October 2023 Blackbelt Seminar & Grading

Danielle Williams • October 8, 2023

Congratulations to Adam Ehsan I Dan!

BTF students lined up at the Blackbelt seminar

On Sunday 1st October we travelled to Newport in Wales for the BTF Blackbelt Training & Grading with BTF President Grandmaster Wayne Brown IX.  Five members of Nuneaton TKD took part in a full day of training with Grandmaster Brown: covering all Patterns from Chon Ji to Tong Il, the complete system of sparring and correct applications of techniques.


After the training, Adam Ehsan the presented alongside 9 other candidates and was successful in his promotion to 1st Dan.  Congratulations to Adam who has trained exceptionally hard in the run up to his grading.


Also in attendance at the seminar from Nuneaton were Mrs Violeta Harlow V, Miss Danielle Williams V, Miss Natalie Williams IV and Mr Billy Iyalla III.


Thank you to Mr John Tovey and Mr Gary Luce for hosting a great event.

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