Working with the United Kingdom Taekwon-Do Centres and with our mentor Master P Harkess VIII we operate schools for beginners and advanced students in South Shields, Sunderland, Peterlee and Durham.

We have access to Instructors and Taekwon-Do centres throughout  the North East and Scotland and our students attend national competitions, Black Belt training and England and Scotland Squad training for International Competitions.

The United Kingdom Taekwon-Do Centres is affiliated to the International Taekwon-Do Federation and all our instructors are fully qualified and insured including enhanced CRB's  through the British Taekwon-Do Council. Our Mentor - Master Peter Harkess VIII Dan - regularly gives his time to our  students to ensure that the highest standard of delivery of the U.K.T.C. training and grading syllabus is maintained.

"Taekwon-Do" was officially recognised as a martial art on the 11th of April 1955 and at the same time "General Choi Hong Hi IV Dan" was recognised by his peers in Korea as the Founder or Father of Taekwon-Do.

Although the founder of Taekwon-Do was Korean it was his aim to build a better World for everyone and therefore he gave this martial art to the world for free as his gift and legacy.

Therefore, Taekwon-Do is for everyone, however to insure that the origin of this extremely powerful martial art remains pure and to aid development and education of this self defence system worldwide General Choi formed the "International Taekwon-Do Federation" on the 22nd of March 1966 in Seoul, Korea, with the consent of nine participating countries to act as the world governing body for Taekwon-Do.

Now Taekwon-Do is a household name and our family has over two million practitioners world wide and there are many examples of achievement and recognition whether in developing positive healthy lifestyles or from the film world and media.