About Martin Noddings

Martin is a 6th Degree Expert black belt and has been training in Taekwon Do for 40 years, He is a qualified sports and exercise scientist and has trained many international sports people as well as Formula 1 drivers. He served in the British Military and works as a Close Protection Operative delivering close protection (bodyguard) to foreign Royalty, Diplomats and ultra high net worth corporate and high profile clients around the globe.  His background gives him a thorough and real life understanding of threat situations and violence and how to deal with it from conflict management to effective physical intervention.

Martin is also FREC3 medically trained which means that you are in very safe hands in his classes.  As well as TaeKwon-Do he has also trained in many other martial arts, Ju-jitsu, Lou gar, Karate, full contact karate, Muay Thai and combatives systems Tactical Edge, Krav Maga and Kalah allowing him to teach effective, practical self-defence. He was formally captain of the England TKD team and a member of the Great Britain team and has competed in many international, national and regional championships. He was formally the European Champion and has numerous national titles to his name, he also held the European destruction record for jumping high kick breaking an inch of wood at 2 meters 88 cm’s high and is the squad coach for the Central region. Martin is the Chief Instructor at Warwick-TKD and also runs a regional Black Belt club as well as numerous self-defence courses for TKD students and members of the public. He also delivers 121 sessions at his personal training studio in Warwick for martial arts improvement, sports performance, general fitness and weight loss as well as injury rehabilitation.

About Brian Feely

Brian is an Assistant Instructor at Warwick-TKD.   He is a 4th Degree Black Belt who has been training and competing in TaeKwon-Do since 2003.  He has previously acted as an assistant instructor in his native Ireland since the age of 16 when he passed his Black Belt, firstly with Midland’s TaeKwon-Do in Mulingar, then with Trinity College Dublin TaeKwon-Do Club.  Brian has competed successfully in numerous Irish and English national championships and open international competitions and has had trials for the England team.  At the First T-UK Black Belt Championships in Manchester, he took Gold for destruction, and Bronze in both sparring and patterns.  Brian brings with him a wealth of experience in TaeKwon-Do, Tactical Edge self-defence, Ninjutsu, Muay Thai, Kickboxing & Boxing as well as his enthusiasm, friendly attitude and a keen eye for detail.

About Anthony NASH

Anthony is a 4th Degree Expert Black Belt and the Senior Assistant Instructor at Warwick Taekwondo bringing a tremendous amount of experience to the instructional team. Anthony started training at the age of 13 in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. Through his 30 year Taekwon do career Anthony has trained with some of the most respected UK instructors and has attended numerous technical seminars under the tuition of the early Taekwon do pioneers. Anthony has competed at national championships specialising at patterns and has represented Wales at international level. Along with his Taekwon-Do experience, he brings a wealth of experience in traditional Japanese weapon arts, notably Iaido and Jodo and maintains a frequent Ashtanga yoga practice. He works at the University of Oxford as a Senior Research Scientist and brings this diligent, intelligent approach to his Taekwon do teaching. Anthony hopes to go for promotion to 4th degree this year.

About JOHN HOULT

John is an Assistant Instructor at Warwick-TKD. He is a 3rd Degree Black Belt who has been training and competing in TaeKwon-Do since 2015. John brings over 20 years of corporate leadership, maturity and mentoring experience to his role as Assistant Instructor and has competed successfully in numerous English, regional and national championships for sparring, patterns and destruction.

About RACHEL HOULT

Rachel is an Assistant Instructor at Warwick-TKD as well as the club Secretary. She is a 3rd Degree Black Belt who has been training and competing in TaeKwon-Do since 2015.  Rachel has competed successfully in numerous English national competitions for patterns and sparring. By profession Rachel is an IT Manager, bringing a keen eye for detail and an analytical mindset to her Assistant Instructor skill set.

About laura Dumbleton jones

Laura holds a 3rd Degree black belt and is part of our junior members development team, a dedicated team of instructors who concentrate on the junior members TKD journey with specialised skills and understand in how to develop them and train them and get the best from them.  

 Laura is exceptionally well qualified for this role as her day-to-day business life is running a company delivering wellbeing for kids, supporting children and their parents with transformational tools for personal growth and development. She also runs sports coaching  masterclasses and is a mother to two children.

Laura began Taekwondo at the age of 16 and has been a coach in various capacities all of her adult life. She has competed at the top level in Taekwon-Do represented both the UK and England in numerous tournaments. Laura was selected for the ITF British team for the world championships in South Korea, narrowly missing out on a gold medal in destruction. She then subsequently competed in the European Championships in Germany and won a gold medal in destruction.

Laura’s former career was as a Police Officer for 16 years she qualified as a personal safety trainer and taught Police officers’ crucial self-protection skills for many years. Laura also carried out front line Policing duties dealing with countless incidents adding to her experience and conflict resolution skill sets giving her first-hand real-life experience in conflict and conflict management.

About JACK ROWE

Jack is a 3rd Degree Black Belt who has been training since the age of 5 and gained his 1st degree Black Belt aged 10.  He and his sister, Molly, are the longest serving members of the club and are both ITF-certified tournament officials. Jack is part of the junior member development team at Warwick TKD and also assists with adult member development. Jack brings experience and maturity beyond his years and the perspective of a younger TKD student to instruction. Jack competes regularly in Taekwon Do tournaments and has won British Championship medals in several disciplines. He places particular importance on fitness levels being an accomplished distant runner competing on a regular basis. 

About Eva Neale

Eva is part of our junior members development team, a dedicated team of instructors who concentrate on the junior members TKD journey with specialised skills and understand in how to develop them and train them and get the best from them. Eva is also and the club secretary for the Campion School club. She is a 3rd Degree Black Belt who has been training and competing in TKD since 2016. She first started training in martial arts at the age of 7 going on to get her Black Belt in Tang Soo Do, as well as winning Gold in patterns and Silver in sparring at the Tang Soo Do European championships. She has since competed successfully in numerous British and regional TKD championships, both in sparring and patterns.  Eva works as a Senior Planning Officer and consultant, consulting with county and district councils around the UK. She is a mother to 2 young boys which helps her to bring strong communication and leadership skills to her teaching as well as an understanding of the group she instructs. She also has a keen interest in health and fitness, running on a regular basis and competing in races.