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Shaftesbury ITF   Shaftesbury TaeKwon-Do club is dedicated to teaching under the guidelines of the ITF (International Tae-Kwon-Do Federation). We are members of the UK-ITF (formally Imperial TaeKwon-Do Association)
 Mr M Carr at our training hall - Shaftesbury Youth Club
General Choi Hong Hi IX
TaeKwon-Do was founded in Korea on 11th April 1955 by Grand Master General Choi Hong Hi and his team of pioneering instructors. The ITF follows in the footsteps of General Choi, teaching the art as it was intended to be.
 Master Trevor Nicholls VIII Master Nicholls VIII first started his Tae Kwon-Do training in 1971 and became European champion by the time he was Eighteen (then III Degree Black Belt), on the first of January 1983, Master Trevor Nicholls VIII, (then IV Degree Black Belt) founded the Nicholls Tae Kwon-Do Institute, established in England as the ImperialTae Kwon-Do Association. Later in 1983 he then founded the Irish School of Tae Kwon-Do, headed by Mr Thomas Carthy Third Degree Black Belt, and in 1985, the Israeli School of Tae Kwon-Do, headed by Mr Danny Roth Third Degree Black Belt. Master Nicholls VIII already an Instructor of high repute within the U.K.T.A. the British Association for the International Tae Kwon-Do Federation (I.T.F.), thendecided to sacrifice his own material needs and to defer his own career within the field of accountancy in order to dedicate and devote himself entirely to the N.T.I. At this time there was only one School based in Rayners Lane of approximately 50 students. Currently there is a Membership of approximately 2000 students including the Schools from Ireland and Israel.
Master Nicholls was promoted to VIII Degree Master on 14th October 2004 (Pictured) by the I.T.F. and amongst his many responsibilities still plays an enormous role in both Ireland and Israel, still aiding in the instruction of the Israeli Air Force using the many years experience drawn from his own practice, teaching, research and experience. Master Nicholls VIII is also currently involved in close contact combat tuition for the world
wide renowned British Gurkha regiment.
 Master Nicholls with Sam McNee
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