West Norfolk martial arts students make the grade

Students from Lynn, Swaffham and Downham helped the Mark Farnham Schools of Tae Kwon-Do gain a 100 per cent pass rate in their colour belt grading examinations.They are held four times a year and conducted by ninth dan Tae Kwon-Do Grand Masters from around the country.To take part in a grading, a student needs to have worked for an allotted time and be up to a good standard for the belt they are taking.Students all start at white belt and work through yellow, green, blue and red grades until they are ready to aim for their black belts which they take in front of a panel of five Grand Master examiners.The gradings started with a one-hour training session where the student ran through the requirements before they took part in their grading session.Some children down to the age of five-years-old were taking part and all students passed with good grades.More than 16,000 students have now passed colour belt gradings in the last 37 years. Lynn results 9th Kup: Reuben Moore, Jieun Yi.7th Kup: Edward Isajev.5th Kup: Frank Kulazinski. 4th Kup: Awab Hamad: Amaya Lali.3rd Kup: Vanna Masabo, Thomas Starling. 1st Kup: Indre Kukanauske, Borislav Kyovbashiev.Downham results9th Kup: Tilly Cakebread, Baiba Mrazek. 7th Kup: Jack English.6th Kup: Rayen Bin Raihan, Nusaibah Binte Raihan.Swaffham results9th Kup: Finley Jones, Shane Jones.8th Kup: Barry Smith, Lucas Smith, Ben Vine. 7th Kup: Jack Vine.5th Kup: Charlie Palmer