The Gap Grading MArch 2023
Grading Report
The Taekwondo grading at The Gap centre was held on Thursday night (the 23rd of March), and on Tuesday night (the 28th of March) we celebrated our grading results. We were very pleased with the grading and excited to celebrate our student’s achievements.
We are delighted to welcome Emily, Emma, and Leander who just graded from white belt to yellow, their first step on their journey to black belt. All three students trained very hard and we look forward to seeing what they can do moving forward.
Some highlights of our grading were our 9th Gups (now 8th Gups) who were particularly fearsome – they had the loudest kihap (“shout”) of any of the ranks at the grading. We were also impressed by Eli and Henry – who applied for their 4th Gup - they have been working hard on their sparring, and it has paid off, the two blue belts were particularly fast and ferocious in their sparring.
On Saturday the 25th, Roman Castiglione performed a demonstration for his Black Belt grading test at the Brisbane Black Belt Grading. This test was conducted by Master Bradley Tatnell. Despite the heat and a lot of nerves, Roman did well and has been approved to move forward to the next stage. He will now train very hard to perform the full grading test in July. Good Luck Roman!
After the Black Belt grading, the 1st Gups and Black Belts did a poomsae (pattern) intensive session. Master Bradley has just returned from visiting the Kukkiwon in Korea and had lots to teach us.
We look forward to another fantastic quarter at Sun Bae Korean Martial Arts The Gap.
Go The Mighty Gap!
Instructors Ben and Nicole
Action Video
Highlights from Roman's Black Belt Demonstration.
Red Belt Results
3rd Gup to 2nd Gup (Red II - Red III)
Luke Shuley (with Honours)
1st Gup (Red III)
Roman Castiglione (Demo passed)
Blue Belt Results
5th Gup to 4th Gup (Blue II - Blue III)
Elijah Etherington (with Honours)
Henry Liang
White/Yellow Belt Results
10th Gup to 9th Gup (White - Yellow I)
Leander Bodisco
Emma Rangel
Emily Wilson (with Honours)
9th Gup to 8th Gup (Yellow I - Yellow II)
Tehya Inglis (with Honours)
Aurelius Bodisco
Joshua Challen
Edda Liu
Jessie Liu
Shourya Singh
Lee St Clair
8th Gup to 7th Gup (Yellow II - Yellow III)
Elise Dey
Emma Dawson
Gabriel Malfitana (with Honours)
The Gap Junior Class Results
The junior class after working on their new poomsae.
Congratulations Lee!
Lee is awarded his 8th Gap belt (Yellow II)
Congratulations Jessie!
Jessie is awarded her 8th Gup (Yellow II) belt.
Amazing work Gabriel!
Gabriel passes from 9th Gup (Yellow I) to 8th Gup (Yellow II) with honours.
Well done Emma!
Emma is awarded her 8th Gup belt.
Fantastic work Luke!
Luke passes to 2nd Gup with Honours.
Amazing grading Emily!
Emily passes to 9th Gup with Honours.
Roman passes his Black Belt demo
Roman passes his Black Belt demo, he'll train hard to grade in July.
Congratulations Eli!
Eli passes to 4th Gup with Honours!
9th Gups line up for sparring
White Belt Pattern
Emma, Emily, and Leander performing White belt pattern at their grading.
Well done Leander!
Leander is awarded his 9th Gup.
Well done Emma!
Emma is awarded her 9th Gup.
Well done Josh!
Josh is receives his 8th Gup belt.
Great work Aurelius!
Aurelius is awarded his 8th Gup belt.
Great work Shourya!
Shourya receives his 8th Gup belt.
Congratulations Tehya!
Tehya receives her 8th Gup belt.
Congratulations Elise!
Elise is awarded her 7th Gup belt.
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