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Spitfire Taekwondo Academy (STA) is an amalgam
of WTF clubs from across Hampshire, with its spiritual roots in Eastleigh,
Winchester & Southampton.
It's these roots that lend the name to the Academy:
the Spitfire Plane also sharing it's spiritual home with the area,
making its maiden flight out of Eastleigh airport to Winchester, and
being built in Woolston in Southampton.
Taekwondo represents a diverse range of skills and applications, and
STA covers these bases to all age groups. We are proud of our Instructor
experience and skill base:
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Alex is the founder of STA and chief instructor.
Alex has played WTF Taekwondo on some of the toughest mats in the world,
and applied his extensive martial arts knowledge in private security. |
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Claire instructs the Southampton classes, specialising
in applied taekwondo and related self-defence systems. Claire manages
the Team Spitfire. |
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Louise is the driving force behind the Schools
Taekwondo Partnership, developing new paradigms in sport Taekwondo
in Hampshire's schools.
Louise instructs the Eastleigh Junior class,
and schools across the region. |
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Local “bad boy” Luke has accelerated into international A-class competition in a mind-boggling short period of time since joining Spitfire in 2003 as a blue belt.
Luke’s disciplined teaching style is a mirror of his own dedication to taekwondo training; a superb example to the young athletes in Spitfire. |
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Everybody knows Sheena or, “MANGA!” as she is affectionately known. A University of Southampton student, Sheena splits her time between study, training, teaching taekwondo and partying.
Sheena brings an unparalleled enthusiasm and electricity to wherever she is training or teaching. She also kicks like a man twice her size. |
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Terrence is an exceptional young martial artist, instructing at Winchester
and his own college club.
Terrence has international WTF medals, as well
as an abundance of domestic awards. |
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Hailing from Nottingham, Mark joined Spitfire as a senior partner and instructor in 2005. Mark brings a thoroughbred pedigree, clocking up an impressive 200+ competitive WTF bouts during his career in the 80’s and 90’s. Mark has worked in private security for over 15 years, recently taking on the more intimidating arena of the classroom as a secondary school teacher.
Mark is the senior instructor in the north Hampshire area, and brings strength of character tinged with the driest of wit to Spitfire. |
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Ian is one of the pioneers of UK Taekwondo, learning
the art in Holland and Korea during the 1960s. After representing Great
Britain at 1973 & 1975
WTF World Championships, Ian served with the British Army's Special Forces,
and as UN Close Protection Officer.
Ian received his 6th Degree from
the Kukkiwon in 1986, and was appointed Head of Jidokwan Taekwondo in
the UK. Ian currently mentors STA instructors in applied Taekwondo and
related defence systems. |
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