Northern Taekwondo Instructors
Master Lee Heyes is a BTC Instructors Verifier and it is his responsibility to deliver all coaching courses under the BTC rules and regulations. He attends regular BTC Meetings to ensure we are inline with any changes that may happen within the national governing body for Taekwondo.
All our instructors have had coaching in the following areas
- Child protection
- Code of conduct and ethical standards
- Health and Safety training
- CRB Enhanced clearance
- First aid training
Northern Taekwondo has over 20 registered instructors with the British Taekwondo Council this is a picture of our latest course October 2008.
All Northern Taekwondo instructors are registered with the BTC (British Taekwondo Council) which is recognised by Sports England they are all CRB Enhanced cleared, First aid trained and fully insured. And have up to date BTC coaching qualifications.
Chief Instructor Master Lee Heyes 6th Dan
Master Lee started training in May 1985 under his late Taekwondo instructor Master Robert Wright. He obtaining 1st Dan in 1988 in Stevenage by Grand Master Kim Yung Ho then 8th Dan, Lee was always interested in competition sparring. He entered numerous local and nation tournaments coming in the top three in every tournament and in 1990 he won 1st place in the British Taekwondo Federation Championships in Bristol and also obtain his 2nd Dan. Lee took part in many British squad training sessions throughout the UK, training with the best in Britain. Whilst Lee trained hard in the sparring area of Taekwondo he was still committed to the Martial Art side, practising patterns and basics techniques with his instructor. From the age of 15 he was well on his way to becoming an Instructor assisting his Master in teaching classes of all ages and ranks successfully. After 4 year he had gained enough confidence and Knowledge to be able to teach on his own. He learnt valuable skills from Master Wright 6th Dan and Master Kim Yung Ho 9th Dan.
In July 2006 he as a 5th Dan was invited to attend an instructor's course for Masters at the Kukkiwon in Seoul, Korea. He trained with the Founder Masters of Taekwondo learning the new standardisation techniques under the new President of the Kukkiwon Woon Kyu Uhm. Master Lee was one of a hand full of Masters from Europe to learn these new techniques and was the honoured to be asked to spread his new found knowledge throughout the UK. He gained valuable life changing experience from training with Grand Masters on the course from all over the world! After a week of gruelling physical and metal training he successfully passed the course and was awarded certification and the prestigious title of International Instructor. In October 2008 Northern Taekwondo became a full independent member of the national Governing body the BTC with over 20 register instructors.
Master Lee now 6th Dan was graded by Grand Master Park 9th Dan at the high Dan grading. Northern Taekwondo hosted a prestigious seminar on behalf of Grand Master Park 9th Dan the day was a huge success with over 100 attending.
