MIDLANDS OPEN

On Sunday 6th March, Mr. Smith took a team of 4 (including himself) from Spirit Tkd Surrey to represent Spirit Tkd at the 3rd Midlands ITF Open. After a long, early morning driving in the 'blizzard'... its was quite strong snow on the M25, we arrived keen to get started.

 Black Belts were on first, following well executed patterns, it was on to sparring, with Mr. Larkin fighting well to take 3rd place, and Mr. Smith taking 2nd only loosing narrowly to a World class opponent.

 
Then onto coloured belts, juniors first, Ben Smith gave an excellent account of himself only just missing a medal spot in patterns, but fought brilliantly to win himself a Silver at sparring, again, only narrowly loosing in the final to a much bigger opponent.

Richard Tamara gave a great display in patterns having to compete in a decider for a Bronze medal and winning convincingly, then after waiting all day for the last category also took Gold in Sparring.
 
So after a long day and much excitement, 5 trophies for Spirit between a team of 4 was a great accomplishment! Well Done to All!

Remember: The more you sweat in practice the less you Bleed in Battle!

Written By; Smith Boo Sabum I Degree

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