Coaching - Valley Taekwondo

The club is run by two club instructors: Mr Bertie Nicholson and Mr Gareth Whyte.

Bertie is the Coaching Director with the Taekwondo Association of Northern Ireland (TANI) and is 2nd Dan for some 15 years concentrating on producing some of the top black belts with Northern Ireland.

Gareth is also 2nd Dan and is the leading international kyorugi athlete within Northern Ireland having competed as far away as Australia and Canada in Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships.

Both coaches hold the TANI Club Instructor Qualification which includes a child protection check.

The club is in membership of the United Taekwondo Association (NI) which is in membership of the TANI, which is the governing body for Taekwondo within Northern Ireland recognised by Sport NI.

What will I be learning?

In the class you will be learning a mixture of the art form, self-defence, and sport Taekwondo. These are not separate but interlock and support each other. Without good basic technique learnt as part of the art form, you can not have fast techniques for the sparring aspect when doing sport, which makes you react faster in self defence.