Taekwondo
Student Club
UoB Taekwondo offers an inclusive and welcoming environment to practice taekwondo throughout the academic year. Our club trains three times a week with sessions led by external instructors and senior club students. We offer classes for both Olympic-style WT taekwondo and traditional ITF-style taekwondo.
Our sessions focus on building fitness and flexibility while incorporating poomsae, patterns, sparring and self-defence practice into training to help prepare for club gradings and student competitions. Alongside our weekly classes, we organise joint training sessions with other student taekwondo clubs in the West Midlands including Aston and Warwick taekwondo.
Throughout the year our club will hold several seminars with guest instructors from WT and ITF taekwondo as well as three ITF and WT gradings a year. Outside of training our clubs holds socials throughout the academic year with our members as well as with other martial arts clubs at UoB.
Equipment
Our club provides high-quality taekwondo training and competition equipment free of charge for all our members. This includes ITF and WT electronic sparring equipment as well as training aides such as pads and shields.
Socials
Throughout the year we will be holding socials for our ITF and WT members, we aim to offer both drinking and non-drinking socials during all three terms. We aim to do socials with other martial arts clubs through the martial arts bar crawl.
Key Contact
Captain: Jacob Dawson
Vice Captain: Max Tay
Facilities
Dojo
Our Dojo is a purpose built facility within Sport & Fitness.
Gym
Our state-of-the-art gym is available for all your strength and conditioning needs.
Training Times
- Wednesday: 8.00pm - 9.30pm
- Friday: 8.00pm - 9.30pm
- Sunday: 4.30pm - 6.00pm
Exact times will be confirmed by the club upon registration.
Competition Opportunities
Throughout the year our club competes in many competitions including the BUCS Autumn, Winter and Spring Championships alongside the BUTL student nationals. Our club will also aim to attend any open competitions hosted by ITF or WT associations.
Membership Price
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£114.40 includes*:
- 31 weeks of qualified training (4.5 hours of training per week)
- Two WT (World Taekwondo) sessions and one ITF (International Taekwondo Federation) training session per week.
- Sport-specific related equipment (sparring equipment, mats and sparring pads)
Extra – compulsory:
- Training/competition dobok (TBC)
Extra – Non-compulsory:
- Club-related social activity.
- BUCS competition fees (£32 – Subject to change)
- BUTL competition fees (£25)
- Grading fees (TBC)
*This is an approximate list of what the club membership may include. This can change at any point, so please confirm with the club directly on what this membership includes.
Trials and Tasters
WT Taekwondo taster sessions:
- Wednesday 25 September 8.00pm – 9.30 pm (Studio 1)
- Friday 27 September 8.00pm – 9.30pm (Studio 1)
ITF/TAGB Taekwondo taster session:
- Sunday 29 September 8.00pm – 9.30pm (Studio 1)