Grand Master O’Neill TKD Qualifications   Name:   Raymond Peter O’Neill                     Date of Birth 30th May 1961   Date started Taekwon-Do 13th September 1978   COLOURBELT QUALIFICATIONS   Grade Belt Date Examiner Venue   9th Kup Yellow Tips 12.02.79 Master Rhee 7th Dan Amesbury 8th Kup Yellow Belt 09.05.79 Master Rhee 7th Dan Amesbury 7th Kup Green Tips 24.09.79 Master Rhee 7th Dan Boscombe 6th Kup Green Belt 28.03.80 Master Rhee 7th Dan Boscombe 5th Kup Blue Tips 02.06.80 Master Rhee 7th Dan Salisbury 4th ..read more

Grand Master O’Neill TKD Qualifications   Name:   Raymond Peter O’Neill                     Date of Birth 30th May 1961   Date started Taekwon-Do 13th September 1978   COLOURBELT QUALIFICATIONS   Grade Belt Date Examiner Venue   9th Kup Yellow Tips 12.02.79 Master Rhee 7th Dan Amesbury 8th Kup Yellow Belt 09.05.79 Master Rhee 7th Dan Amesbury 7th Kup Green Tips 24.09.79 Master Rhee 7th Dan Boscombe 6th Kup Green Belt 28.03.80 Master Rhee 7th Dan Boscombe 5th Kup Blue Tips 02.06.80 Master Rhee 7th Dan Salisbury 4th ..read more

Mel Steiner is a Martial Arts instructor and competitor with a 9th Dan in TaeKwon-Do. Among his many accomplishments he is listed on Who’s Who in American Martial Arts, and also included in Marquis’ Who’s Who in the South and Southeast. Grandmaster Steiner is a Certified International Instructor, as well as a Certified International Umpire. In 1989, he was inducted into the International Karate Hall of Fame. In 1994, he was one of only five in the U.S. to be recognized by the International Taekwon Do Federation as “Outstanding Instructor” Grandmaster Steiner began his Martial Arts training in ..read more

Master Symonds has practiced Taekwon-Do since 1989 and gained 1st degree in 1993 under the instruction of Master Nardizzi. He was then selected by Master John Taylor to represent Great Britain at the 1995 European Championships and since then he has gone on to attend 13 European Championships, 2 European Cups and 2 World Championships. Master Symonds has won numerous National championships and over 20 World, European and International medals while representing and Captaining the ITF National Team from 1995 to 2010 under Master Gary Miller, Master Andrew Whitley and Master Thomas Denis. The hig ..read more

Russell Dennis has been training in Martial Arts for the majority of his life. He started Taekwon-do in 1986, which he continues to train in and develop his knowledge. He presently holds an 8th Dan black belt (Master level) and is still very active in the Taekwon-do community working as an International Instructor, umpire and grading examiner with the International Taekwon-do Federation (ITF). Master Dennis runs the instructors courses for ‘Taekwon-do Impact’ (London and the South East), has been a member of the ITF-England Discipline and Ethics committee and the ITF-England technical director ..read more

GM James has had an illustrious career in Taekwon-Do with many remarkable experiences to be heard. Below are his comments on meeting the Founder General Choi Like many Taekwon-Doins, everyone has very nice memories of our General Choi Hong Hi. It started with my 4th dan examination in Pyong Yang (N-Korea) 30-06-89, during the World Games.A unique experience as I, together with Sahyun Wijnand, we were the only ones who passed the exam before him. After that, many seminars and examinations followed, 5 degree 230593 in Groningen with the smallest IIC. * During a seminar, I had to perform ap chagi ..read more

Full time ITF Taekwon-do International Instructor & Examiner. Current rank of 8th Degree Master. Former member of ITF Tournament & Umpire Committee and current Chairman of All Europe Taekwon-do Federation Tournament & Umpire Committee. Chairman of TKDSL. AA group for International Taekwon-do Federation in Scotland ..read more

"Commit your spirit to the pursuit of excellence!" Kwan-Jang-Nim Gerhard Brunner was born in Munich and has been actively practicing Taekwondo for over 45 years. He has been teaching taekwondo for several decades and was appointed 9th DAN in September 2022 by the Secretary General of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) in Korea for his numerous contributions to the spread of taekwondo. After setting up a number of schools in Germany, he moved to the USA in 1997. There he opened the first traditional Taekwondo school in Tampa, Florida. In addition, he is the first certified Kimoodo in ..read more

Earl Weiss is a 9th dan black belt in the ITF style of Taekwon-Do. He was one of the last people to test for master's rank under Choi Hong Hi. Weiss is a prolific author on the topic of Taekwon-Do and is a frequent contributor to publications such as Totally TaeKwonDo magazine. Biography * 1971 - 1973 Judo at Niles North High School, Skokie, Illinois * 1972 - 1988 American Taekwon-Do Institute, Morton Grove, Illinois - Under the direction of Dr. Gregg Youstra VI Dan. ITF # A-6-13 * 1974 - Ju Jitsu Self Defense training under Sensei Ben Bergwerf - Now head of the Tori Ryu Ju Jitsu School in Nor ..read more

Dr. Johnson holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Sports and Taekwondo from Kyung Hee University South Korea, and was professor in the Humanitas College at the same University. He is a Co-Founder and Vice-President of iACT. He is the Executive Director for the International Association for Taekwondo Research (IATR), the copy editor for the Journal for the International Association of Taekwondo Research (www.jiatr.org), and a reviewer for two other international journals. He has published research articles on Taekwondo Philosophy and Education. In other academic work, Dr. Johnson has presented h ..read more