcy and as always he put on a show second to none. Covering the basics, the camp had done a full circle from its starting point with Mr Long. Showing perhaps that we start with the basics, we go through different phases and systems but always return to what works… the basics. Master Darcy was on fire as he commanded us through various footwork drills and strikes directly from Grandmasters arsenal delivered with speed and accuracy. His class finished with grueling three minute partner drills and with the Master pushing us he ensured each student was fully spent before bringing the seminar and the 2019 AIMAA European Summer camp to a close..
4th A.I.M.A.A. Scottish Tae Kwon Do Championships 2019
This yearly event seen 160 competitors take to the floor from 3 country’s and 5 different Associations, in the disciplines of Patterns, Point Sparring and Continuous Sparring in over 78 division.
Our local students also managed to hold on to a massive 6 Scottish titles on the day, with another 9 silvers and 9 bronze, collecting a total of 24 medals on the day.
Patterns winners were:
2nd Place Winners: Owen Harvey
3rd Place Winners: Abigail Pollock.
Points Sparring Winners were:
1st Place: Arlene McIlwee, Noah Laverty and Eirenn Larkin.
2nd Place: Holly Larkin, Liam Laughlan, Adam Engleby, Abigail Pollock and Rebecca Foley.
3rd Place: Carolyn Pollock,Jason Harvey, Stephanie Turner, Gillian Collins and Jason Cox.
Continuous Sparring Winners were:
1st Place: Noah Laverty, Liam Laughlan and Adam Engleby.
2nd Place: Rebecca Foley, Stephanie Turner and Gillian Collins.
3rd Place: Declan McGhee, Arlene McIlwee and Jason Cox.
A special thanks goes to Mrs Rowe, Miss Engleby, Mrs Laughlan, Miss Fyfe, Mr McCallum, Miss McCallum, Mrs Pollock, Miss Pollock and Mr Cox for helping set up and help things run smoothly on the day, Also thanks to all Black belt students for helping out on the day.
Master and Mrs Boyle would like to thank everyone who took part and helped out at this great event. Win or loose on the day you all done fantastic.
Inverclyde Cho’s Club/Comp/Awards 2019
On Sunday 3rd March 2019 Inverclyde Cho’s Tae Kwon Do Scotland held its annual club competition / awards. The competition was held at our full time studio at 11a George Square Greenock, Master & Mrs Boyle run this family Tkd school with over 60 years experience between them.
Blackbelt grading in AIMAA HQ Hawaii 18th Nov18
On the 11th November Master & Mrs Boyle along with another 16 members of Inverclyde Cho’s Tae kwon-Do took the long trip to Honolulu Hawaii to Aimaa headquarters to train with Grand Master Hee Il Cho
Invercylde Cho’s Black belt Grading 3rd November 18
On Saturday 3rd November Inverclyde Cho’s Tae Kwon Do held its annual black-belt grading at our full time studio 11a Kerr Hall George Square Greenock. and was overseen by Master Charles Boyle 6th degree black-belt and Academy Chief Instructor with Senior Students Mrs Boyle 4th degree and Mr Ross Derrick 3rd degree assisted on the day.
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.
Master Darcy Seminar 4th Nov 18
The seminar was organized by Mr & Mrs. Belgacem from Hamilton, and we would like to thank them for the invite to train with the legend instructor Master John Darcy, Over 160 students took part on the day.
The seminar was over two different classes one for junior kids and then senior students and black belts and their was students from white belt to 5th Degree black belt taking part in this great seminar.
Master & Mrs Boyle train at there full Time studio Inverclyde Cho’s Tae Kwon Do at 11a George Square Greenock PA15 1PQ
Inter-club Competition 7th Oct 2018
On Sunday 7th October Inverclyde Cho’s Tae Kwon Do Scotland held its 2nd inter-club Competition at it full time studio at 11a George Square Greenock, Master & Mrs Boyle run this family run Tkd school with over 70 years experience between them.
Master Boyle Family of Cho’s Tae Kwon Do
A MARTIAL arts black belt master from Greenock gets a real kick out of his sport — by training his whole family in Tae Kwon-Do.
Charles Boyle — or ‘Cha’ to those who know him — has his wife, two sons and brother hooked on the Korean foot and fist discipline.
The 6th dan black belt specialist has run Inverclyde Cho’s Tae Kwon-Do school for the last 25 years and takes special pride in making it a family affair.
He joked: “It’s great that my wife and sons are into it as well — well they didn’t have much choice really!”
Charles, 50, added: “But they all really enjoy it and get so much out of it.”
His wife, Gillian, 44, is a fourth dan black belt, son Logan, 13, a first dan, as is Charles’s brother David. His other son, Jaxon, is well on his way to achieving the accolade and is currently an orange belt.
His wife, Gillian, 44, is a fourth dan black belt, son Logan, 13, a first dan, as is Charles’s brother David. His other son, Jaxon, is well on his way to achieving the accolade and is currently an orange belt.
Charles took up the sport in 1984 and has graded for Grand Master Cho in Hawaii, as well as moving through the grades at camps in Arizona, Florida and Ireland.
He said: “There was Kung Fu and Karate back then but I wasn’t interested.
“When Tae Kwon-Do came I went along and I liked it a lot.
“My wife got into it after two years with me, and the boys got into it because mum and dad were doing it.”
Charles added: “I started the club 25 years ago and hundreds of people have gone through it, including 56 black belts
“I get real enjoyment from teaching and seeing people come through and I’ve made many friends through it.”
The family are making the trip to Hawaii in November for Logan to go for his second dan black belt in front of Grand Master Cho, who is still practising the martial art at the age of 78.
Charles said: “It’ll be a big thing for Logan but I’m sure he’ll come through just fine. It’ll be a nice holiday for us as well.”
You can fins out more about the local school by logging on to www.inverclydetaekwondo.com