Customer Testimonial

Dear Andy

Nearly four years ago you posted a black & white leaflet through my door advertising Tae Kwon Do classes locally. Your manner was open & easy as you explained your classes and pricing structure. I wanted something for just my eldest daughter Shannon & I do together as she had taken quite a back seat in the scheme of things when her younger sister Anya & brother Joe came along in quick succession. One on one time is precious so this seemed like a good start.

We agreed to wait until she turned 10 & old enough to join the adult class. What I found in your classes have given me so much more than the common ground I wanted with Shannon that doesn't include nagging her to tidy her room & her homework!

They levelled the playing field because we both started at the beginning together. It doesn't matter what you do outside the classes; your area in expertise becomes irrelevant because you leave it at the door. We just have to bring ourselves & a willingness to learn. The rest of the class are all so different from each other in age, size, fitness, personality we all have different strengths. You make the classes unpredictable except for the sense of achievement once it is finished.

We were bamboozled by Korean; shuffling up & down the hall with our guard up it took me two weeks to learn how to turn around properly! I cannot believe how far we've come since then, we've both had very different journeys - very individual, I love that we are still taking that journey together both aiming for the same thing, alongside the rest of the class.    

The tenets of Tae Kwon Do echo my own sentiments of being a good person & as a parent the only way to demonstrate that is to action them.  Tae Kwon Do has become a big part of our family life.  My kitchen doubles up as a training space & Shannon enjoys telling me off for getting my theory wrong & helping me with the patterns.  Anya & Joe, having witnessed this, wanted in & have joined the junior class under Caroline's instruction. They love it & are constantly jumping & kicking not realising they are honing skills that will put them in good stead when they take their grading.  They are learning respect, discipline & confidence in themselves & for each other.

My husband could potentially in time have four black belts under his roof which we all find very entertaining & he is very proud of us.

Thank you for your unrelenting enthusiasm, energy & belief.  I do not feel we could have achieved all we have so far with out it. We are very proud to be a part of your club, to have witnessed black belt gradings that have inspired us.  The rest of the club are so supportive of each other - it's like a little community.  You have become a close family friend & we look forward to the next four years & what that will bring.

Mrs Elizabeth Howe

Miss Shannon Howe

Liz & Shannon

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