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Taekwon-Do Impact Junior Championship 2008

(Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:37:00 +0000)
The competition was held in the Latchmere Leisure Centre, Burns Road, Battersea , London SW11 2DY on Saturday 8th November 2008.

Results

3rd World Cup - Riva Del Garda, Italy

(Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:10:00 +0000)

The 3rd ITF World Cup was held in the beautiful town Riva del Garda, in North Italy. Over 1200 competitors from all over the world arrived on the 15th October to compete in what was to be the biggest ITF competition ever held. The competition ran for 4 days from 16th to 19th October. Unlike the World Championship, the World Cup is open to blue belts and above and allows clubs and national associations to enter an unlimited number of competitors. The ITF World Championship, on the other hand, only allows each country to enter their top black belt competitor for each event.

TKD Impact entered 17 competitors coached by Master Donato Nardizzi 8th degree: Black belts - Elena Shutova, Andrew Price, Ed Harradine, Victor Regis, Callum Buckley, Shekeb Neda, Aygun Allahverdi, Marek Pedziwiatr, Red/Blue Belts - Jason Ogden, Marlie Regis, Jennifer Pena, Katerina Avramides, Callum Clark, Sarah Makumbi, Farouk Khan, Connor Gridley, Tremayne Wilson.

Most of the patterns were held on day 1. Katerina and Jennifer performed great patterns and had a realistic chance of winning medals in the Blue/Red belt female 18-35yrs division but it wasn't to be. Jennifer got close and reached the quarter finals, but then went out to the eventual winner Helen Caley from New Zealand. The only patterns medal for TKD Impact was the silver medal won by Victor Regis in the Blue/Red belt over 46 yrs category.

Day 2 was a much more successful day for TKD Impact. An outstanding performance by Jenifer Pena in the Blue/Red belt -52kg 18-35yrs Sparring event earned her a well deserved gold medal. Jennifer did everything right as she went up against some tough opposition. She beat Man Lai Shan from Hong Kong in the first round and Kim Lamprazis from Sweden in the quarter final. After winning an all England semi final against Holly Ware she was in the final against Gabriela Offman from Poland. Gabriela was a difficult opponent to score against with her superb front leg side kicks keeping her other opponents away. But Jennifer managed to break her defence with great footwork and once ahead in points Jennifer displayed great movement around the ring and made it difficult for Gabriela to catch her.

Victor Regis earned himself another silver medal in the Black belt +78kg Sparring event. Despite having a hip injury he managed to reach the final with ease. His superior timing and speed of his punches were just too much for his opponents. He eventually lost to Italy’s Daniele Luzzi in a well contested final.


Jason Ogden made it 2 golds for TKD Impact in the Blue/Red belt +78kg 36-45yrs Sparring event. He beat Edi Da Silva from Switzerland. Not content with just a gold medal Jason went on to win a silver and a bronze later in the day to have a full set of medals. He won the silver medal in the flying high kick event. The event went to 2 tie breakers before Jason eventually lost out to Gerry Mooney from Ireland. In the flying side kick event only 3 competitors including Jason managed to clear the hurdle in the 1st round. He failed to clear the hurdle in the tie breaker and had to settle for the bronze medal.


Callum Clark was unlucky in the 12-14yrs Blue/Red belt +60kg Sparring event. He lost the first round to Konstantin Podorogniy from Ukraine. Callum seemed to do enough to secure a win. He even caught his opponent with a superb turning kick to the face which should have given him 3 points. The decision went against him much to the dismay of his supporters. Even the centre referee looked surprised at the result. Callum later made up for the disappointment by winning the silver medal in the flying high kick event. The event went to 2 tie breakers before he lost out to Karl Hynes from Ireland.



Day 3 and 4 didn't bring any more medals for TKD Impact but there were some good performances from Andrew Price, Elena Shutova and Connor Gridley. Andrew had a tough draw in the Black belt 15-18yrs +70kg Sparring event. It was almost an identical to the draw he had in the European Championship in Poland earlier this year. He had a Greek opponent in the first round which he won convincingly. But in the second round he was up against the European junior champion Radoslaw Zazulak from Poland. Andrew who is still only 16 yrs put up a good fight as he did in the European championship but Radoslaw, who is already 18 yrs, was too strong for him. Elena reached the quarter finals in the Black belt -52kg sparring category. She comfortably won the first two rounds and went up against Pauliina Heiskanen from Finland in the quarter final. Elena was ahead for most of the bout but a side kick by Paulina gave her 2 points to edge ahead. It was a good performance by Elena considering that she didn't have long to get back into full fitness after recovering from a knee operation. Connor fought well in the 12-14yrs -52kg sparring event. He lost to Maciej Kowalik from Poland although it looked like Connor was dominating the fight most of the time.

Overall, it was a successful competition for TKD Impact winning 2 Golds, 4 Silvers and and a Bronze medal to put them 13th in the overall medal table. Their tally helped England to be placed 5th overall in the national standings.

