Wednesday, 19 December 2012

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE


   
Lowestoft Kuk Sool Won
Christmas / New Year Class Schedule

Last Class of the year – Saturday 22nd Dec

First Class of the New Year  - Monday 7th January  (Usual times)

Please note that there is No Change to our training venue at the present time - all classes will remain at
Waterlane Sports Centre until further notice.

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Halesworth Kuk Sool Won
         Christmas / New Year Class Schedule
Last Class of the year – Saturday 22nd Dec

First Class of the New Year  - Tuesday 8th January  (Usual times)


We would like to wish all Students, Family & Friends a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

HALESWORTH GRADING Results -December 2012



YELLOW STRIPE
ELLIE WILLIAMSON
KATE CAMERON

YELLOW BELT
ALEX GRIFFIN

BLUE STRIPE

ALYSHA BUCKNOR
EDGAR READER
EMILY GEORGE
REGGIE NEALE
DOMINIC SUTTON
CONNOR GRANT

BLUE BELT

TED HURREN
MASON COLE

RED STRIPE
HENRY PARKER-DAY

RED BELT
EMMA WILLIAMSON
FRED FISHER

BROWN STRIPE
JACOB McCAUGHAN
PAULA HALES

BROWN BELT
REUBEN FARRINGTON
ED ROGERS
MARCUS WING
MEGAN ROBERTSON
TED WOOLNOUGH
BEN McCARTNEY
THOMAS BARTLETT

1st BLACK STRIPE

SALLY RUNNACLES
ALEX SCRIVEN

1 Extra BLACK STRIPE

RAEF MAUNDER
PERCY WHINNEY
JOSIE PRETTY
KAI BUCKNOR
JOSHUA BELCHER
THOMAS WHITE
ELIOT DUCKSBURY
BRYON MAYHEW
HUGO MINTA
TOBIAS SCRIVEN
LUCUS COUGHLAN
JOSHUA MANN      
LUKE DOYLE
JOSHUA SCRIVEN
CORY STURMAN


Preparation for 2nd Dahn
EDDIE HOCKEN
CAMERON FULLERTON

Grading Results - Lowestoft


YELLOW STRIPE
FELIX BARRIBALL
FRANCES FAIRS

YELLOW BELT
SAM RIVERS
KIAN DREW 
RUBY CLEMENTS
KELSEY BRINDED
DIANE BOAKES
MIKAYLA BURLINGHAM
 
BLUE STRIPE
VAUGHAN BECKHAM
ABENI BECKHAM
CHRISTIAN BOAKES
LUCY O’LEARY
EVIE JEFFERIES
RACHEL BARBER

BLUE BELT
KIA VAN-KOOK 
JOSHUA DI VINCENZO

RED STRIPE
THOMAS SAUNDERS
JEAN TINGEY
ALFIE HAYES
PETER HILL

RED BELT
LUCA DINGEC
CORY CHAPMAN
DAVID FOWDEN
JILL PEYRY
ALICIA ALLAWAY
McKENZIE KIRK
  
BROWN BELT
MAEVE COTTER
GENE MIDDLEMASS
ELLIE DUNN
LEAH MERRIDALE
ADAM HORTON
GEMMA BUSKELL
STUART BUSKELL
BETH COOPER
DANNY O’LEARY

1ST BLACK STRIPE
DYLAN KEEVIL

2nd BLACK  STRIPE
ALEX PAYNE 
BOBBY SOANES
MELISSA COOPER
WILL JEFFERIES

3rd BLACK STRIPE 
JAKE DUNN
FREYA EASY

ADDITIONAL BLACK STRIPES 
WAYNE TINGEY
AIDAN COTTER
EIMER COTTER
JACK JEFFERIES
HENRY CHURCH
DAVY SHARPE    
OAKLEY NOBLE
JOE MERRIDALE
JOSEPH GALLAGHER
CHARLOTTE COLVIN
LEWIS HARRISON
ETHAN LANGHLAND
JAMES BROWN
SHANNON HARRISON
FREJA BOUNDS
ANYA BOAGS
BEN HARDING
STEVEN HARRISON
JONATHAN PASQUETTE
LUDO PEYRY
ALEX GRAHAM
TRACY MERRIDALE
SUZIE ANGELUS

Friday, 7 December 2012

Children In Need


A sponsored “board‐breaking” session for Children In Need was held in November. 
 The total amount raised was £1410.
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this worthy cause.



Sunday, 2 December 2012

Junior Black Belt Leadership Programme


Three Junior students have successfully completed all the requirements to become recognised as Junior Black Belt leaders at the Lowestoft Kuk Sool School.

1st degree Black Belts; Shay Jordan, Dion Thompson and Cordell Thompson, all completed seven theoretical assignments, as well as over one hundred hours of practical learning experience.  

