jOHN ARCHER VII

Master John Archer is a 7th degree black belt and has been studying Taekwon-Do now for over 40 years, starting in 1983.
Over this time he has produced many great champions and instructors and achieved huge success.
He has been all over the world with his art, studying under many Masters and Grandmasters to gain as much knowledge as possible to pass on to his students.
Master Archer is  President and a co-founder of Taekwon-Do - UK.
He is the senior member of the T-UK technical board.

Master Archer’s International Grading Dates

• 4th degree Black Belt on 11.09.96 – examiner Grand Master Park Jung Tae.

• 5th degree Black Belt on 24.04.04 – examiner Grand Master Choi Jung Hwa

• 6th degree Black Belt on 11.07.09 – examiner Grandmaster Oldham
  
  7th degree Black Belt on 8.07.17 - examiners
  Grandmaster Hector Marano, Grandmaster Ung Kim Lan

rICKY DHillon VI

Mr Ricky Dhillon is a 6th degree black belt and has been training in Taekwon Do for over 30 years under Mr John Archer. He received his first degree black belt in 1994 and is Master Archers full time assistant and chief assistant instructor for Stratford-TKD. 

 Ricky has run many clubs over the years including Blue Coat School in Coventry and Solihull TKD.
He has a wide knowledge in the technical side of Taekwon-Do, attending many International Instructor Courses all over the world.
Mr Dhillon has competed in many national, regional and international championships, becoming an international instructor in 2013.

Mr Alan Smith has been training in Taekwon-Do for 25 years starting in 2000.
He has been an assistant at Stratford TKD since 2015 after running a very successful club in Shipston on Stour for many years.
He is highly regarded as one of T-UK’s top referee / umpires and assists in running the National Umpire Courses.
His technical knowledge is excellent and he often looks after the new beginners when they arrive.
Grading Dates;
1st Degree Black Belt 4/04/2004
2nd Degree Black Belt 19/03/2006
3rd Degree Black Belt 05/04/2009
4th Degree Black Belt 10/11/2018
5th Degree Black Belt 25/02/2024