Tae Kwon Do students grade for their belts in Ely

Ely adult advanced from the Mark Farnham School of Tae Kwon Do PHOTO: Mark Farnham (Image: Archant)

The gradings are conducted by 9th Dan Tae Kwon-Do grand masters from around the country, who each have more than 40 years experience.

Mark said: “The grading on Sunday July (15) saw 137 of our students attend the three gradings on the day. Some children down to the age of five years were taking part.

“We achieved a 100 per cent pass rate, all students passed with good grades. The examiner on this occasion was Grand Master Dave Oliver 9th Dan.

“This makes a total of 13,866 students passing colour belt gradings with the schools in the last 30 years.

Ely juniors advanced members from the Mark Farnham School of Tae Kwon Do PHOTO: Mark Farnham (Image: Archant)

“Students receive their grades and belts at presentations which are held at their own school.”

To take part in a grading a student needs to have worked for an allotted time and be up to a good standard for the grade they are taking.

Working from white belt, though yellow, green, blue and red until they are ready to aim for their black belts which they take at Bristol in front of a panel of five,

It takes an average of four years to get to this stage. Results:

Ely adult beginners from the Mark Farnham School of Tae Kwon Do PHOTO: Mark Farnham (Image: Archant)

Ely

Results

2nd Kup

Eshan Abidi

James Keay

3rd Kup

Jivin Corpuz

Ellis Czarnobaj

Louis Johnston

Izzy Kisby

Luca Procopio

Selina Rahman

Kevin Steventon

Qiba Westfield-Airey

4th Kup

Elizabeth Alfaro

Lucy Broadbent

Alex Fonseca

Mary Gibbons

Victor Jiang

Samantha Kay

Paloma Lourenco

5th Kup

Edward Butler

William Kay

Rylee Weaver

6th Kup

Denisas Cerapokas

Domantas Cerapokas

Adam Rust

7th Kup

Anne Dyer

Dylan Faulkner

Gabriel Marques Lemaire

Will Son

8th Kup

Logan Bethke

Niamh Faulkner

Sandi Newman

Oscar Widdowson-Start

Claire Williams

Theodora Williams

9th Kup

Mario Sellers-Sanchez

Pablo Sellers-Sanchez