Dec 11th 2006
All GST / TII Gradings are finished. In 2006 GST had its largest Colour Belt exams to date, with every GST Club in both West Cork, Cork & Waterford Examined! Gradings were conducted by Mr. Brian Buckley 6th Dan with the assistance of Mr. Dan O'Mahony 4th Dan & Mr. Henry Steel 3rd Dan. Congradulations to all Students.

Also Congradulations to the 100+ Students who attend Squad Training every Sunday Morning, your Commitment & Hard work has been amazing this year!

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all GST Instructors, Students & their Families

Nov 26th 2006
Mr. Brian Buckley Promoted to 6th Dan Black Belt at the TAGB British Championships, with over 2000 competitors and over 6000 sepectators GST Chairman / Tae Kwon-Do International Ireland President
Mr. Brian Buckley was promoted to 6th Dan by Master Dave Oliver President of Tae Kwon-Do International / Chairman of the TAGB,

Results:::
Out of 10 Competitors
Cait O'Donavan - Ladies Heavyweight - Red Belt - Sparring 1st - Clonakility Tae Kwon-Do
Sarah Randalls - Girls Black Belt - Sparring 2nd - Cobh Tae Kwon-Do
Aoife Sheenen - Blue Belt - Sparring 3rd - Clonakility Tae Kwon-Do
Kirean Histon - Boys Tag Team - Sparring 3rd - Cobh Tae Kwon-Do
Fieldma Histon - Ladies Veterens - Sparring 3rd - Cobh Tae Kwon-Do


Next up the Dutch Open & TKD INTERNATIONAL World Champioships,
AGAIN ENTRY IS THROUGH GST ONLY!!!!
Click for Pics

Nov 23rd 2006
Thank you to the IUTF for another Great event, the Pics and Results are below.
Coming up this Sunday the TAGB British Championships
Click for Pics
Click for Results

Nov 13th 2006
gotoGST.com updated witha new design, hope you all like! Also the IUTF Celtic Cup is on this Sunday & the following sunday GST will travel the the T.A.G.B British Championships, for those of you travelling you are in for a treat as its one of the best competitions around, last year there was 1900+ competitors! Also be sure to join the GST Newsletter to recieve email updates on Competitions, Merchandise etc etc.

Nov 5th 2006
GST / TII has picked its Team of 7 Competitors which will travel to the T.A.G.B Bristish Championships on
Nov 25th, Nicole Swani, Ross McBride, Kathy Histon, Cait O'Donavan, Keneth Fuller, Sarah Randalls & Aoife Sheenen where picked from over 100 Students that attend Squad Training every Sunday!
Congradulations to all




Nov 4th 2006
GST Students have started Fundraising to help them travel to Holland in Jan 2007,
Yesterday 11 GST Students raised over €1500.
A Squad of over 50 will be traveling to the Dutch open.
Any Students interested in fundraising please contact your Instructor for more info.

Oct 8th 2006
As promised here is the info the
TAE KWON-DO INTERNATIONAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
this competition is the biggest Tae Kwon-Do Event in the World, with more participants then any other Tae Kwon-Do World Championships. And as its run by Tae Kwon-Do International you can only expect the higest quaility Competetiors in the World. This tournament is a most for any true Tae Kwon-Do Competitor. As always entry to this event is throught Great Southern Tae Kwon-Do ONLY!
Click for more info


Oct 7th 2006
GST Instructors Mr.Darren Buckley, Mr. Ross McBride & Mr. Michael Kelly complete course in Sports Medicine 1st Aid & are Certified in said Course.
Sports Medicine Ireland's course on Sports First Aid and Injury Management is the leading course of its type in the world, currently being presented in 13 countries and available in 8 langauges.

The course included:
Soft tissue injury management, ankle sprains, cruciate ligament injury, knee cartilage tears, tennis elbow, rotator cuff injury, low back pain, foreign body in the eye, corneal abrasions, detached retina, blow-out fractures, burst eardrum, dental fractures, tooth avulsions, nosebleed, nasal fractures, laryngeal trauma, concussion, dislocations to shoulder, elbow, finger, hip, knee and jaw, AC & SC joint sprains, fractures to forearm, finger, metacarpal, femur, hip, tibia, ankle, toe, rib, and skull, external and internal haemorrhage, spinal injury, injuries to the kidney, liver, spleen, testicular trauma, body piercing and sport, heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, diabetes, epilepsy and asthma.

GST will have the privilage of having Dr. Goggin present this course to all its Instructors & Students in March '07!

Sept 5th 2006
GST is proud to announce we will be traveling to 2 prestigious tournaments ( more Tournaments to be confirmed) in the '06 - '07, 1st off we are traveling to the T.A.G.B British Championships in Nov, last year GST entered a Mixed Squad of 8 Competitors coming home with 6 Trophy's (1,800 entered the Competition in Total)and 2nd we will Travel yet again to Eindhoven Holland for the 5th Time in recent Years, always a great Trip! Please contact your GST Instructor now for info and Bookings.

