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Girls Who Kick - Orpington 2020

posted 10 Mar 2020, 03:42 by Sim Hadlow   [ updated 10 Mar 2020, 03:43 ]

Congratulations to Girls Who Kick for the fantastic 1st anniversary celebration.
Lots of fun, enthusiasm and inspiration. Great to see all the GWK ambassadors in attendance. And, because it was a birthday celebration, of course there was cake too!

Master Suska Seminar - Feb 2020

posted 9 Feb 2020, 23:48 by Sim Hadlow   [ updated 9 Feb 2020, 23:50 ]

A great turnout from Oaks to the Master Suska seminar over the weekend. All were put through their paces by the 6 times world champion.

BIG BASH 20

posted 3 Feb 2020, 12:58 by Sim Hadlow

BIG BASH 20 was a great success. Fantastic to see so many students competing and making friends. Lots of good sportsmanship and positive attitudes on show. Thanks to everyone who competed and a special thanks to all our hard working officials who made the day run so smoothly. Looking forward to BB21!

Grading - January 2020

posted 27 Jan 2020, 05:29 by Sim Hadlow


Grading - December 2019

posted 3 Dec 2019, 04:01 by Sim Hadlow


British Open 2019

posted 26 Nov 2019, 06:05 by Sim Hadlow   [ updated 26 Nov 2019, 06:43 ]

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the British Open 2019. Also a huge thank you to the Coaches, Umpires and helpers for putting in a massive effort on the day. Below are results but the best result is always the experience!
Sparring Gold 
- Alex - British Champion at age 6!
Sparring Silver
- Amelia 
- Noah H
- Genevieve
Sparring Bronze 
- Ben
- Hannah
- Archie
- Leanne
- Dana
Patterns Bronze
- Vicky
- Aida
- Mark
Special Technique Silver
- Lee Boy
- Genevieve
Special Technique Bronze
- Aida

UK OPEN 2019

posted 20 Nov 2019, 04:52 by Sim Hadlow

A fantastic day of competition for Oaks at the UK Open. Results as follows:

Hannah - Gold sparring, Silver patterns
Ben - Silver patterns
Ewan - Bronze sparring
Noah H - Bronze special technique
Minuki - Silver patterns
Theo - Bronze sparring
Amelia - Silver sparring
Amelia Rose - Bronze sparring
Phoebe - Bronze sparring
Lexie - Gold sparring
Alex - Gold special technique
Lizzie - Silver sparring

Thanks to all the coaches and helpers for making it a great day.


Oaks Black Belt Grading - November 2019

posted 4 Nov 2019, 02:08 by Sim Hadlow   [ updated 4 Nov 2019, 03:32 ]

Congratulations to 4 new Black Belts and 2 new 2nd degrees at Oaks Martial Arts!
Passing to 1st Dan are: Aida Chang, Mark Chang, Tony Burrows and Imogen Rands-Webb.
Passing to 2nd Dan are: Tyler Lacey and Noah Whitlock.

Girls Who Kick seminar - Edenbridge Oct 2019

posted 28 Oct 2019, 01:59 by Sim Hadlow

Edenbridge were very excited to host the third Girls Who Kick seminar, ITF England's initiative to get more females involved in Taekwon-Do. Special guest Master Lisa Pitman gave a master class in breaking in addition to sessions run by the GWK ambassadors. 

Grading - September 2019

posted 14 Oct 2019, 06:03 by Sim Hadlow


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