Impact Day

(Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:56:00 +0000)

On 11th October 2008, TKD Impact hosted its big annual event - Impact Day, which was held in Oriel High School in Crawley. The event was organised by Russell Dennis, TKD Impact technical Director. Following the success of the 1st ever Impact Day last year he decided to run it for 6 hours from 10am till 4pm. Students had a choice of 3 seminars every hour conducted by TKD Impact's senior instructors. Master Donato Nardizzi 8th degree covered senior patterns for 2nd degree and above, sparring, core stability and stretching. Master Kim Anderson covered red belt and 1st degree patterns, ground defence and moral culture. Mr Russell Dennis 6th degree covered colour belt patterns, weapons defence and grappling on the ground with the assistance of his senior student Steven Elliott 4th degree. Mr Roman Chirtoca 4th degree covered dynamic kicking. Pat Leahy 4th degree and qualified fitness trainer covered fitness. He took students and instructors through their paces testing their fitness with the latest state-of-the-art heart monitoring equipment. Mr Jonathan Cohen 2nd degree and qualified osteopath and lecturer in osteopathy covered injury prevention.

The students thoroughly enjoyed the day and on the following Monday TKD Impact head office received numerous e-mails with plenty of positive feedback. The students liked the variety of seminars on offer and appreciated the opportunity to choose from 3 seminars every hour. Many commented that one hour was too short for some of the topics so it will be taken into consideration when we plan Impact Day 2009.

Impact Squad Sessions.

(Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:41:00 +0000)
ITF England recently announced a change in the selection procudure for
the England Squad. From now on each association is responsible for
running their own squad training sessions in the beginning of the
season. Later in the season there will be ITF England squad sessions
for those who are selected. It is still unclear if the selection by
ITF England will be made by a competition or by holding a special
selection squad training session.

The dates of our squad training sessions are:

12.00-02.00pm Sunday 28th September 2008 Olympos Centre, Moat Road,
East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3LN.
02.00-04.00pm Saturday 25th October 2008 Ashcombe School, Ashcombe
Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1LY.
12.00-02.00pm Sunday 16th November 2008 Olympos Centre, Moat Road,
East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3LN.
12.00-02.00pm Sunday 7th December 2008 Olympos Centre, Moat Road,
East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3LN.

Each session cost £6.00 and they are open to 2nd Kup and above aged 12
and above.

Master Nardizzi will conduct the training sessions with help from
other TKD Impact Instructors.

Seminar at Cams Hill TKD

(Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:13:00 +0000)

11th Summer Camp in Alexandroupolis, Greece

(Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:52:00 +0000)
The summer camp was held in the beautiful Greek town of Alexandroupolis on 4th to 10th August, organizing by Master Vasilis Alexandris 8 Dan. Master Alexandris is a General Secretary and Head of Technical Committee of Hellenic Taekwon-do ITF Union. He is a one of the pioneers of Taekwon-Do in Greece from 1972. His assistant was Ioannis G. Zachos 6 Degree who has 2 TKD schools in Alexandroupolis. The official guests were Master Doanto Nardizzi 8 Dan and Rosen Nikolov – 5 Dan - General Secretary of Bulgarian Federation of Traditional Taekwon-Do. The training was held at the 5 star Hotel, Alexander Beach Hotel.

Master Vasilis Alexandris presents Master Nardizzi with a plaque thanking him for the participation of the 11 National Summer Camp.

• Master Donato Nardizzi 8 Dan England: "Thank you for your hospitality in Alexandroupolis. I enjoyed the summer camp very much. Regards Master Donato Nardizzi"
• Ioannis Zachos 6 Dan International TKD Instructor: "I am very happy and proud that Master Alexandris has chosen Alexandroupolis for 11° Taekwon-Do National Summer Camping. It was my pleasure as every time (more that 20 years) to be the assistant to Master Alexandris And I hope to continue to work together."
• Rosen Nikolov 5 Dan Gen. Sec. of BFTT: "I would like to thank for the great hospitality great acceptance of Master Vasilis Alexandris and my big friend Ioannis Zachos and the perfectly performed trainings. For me it will be great pleasure and honor to work for me for further development of Taekwon- do, not only in Greece but also in Bulgaria. It was my big pleasure to take part to 11 National Summer Camp in Alexandroupolis."
• Kalina Tsanova- Zachou 4 Dan (Gen. Sec. of TKD club “Apollon” ): "I would like to thank to Master Alexandris that he chosen our city to made 11 TKD Summer Camp. It was my pleasure to take part to the Camp. At the end of the camp as always everybody got the certificates of participation. The event closed with dinner party. We hope that you will join us on the next 12–th National Summer Camp in Greece."

New Impact Website.

(Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:54:00 +0000)
Welcome to the new TKDImpact website, if you have any news articles or events you wish to display on this website please send them to head office. The club directory will be published very soon.

Promotion to 7th Degree Master

(Sat, 03 May 2008 08:45:00 +0000)

Master Nardizzi Promoted

(Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:48:00 +0000)