Christmas Holidays

What we want.

What we'll get,lol.

Christmas Holidays and last training dates for 2012 are as follows folks.

Lochee Tuesday 18th December.

Menzieshill and Douglas Wednesday 19th December.

Whitfield Saturday 22nd December.

All classes resume as normal from Tuesday 8th January 2013.

A Very Merry Christmas to everyone and a Prosperous and Happy New Year 2013.

Best Wishes from Mr. Cahill and Miss Kane.  

December Gradings. Christmas Orders. Christmas Party.

Hi everyone, the December Gradings are as follows.

MENZIESHILL...Community Centre, Wednesday 12th December at 4.45pm.

LOCHEE...BB Hall, Bright Street, Thursday 13th December from 6.00pm.

Note...there will be a training session before the Lochee Grading starting at 4.30pm, usual training fee applies, bring a drink and a snack.
All students must be licenced to grade so please check your expiry date. New students please apply asap.
Blackbelts and 1st Gups will be sitting either their National Grading or Assessment for their International Grading.

CHRISTMAS PARTY...Thursday 20th December from 6.00 to 7.30pm, BB Hall, cost £5.00. Brothers; Sisters, Cousins and Friends are welcome to attend too. Please get your ticket early as Santa needs to know who's going to be there.

CHRISTMAS ORDERS...Doboks; Soft Gear, Breaking Boards, Pads etc...can you please ensure you order kit by Thursday 6th December to ensure delivery. Thanks.

Squad Training for all Grades.

The Big Hall, Whitfield Parish Church, top of Haddington Crescent, DD40NA.

Sunday November 25th 2012, 2pm-4pm...all Grades; 

4-5pm Blackbelts.

Teams, Individuals, Sparring, Couples, cost £5.00p

Preparation for next Grading and the International Championships July 2013.

WOULD BE NICE TO SEE A GOOD TURNOUT.

Dundee Christmas Light Night...Not To Be Missed

This is a chance for a great fun night for all the kids and their familys to parade through the town with Santa Clause, the Chinese Dragon and Pipe Bands to the City Square where they will have a prime view of the lights and the Christmas Tree in City Square being turned on from the steps of the Caird Hall. Be there about 5.45 to receive your wrist band from Miss Kane and the Wildcat Blackbelts.

It's a Light Night Parade so you can wear your soft gear, ie. helmet and gloves adorned with Christmas Lights. Dress up in any fancy lit up costume you like but wear warm clothes too as it's cold. Would be nice to see a big turnout. There will be bands and entertainment and a free Ceilidh afterwards.

Friday 23rd November 2012...leaves 6.00pm prompt.

Assembly of Torchlight Procession at Dundee High School, Euclid Crescent.

Wax Torches for adults 18+

Keep up to date by visiting www.dundee.com

Squad Training.

November 25th 2012 2.00pm to 5.00pm....cost £6.00p

The Big Hall, Whitfield Parish Church, top of Haddington Crescent, Dundee, DD40NA.

Individuals, Teams, Sparring Drills, Couples.

Preparation for the International Championships July 2013.

Christmas Orders for Santa Clause.

Doboks, Soft Gear, Focus Pads, Breaking Boards and all other gear needs to be ordered and paid for by Thursday 6th December. Please order only through your Instructor to avoid Insurance Company penalties.

October Holiday Club Information

The Menzieshill and Douglas Classes will be closed during the October Holidays. There will be no classes Wednesday 10th and 17th of October. Re-commencing at both Clubs on 24th October. 

All other Dundee Wildcat Classes will be open so students are welcome to train at any of these during the holidays, ie. Lochee Tuesday, Thursday and Whitfield Saturday morning.

Regards
Miss Kane 2nd Degree
Secretary

September Grading and Squad Training

The next Gradings will take place as follows;

Menzieshill on 19th September at Menzieshill Community Centre, commencing at 5.00pm.

Lochee, Whitfield, Douglas on 20th September in the BB Hall, Lochee commencing at 6.00pm.

Please ensure your licence is in date and remember your packed lunch and soft gear.

Training session beforehand commencing at 4.45pm.

Congratulations to all my students who attended the first Scottish Squad Training session. Very pleased with your effort and committment. Many more sessions to come. The next will be in Dundee very soon.

Classes back to normal at all venues.

Hi everyone,
Classes are now back to normal at all venues starting from Tuesday 14th August in Lochee. 

