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Chief Instructor
Grand Master
T.W Shin 9th Dan

Grand Master Shin began Taekwondo training in Dong-Ah Gym Seoul(Chang Moo Kwan) with Grand Master Kim Soon Bae 9th Dan in 1963.

He has over 50 year Taekwondo experience.

Other Instructors
Angela Broadbent 6th Dan

Angela started Taekwondo training with Grand Master Shin in the early 1980s in Back Piccadilly, Manchester.

Since 2006, she has specialised in Poomsae(Patterns or Forms), competing both nationally and internationally, and is a national Poomsae Judge.

She was a bronze medallist in the 2018 Poomsae World Championships in Taipei last November and silver medallist in the 2017 Europeans

Alex Tse 4th Dan

Alex started ITF Taekwondo(semi-contact) when he was 17 years old. After seeking to join WTF Taekwondo for serveral years, he finally met Grand Master Shin and started focusing on kyorugi(sparring) in Shin's Academy in 2006.

He promoted to 1st Dan Black belt in 2008 and started training in Poomsae (patterns or forms). He was gold medallist in male team 19+ and bronze medallist in male 19+ individual in British Open Championships.

He was a member of British National Poomsae Team between 2008-2013 and got 8th place in male team 19+ European Championships 2009.

Jack Durcan 3rd Dan

Jack started taekwondo at the age of 8.

He is a member of the National team and has represented Shin’s Academy and Great Britain nationally and internationally at Poomsae (patterns or forms), he is a 5 x national champion and also won the commonwealth taekwondo championships in 2014.

Jack is honoured to be a student of Grandmaster Shin and enjoys helping other achieve their potential. He is also a national Poomsae Judge.