SMAC Website

Hi all,
This blog has kind of fell off the radar a bit. As I'm sure most of you are aware the Alloa School of Tae Kwon Do has been through some changes of late and is now part of a much larger entity known as 'The Scottish Martial Arts Centre (SMAC for short)'. As well as maintaining the world class levels of Taekwon Do instruction we have now expanded into various other martial arts as well as various general fitness class and more.Most of our regular updates are now available on Facebook and/or Twitter as well as lots of info on our Spiffy new website.
Head over there now to see what's going on.
www.smaconline.co.uk

The blog will be back. . . . keep your eyes peeled for more info.

Kind Regards
The SMAC Team

New Centre - NOW OPEN

The Alloa School of Taekwon-Do has relocated to the state of the art Scottish Martial Arts Centre. The 3500sqft purposes built training facility has been hailed as one of the finest training facilities in the UK.

Its bright interiors and beautifully tiled shower and changing facilities are very welcoming for students. As far as facilities goes the centre can boast an Olympic sized Taekwon-Do ring, multiple bag rooms, fitness studio and strength and conditioning area and student lounge area.

Classes will run on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

CLASS CANCELLED

WEDNESDAY 21st CLASS CANCELLED - WEDNESDAY 21st CLASS CANCELLED

Due to the church using the halls the class on Wednesday 21st April will be cancelled.

We apologise for any inconvenience this will cause and for the lack of notice - we only found out yesterday (Wednesday).

Students are welcome to attend additional classes on Monday and Friday to supplement their training.

WEDNESDAY 21st CLASS CANCELLED - WEDNESDAY 21st CLASS CANCELLED

Kick-a-thon helps Haiti

The students of the Alloa School of Taekwon-Do took part in a sponsored kick-a-thon in aid of the Haiti Disaster. The students undertook the physically demanding event which raised over £600 for the red cross's work in the area. The cause is particularly close to the club as the president of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) was killed in the devastation.

The Tigers class, for ages 3 - 7, also took part in a mini kick-a-thon which allowed them to show their parents the many kicks they have learned whilst shouting the name of the kick in Korean!

The junior class was next with some students achieving over 800 kicks in the short amount of time they had. However the stars of the event had to be Katie Riddell and Rebecca Clark, both achieving the most amount of kicks in the set time frame.

Happy New Year!!

We would like to wish all our students and their families a Happy New Year, may it bring you health, wealth, happiness and some new belts!!


2010 will be a big year for the club - classes will start on Monday the 4th January

Taekwon!

CHRISTMAS PARTY TIMES

CHRISTMAS PARTY

TIGERS CHRISTMAS PARTY

Monday 21st December @ 5:30pm

JUNIOR CHRISTMAS PARTY

Monday 21st December @ 6:30pm

AWARDS PRESENTATION

Monday 21st December @ 8:00pm

TEAM ALLOA @ AYR OPEN

Well done to our students who went to the IASKA Ayr Open at the weekend. With every student picking up silverware it was an excellent day for the school.

Juniors Sean McGill and Dylan Christie almost met each other in the final of the tall boys semi-contact after impressive wins through the qualifiers, they were both very unlucky in their semi final matches. Dylan edged the all Alloa third place fight off with the match being decided in sudden death after two tied rounds. Sean won bronze in light continuous and was unlucky to miss out on the final after losing by one point in sudden death of his semi-final match. Mr McGill also picked up a silver medal in the team sparring.

Senior students Callum Murrie and Liam Ross also did well at the weekend. Liam won gold in the semi contact sparring in his first tournament. Callum took a double gold with wins in the semi and light contact sparring – once again affirming Taekwon-Do advantages over Kickboxing. Mr Paterson also jumped on the band wagon and took the gold in the Advance -75kg Sparring.

The Tigers are loose!

The Little Pumas all grew into TKD Tigers on Friday when they received their graduation certificates from Mr Paterson and Mr Hutton. The Kids all took part in the demonstration class before they received their certificates which showed the parents and kids what the fun new classes will be like. The Tigers will start training for their first theme patch on Monday which will be 'Emergency Skills'. This will focus on Fire Safety, Road Safety, Water Safety, Beach Safety, 999 Skills and more! The Tigers will also be working towards their first Tiger Grade, 'Yellow'!

School News

Class Closure

There will be no junior or senior class on Friday 24th July due to the seminar taking place at Mark Huttons Blackbelt Academy


Little PUMA Graduation

To mark the end of the Little puma course and the beginning of the TKD Tiger program all our little puma and tiger students are invited to take part in a demonstration class of the new tiger program. This will be taken by Mr Paterson and Mr Hutton from Glasgow and will show parents and students the amazing aspects of the new course. After this class little puma students will be invited onto the stage to receive a graduation certificate from the old little puma course and formally welcomed as TKD Tigers. All future classes will be TKD Tigers.


Junior and Senior Gradings

There will be a grading on Friday 31st July at the Alloa School of Taekwon-Do

This is open to all students who are ready to grade those students who have been on holiday should attend as many classes as possible before the grading.

WKA Kickboxing Fight Night

For the first time the Alloa School of Taekwon-Do entered two students into a kickboxing fight night. The students, Shaun McGill and Andrew Ballentyne were head hunted by the WKA Scotland coach to appear on the bill at the Smith Hotel in Kirkintilloch.

This was an excellent way to boost confidence for the pair who qualified for the WKA Scotland team earlier this year. On the bill were many of the team who will accompany the Alloa pair travelling to Spain in October for the world championships. The bouts were a good indication of the level needed to compete at such a level and will inspire the boys to train hard over the summer. Both the boys were unlucky not to win their bouts, with Shaun losing out to one point in the last second of the bout. However as with all junior competition the experience you gain far more important than the medal.

All the coaches at the school would like to congratulate the boys and wish them luck in their training..