Coaches and Black Belts

All our coaches are registered and insured through British Taekwondo and hold enhanced DBS checks. The club’s approach is expressed by our vision:

“to be a centre of excellence for the Korean Martial Arts by continually striving to provide the best teaching, facilities and coach development”

The coaches who lead our regular classes are:

Master Gerry Reilly

Master Gerry Reilly

7th Dan Kukkiwon / 8th Dan Chungdokwan

Master Coleen Reilly

Master Coleen Reilly

6th Dan Kukkiwon / 6th Dan Chungdokwan

Master Lynne Firth

Master Lynne Firth

5th Dan Kukkiwon / 5th Dan Chungdokwan

Master Sian Reilly

Master Sian Reilly

5th Dan Kukkiwon / 5th Dan Chungdokwan

Darren Miller

Darren Miller

3rd Dan Kukkiwon / 3rd Dan Chungdokwan

Mujahid Baksh

Mujahid Baksh

3rd Dan Kukkiwon / 3rd Dan Chungdokwan

Qualified coaches

In addition to our class leading coaches we have an enthusiastic group of black belts who play an active role in the club through their own training and assisting the team of class leading coaches.  Our full list of active black belts is:

7th Dan – Master Gerry Reilly
6th Dan – Master Coleen Reilly
5th Dan – Master Lynne Firth, Master Sian Reilly
4th Dan – Master Corey Payne, Master Teddy Wong
3rd Dan – Darren Miller, Mujahid Baksh, Gini Brown, Amy Stock
2nd Dan – Sam Stone, Caelan MacDonald, Isaac Li, David Flanders, Sin Wang Cayden Chu
1st Dan – Ahan Sen, Hei Yee Chan, Adam Williamson, Kai Lou, Ronan Lee, Ho Yin Wong, William Bunker

The club’s Health and Safety Officer is Master Coleen Reilly.

The club’s Welfare Officers are Master Sian Reilly and Liz Walsh.