Time to get fit and sorted out for the new Competitions and Gradings coming up soon.

Squad training is starting as below for us to compete in the Independent TaekwonDo Schools International TaekwonDo Festival  26th to 28th July 2013 and will be rotated between Dundee and Fife. The first one as below.

Our aim is to start now and be well prepared for this prestigious Competition which will be held in Scotland. All countries competing have agreed to the categories as laid out below so lets get to it and have a fantastic turnout. 

The first mens GB team tryout squad session may be held on Sunday 30^th September at Mr. Swifts Bromsgrove Centre. This is a chance for all eligible students to compete for a place. Lets go for it.

 TEAM SCOTLAND SQUAD TRAINING SESSION

SUNDAY 26th AUGUST, 12:30 – 2:30pm

THE LOMOND CENTRE,

WOODSIDE WAY, GLENROTHES, FIFE, KY7 5RA

I.T.S. Scotland Squad training commences at the above date/place and will be hosted by Fife TaekwonDo Group. The session is open to students of all grades who will be of the required age to compete in any of the following teams at the ITS International Taekwon Do Festival 2013 which takes place from 26^th-28^th of July.

There will be pattern and point-stop sparring teams for the following ages:

8-9 yrs mixed sex:                            5 persons

10-11 yrs mixed sex:                        5 persons

12-13yrs boys:                                    3 persons

12-13yrs girls:                                    3 persons

14-16yrs boys:                                    3 persons

14-16yrs girls:                                    3 persons

Ladies(17yrs and above):             5 persons
Male( 17yrs and above ):               5 persons

 40yrs and above men:                    3 persons

40yrs and above ladies:                  3 persons

Men (Team Great Britain)            5 persons          

The training session is scheduled as follows:

12:30 - 1pm:Team Briefing, 1pm – 1:45pm:Team Patterns,1:45pm – 2:30pm:Team Sparring

This is a free session, hope to see you there!

MrC and Miss Kane.

Holiday Details Summer ( hahaha, where's my snorkel n flippers)) 2012

You gotta hava look at this video....it's our brilliant holiday greeting to you all...turn up your sound.

Summer Holiday Classes are as follows.

Whitfield Saturday and Lochee Tuesday Classes closed until the week beginning 13th August where all Classes will resume as normal.

Douglas Wednesday; Menzieshill Wednesday and Lochee Thursday Classes will be open as normal with the exception of the Dundee Trades Holiday Fortnight from Monday 23rd July to Monday 6th August when all classes will be closed.

All students can train at any of the open classes during the holidays.

If you have any questions or queries call Miss Kane on 01382...350572 or 07875550141.

Have a nice Summer Holiday and we hope the rain goes away for a while.

Remember my stick of rock or Jaffa cakes, lol.

Congratulations to our newly promoted Blackbelts.

Here are our newly promoted Blackbelts surrounded by some of their colleagues after an extremely technically and physically demanding Grading held last Saturday. The Grading was supervised by independent examiners  Mr. Ross Fisher of Fife Taekwon Do Group and Mr John Swift, International Examiner from Bromsgrove where he is the Chief Instructor of  Verve Taekwon Do and President of the Independent Taekwon Do Schools. They had nothing but praise for the focus and effort put into the Grading by all the students. Their expertise at their level and obvious dedication shone through. Well done all, your promotion is thoroughly deserved.

Weapons and Explosive Kicking Seminar

Following the Blackbelt Grading on Saturday 23rd June there will be a fantastic Weapons, Explosive Kicking and Power Breaking Seminar which will be held in the Big Hall, Whitfield Parish Church, Haddington Crescent,Whitfield, DD4 0NA, from 2.00pm to 4.00pm. The age limit is 6 years and above so please book your place quickly as places are going fast. There will be Nanchukas, Bow Staff and Knife Defence Lessons and Demonstrations. There will be Explosive Kicking, Triple and Spinning Kick Demos and Power Destruction of solid wood boards. This Seminar is not to be missed and I would like as many as possible to support this event.

The Twins are Home

Welcome home Twins and congratulations to Paul, Marilyn and family from all at the Scottish Taekwon Do Federation.

Here they are making their debut on the Dundee Wildcats website. Abigail and Alivia who are Paul and Marilyns identical twin girls and Gabriel and Nathans wee Sisters. They are absolutely beautiful and they can greet in stereo. 