Sept 4th 2006
Great Southern Tae Kwon-Do is proud to present Lismore's 1st Black Belt. Mary Prendergast jioned GST when the club 1st opened over 3years ago. Mary travelled over 40mins every Sunday for a year to GST Squad training and her deadication has been rewarded after passing her Black Belt under Master D.K Oliver in May '06.
Click for Pictures

Sept 3rd 2006
Great Southern Tae Kwon-Do brought 40+ Students to Oakwood Theme Park in Wales during August, all the students enjoyed the 2 day trip & cant wait to go to Alton Towers next Summer!
Click for Pictures

July 5th 2006
Great Southern Tae Kwon-Do Cobh Students recently finished their Summer Grading's, The Adult Class graded first, then the Cobh Students who recently went for Black Belt under Master Oliver were presented with there Black Belts, congratulations to all, the grading finished off with the younger GST Students who preformed great and are currently awaiting their results.
Click for Pictures

June 30th 2006
Great Southern Tae Kwon-Do / Tae Kwon-Do International Ireland will travel to the TAGB Scottish Championships which are been held on the 9th of Sept. Places are now available to be booked through your GST Instructor, after the success in the TAGB Northern Ireland Championships GST will be looking to for to another great competition.

June 29th 2006
www.gotoGST.com would like to say congratulations to all the Students of Drinagh TKD Club in West Cork on their recent Grading's and also congratulations to Matilda Olsen for passing her 1st Dan Black Belt under Master Oliver (President Tae Kwon-Do International)
Click for Pictures

June 26th 2006
GST brought a group of 41 people of which 31 were Competitors to Belfast for the TAGB Northern Ireland Championships on the 24th June 06. We left on Friday the 23th and began our journey to the North, the bus journey took 7+ hours, Saturday morning we traveled to Lisburn to the Arena in which the TAGB NI TKD Championships were being held,the event kicked off at 10am, the tournnament was a great success with over 400 Competitors and as with all TAGB (TKD INTERNATIONAL) Tournaments ran like clockwork,which meant the tournament was over before 3pm!
Out of 31 Competitors GST returned home Sunday afternoon with 33 Medals, Congradulations to all and thanks for another great trip!
Click for Pictures

June 19th 2006
GST yesterday took 6 Students to the WKA Championships Ireland, all Students Placed for a chance to go to the WKA World Championships in Spain in Sept, all yesterdays Students will also be competiting in the TAGB Nothern Ireland Championships on June 24th.
Click for Pictures

June 16th 2006
GST Junior Ninjas in Riverstown finished their end of season Gradings, Congraulations to all of you!
Click for Pictures

June 1st 2006
On the 27/May/06 the GST Black Belt grading's were held in Clonakilty West Cork by Master Dave Oliver (President Tae Kwon-Do International) this was the 1st time ever the exams were held in West Cork. All Students preformed excellently and are currently awaiting their results. More info soon!
Click for Pictures

May 22nd 2006
Yesterday was the last Preliminary Grading for those going for Black Belt promotion next Saturday. The examiner for the Grading's will be Master D.K. Oliver (President of TKD International/ Chairman of T.A.G.B)
Students will arrive in West Cork next week for a light training session before the exam begins in the afternoon. Again good luck too all.
Click for Pictures


May 15th 2006
Yesterday (14/may/06) was the 2nd last Squad training session before the big day which takes place on the 27th/may/06, all 50+ students got together again this time in West Cork. The day started at 11am with a Class that lasted until 1pm concentrating on Patterns and One Step Sparring. A half for lunch then another class which lasted just over an hour concentrating on Semi Free and Free Sparring. Another small break then
Preliminary Grading No.2 off 3 begun. Congratulations to all for your dedication & perseverance.
Click for Pictures Click for Videos

May 11th 2006
Over 100 Students have been training @ GST Squad Training every Sunday morning under Mr. Brian Buckley and under Mr. Dan O'Mahony in West Cork, some training for upcoming Competitons and the rest for Black Belt Promotion. Over 50 of these Students will Grade for Black Belt Promotion under Master Dave Oliver on 27th/May'06. Good luck to all!
Click for Pictures

April 23rd 2006
GST / TII will travel to Antrim in Nothern Ireland for the T.A.G.B Nothern Ireland T.K.D Championships on June 24th 2006, this event is opean to all Ages and Grades, if you are interested contact your GST Instructor now. Entry forms will be available to print from the website soon, and all details & sections will also be available right here on gotoGST.com


April 11th 2006
GST / TII returned home from Swizterland on Monday the 10th April '06 after being there for 4 days (6th -10th April), one of which (Sat 8th April) was spent at the Tae Kwon-Do International European Championships. Over 500 Competitors from around the World attended including Master Pedro Florindo's team from Tae Kwon-Do International Argentina. GST brought a total of 51 people with them including 28 competitorsfrom GST Cobh - Lisgoold - Fermoy - Clonakilty and Skibbereen,arriving home with 10 trophy's! Also GST had the youngest competitor at the Championships, Jason Histon from Cobh who is only 4 yrs old, Jason enjoyed great admiration from all competitors and officials at the championships! Well done to all, and thank you for a great Trip!
Click for Pictures Click for results

