An interview with Ebrahim Asskaravi of the Cardiff Taekwondo Academy. As part of our 40th anniversary celebrations we’re continuing to share the stories of our members. In this feature we find out more about Master Ebrahim Asskaravi of the Cardiff Taekwondo Academy, his taekwondo journey from Iran to Wales and his top tips for finding…
Volunteers needed for the European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester next month. There are multiple roles and shifts available and taekwondo experience is not necessarily required. Manchester will host the European Taekwondo Championships in May 2022. For the first time ever, this competition will also include Para Taekwondo in a fully integrated competition schedule. After the…
Want to be a Taekwondo Judge or Referee? Taekwondo Chungdokwan Great Britain (TCGB), in conjunction with the British Taekwondo Referee Committee, is hosting a Class 3 Referee (Judge) Course in Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey on Sunday 24th April. The starting point to becoming a judge or a referee is to attend an official British Taekwondo Referee/Judge course….
As part of our 40th anniversary celebrations we’re continuing to share the stories of our members. In this feature we find out more about Master Paul Jones of the Llantwit Major Taekwondo Club and his work delivering Taekwondo and Self-Defence classes to school pupils in the Barry area of Wales. Master Paul Jones from Llantwit…
CEO blog – April 2022. As another busy month of activity draws to a close we are looking ahead to a packed spring and summer of training, competitions, seminars and gradings! Events coming up With the European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester a mere 41 days away as I write this, I hope you are looking…
As part of our 40th anniversary celebrations we’re continuing to share the stories of our members. In this feature we find out more about the Horizon Taekwondo Academy and hear from their members who have continued with Taekwondo and some who have taken up the sport for the first time. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic…
Two-time world champion Sarah Stevenson MBE and GB Taekwondo Performance Director, Gary Hall, have accepted appointments with the European Taekwondo Union (ETU). Stevenson, who became Britain’s first-ever Olympic medallist at Beijing 2008, and Hall, who has helped mastermind GB’s rise to its status as a global taekwondo powerhouse, have agreed to become ETU executive council…
National Dan Grading at the National Taekwondo Centre in Manchester. British Taekwondo is pleased to release the full invitation pack for the National Dan Grading due to take place in Manchester on Sunday 19th June. We invite you, our British Taekwondo clubs and members to take part in a National level Black Belt grading event….
New research survey from UK Coaching. UK Coaching are currently working with Liverpool John Moores University on a research project exploring how coaches are cared for and how organisations can help them flourish. This is an important topic because it is well established that retaining coaches is a challenge, and research also demonstrates coaches experiencing…
Work with us. As part of British Taekwondo’s 10 year strategy, and as we emerge from the upheaval of the Covid pandemic, we are looking for experienced and talented people to join our staff team as we build our capacity to support our passionate network of Taekwondo clubs and coaches. British Taekwondo is determined to…
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British Taekwondo’s Poomsae Referee Department recently held its first in person courses. The courses in Scotland and England were open to British Taekwondo members looking to qualify as a Class 3 Poomsae Referee, as well as a refresher course for existing referees. Grandmaster David Bailey ran the Carronshore course and Master Bilal Naqshbandi tutored attendees…