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MASTER DARCY
| Master John Darcy has been
training for the past 35 years in Tae kwon-Do. In 1995 Master Darcy
introduced AIMAA to Ireland and since AIMAA started in Ireland , it
has gone from strength to strength in the organisation and each
member is taught how to train hard and motivate themselves and
achived their goals in AIMAA. Master Darcy is in constant contact
with Grandmaster Hee Il Cho and this brings AIMAA Ireland closer to
its world head quarters. Master Darcy travels to the AIMAA world hq
frequently and brings with him many students each time to give them
first hand knowledge of what training under his Grandmaster is all
about. Master Darcy has organised several trips by Grandmaster Hee
Il Cho and Master Philip Ameris to our shores. These seminars and
gradings have noticeable improved the overall ability and
confidence of the Irish students. It is a sign of this man's
character that he not only a student of Grandmaster Hee Il Cho's
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- AIMAA Ireland Chief Instructor.
- European Regional Director.
- 6th Degree Black Belt.
- Over 35 Years Experience.
- Senior Student of Grandmaster Hee Il Cho.
- Winner of several National and International Competitions.
- Contributor to over 20 of Grandmaster Cho's Home Study Program
Videos
- Owner and Promoter of Cho's TKD Turnapin.
- Dublin (AIMAA Ireland HQ)
- Certified R.A.P.E. TM Defense Instructor.
- International Referee.
- Feature on front cover of Black Belt Magazine.
- Instructor to several National Schools and Colleges
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MASTER AMERIS
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7th-Degree Black Belt with 38 years of experience in the martial
arts, Master Philip Ameris is Grand Master Hee Il Cho's senior
student and technical director of the Action International Martial
Arts Association. He has won numerous national and international
championships and was the Captain of USA Taekwondo team for the
1988 World Championships.
Master Ameris is the chief instructor at Cho's Taekwondo in New
Kensington, PA. He has traveled throughout the world teaching
seminars and clinics on traditional Taekwondo, as well as
developing R.A.P.E. Defense™ - a proven and effective course on
women's self defense.
Master Ameris has been featured in numerous martial arts
publications throughout the world, and has dedicated his life to
studying the way of Taekwondo and teaching traditional
martial arts methods and values. He is married for twenty six
years, as his wife and two children study Taekwondo and hold the
rank of black belt.
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MASTER KIRKWOOD
| Master John Kirkwood, has
been involved with Tae-Kwon-Do for over 35 years and has taught Tae
Kwon-Do for over 25 years to students in Lanarkshire. Having first
established his club in Larkhall when he was in his twenties he
taught the community for over 20 years before establishing the
largest club in A.I.M.A.A Scotland, which is in Blantyre Sports
Centre. He has numerous World, International and National
Champions within his school in Blantyre, and teaches specialised
courses in self defence, point and continuous sparring, as well as
body conditioning. Over the last decade he has went on produce many
Black belts, with some having went onto to become Instructors in
their own right. As National Director of A.I.M.A.A Scotland he
endeavours to ensure that Grandmaster Chos teachings and
philosophies are engraved into the minds of the students in
Scotland, and has close ties with Master John Darcy, who is his
Instructor and Mentor in A.I.M.A.A Ireland. |
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MASTER BYRNE
| Master Peter Byrne has
been training for the last 30 years and is National Director of
A.I.M.A.A. Ireland. Master Byrne is Master Darcy's senior student
and is an expert in self defense and one step sparring. He founded
and established Cho's School of Taekwondo Aughrim, Co. Wicklow 20
years ago,where the school has been growing and getting stronger as
time goes on. Master Byrne has devoted his life to the art of
Taekwondo and has trained many of his students to the black belt
level, whom are still training and have their own Cho's School of
Taekwondo. Master Byrnes is an excellent example for all
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MASTER KALKUTT
| West Midlands Schools of
Tae Kwon-Do (WMST). Established in 1985, all the clubs are
affiliated members of AIMAA, based around Gloucestershire and
practice the ITF style. The Chairman and Senior Instructor for the
Association is Master Amrit Kalcutt 6th Dan who runs 2 of the clubs
(Newent and Hartpury). Other clubs meet at Stroud, Eastcombe,
Ross-on-Wye, Abbeymead and Abbeydale. Over the years the various
clubs have grown under the watchful guidance of Master Kalcutt,
with over 60 students now achieving their Black Belts. A number of
students have been fortunate to attend and achieve gradings and
training seminars under the leadership of Grandmaster Hee Il Cho
9th Dan during his visits to the UK. |
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A.I.M.A.A HAD AN OLYMPIC HOPEFUL!
The Olympic WTF
committee threw open the doors early this year to allow non-WTF
members to try out for a place within the Olympic squad. Over 1,000
hopefuls applied, and only 200 where chosen to attend the trails.
A.I.M.A.A was very proud to have three students chosen to attend
the 1st trails in England. The students where Instructors Mr John
Kirkwood Jnr, Miss Monika Markowska, as well as Miss Kirsty
Gough.
Due to the commitments required to go further within the selection,
especially as all training will be based in Manchester, England. Mr
Kirkwood withdrew his name from the 1st faze, but was very proud to
have been selected out of all those who had applied. Both Monika
and Kirsty both attended the trails, which was a full day of
intense training and assessment.
It was great pride that A.I.M.A.A Jersey - Miss Monika Markowska
has been selected to attend the next faze, which had have a more
complex training and scientific assessment for her in store.
Everyone in our club and A.I.M.A.A wished Miss Markowska all
the best for her next trail. Monika has previous WTF experince and
has fought at International level within the Polish WTF team.
The Fighting Chance Phase 2 Assessment Camp, was on 27th March 2010
at the Elite Taekwondo Academy in Manchester,from previouse 200
talented martial artist, only 28 where invited to this stage.
The trial day - include lots of excitiments - and a bit of
disapointments the same time. The day started with 45min training
sessions with the British National Team coaches followed up by
sparrings sessions, Monika was matched against European Champion
from WTF, and lost her match with the difference of couple points,
the second match with the numeber one of ITF federation
fighter Monika went on to win the fight with a unanimous
decision. The next few hours of the trial was full of body
measurements, filling lots of different questionnaire forms, and a
chat.
After that stage the WTF Fighting Chance - Officials were impressed
with the high standard of participants, the level of effort put in,
and the positive interest displayed by all investigating their
Talent Transfer potential into Olympic Taekwondo. Unfortunately
Monika on this occasion wasn't selected to the final 2 candidates
for the British Fighting Chance Team.
Well done to everyone who got chosen from A.I.M.A.A you should be
very proud of yourselves, as we are proud of you
(text kindly provided from AIMAA Scotland website..)
COMBAT
MAGAZINE
In November
edition of Combat Magazine Chos Tae Kwon Do Jersey was choosen to
write a martial arts article!!.
Robert
Fernandes of Cho's Tae Kwon Do Jersey Club was choosen to write a
martial arts article. He wrote about exercises to improve kicking
ability. Tae Kwon Do is renowned for it's kicking techniques and
this separates it, from other martial arts. The article was
entitled "Exercises to help you : improve your kicking ability",
the piece was illustrated with great and detailed photos of Monika
Markowska, and Jorge Basilo, showing excellent technique,
flexibility and balance.
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