March 23rd 2006
GST has opened a new Club in Ballinhassig, this Club is run by GST 2nd Dan Instructor Mr. Barry O'Mahony
Congradulations & Welcome to all the new Students in Ballinghassig to GST.
Click for Pictures

March 23rd 2006
GST Instructor Mr. Dan O'Mahony brought 17 Competitors to the Kinsale T.K.D Championships '06, out of which GST brought home 21 Trophys. Congradulations to all, another great GST success!
Click for Pictures

March 14th 2006
GST Black Belt Awards Night took place on the 11th/March/'06 in Rushbrooke Hotel Cobh.
Over 150 people attended, the night started with the Presentation of Black Belt Certificates ranging from 1st Dan - 4th Dan, 3 of GST's International Competitors were awarded for the constent Achievements. All enjoyed a beautiful Meal followed by a Disco.Congradultaions to all!
Click for Pictures
March 7th 2006
GST's new Adult Class recently graded and passed their 1st Tae Kwon-Do Exam.These Students graded from Cobh Tae Kwon-Do and Erins Own Tae Kwon-Do, all students have been Training since November '05, some training 2 & 3 nights a week. Congratulations to all!
Click for Pictures

March 1st 2006
GST West Cork Tae Kwon-Do Championships was on Sunday 26th Febuary '06 in Darrara College Convention Centre, Clonakilty. Click below for pictures, results will be put up Tomorrow. A great day was had by all the 255 Competitors. The competition ran like Clockwork, 6 Rings rang continuously. The Competition started at 10am and every one was out for 2.30pm, thanks to all the Umpires and Officials!
Click for Pictures


Febuary 22nd '06
GST West Cork Squad Training, just like in East Cork every Sunday Morning, down in Rosscarbery West Cork
Mr Dan O' Mahony is Training Students both for Black Belt Promotion & Upcoming Competitions (GST West Cork Tae Kwon-Do Championships & European Tae Kwon-Do Championships,Davos, Switzerland)
Training is going unbelievable well and Congratulations to all Attending for your constant effort & Commitment! Students travel from Clonakilty Tae Kwon-Do, Skibbereen Tae Kwon-do, Dunmanway Tae Kwon-Do, Baltimore Tae Kwon-Do, Drimoleague Tae Kwon-Do and many more clubs form GST West Cork.
Click for more on Squad Training Click for more on Switerland '06 Click for Squad Training Pictures West Cork

Febuary 9th 2006
GST West Cork Tae Kwon-Do Championships is on Sunday 26th Febuary '06 in Darrara College Convention Centre, Clonakilty. All the info can be viewed online below or if you prefer you can download the .zip file and view offline
Click for Sections Click for Registeration Form Click for Poster Download .zip File

January 30th 2006
GST Riverstown and Knockraha do their 1st Grading, Just 2 of the many new GST Clubs to do their 1st Grading recently as GST continues to grow and grow. Students enjoyed the day and examiner Mr. H. Steel said " It's amazing how the standard keeps getting better every time I grade GST Students"
With GST at 40+ Clubs GST plans expand even further in '06, GST Irelands Largest Tae Kwon-Do Organisation.
Click for Pictures

January 29th 2006
GST Black Belt Preperation / Squad Training a huge success again in 06..... Only 4 weeks back Squad Training and GST has already got 100+ registered Students for Black Belt Preperation / Squad Training, these Students travel for all over Cork and Waterford to attend Squad sessions every Sunday Morning aswell as attending their GST Tae Kwon-Do classes during the week in their area.Classes are held in East and West Cork by Mr. Brian Buckley and Mr. O'Mahony, Students are currenlty training for Black Belt Promotion Gradings which will be held by Master Dave Oliver (President Tae Kwon-Do International) in May '06 and Students are also training for upcoming National & International Competitions especilly the European Tae Kwon-Do Championships on the 8th April in Davos Switzerland.
Click for more on Squad Training Click for more on Switerland '06 Click for Squad Training Pictures

January 27th 2006
GST Cobh, open for over 21 years, Cobh Tae Kwon-Do has been home to some of the best National and International Competitors throught out the past 21 years & the current young crop of competitors are out to prove they are no different! Here just a few Students from Cobh displaying the Trophys they won between Sept - Dec '05.
Click for Pictures


January 16th 2006
GST Squad Training resumed on Sunday January 8th (for more info click here) Already there are over 90+ training every Sunday both in South and West Cork, these classes contain Students preparing for Black Belt Promotion which will take place at the end of May '06, also Students preparing for the European
Tae Kwon-Do Championships in Switerland on 8th April '06. Registeration for these classes end on Jan 29th so pick up a registeration form off your instructor now!

Click for more info