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DTKD Presentation SUCCESSES OF 2018 AND PREPARATION FOR 2019

What we want you to takeaway from this talk  Who in the club you can direct your enquiries to  Clarification of the various core and pathway sessions  Our successes this year  How you can help your child with their fitness and progression  Our aims for 2019  Key diary dates for 2019

Dorset TKD – Who are we?  We were started by Keith Evans in1989 with Darren Naraine joining him in 1991  We have a Committee of 15 People  We have 13 ‘Qualified Coach’ instructors  All of whom are volunteers We all contribute to the running of our club because of our love of taekwondo and the people in our club, who are the 200 students and instructors who train together!

Dorset TKD people: What do we look like?  We have many people who are involved in the running of this club – the next few slides will show you who you need to talk to if you have any enquiries!

Master Naraine – General Enquiries, Grange and Littledown Class, Poomsae Pathway and Gradings. Tel: 077890107157 info@dtkd.co.uk

Master Tata – Beaufort Class and Sport Pathway

Chris Samuels – Pelhams Park Class and Fitness Related Enquiries.

Master Smedley – Littledown Class on Saturday mornings.

Master Kay and Paul Donnelly – Demonstration Pathway

Master Efezeybek – Stourfield Juniors Class

Master Sharon Ward – Lyme Regis

Dr Marina Malaffo – Memberships and Safeguarding Tel: 07460696403 email: marina_malaffo@hotmail.com

Master Jon Vaughan - Accounts

Successes of Our Club Maintaining membership at approx. 200 members  Improving the Development Pathways  Branching out into other complementary sports – Hapkido, Yoga,  Qualified PT Increase in club social events  Improve coaching skills with further qualifications and potentially  more coaches (lvl 1) Medal success  We are in the top 10 in the country with the highest number of  members and instructors!

A Brief Summary of Our Pathways

Successes of Pathway – Patterns / Poomsae  Patterns are an essential part of martial arts training.  Additional classes are Programmed through the year according to the competition schedule. (Likely Sundays 10am)  In recent years the Patterns competitions in the UK have massively improved (scoring / transparency)  In 2018 we have more qualified judges in our club, we have been to GB team training, attended 3 comps.  2019 Bluewave, Seminars (host GB coaches), Nationals, Internationals.

Successes of Pathway – Patterns / Poomsae  Unfortunately most competitions in the UK are in the Midlands and hence 3 hours+ drive  We have 3 Nationally Qualified judges in the clubs – need more  Aiden Palmer medalled in A-class comps in Europe in Freestyle  We are planning in 2019 to take a team to a Patterns competitions in Basingstoke; Scottish Open; Nationals and Presidents Cup Germany

Successes of Pathway - Sport  The Sports Pathway focuses on Preparing students for Olympic Style Sparring competitions  Specialist coaches run these development classes on Monday, Tuesdays and Saturdays  Martial Arts training is centred around combat, and sparring competition is the ultimate test of nerve and skills

Successes of Pathway - Sport  The club has invested in Electronic Scoring equipment so that our members can get correct competition preparation (2014 – now a little worn out)  This year our small team has competed and medalled around the country British Masters in London, and the National Championship in Sheffield.  2019 Match Days. Several comps mostly in London or Midlands – require overnight accommodation. Nationals Sept 2019 London. Opportunity to progress to GB Cadet and Junior training camps.

Successes of Pathway - Demonstration  A successful season with several events – excellent opportunities to advertise the club to the public and prospective students  New team members joining from core classes  Fantastic opportunity to learn new skills – transferable across pathways and core classes  Retained team members – who are still enjoying it and coming back – eager to keep learning!

Successes of Pathway - Demonstration  Demonstration Team perform at the Littledown Fireworks night for over 10 years. Also performed at School fetes / any events where we can promote the club to large crowds of the target age group  Littledown family festival.  Great confidence building for students – performing in front of strangers!  Training is on Sundays Seasonally Easter to December.  Hanmadang?

A Word about - Fitness  Get a copy of your child’s next grading syllabus so you can see what they need to learn – on our website  Encourage general fitness: jogging, skipping, own body weight exercises, press up's, burpees, sit up's etc. If you are unsure ask an instructor to give you some ideas or variation on the exercise.  All can be done at home inside or outside and key to get their heart rate up.  Stretching - again ask instructors for ideas if you are not sure. This is really important  Holding a kick target if you have one for your child and practice all kicks  Only needs to be a couple of times a week but will make a big difference  Your engagement is a big part is helping progress.

Safeguarding Update In keeping with the British Taekwondo’s (BT) Children and Young People Protection Policy, all instructors attend a Child Protection Course / Safeguarding All Dorset Taekwondo Association instructors and their assistants undergo a Criminal Record Check ( Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service – DBS – previously named Criminal Record Bureau – CRB) check every 2 years

Safeguarding Update All instructors (and assistants) obtain certification which confirms their eligibility to instruct in Taekwondo and their suitability in working with children and vulnerable adults In order to comply with satisfactory safeguarding, please help with the following:  Please drop off and pick up at the correct times  Instructors are not allowed to take children to or from venues  Instructors cannot be connected with students on social media  Tell us – any Issues / Concerns

A Technical Update About Membership  British Taekwondo memberships system has gone online. BT have now stopped accepting paper copies  New an existing members have online access to their details. You apply and renew through “The Hub” but you still (currently) pay the club.  Please keep these details up-to-date (especially the contact numbers)  Detailed instructions and instructional videos on our website.  If stuck please ASK. (preferably via email / ask Marina who manages the memberships)

Our Venues Littledown is Main Venue for the club and the other clubs are Satellites 1. Littledown CORE classes are often oversubscribed and students will 2. benefit from training at other venues that are less busy Green tags and above need to train twice a week to progress through 3. the Grading Syllabus Students should try and train at our other venues and with other DTA 4. coaches in order to maximise their learning potential. Green tags and above should try one of the development pathways in 5. order to fine tune their skills and follow their interests. Core classes are still required in order to progress through the grading syllabus. (Challenge yourselves / Step out of comfort zone)

A Word About Cost We have not increased any of our costs, as a club, since  2014. (In 1986 classes were £3.50 a class) Over 80% of members pay monthly. (Much easier for the  club to administer) On average, as a monthly standing order we are  approximately 40% cheaper than other martial arts clubs in the area Might be some small increase in costs from Easter 2019 

OK – nearly there – Our aims for 2019 1. Increase participation in the Pathways (from Green tag 7 th Kup) 2. Increase the number of members taking part in competition 3. Engage more with parents, as without parent support the children will not be able to succeed 4. Improve Communication 5. Build a base of volunteers to support events and administrative projects within the club 6. Plan and implement specific training plans for those wanting to take part in competition 7. Maintain and Increase membership to account for likely increase costs (Hall hire)

OK – nearly there – Our schedule for 2019 More date / times will be posted on Website and Facebook Last Class 2018 = Thursday 20 th Dec First Class 2019 = Friday 4 th January Sat 12 th January - Sparring Judge Course Sun 13 th January – Match Day (Grange) Sun 24 th March – Grading Test – (4 per year) Sept – National Sparring Championships (Grange)

Final words – How can you help us?  Communication is key – please make sure we have a current email address for you as we send newsletters out by email. We also have a Facebook page which is updated regularly.  www.dtkd.co.uk (recenty completely updated)  https://www.facebook.com/Dorsettkd/ (Please “like”)  Mailchimp mailing list (subscribe to this list via the Homepage of our website)