Master Martin Ducker who designed the ‘Leadership programme’, said that all three junior students had shown a considerable amount of commitment and dedication in completing the course and that they should feel very proud and pleased with themselves.


                JKN's Shay Jordan, Dion Thompson, Cordell Thompson

Thursday, 29 November 2012

News From The Dojang (Nov.2012)


November has been another busy month for the Halesworth & Lowestoft Kuk Sool Schools with several important events taking place, which included national gradings, competitions and fundraising events.

First of all, congratulations to Wayne Sharpe, and Amii Errington in obtaining their 1st degree black belts. Also another very noteworthy achievement goes to Instructor Stephen Runnacles, who was successful in gaining his third degree Black Belt.

There was also further success on the mat at this year’s UK Kuk Sool Championships, which were held in Liverpool on November 24th.

The Halesworth & Lowestoft Kuk Sool team consisted of seven participants; Chris Rogers, Alison Rogers, Emma Williamson, Stuart Buskell, Gemma Buskell, Jean Tingey & Wayne Tingey.

Overall a total of twenty-one medals were collected, including eight gold medals.

Stop Press * - "Children In Need" total money raised to be published soon!







Friday, 5 October 2012

Sword Cutting



Kuk Sool sword cutting technique is a skill that requires many years of practice, starting off with a wooden sword and then moving onto the metal bladed weapons. Eventually a high grade practitioner (around 4th degree black belt) will be allowed to use a live blade. Great care and attention is needed when performing 'cutting' and should only be done under the  watchful eye of an experienced Master Instructor. 
In Kuk Sool all types of cutting techniques are practiced equally in order to make the swordsman’s skill complete. The swordsman places great emphasis on the sound that their blade makes as they slice through the air. A thin, sharp sound indicates that the blade is correctly to deliver maximum power. If the sound is ‘fluttery’ and heavy, the sword practitioner knows the angle is incorrect or the speed is to slow.  
The basic cutting techniques of Korean sword practice include: straight down chopping actions; angular cuts, both up and down; horizontal slices; and straight forward or backward pokes. The type of cut employed depends on the swordsman’s position in relation to the target. For example, since the opponent’s neck is a relatively small and high target, to reach it effectively requires an upper angle cut. A straight horizontal cut to a target as high as the neck wouldn’t be as effective.


Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Blast From The Past

Although tournaments are still an important feature for the Halesworth & Lowestoft Kuk Sool School's they don't happen to be our main point of focus anymore. However, let us not totally forget our history and the success we achieved during the late 90's and early 2000's. The fact is that the Lowestoft KSW School were eight time successive winners of the flag, beating some fairly tough opposition back in those days.

Lowestoft Kuk Sool Black Belt Competition Winners - 2003
Today, relatively speaking we do have a less competitive attitude toward tournaments then we used to, but it's not to say that our students cannot still enjoy the competitive spirit that the WKSA Championships can bring.

Overall, as its often said - it's not the winning or losing that counts, but the taking part.

Thursday, 23 August 2012

Congratulations to PSBN Matthew Ball

Congratulations to PSBN Matthew Ball who last year graduated from the The Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Most recently he was promoted to Lieutenant. Matthew say's that he owes much of his success down to his Kuk Sool training starting at Halesworth at the age of 5 years old.

Sunday, 10 June 2012

Kuk Sa Nim Comes to Town

On Wednesday 6th June the Lowestoft & Halesworth Kuk Sool Schools held our annual Black Belt Grading and WKSA Seminar.





Sunday, 18 March 2012

Black Belt Workshops


On Friday 16th March & Saturday 17th March, several Black Belts from the Halesworth & Lowestoft School's had the pleasure of having Master Sung Jin & Master Alex Suh (the Grandmaster's two eldest) teach them here in the UK.

The Friday session, which was held in Norwich was specifically for 4th Degree Black Belts and above. During this session the Senior grades and Master's reviewed all their high-grade hyungs, training alongside Master Sung Jin.

On the Saturday a Black Belt workshop was held at Kings Lynn with over one hundred Black Belt students / instructor's in attendance from all over the UK.

Once again a truly inspirational weekend was enjoyed by all. More to come in June 2012.





Sunday, 4 March 2012

KSW California Master's & Instructors

SBN Debra Taylor & PSBN Jeremy Taylor
Rohnert Park
SBN Justin Bunn and KSN Tiffany Bunn
Woodlands
Master Gene Gause
Valencia

SBN Jeff & PSBN Sandra Gullicksen 
Mountain View
Master Seyd Saidi
Dublin
Master Tom Brewer
Berkley
Master Tony Reynar
Gold Country 
Master Paul Carmody
Half Moon Bay
Master Philip Sage
Abilene, Texas 

SBN Kristin & DBN Richie Quintana 
Menlo Park

Master Tim Sheehan
San Mateo
SBN Leora Goren & SBN Sue Wootan 
San Francisco