HITCHIN & STEVENAGE TAE KWON-DO SCHOOLS
est 1987
H.S.T.S
Welcome, here is a short introduction about myself and the Hitchin & Stevenage Tkd Schools, if you have any questions please send me an email.
I will be glad to answer any questions or queries you have.
Regards
yours in Taekwon-do
Glenn Horan 6th degree ITF
International Instructor/Grading Examiner
The Hitchin Tkd School was established in 1987 and taken over by myself Glenn Horan 6th degree black belt in 1990. The club has gone from strength to strength now with over 170 students from beginner to 5th degree black belt. The Stevenage Tkd School was taken on in October 2005 which now has over 40 students and growing.
The clubs and myself are recognised by the International Taekwon-do Federation. The clubs are also members of the Unified Taekwon-do Association and the British Taekwon-do Council recognised by the sports council.
I have attended many of the late GrandMaster Choi Hong Hi seminars and Instructors courses and more recently GrandMaster Choi Jung Hwa 9th Dan (GrandMasters Choi's son)to enable us to teach the true techniques without distortion.
I am dedicated to teach Taekwon-do to
anyone who wishes to learn,
I believe that Tkd is for anybody and
everybody. So whether you are fit, unfit,
young, old, abled or disabled you to can
learn this exciting form of self-defence.
Although it is much more than just self-defence it
can be life changing for some people.
If you choose to join the school then you will get 100% commitment from all of us and will gain so much you will be amazed.
I have now been training for two thirds of my life and I am dedicated to teach authentic Taekwon-do as once taught by the founder the late Gen.Choi Hong Hi IXth Dan.
For more information on training times, and beginners courses, please select the relevant pages above.
The Hitchin Taekwon-do school is also run by, Ms Gloria Williams 4th Dan. The Instructors have a great dedication to teach authentic tkd. I am currently the U.T.A Chairman and I am very proud of what we have acheived so far in the association. www.utaonline.co.uk
All the Instructors within the U.T.A have had an enhanced CRB check and are registered with the sports council under the B.T.C. They have attended an Instructor course and had a practical assessment before being certified.The U.T.A is run by a committee and is a non profit making organisation with a unified vision of teaching authentic Taekwon-do in a professional manner.
DEFINITION OF TAEKWON-DO
Taekwon-do is the scientific use of the body in the method of self-defence, a body that has gained the ultimate use of its facilities through intensive physical and mental training. This training is the mortar for building a strong sense of justice fortitude humility and resolve.It is this mental conditioning that separates the true practitioner from the sensationalist, content on mastering only the fighting aspect of the art.
This is one reason that Taekwon-do is called an art of self-defence. It also implies a way of thinking and life, particularly in instilling a concept and spirit of strict self-imposed discipline and an ideal of noble moral rearmament.
Translated literally "Tae" stands for jumping or flying, to kick or smash with the foot. Kwon denotes the fist, chiefly to punch or destroy with the hand or fist. Do means an art or way , the right way built and paved by the saints and sages in the past. Thus collectively Taekwon-do indicates the mental training and the techniques of unarmed combat for self-defence as well as health, involving the skilled application of punches, kicks, blocks and dodges with bare hands and feet to the rapid destruction of the moving opponent or opponents.
Taekwon-do definitely enables the weak to posses a fine weapon together with confidence to defend him or herself and defeat the opponent as well.
Of course, wrongly applied, Taekwon-do can be a lethal weapon. Therefore mental training must always be stressed to prevent the student from misusing it.
(above text was taken from the Taekwon-do encyclopedia)
