ACADEMY CHIEF INSTRUCTOR PROFILE:

  Mr W.E.Higginson VI Degree International Instructor / Examiner

 

  

   

  

  

 

GRADINGS / SEMINARS / INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION / NATIONAL COMPETITION

• 12/07/1979: Started training - All colour belt grading's 
  

         White to Black stripe where Graded by Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha ( U.K.T.A)

• 02/07/1986: Black Belt I Degree Testing
  

         (A.I.M.A.A -T.A.G.B)   Grand Master Hee ll Cho.

• 04/12/1988: Black Belt II Degree Testing
  

         ( A.I.M.A.A -T.A.G.B)  Grand Master Hee ll Cho.

 

• 10/06/1992: Black Belt III Degree Testing
  

          (E.T.O - I.T.F)  Mr Harry V Degree - Mr Ken Chesterman V Degree.

• 07/04/1996: XI European Championships Ricconi, Italy Represented ITF England.
  

• 07/08/1998: International Instructors Course 3 day Seminar Leicester,
  

        Grand Master General Choi Hong Hi  3 day Seminar Leicester.

    

• 09/03/2001: International Instructors Course 3 day Seminar,  Budapest Hungary
  

        Grand Master General Choi Hong Hi.

       

• 11/03/2001: Black Belt IV Degree Testing
  

         (U.K.G.T  - I.T.F)  Grand Master General Choi Hong Hi IX Degree, Budapest Hungary.

• 21/05/2004: International Instructors Course 3 day Seminar, Belgium.
  

        Grand Master Choi Jung Hwa.

• 10/07/2005: UK-ITF Championships, Reading, Silver IV Degree Patterns.
  

• 25/09/2005: Master class Seminar 1 day Leicester, Grand Master Choi Jung Hwa.
  

     

• 24/09/2005: Black Belt V Degree Testing
  

         (U.K.G.T - I.T.F) Master B.S.Sahota VII Degree.

• 24/09/2005: Awarded Best UKGT Instructors of the year 2005
  

        Mr & Mrs Higginson presented by Grand Master Choi Jung Hwa.

• 09/04/2006: Midland ITF Open Championships, Derby, Gold V Degree Patterns.
  

• 29/05/2006: XVIII Senior IX Junior European Championships, Wetzlar, Germany,
  

         Acting England Coach.

• 25- 27/ 01/2008: International Instructors Course 3 day Seminar, Leicester.
  

        Master Hwang Ho Yong VIII Degree.

• 07/06/2008: Intercontinental Cup Ottawa, Canada, Representative-Coach for England.
  

• 08/06/2008: Special Seminar Ottawa, Canada, 1 Day with Grand Master Park Jong Soo, Master Benny Rivera & Master Phap Lu.
  

• 17-21/09/2008: XIII Junior & III Veteran ITF World Championships, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
  

         Bronze veteran V Degree Patterns & Bronze veteran  -64kg Black Belt Sparring.

• 04/10/2008: Welsh Open Championships, Cardiff, Gold V Degree Patterns,
  

         Gold -64kg Black belt Sparring and Overall veteran winner.

• 01/11/2008: UK Open Championships, Stoke on Trent, Gold veteran V Degree Patterns, Gold veteran Black belt Power & Silver veteran Black belt light/middle Sparring.
  

• 12-17/05/2009: XXIV, Adult, XV Junior & I Veteran EITF European Championships, Zrece & Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia. European Champion veteran V Degree Patterns, European Champion veteran -64kg Sparring. European Champions veteran Team male & Bronze veteran Team Sparring. Overall Veterans Team.
  

• 10-14/03/2010: EITF European Championships, Barletta,Italy. 
  

         European Champion veteran V Degree Patterns, Bronze -64kg Sparring,

         European Champions Team Sparring, Bronze Team Patterns, Silver Team Power.

• 21-28/08/2010: XI Junior & IV Veteran ITF World Championships, Minsk, Belarus, Russia. World Champion veteran V Degree Patterns & Bronze veteran Team Patterns, Bronze veteran  Team Sparring.
  

• 30/10/2010: Black Belt VI Degree Testing
  

         (U.K.G.T - I.T.F)

• 23-27/02/2011: XXVI. Adult, XVII. Junior, III. Veteran and I. Children EITF European Championships,Tallinn, Estonia 
  

         European Champion veteran VI Degree Patterns, 

         European Champions -64kg Sparring,

         European Champions Team Patterns & Team Sparring.

• 25/09/2011: Welsh Open Championships, Cardiff, Gold VI Degree Patterns,
  

         Gold -64kg Black belt Sparring and Bronze Power.

The knowledge acquired from Grading's, Seminars and Competition has set forward a positive pathway continually inspiring his learning and teaching, keeping future sights set to promote ITF TaeKwon-Do.

Mr Higginsons full time Academy is in his home town Burbage, Hinckley Leicestershire.

The Academy opened in 2001 has grown from strength to strength, having two senior instructors along side Mr Colin Wells V Degree International Instructor / Examiner and Mrs Maxene Higginson IV Degree. Also Instructor Mr Paul Hudson lll Degree and 3 assistant I Degree Instructors Rebecca Allton, Lynn Ryde & Helen Cole all teaching Taekwon-Do classes for all age & abilities throughout the week.

Mr Higginsons Academy has produced over 90 Black belt over the years, and at present has over 50 blackbelts from I degree to VI level and over hundred Kup grades all actively training regularly every week 2011, all full members of the UKGT and BTC Licensed.

Burbage TKD Academy will endeavor to continually promote ITF Taekwon-Do maintaining a high standard.