About Our Club
TaeKwon-Do is a Korean martial art, famous for its dynamic kicks and wide variety of training techniques. We are a friendly and passionate club, open to everyone! Potential members who have practised TaeKwon-Do should know that we welcome both ITF and WT styles, and indeed train in both. With a lively social scene, regular competitions, and a broad range of seminars, our club has something to offer casual members and experienced competitors alike. So whether you simply want to feel safer on nights out or push to win medals, come check us out!
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Session Times
We hold all of our sessions at Westwood Games Hall. See our session times for this year below:
Monday (ITF): 17:00 – 18:30
Tuesday (WT Sport Sparring): 18:00 - 19:30
Wednesday (WT Technical): 17:30 - 19:00
Thursday (ITF): 17:30 -19:00
Saturday (Sparring & Conditioning): 13:00 – 14:30
Saturday (Squad): 14:30 - 15:00
Exec Team
If you have any questions about our club, feel free to ask any of our wonderful exec!
Presidents: Cleo Charalambous & Chenson Hope-Simes
Treasurer: Matthew Snape
Secretary: Alice Brown
Captain: Dominic Ly
Kit Secretary: Rishi Jobanputra
Charity and Publicity Officer: Angela Malik
Social Secs: Raffi Rizzo & Amina Humayun
Our Instructors
ITF - Mark Fitton
Mark , 4th Degree Black Belt, runs our ITF sessions on Monday and Thursday. He has over 30 years of experience in Taekwondo. Mark's Taekwondo career was predominantly governed by his time in the RAF where he regularly competed in numerous national and international competitions as part of the RAF and Armed Forces Taekwondo teams, gaining Service Colours at both levels. Mark is also the chief instructor at Balsall Common Taekwondo club. Mark’s particular interest in martial arts is understanding the technical nature of the art and applying this to his main passion of teaching self-defence.
WT - Chenson Hope-Simes and Nathan Jossa
Nathan, 3rd Degree Black Belt, and Chenson, 4th Degree Black Belt, run the WT sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both are students studying engineering in their third and second years respectively. Nathan started taekwondo at 4 years old under 7th Dan Master James Eldon and is now a regular instructor at his home club. He specialises in WT sparring and will run the Tuesday sessions. Chenson has 12 years experience and has competed to a national level at WT poomsae competitions. He will be running the technical classes on the Wednesday and is qualified to examine WT gradings.
Competitions
Our club attends a variety of official competitions throughout the year. We have a dedicated Squad session on a Saturday for all those looking to compete at a high level. You can compete in patterns, sparring, breaking and special technique. We attend ITF and WT competitions. Notable competitions include BUCS, BUTL, ITF Championships and PUMA British. We also hold interclub competitions.
Gradings
We offer internal gradings in both ITF and WT styles every term. So come along and work your way up from white belt to black belt.
Seminars
We also offer several seminars throughout the year with some very special guests. There are opportunies to further your knowledge in self-defense, Bo Staffs and cool kicks.
Socials
Outside of training, our social secs also host several socials and events throughout the year - both sober and non-sober. Some events we've done in the past and plan to do this year are:
- POP! and Skool Dayz
- TEA kwondo
- Games and movie nights
- Club Meals
- Annual international and domestic tours
Charity
We are supporting Young Minds this year. Over the course we will run several events to raise money. We do an annual 12 hour Taekwondo session, pub quizzes and kickathon
Social Media
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Costs
To join Taekwondo you must purchase:
- Sports Federation Student Membership £32
- Club Pass Membership Fee (ON CAMPUS) £69.50
- Taekwondo Standard Membership £6