Taekwon-Do Explosion 2014 By Hay harris & Stuart Anslow Taekwon-Do Explosion is a name given to a small tournament run by Mr Hay Harris, 6th degree and Mr Stuart Anslow, 5th degree. The aim of the tournament is to provide a truly friendly competition, that is fun to compete in, has decent trophies to win for those that work hard and provide a little bit of a difference to the standard competition divisions. This year we flipped the event on its head, especially for the black belts! All sparring, for all grades and ages was Points Sparring instead of Continuous Sparring. In Patterns, Black Belts had to perform a randomly selected Kup grade pattern, to progress to the 2nd round, where they got to perform any black belt grade pattern. This years Special Technique for Black belts was Twin Flying Front Snap Kick. We also held a King of Speed & Precision event at the end of the day, that was balanced so men, women, kup grades and dan grades could also compete on an equal basis over a number of rounds - amongst other rounds, some of them involved performing a blind folded pattern! The whole tournament produced some superb performances, showing that many can step up to the challenges when Totally Tae Kwon Do - 123
presented and so do not need to necessarily do the same thing competition after competition! Mr Anslow already described why out event is quite different to many others in his report of last years event (in the January, 2014 issue of Totally Tae kwon Do magazine, so I won t rewrite it all again and instead, congratulate and list the medallist and leave you some cool photos of the event. Many thanks to all the officials and helpers that assisted us at the event during the day, so it all ran smoothly, despite all the stuff we fitted in! 124 - Totally Tae Kwon Do
Results 14 s & Under Sumo Sparring Low Division (Under 9 s) 1 st Armaan Kapardi (Rayners Lane TKD) 2 nd Emily Adamson (Harris TKD) 3 rd Lauren Anslow (White Tigers TKD) 3 rd Ojas Shrestha (Rayners Lane TKD) Sumo Sparring Middle Division (Under 9 s) 1 st Archie Hudson (White Tigers TKD) 2 nd Grace Anslow (White Tigers TKD) 3 rd Harry Williamson (Harris TKD) 3 rd Ethan Streetan (White Tigers TKD) Totally Tae Kwon Do - 125
Sumo Sparring High Division (Under 9 s) 1 st Thomas Turner (Escape TKD) 2 nd Harry Sitford (Harris TKD) 3 rd Elijah Uylett (Northants TKD) 3 rd James Kennedy (Harris TKD) Phew! That Was Hard Work! Patterns - 10 th to 5 th Kups 5 to 7 Years Old 1 st Emily Austin (Cambridge TKD) 2 nd Libbie Weston (Harris TKD) 3 rd Rehaan Menon (Rayners Lane TKD) Patterns - 10 th to 5 th Kups 8 to 10 Year Olds 1 st Sachin Matharu (Elite TKD) 2 nd Ben Alexander (Cambridge TKD) 3 rd Boris Karpuzov (Elite TKD) 126 - Totally Tae Kwon Do
Patterns - 10 th to 5 th Kups 11 to 14 Year Olds 1 st Kamraan Majeed (Rayners Lane TKD) 2 nd Vesa Kelani (Rayners Lane TKD) 3 rd Matthew Field (Preston TKD) Patterns 4 th to 1 st Kups 11 Year & Under 1 st Ryan Weston (Harris TKD) 2 nd Riley Flower (Elite TKD) 3 rd Owen Anslow (White Tiger TKD) Patterns 4 th to 1 st Kups 12 to 14 Year Olds 1 st Bradley Flower (Elite TKD) 2 nd Jeremy Austin (Cambridge TKD) 3 rd Jai Matharu (Elite TKD) Patterns Junior Black Belts 14 Years & Under 1 st Enia Rikena (Lone Wolf TKD) 2 nd William Adamson (Harris TKD) 3 rd Ben Conboy (White Tigers TKD) Totally Tae Kwon Do - 127