Latest news now.....there is to be a Seminar for 6 years old and above after the Blackbelt Grading in the Big Hall, Whitfield Parish Church from 2.00pm to 4.00pm on the 23rd June. I would ask as many as possible to attend as Mr. Swift is coming up from Kidderminster to deliver the seminar and it will include a Nanchakus demonstration or as we may wrongly say Nunchucks, Explosive Kicking, Flying High and Multi Directional Kicking, Knife and Self Defence. The seminar will be very flexible and you can ask for whatever you like and if possible we will deliver it. So please get your name down for it as soon as you can as places will be snapped up quickly.

Bridge Walk and Gradings

Hi folks, pin back your lugs as here's the latest news.

Annual Bridge Walk
The annual Tay Bridge Walk will take place next Sunday the 3rd of June. Please meet at the Dundee end of the bridge about 10.45am to set off at 11.00am. Some students have asked can they bring their bikes. Kids you can bring your bike, your cat, your dog, your hamster, your Granny and Grandad and remember to bring a packed lunch as we stop for a bite to eat when we get over to Fife. 


Please bring your sponsor forms and money collected. It all goes to Club funds. It cost us about £800 from Club funds to attend the British Championships in Kidderminster but boy o boy was it worth it. 2 new British Champions in our Dojang and 23 trophys hard fought for and won by your fellow students.


If you can't make it on Sunday and you've collected money you can do it at anytime. As long as you do it.
Come along and have a laugh, it's a real fun day.


June Gradings
Menzieshill Grading Wednesday 6th June; 4.45pm for 5.00pm sharp start.


Lochee Grading Thursday 7th June, 4.30 training session, Grading starts at 6.00pm sharp.
Please don't forget your soft gear...all of it.


Regards
Mr. Cahill.

Gerry's Heroes

   Check the Events Page folks for the latest announcements...thanks.

                              Congratulations All Round from the STF

Six of our Dundee Wildcats Taekwon Do Academy students did an 800 mile round trip to Kidderminster at the weekend to compete in the British Championships. They arrived at their Hotel the night before and went straight out into the carpark in the rain to train then like the famous Alf Tupper the Tough of the Track they had fish suppers for tea. 


The Competition itself was keenly contested by teams from all over the UK and John and Emma Swift and their team of officials must be congratulated for the professional Competition they put on.
                                                                                    
As you can see by the impressive display on the table our Dundee students did extremely well against top opposition winning a total of 23 trophys between them and adding two new British Champions to our ranks. Very well done.

Colour Belt Grading Dates March 2012

Menzieshill Club on 14th March...Grading starts at 4.45pm prompt.

All other Clubs at Lochee 15th March... pre grading training starts at 4.30pm...Grading starts at 6.00pm.

Volunteer of the Year Award.

Some of the Dundee Wildcats congratulating Mr Cahill on his success on being awarded the SportDundee Volunteer of the Year Title and Trophy at a wonderful ceremony held by Dundee Sports Awards in the Caird Hall on Wednesday 22nd February .Volunteers are not paid not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless even if like Mr Cahill you have a gammy knee.

Patterns Workshop

Train Hard - Fight Easy

MARCH 4th 2012 - S.T.F. PATTERNS WORKSHOP

The Big Hall, Whitfield Parish Church, top of Haddington Crescent, Dundee, DD40NA. 

1.00 - 2.00pm - 4-Directional, Chon-Ji, Dan Gun          

2.00 - 3.00pm - Do San, Won Hyo, Yul Gok

3.00 - 4.00pm - Joon Gun, Toi Gye, Hwa Rang

           4.00 - 5.00pm - Choong Moo 

Please pre-book your place as the workshop fills up quickly! 

Horse Race Night

Dear Student, Parent /Guardian

We are holding a Race Night in aid of club funds to enable students to travel and compete in The I T S British Taekwon Do Championships in Kidderminster on 22nd April.

Details are as follows

1.Friday March 16th doors open 7pm at the Taxi Club Races start at 8pm.

( Over 18s Only)

2. £5  per Ticket

3. Min £1 betting stake per horse on the night.

4. Donations of any sort needed for raffle.
5. Help required with buffet. 

6. Suggestions for horse names please.

We need your help…Come and Support your Club…Join in the FUN 

Latest News on the Events Page

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Latest News on the Events Page

Hi everyone.
All the latest News will be posted on the Events Page.
Please read it regularly for new updates.
Thanks,
MrC.

Happy New Year

and a Very Prosperous 2012 to you all xx