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University of Brighton Spitfire Taekwondo

 

 

Spitfire Brighton

 

 

University of BRIGHTON Taekwondo club operates under the Spitfire Taekwondo Academy. We train under the Olympic W.T.F style. All our black belts are international approved and has obtained recognized instructors qualifications. Student will be offered a wide range of training in different aspects of the Korean martial Arts of Taekwondo. All Students have the opportunity to enter a range of competitions across UK including student nationals and GB nationals. A number of international competitions in Europe are also available to elite athletes.

Training includes:

 

- Sport Taekwondo and fitness training
- Traditional and Basic Taekwondo techniques
- Self Defence techniques

 

 

The UBSU is affiliated to BSTF and Spitfire Taekwondo is affiliated to BTCB, which is the recognized NGB for Olympic WTF in the UK.

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Contacts 2008/09

Club Chief Instructor
Terence Yu		07748 683067 Email Click HERE
Spitfiretkdbrighton@hotmail.com

 

Training Sessions  

Wednesday	Time	Location
Sport session	14:00 – 15:30	Cockcroft Sport Hall
Saturday
Traditional martial art basic session	13:30 – 14:30	Cockcroft Sport Hall
Sport session	14:30 – 15:30	Cockcroft Sport Hall

 

 Taekwondo

The history of Korean Taekwondo is notoriously partisan, but it is generally accepted that it is derived from Japanese Karate, and has been developed into a modern sport. It is acknowledged in the martial arts, that Korean kicking in its power and execution is above any other form.

 

Spitfire Taekwondo makes a clear demarcation between sport and martial training, as the techniques may appear similar, their applications are very different. 

   

There are two main bodies in the Taekwondo world. The International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), which was formed in 1966 and practices a traditional form of Taekwondo, and The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). Which was formed in 1973, as a development of the Korean Taekwondo Association (KTA), and its approach to Taekwondo leans more toward sparring. Due to this is referred to by many as a “martial sport” rather than a “martial art” and became an Olympic sport in 2000.

 

Sport Taekwondo:        

Contemporary Taekwondo is publicly recognised as an Olympic sport, beyond its martial roots and semi-contact variants. The Olympic style we are all used to seeing is based on World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) full contact rules, with participants wearing protective armour and headgear scoring points by kicking their opponents to the head or body.

The sport has developed really since the early 70's, but the explosion in its popularity has driven the development of the sport, which again has fed its popularity. The last five years has seen sport Taekwondo enter the general conscience, probably due to its appearance in the last 2 Olympics as a full medal sport.

 

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 Links

Spitfire Taekwondo Academy (STA)		www.spitfiretkd.co.uk
British Taekwondo Control Board (BTCB)		www.btcb.org.uk
British Student Taekwondo Federation (BSTF)		http://bstf.webmaster-webdesigns.com/index.htm

 

Spitfire Taekwondo    - www.spitfiretkd.co.uk

 

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