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On Thurs 17th Oct, GBT hosted 6 taekwondo clubs as the first step in launching our 'Fighterbility' campaign.
Lead coaches, Chris Cocker (Focus Taekwondo), Ed & Josh Calland (Whiston Taekwondo), Jibreel Malik (Peak Performance Academy), Joss Kingsley (Passion Taekwondo), Mike McKenzie (Quest Taekwondo), Rick Simpson (Horizon Taekwondo) spent the day at the National Training Centre in Manchester. This was an opportunity to hear from Paul Buxton (CEO) on the LA 2028 vision, Steve Green (Project Lead) on the Fighterbility vision & strategy, Tom Paine (GB Physio) on classification, Cameron Sharpe (Performance Analyst) on the Paris fight themes and data, and Nicole Brennan (IAM POSSIBLE) on Building a Movement.
Fighterbility pilot clubs: AD Taekwondo, Black Widow Taekwondo, Central Taekwondo, Cymru Taekwondo, Focus Taekwondo, Horizon Taekwondo, Passion Taekwondo, Peak Performance Academy, Quest Taekwondo, and Whiston Taekwondo.
Fighterbility is a call to action for upper limb different individuals who were inspired by Paris and the Paralympic champions Amy Truesdale and Matt Bush, and Tokyo silver medallist, Beth Munro. Fighterbility is a programme aimed at anyone from 7 yrs and up with an interest in taekwondo and for those able to compete at K44 classification looking to find a sporting community which is open to them.
Read more about the 'Fighterbility' at GB Taekwondo: The search for our next LA 2028 Para Champion
The Para host day celebrated the Fighterbility campaign, the success of Paris and GB Taekwondo’s commitment to creating a movement through building partnerships with key charities such as Reach, national disability sport organisations such as LimbPower and uniting the power of pilot clubs to help us remove barriers which often keep people across the country from taking part in, and enjoying, sport and in turn, inspire a new generation of taekwondo heroes.
Photograph by Harvey Dunlop, COO, IAM POSSIBLE.
GBT Para Team, from left to right Beth Munro, Keira Forsythe, Joe Lane, Amy Truesdale and Matt Bush.
Nicole Brennan weighs up the challenge of a gold medal in her pathway to see what it takes to get to LA 2028!
Thank you to everyone who attended and is participating in this programme. We look forward to working with these pilot clubs to discover new talent and identify individuals that are keen to explore the sport of taekwondo. If you are a club with existing classifiable 'K40' athletes, or someone with an upper limb classification, we would love to hear from you.
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