DTA NEWS

Brilliant Party this year with well over 100 people there. Unfortunately England lost the football during the party but it didn't dampen our enthusiasm. This years (2022) Awards were given out by Master Naraine as follows. Rising Stars of 2022 1. Lydia Dmochowska2. Inara Hooper3. Emily Carreira de Sousa4. Veselin Paskalevm (Vesco)5. Harry...

During the weekend 12th & 13th November 2022 Dorset Taekwondo had 20 competitors who competed in the Poomsae Nationals in Worcester. Everyone performed extremely well, and all the coaches couldn’t commend everyone enough. As a team we scored an incredible 11 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. This is a remarkable feat especially considering we...

Master Naraine, Jemma and Tom flew out to Portugal this month to take part in the Portugal International Open. It was an amazing experience for Dorset Taekwondo, where Jemma scored a Bronze medal in her team; she also kept her cool in the first time she competed in the under-30 category and scored higher than expected and beat several other Team...

Bluewave poomsae competition was a huge success and all the coaches are extremely proud of everyone who competed. It was the biggest team that Dorset Taekwondo has ever taken with around 20 people competing. Everyone who competed did their best and all the hard work and dedication has paid off as we got 6 Gold, 4 Silver and 5 Bronze medals making...

We had 22 photos and videos uploaded and entered into our summer 2022 photo competition. All entries receive a DTA water bottle. The winner of the DTA Hoodie was Jasmine who sent in photos, and a spectacular video of her performing a Poomsae on top of a remote hill in the lake district. A selection of the photos are shown below. (Click on a photo...

We have had to make a few changes to Septembers lesson schedule.Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Monday 19th September (Grange School) – NO CLASSES - Bank Holiday for Queens Funeral.   Saturday 24th September (Littledown) – VENUE CHANGE - Main Hall not available No Kickstars class this weekCORE class will be...

Congratulations to Karla and Jemma who recently completed their British Taekwondo Assistant Coaching qualification!! Pictured here wearing their new DTA club coach t-shirts Several other DTA members are currently going through this qualification. (Click on a photo to enlarge)Venues Littledown Centre. BournemouthFerndown Leisure CentreGrange...

Summer Break As usual there will be a 3 week break in classes at the end of August. The last class will be Saturday 13th August; the first class back will be Monday 5th September As there is a Poomsae competition 2 weeks after the break we might organise a couple of additional sessions during or after the break.

Approx 50 people showed up for the Summer Social on Bournemouth Beach on Sunday 31st July.On a warm evening several people decided an unscheduled swim was a great idea!! There were some good waves making it more fun for young and old. After a few ball games, swim, snacks and the now customary annual 'catch the egg' game; Master Naraine got...