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Taekwondo
 
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
 
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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