UTA Championships 2024 – Little Dragons

This competition is for all UTA students from Little Dragons to seniors. This is to be held at Highfield School, Highfield, Letchworth.
Explained below is what’s to be expected of the Little Dragons and we will practice in their lessons. All Little Dragons get a participation medal as well as the top three winners for Gold, Silver and Bronze.

This is a great opportunity for your children to test their skills in a friendly competition with fellow UTA members, helping to raise much-needed funds to enable the delegates who have been successful in being selected to represent the UK at the ITF European Championships this summer. Some started as a Little Dragon and some are already national and international champions. One day your child might be in the same position.

The UTA take pride in funding its competitors through a selection process and events like these help that funding and enable us to offer this great gift.

All Spectators are free for this event.

Registration deadline – 3rd May 2024.

LITTLE DRAGON COMPETITION STRUCTURE

The Little Dragons all have 30 seconds to show as many of their moves as possible.   Here are some examples of what they are currently practising, stepping forwards and backwards.

White Belts/Yellow Stripes – open fist punch, obverse punch, knife hand strike, rising block, middle block, low block, x-fist rising block, x-fist pressing block, front snap kick, turning kick, side kick, back kick.

Green Stripes – 4 Direction Punch, plus techniques listed above.

Blue Stripes – 4 Direction Block, 4 Direction Punch, plus techniques listed above.

Red Stripes – Anything from Chon Ji, 4 Direction Block, 4 Direction Punch, plus techniques listed above.