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CONOR BECKLES HAS BECOME THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF JUNIOR STUDENTS AT BATH TAE KWON DO (BASED AT CULVERHAY SPORTS CENTRE) TO ACHIEVE BLACK BELT STATUS. AGED JUST 12YRS, CONOR UNDERWENT A RIGOROUS EXMINATION, EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ONE THE ADULTS DO, AT BRISTOL TAE KWON DO ACADEMY IN REDFIELD.

CONOR HAS BEEN TRAINING AT THE CLUB FOR OVER 6 YEARS NOW, THE LAST YEAR OF WHICH HAS BEEN ALL FOCUSED ON THIS GRADING. 5TH DAN INSTRUCTOR ROB MORRIS SAID “CONORS PREPARATION FOR THE GRADING HAS BEEN EXEMPULARY, NEVER MISSING ANY SESSIONS AND ALSO TRAINING IN ADULT CLASSES AS WELL AS THE JUNIOR CLASSES. HE’S A VERY POLITE YOUNG MAN WHO TRAINS HARD AND SETS A FINE EXAMPLE TO THE OTHER JUNIORS BEHIND HIM”
MORRIS WENT ON, “IT’S ALWAYS A PROUD MOMENT FOR ME WHEN ANY STUDENT PASSES A BLACK BELT GRADING AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S A JUNIOR WHO WILL NO DOUBT FOLLOW THE PATH OF MANY OF HIS PREDESSESORS AND GO ON TO UNIVERSITY, EQUIPPED WITH CONFIDENCE AND SELF BELIEF TO SUCCEED.”
CONOR NOW ASSISTS IN THE TEACHING OF JUNIOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS TRAINING ALONG SIDE THEM. MORRIS SAID “I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR A STUDENT WHO ATTAINS BLACK BELT STATUS TO PASS ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF TAE KWON DO, WHAT WE WOULD PHRASE ‘GIVING BACK’. CONOR HAS CERTAINLY EMBRACED THIS PHILOSOPHY”
ANYONE WISHING TO TRY A FEW FREE SESSIONS OF TAE KWON DO AT CULVERHAY CAN CONTACT ROB MORRIS ON: 01225873885