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North London Tae Kwon Do (NLTKD) is run by fully qualified GTI Tae Kwon Do instructors to the GTI (ITF) syllabus and standards . Our aim is to provide a venue for new or experienced student of Tae Kwon Do to to learn and practice Tae Kwon Do training. We are a new club but it is named after the former NLTKD which ran for many years around North London. We train twice a week teaching a balanced combination of self defence, fitness, patterns and sparring techniques, and grade on average once every 3-4 months With our media filled world, I am often asked how does Tae Kwon Do compare against other forms of martial arts. There are many different styles of fighting, i.e. wrestling, boxing, fencing, or even military self defence, etc. Also there are the "arts" aspect which refers to mental and physical development as in yoga, education, confidence, attitude etc. The people that specialise in there form of training, for example boxing and will be the best at it, within the rules of that field. Tae Kwon Do strikes the right balance between fighting, self defence and mental discipline and attitude. This is not surprising has Tae Kwon Do is an “amalgamation of Chinese, Japanese, and traditional Korean fighting styles hence Tae Kwon Do has become the world's most commonly practiced martial art. Tae Kwon Do has aspect of almost all fighting styles including sparring, self defence, breaking, "take downs", weapons self defence and lots more. Our training regime is based on scientifically researched methods. Tae Kwon Do has no barriers to either sex, physique or age - all are welcome. Your health, strength, agility and confidence are greatly improved. This, coupled with the support and comradeship you will experience from others makes for very pleasant training sessions. Instructors Mr Onipede 1st Dan has trained in Tae Kwon Do from the early 1990's, under Mr Albert Williamson-Taylor with the original NLTKD, but after a long break achieved his Black belt with the GTI in 2004. Mr Onipede has won numerous won numerous sparring trophies including British Championship, English Championships and other regional and Open tournaments. Mr Onipede runs a building construction firm and is a Corgi qualified gas operative. However with the demise of the original NLTKD Mr Onipede felt that he would re-open the NLTKD school to provide a school in London for old and new students Tae kwon Do, Mr Albert Williamson-Taylor, 5th Dan, who runs a Structural Engineering firm in the city is returning from TKD retirement, has trained, instructed and examined students including Black Belt Dan gradings in Tae Kwon Do for almost 20 years. Mr Albert Williamson-Taylor has was competed at both national and international level and won numerous tournaments. Mr Williamson-Taylor is one of the very few 5th Dan who is not professional instructors but a highly proficient Tae Kwon Do practitioner and instructor of Tea Kwon Do History of North London Tae Kwon Do (NLTKD) The current NLTKD was started Mr Onipede; 1st Dan. The original NLTKD was formed in the 1980's by Mr Albert Williamson-Taylor, 5th Dan The original NLTKD has produced some of the best Tae kwon Do students particularly in the art of sparring in the country. this is no mystery as Mr. Williamson-Taylor is a very proficient fighter in his own right and passionate about the sport. A lot of his old student are now retraining in the new NLTKD with Mr Onipede who is also a proficient fighter in his own right as are many NLTKD students are.
Global Tae kwon-Do International, UK (GTI) The Global Tae kwon-Do International (GTI) is one of the largest martial arts associations in Great Britain with 1000’s of students and schools throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Many towns throughout Great Britain have their own GTI Club, so if you move away you can be sure of receiving the same quality of instruction. Since GTI Tae Kwon Do, is based on the ITF (International Tae Kwon-Do Federation) style, which is the first and original style and also by far the most common type of Tae Kwon Do in the Great Britain and world , training at other clubs of a similar style is usually possible. GTI students are renowned and respected for their proficiency and high standards in Tea Kwon Do and martial arts in general. The GTI ensures that all its schools maintain the same high quality syllabus and standards throughout. This is done by regular refreshers classes for instructors and Black belt students. GTI Tae Kwon Do instructors are not allowed to "grade" there own students. There are GTI sparring competitions throughout the year which can be observed or competed in at any level. |
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