We had the pleasure of welcoming GB, +67 Athlete Rebecca McGowan to host a seminar for the club. Rebecca is currently ranked 4th in the world in World Taekwondo rankings in her weight devision, she has qualified GB’s Olympic place for +67kg at Paris 2024 Olympic Games and is a 2023 Grand Prix silver medallist. The day comprised of two sessions to include our novice and more advanced players. This was a really enjoyable and informative session for all our students and a brilliant opportunity to learn from a top performing GB athlete. We were delighted Rebecca was able to take some time out of ..read more

Our Olympic sparring team have kick started the year with a medal haul with a team of seven students, included children from North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire. The team attended the Keumgang Open in Lommel, Belgium where the competition had over 1000 entrants taking part on Saturday 20 January. The team ranged in age from six years old to sixteen with players competing in B class and A class level of competition. Raw are pleased to announce that all students earned a medal at the competition and were able to enjoy sparring matches with other children from across Europe including; Belg ..read more

We welcomed team GB’s high performance coach, Steve Jennings to Raw Taekwondo to host a seminar. Steve is a long serving coach for GB Olympic Taekwondo as well as a former GB athlete. He has contributed to success of Great Britains Olympic medals. With more than 16 years experience in elite level international sport. He regularly works with top GB athletes including Lauren Williams, Bianca Walkden and Scotland’s very own Rebecca McGowan who has recently qualified GB to the Paris Olympic games in the +67kg division. As part of a training weekend with Icelandic team, Keflavik Taekwondo, our sem ..read more

A Viking Invasion   We were delighted to welcome our friends from Keflavik Taekwondo in Iceland for a weekend of training and fun. We last visited the club in 2018, which seemed like far too long ago and we decided it was time for a reunion on Scottish soil.   Keflavik Club Coach Helgi brought over a fantastic group of athletes to train with us. It was great to see everyone jump into our usual Friday night session and give it their all. Many students not wanting to leave the mats for a rest!   Saturday’s training consisted of an afternoon session and a chance for both teams to ..read more

We have an online Taekwondo shop launching on our website soon! Here are our mini models  Magnus and Róisín wearing the TOTS Dobok and Magnus in the orange hoody. DM us if you would like to pre-order yours. The post Taekwondo Shop coming soon! appeared first on Raw Taekwondo ..read more

Raw taekwondo welcomes a third years sponsorship from local Moodiesburn business Tradecast Building Services. Tradecast is a family run building and maintenance company who offer a first class, fast and reliable service. This generous sponsorship has allowed the club to purchase vital training equipment to assist with the training and development of the students, many of whom have aspirations to compete at the top level in the sport. This has been a wonderful and beneficial investment whith two young players achieving medals at the recent National Championships in Manchester. Sophia Shields, a ..read more

Raw Taekwondo had the pleasure of receiving Grandmaster Shin, Taekwondo 8th Dan for a two-day spectacular seminar. Korean, Grand Master Shin has over 40 years Taekwondo experience and has a wealth of knowledge and expertise to share. Grand Master Shin has been a full-time Taekwondo player since middle school in Seoul, qualified with a degree from Kyunghee University from the department of Taekwondo and a Korean National team coach. Participating students of mixed ages and abilities enjoyed an action packed schedule covering all aspects of Taekwondo techniques with a focus on Poomsae on the Sun ..read more

On Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November Raw Taekwondo took a small team down to Manchester to compete in the prestigious GB Nationals. This large-scale competition with both A and B class categories attracting 1000 of the best and brightest young talent throughout the UK. Our A class team consisted of Kieran Dunsmore, Lauren Dunsmore, Mark Smith, Sophia Shields and Adam Millar. This team took part on Saturday and faced some stiff competition, but all performed well in their matches and had lots to take away from the experience. Lauren went on to fight three matches with two convincing w ..read more

Students at Raw Taekwondo Scotland were lucky to have a fantastic three-hour training session with Team GB’s Taekwondo athletes, Scotland’s own, Rebecca McGowan and the uk first and only ever male world Champion and qualified for Tokyo Olympic 2020 (-68) Bradley Sinden. Attendees were put through their paces at the full time Taekwondo Centre in Cumbernauld, with sports specific drills for sparring, the Olympic Sports element of the martial art. This was a fantastic opportunity to learn from two of GB’s brightest young stars. This session was great preparation for the young sparring team who we ..read more

Taekwondo October camp now open for booking, click here This is currently open to all RAW members to enhance sparring skills, fitness and also covering all aspects of Taekwondo.  Taekwondo sport training Board breaking Basic Taekwondo Daedo Fun and games Art and crafts Outdoor activities Beginning on Monday the 14th of October to Friday 18th of October. £20 per day or £75 for the week. Additional child is £40 (full week) Week would be equivalent of £15 per day to encourage full week attendance. £25% discount for rebooking Cost £56.25 : additional child £30.00 The post October Camp ..read more