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Sparring 10 th to 5 th Kups Mid Division 1 st Sachin Matharu (Elite TKD) 2 nd Ash Juwandoon (Rayners Lane TKD) 3 rd Rehaan Menon (Rayners Lane TKD) 3 rd Boris Karpuzov (Elite TKD) Sparring 10 th to 5 th Kups High Division 1 st Matthew Field (Preston TKD) 2 nd Vesa Kelani (Rayners Lane TKD) 3 rd Harry Evans (Dartford TKD) 3 rd Samuel Kelly (Harris TKD) Sparring 10 th to 5 th Kups Low Division 1 st Archie Hudson (White Tigers TKD) 2 nd Ethan Streeton (White Tigers TKD) 3 rd Lauren Anslow (White Tigers TKD) 3 rd Grace Anslow (White Tigers TKD) Sparring 4 th to 1 st Kups Low Division 1 st Jai Matharu (Elite TKD) 2 nd Owen Anslow (White Tigers TKD) 3 rd Ryan Weston (Harris TKD) 3 rd Emily Canfield (Preston TKD) Sparring 4 th to 1 st Kups High Division 1 st Jeremy Austin (Cambridge TKD) 2 nd Kack Alexander (Cambridge TKD) 3 rd Ryan Lupton (Harris TKD) 3 rd Bradley Flower (Elite TKD) Totally Tae Kwon Do - 129
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Sparring Junior Black Belts Low Division 1 st Katie Turland (Northants TKD) 2 nd Issac Uylett (Northants TKD) 3 rd Sam Osgood (Preston TKD) 3 rd Sparring Junior Black Belts High Division 1 st Joshua Iyalla (Harris TKD) 2 nd Ben Conboy (White Tiger TKD) 3 rd Eleanor Thompson (Harris TKD) 3 rd Leanne Pearce (White Tiger TKD) Special Technique (Flying Overhead Kick) - Jnr Kup Grades Jnr Low Division : 1 st Archie Hudson (White Tigers TKD) Jnr Mid Division : 1 st Jai Matharu (Elite TKD) Jnr High Division : 1 st Jack Alexander (Cambridge TKD) Totally Tae Kwon Do - 131
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Results 15+/Adult Patterns - 10 th to 5 th Kups 15+/Adults 1 st Shuyu He (Escape TKD) 2 nd Jacob Oliver (Harris TKD) 3 rd Simon Hepworth (Essex TKD) Patterns 4 th to 1 st Kups 15+/Adults 1 st Dean Armitage (Harris TKD) 2 nd Gareth Smith (Harris TKD) 3 rd Ivan Bong (Harris TKD) Sparring 10 th to 1 st Kups Adult Female 1 st Kayleigh Avis (Rayners Lane TKD) 2 nd Suzanne Levy (Essex TKD) 3 rd Trupti Mahida (Rayners Lane TKD) 3 rd Shuyu He (Escape TKD) Sparring 10 th to 5 th Kups Adult Male 1 st Abdelkrim Bakhouche (Harris TKD) 2 nd Bhabes Jimi (Dartford TKD) 3 rd Simon Hepworth (Essex TKD) 3 rd Dhiral Bagga (Rayners Lane TKD) Totally Tae Kwon Do - 133
Sparring 4 th to 1 st Kups Adult Male 1 st Ivan Bong (Harris TKD) 2 nd David Neville (Dartford TKD) 3 rd Ian Street (BLTSA) 3 rd Gareth Smith (Harris TKD) Special Technique (Flying Over Head Kick) - 15+/Adult Kup Grades 1 st Jacob Oliver (Harris TKD) Patterns Black Belts 15+/Adults 1 st Arron Matharu (Elite TKD) 2 nd Bruce Lapthorn (BLTSA) Sparring Adult Black Belts Female Open Weight Division 1 st Lyndsey Reynolds (Rayners Lane TKD) 2 nd Liz Porteous (BLTSA) 3 rd Bethany Anslow (White Tiger TKD) 3 rd Lucy Tamsett (Harris TKD) 134 - Totally Tae Kwon Do
Sparring Adult Black Belts Male Open Weight Division 1 st Arron Matharu (Elite LTSI) 2 nd Bruce Lapthorn (BLTSA) 3 rd Billy Iyalla (Harris TKD) 3 rd Billy Thompson (Harris TKD) Special Technique (Twin Flying Front Snap kick) - Female Black belts 1 st Lyndsey Reynolds (Rayners Lane TKD) Special Technique (Twin Flying Front Snap kick) - Male Black belts 1 st Arron Matharu (Elite TKD) The King of Speed & Precision 1 st Ivan bong (Harris TKD) Totally Tae Kwon Do - 135
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