The deadline for the FREE Educare Safeguarding Training is fast approaching. Please complete and send your certificate through to Rachel Smith at safeguarding@britishtaekwondo.org Currently 54% of our coaches have completed this course. Don’t forget – you’ll need this for the CoachEd courses coming up soon. Any problems with logging in please contact Rachel at the email…
Hi Everybody, We would like to say a massive “well done” to every coach that took part and passed the Online Coaching Course held by World Taekwondo in partnership with British Taekwondo earlier this month. The two-day course was attended by 71 people from 19 different countries and 41 of our great British Taekwondo coaches…
Would you like to develop your poomsae and freesyle skills further? On Sunday 16th August, WTE will be running an online poomsae and freestyle workshop. This workshop is open at everyone, regardless of age and level. The aim of this workshop is to broaden your knowledge and develop your skills, you will also be informed of…
Recently we launched our new volunteer led departmental structure that is looking for talented and passionate people to get involved to help us reshape the future of Sport Taekwondo, Poomsae and Martial Art activity in Great Britain. Full details of the structure and all roles currently available can be seen at https://www.britishtaekwondo.org.uk/2020/05/volunteer-department-structures/ We have now…
Hi Everyone, We hope you are all keeping well and staying safe! As you will all be aware, things are finally beginning to change in terms of the governments Covid-19 lockdown response, with a gradual reopening of sport & leisure facilities and the return to limited indoor training from the 25th July (in England) if your club…
Following a detailed application and interview process, British Taekwondo are pleased to announce three new appointments as part of the process to build the new BT Volunteer led Department Structure. This structure, agreed at last year’s AGM by members, aims to provide the transparent, ethical, and democratic logistical platform for members to thrive in their…
The World Championships are a high point of any junior athlete’s sporting career. 18 youngsters have been selected to represent Great Britain at the prestigious event in Sofia, Bulgaria. The 2020 Junior World Championships will be running from 14th – 18th October and will see a range of British fighters, aged between 15 and 17…
We are now publishing version 9 of our Covid-19 Club Assistance Pack which you can download below: v9_Club_Assist_Pack_21.07.20 This is packed full of tips regarding potential support from government sources, how to operate outdoors, how to work effectively online and guidance on returning to training. Keep safe, keep strong and do what you can! Updates to…
Hi Everybody, After a record high number of 124 coaches attending yesterday’s video conference, we are pleased to announce that we will be running a second video conference on Zoom on Monday 20th July, from 7:30pm – 9:00pm. PLEASE NOTE: THIS WILL BE A REPEAT OF YESTERDAYS VIDEO CONFERENCE. We are running this for those…
Hi Everyone, As you will have noticed on the news, the government has now eased lock-down restrictions on the community sport and leisure sectors after nearly 4 months of complete shutdown. Its been really tough on a lot of clubs and coaches, but we all fully understand the health and safety reasons why, and mourn…
It is with great pleasure that we would like to wish British Taekwondo member Master Graham Jones a very happy 80th Birthday today. Now, more than ever, the importance of Physical Activity to our health is clear. We can see this through the commitment and dedication of Master Graham Jones to Taekwondo and who celebrates his…
ATTENTION – ALL BRITISH TAEKWONDO CLUBS Hi Everyone, As you may have seen from the news on 9th July, things are beginning to change in terms of the UK governments Covid-19 lockdown response, with a gradual reopening of sport & leisure facilities and the possibility that clubs can return to some form of limited indoor…