Taekwondo

I am currently a 1st Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo. My main type is the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) style.

I have taken part in the following competitions.

Date	Competition	Entries & Results
13th November 2010	Kyo Hoon Taekwondo, Sheffield	Poomsae (Jung In) - Bronze See on YouTube!, Competition Photos
21st April 2012	Kyo Hoon Taekwondo, Sheffield	Poomsae (Jung Do) - Silver Fighting - Bronze See on YouTube!

The highlights of my Taekwondo career are:

September 2008: Start training Taekwondo at Sheffield University club; "London 2012, Here I Come!"
December 2008: Pass my first grading from white to yellow belt.
April 2010: Elected to position of publicity officer of SU club and grade from green belt to blue tag.
April 2011: Elected to position of secretary of SU club.
November 2011: Become captain (acting) of SU club, risking causing a rupture in the space-time continuum.
December 2011: Give obligatory captain's speech at SU club Christmas meal!
April 2012: Grade from red belt to black tag.
August 2012: Watch 12 hours of Taekwondo at the ExCeL during the London 2012 Olympics.
October 2012: Grade from black tag to 1st dan black belt.
Current: Training towards official Kukkiwon 1st dan grading and 2nd dan.

These are a few photos taken at a training session in December 2011 and the Kyo Hoon competition in April 2012.

Me in the World Taekwondo Federation fight body armour at the competition in 2012!

A jumping front kick taken at a training session in 2011.

Me wearing the black belt uniform following my grading in 2012!