A.I.M.A.A SUMMER CAMP 2008

July 14th - 18th

Champions Sports Complex

6700 Kingspointe Parkway

Orlando, Florida 32819 USA

The A.I.M.A.A Summer Camp will be held in the sunny state of Florida.  The Camp will be over 5 days and will cover many aspects of training. If you are interested in attending the camp please speak to your Instructor. We have a large number of students flying out with Mr Kirkwood to attend the camp next July. There will be specialised classes by Grandmaster Cho, Master Ameris, Master Darcy, Master Kirkwood and Master Byrne.

Don't miss out on this fantastic weekend to train with the best in martial arts and experience the best tuition that's available to students.

BLANTYRE CHO'S TAEKWONDO STUDENTS

WIN AT MARK HUTTONS I.T.F OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Master Kirkwood and twelve of his students attended Mr Mark Huttons I.T.F Open Championships on Sunday the 16th of March in Bellahouston Leisure Centre in Glasgow. Instructor Mr Kevin Mc Lear who is one of Mr Kirkwood's Senior student acted as coach on the day to the students attending the event. Master Kirkwood personally thanks Mr Mc Lear for his help and for the positive messages of support he gave to the competitors.

Master Kirkwood was formerly introduced to the I.T.F Instructors, competitors and spectators, as he had known most of the I.T.F Instructors from when they were all part of the TAGB. Mr Hutton told the crowd how ecstatic he was that Master Kirkwood had attended the event.

Master Kirkwood has known Mr Hutton for many years and he is an exemplary Instructor and individual within Tae Kwon Do. He was most honoured to have been invited along with his students to attend the event. The competition was a learning curve for those who participated as it was a different style of Tae Kwon Do and different rules. However Master Kirkwood is proud of all who attended  they won or not, as it was a hard competition for all.

Winners are: Kieran McGinley Silver Sparring, Adam Wilmot Bronze Sparring, Mark Russell Bronze Sparring, Brian Carr Bronze Sparring, Brian Carr Bronze Patterns, Cecila Gough Bronze Sparring, Ryan Kikrwood Silver Sparring. Other squad members who just missed out where: Jack Reid, Billy Reid, Ashley Wilmot, Kirsty Gough, Kara Gough, Jack Denholm.

MASTER KIRKWOOD'S

A.I.M.A.A IRELAND SEMINARS

A.I.M.A.A Scotland Director Master John Kirkwood recently undertook two seminars in Ireland. the first seminar was held in Limerick at Mr Will Power School of Cho's Taekwondo. The second seminar was held in Dublin at Mr Declan Dermody school of Cho's Taekwondo with over 60 students in attendance.

Overall the seminars were a huge success, with all participants enjoying the three hour point sparring and plyometric training.

For a full report please click here...........

A.I.M.A.A SCOTLAND NATIONALS   

10th-11th MAY 2008 - BLANTYRE SPORTS CENTRE

A.I.M.A.A Scotland are proud to be holding the Scottish Nationals once again. This years event will be over a 2 day period and will incorporate Point Sparring, Continuous Sparring, One Step Teams, Individual Forms, Team Forms and Creative Forms.  The event will be attracting many form the UK as well as our friends from A.I.M.A.A Ireland. Information packs on the event will sent out to all Instructors and Associations.

Any questions on the event please contact Master Kirkwood.

LATEST GRADING RESULTS

For all the latest grading results for Cho's Blantyre Club please click here

MASTER KIRKWOOD TRAINS WITH MR FERNANDES

A.I.M.A.A JERSEY HEAD INSTRUCTOR

Picture of Master Darcy, Master Kirkwood, Mr Fernandes pictured with AIMAA Ireland Instructors and Students.

Master Kirkwood recently travelled to Ireland to train with Master Darcy and to meet and train with Mr Robert Fernandes, who is the head of A.I.M.A.A in island of Jersey within the Channel Islands, and the driving force behind the association on the island.

The Black belt training session was hard and many of the top Instructors in Ireland had travelled to train that night under Master Darcy at the European Headquarters, along with Master Darcy's students.  After the nights training Master Darcy, Master Kirkwood and Mr Fernandes accompanied by other students headed for a meal. Mr Fernandes plans to travel to Scotland in May with students to compete in the Nationals, and A.I.M.A.A Scotland and Master Kirkwood look forward to welcoming him and his students to the event and to show them our Scottish hospitality. 

BLAST FROM THE PAST

MR KIRKWOOD, MR MC LEAR WITH GRANDMASTER CHO

BLANTYRE SPORTS CENTRE

Train with Master Kirkwood weekly in specialised training classes, to gain all over body conditioning, stamina, competition sparring and patterns.

All Classes within Blantyre Sports Centre.

CLASSES ARE ON EVERY THURSDAY AND SUNDAY