About Our Club

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art, famous for its dynamic kicks and wide variety of training techniques. We are a friendly and passionate club, open to everyone! Potential members who have practised TaeKwon-Do should know that we welcome both ITF and WT styles, and indeed train in both. With a lively social scene, regular competitions, and a broad range of seminars, our club has something to offer casual members and experienced competitors alike. So whether you simply want to feel safer on nights out or push to win medals, come check us out! Here is our Linktree with more useful information.

https://taekwondosoc.uwcs.co.uk/constitution.pdf

Session Times

Monday (WT): 17:00 - 18:30 - Westwood Games Hall

Tuesday (ITF): 18:00 - 19:30 - Westwood Games Hall

Wednesday (WT): 17:30 - 19:00 - Westwood Games Hall

Thursday (ITF colour belts): 17:00 - 18:30 - Cryfield Pavilion

Thursday (ITF black belts): 18:30 - 20:00 - Cryfield Pavilion

Saturday (Squad): 14:00 - 17:00 - Westwood Games Hall

Please note that you must book onto all sessions via the Warwick Sport app.

Exec Team

If you have any questions about our club, feel free to ask any of our wonderful exec!

President: Sophie Cockerham

Vice-President: Zoë Dumbleton

Treasurer: Louis Price

Secretary: Arnav Sinha

Captain: Chris Ayannuga (WT) & Hleb Liesniak (ITF)

Social Sec: Adhit Shah & Casey Nicholson

Charity and Publicity Officer: Liz Titova

Our Instructors

ITF -  Sophie Cockerham & Darcy Holden

Sophie, 3rd Degree Black Belt, and Darcy, 3rd Degree Black Belt, take the ITF sessions on a Tuesday. Sophie has been training for 11 years and is a qualified International Instructor for ITF taekwondo. As well as being the current President, she is in her first year of an Engineering PhD. Darcy is a third year student studying Psychology. He has trained in taekwondo for over 13 years.

WT -  Chris Ayannuga, Louis Price, Niamh McKeown & Nicola Rosetti

Chris is a 2nd degree black belt and has done Taekwondo for 11 years, outside of which he is a third year Accounting & Finance student. Chris co-runs our WT sessions with our other student instructors, as well as Squad with Gleb, our ITF captain.

Louis, who is a 3rd year Economics student, is a 3rd degree black belt and has done Taekwondo for 9 years.

Niamh is a 2nd degree black belt who has been doing Taekwondo since 2011 and competing since starting university! She is a third year studying Mechanical Engineering and has competed nationally both in the UK and abroad in Poland and Albania.

Competitions

Our club attends a variety of official competitions throughout the year. We have a dedicated Squad session on a Saturday for all those looking to compete at a high level. You can compete in patterns, sparring, breaking and special technique. We attend ITF and WT competitions. Notable competitions include BUCS, BUTL, TSTUK Interclub and ITFU championships.

Gradings

We offer internal gradings in both ITF and WT styles every term. Come along and work your way up from white belt to black belt! 

Seminars

We also offer several seminars throughout the year with some very special guests. There are opportunities to further your knowledge in self-defence and cool kicks. We also run joint training sessions with other University clubs.

Socials 

Outside of training, our social secs also host weekly socials and several events throughout the year - both sober and non-sober. Some events we've done in the past and plan to do this year are:

• POP! and Skool Dayz
• Duck socials and bar crawls
• Games, Kahoot and movie nights
• Club Meals
• Annual international and domestic tours
• Martial Arts Ball and Sports Ball

Charity 

We are supporting Women's Aid this year. We have run several events to raise money. We do an annual 12 hour Taekwondo session, pub quizzes, charity circle and  kickathon!

Social Media

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Costs

Training requires both a membership and payment of training fees, however these include:

• 5 sessions a week each term (two ITF, two WT, and Squad every Saturday)

1a) Student:

• Taekwondo Standard Membership £6

• Sports Federation Student Membership £24

• Club Pass Membership Fee (ON CAMPUS) £82

1b) Non-student: 

https://www.warwicksu.com/societies-sports/sports-clubs/howtojoin/associate/

• Taekwondo Associate Membership £7.50

• Sports Federation Associate Membership £29.63

• Club Pass Membership Fee (ON CAMPUS) £82

2) Training Fees:

• Yearly Pass: £60 (Yearly Training Fee (Taekwondo))

• Termly Pass: £25 (Termly Training Fee (Taekwondo))

• Pay-As-You-Go: £5 each session (Per Lesson Fee (Taekwondo))

• New Beginner Pass: £10 for your first term at WTKD (Beginners Termly Pass (Taekwondo))

  • Available if you meet the following conditions: complete beginner (white belt) AND first term joining the club.

3a) ITF Grading (Optional)

• TSTUK Membership: £35

• Grading Cost: £25

3b) WT Grading (Optional)

• Grading Cost: TBC