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Master John Taylor VIII

Vice President ITF Wales
UKTA Coach for ITF in Wales

 master.taylor@elytkd.co.uk

Welcome to the Ely School of Taekwon-do  website. We are a  long time established school which is  instructed by Master John Taylor VIII.  The school is a member  of the ITF Wales which in turn is a member  of the UKTA, the original Taekwon-Do association set up in 1967 by Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha IX who introduced Taekwon-do to the UK. As part of the Welsh UKTA network, many of our members have gone on to gain black belt qualification, train under leading experts within the organisation and win countless medals at regional, national and international competition level.

The Ely School caters for all for all ages with class members from 6 to 40+ and whether it be for self defence, fitness, confidence or just interest in the art all are welcome to come along and train and you will get out of it what you put into it.

 This is the original Tae Kwon-Do which was taught by the late founder, General Choi Hong Hi (1918-2002).

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Ely School UK Champions 2007! - This weekend Ely school not only won the UK Open as overall school but finished overall UKTA School for 2007 - congratulations to all of you for your hard work.

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UK Open Saturday 24th November, UWIC Cardiff
Congratulations to everyone from the school who entered and competed brilliantly - between everyone you picked up 12 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze amassing 64 points which was more than enough to finish overall school on the day and also crown Ely overall UKTA school for 2007 - you have all done outstandingly this year.
Grand Prix V Saturday 4th November, Eastern Leisure Centre
Well done to the 15 students who competed in the last stage of this years Grand Prix, picking up 12 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze between them and having a great day it was a very impressive day from all of the Ely students.
XXII Senior & XIII Junior European's 19-21 October - Tallinn, Estonia
Ely school was delighted to hear that seven school members had been selected for the Euro's this year and after a lot of hard work from everyone they were rewarded with two bronze. The two members of the junior team (the first one to ever compete for Wales) picked up a bronze for team patterns and Lanny James won bronze in individual female I dan patterns. With the best competitors throughout Europe there and very strong Eastern European nations it was a great achievement by the juniors - more to follow.

ITF Wales pictures    Lanny's pictures    Czech pictures

Four Nations, Saturday 6th October - Exeter
Neville Thompson II, Wayne Brooks I and Tom Harris i were all part of the Welsh Four Nations team to compete this weekend and they all performed well and earned Wales the silver as they came runners up on the night. With a lot of vocal support down there from Wales they excelled din the sparring and won the event easily. A great night was had by all and more than a few sore heads were being felt on Sunday morning - for full details  click on this link.  ITFWales Pictures  or UKTA Pictures
English Open, Saturday 29th September - K2 Crawley
Thirteen students travelled to Crawley this year for the English Open and put in some very good performances and did the school proud by not only picking up 9 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze but an overall was won by Ethan Davis and the School finished champions on the day so congratulations to you all.

Black belt promotion - Congratulations
Miss Victoria Phillips & Mr Neville Thompson
Miss Lanny James

London Open, Sunday 15th July - Guildford Spectrum 
Eleven Ely students travelled to Guildford this year to compete in the London Open. Coming home with 4 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze and an overall between them meant a very good day for Ely school as they finished 2nd overall school.     more...
Welsh Open - 2nd June, UWIC Cyncoed Cardiff
Ely School had 20 competitors enter this years Welsh Open and as defending overall school there was pressure on to perform well to retain the title. Every did their best and performed very well on the day in all divisions and picked up 6 gold, 8 silver, 10 bronze and an overall award for their hard work and this was enough to win overall school for 2007 keeping Ely school current Welsh Champions - well done to everyone who competed you all did brilliantly.
Grand Prix V stage II - 6th May, Eastern Leisure Centre
12 competitors from Ely School entered the second stage of the 2007 Grand Prix and came away with a very respectable 11 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals - with every student performing very well - with a number of them up against each other in the latter rounds it was inevitable they would put each other out but a very well done to you all.  more...

XV World Championships, 24th-29th April - Bled Slovenia
Congratulations to Cassie Lund, Wayne Brooks and Tom Harris on their performances in the Championships. Although no one won a medal each performed well against world class opposition and gained invaluable experience.
  
 
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Scottish Open 4th
Welsh Open  1st (tie)
London Open2nd
English Open 1st
UK Open1st