Story: Saleema Imam
Radford Love and Aran Murdock, members of the Pilsung Taekwondo club at Verdon Recreation Centre. have recently achieved success in under 13s regional competitions in Barnsley. Both have been training for over 4 years.
Aran, in his first Poomsae ‘patterns’ knock-out event in September, survived 4 rounds to achieve the bronze award. Pairs of competitors perform the same moves and the one judged most perfect continues to the next round. In addition to his weekly sessions he trains every month in Nottingham with the national squad for which he was selected last year.
Radford, who says 'it's a fun thing to do', won gold in the October Future Championships in his 3rd competition.
In fighting bouts he explained that competitors wore padding and helmets to avoid injury and points are scored for each move – standing kicks scoring less than spinning ones for instance.
Trainer Craig Wallace says new members are welcome to the club on:
Tuesday 6-8pm and Friday 6.30 – 8pm.
Under 18 years cost £2.50 and over 18 years costs £3.50.
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