Daventry Tigers

04/11/2026

🎂🥋 Happy birthday, Emily! 🥋🎂

Wishing you a brilliant day filled with fun, smiles and plenty of celebration! Have a lovely birthday from all of us at Daventry Taekwondo. 🎉

03/11/2026

🎉🥋 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗬! 🥋🎉

A very happy birthday to Harley from all of us at Daventry Tigers! 🐯🎂

Harley has been making lovely progress with her Taekwondo and has already started working her way through the grades. 🥋👏

These photos show two rather different sides of Harley: proudly showing off her medal, complete with fluffy companion 🐰🏅, and then getting stuck into her Taekwondo at grading.

It’s great to see her confidence and technique developing as she keeps learning and progressing.

Have a fantastic birthday, Harley. We hope you have a brilliant day! 🎈🎁🎉

02/11/2026

🥋 𝗗𝗼 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗲𝗸𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼?

It’s a question we hear quite often — and the answer is no! 😊

You don’t need to arrive knowing how to kick, feeling flexible or able to keep up with someone who’s been training for years. Those are things you work towards, one class at a time.

In a Taekwondo class, different belt colours train alongside each other, with exercises and techniques adapted to their experience. Everyone has something to learn — including the black belts!

Whether you’re an adult trying something new, a teenager looking for a fresh challenge or a family wanting an activity to share, there’s room to begin.

🐯 Your first three trial lessons are free. Send us a message and we’ll help you find a suitable class.

01/11/2026

🥋 Your instructor can 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 the technique.
Your training partners can 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
Your club can 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

But nobody else can do your practising for you.

Every time you turn up, try again or work on something you find difficult, you’re making progress.

You don’t have to do it alone — that’s what we’re here for. But 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀, and you deserve to be proud of it. 🐯

31/10/2026

🎉🥋 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗖! 🥋🎉

A very happy birthday to **Alec** from all of us at Daventry Tigers! 🐯🎂

These photos capture Alec rather well: one showing the personality, and one showing him getting stuck into his Taekwondo at grading. 😄

Alec is one of our Daventry Tigers and trains alongside his big brother, Eric, so the two of them get to enjoy Taekwondo together, as well as making good use of our **50% family discount**. 🥋👊

It’s lovely to see siblings training together, encouraging each other and progressing through the grades side by side.

Have a fantastic birthday, Alec. We hope you have a brilliant day! 🎈🎁🎉

31/10/2026

🎉🥋 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗔! 🥋🎉

A very happy birthday to Daniella from all of us at Daventry Tigers! 🐯🎂

It’s been a pretty special few weeks for Daniella, who has just achieved her 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘁! 🖤🖤🥋

That’s a fantastic milestone and the result of years of training, perseverance and hard work. These photos capture some lovely moments from her grading, including the traditional guard of honour afterwards and celebrating with her fellow black belts.

Daniella has been part of Taekwondo for most of her life, having first started training at just three years old. She has also been part of our instructor team for years, beginning as a Classroom Assistant and working her way up to become a very capable and experienced 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿.

She has achieved some remarkable things along the way too. In 2023, as a very young black belt, Daniella won 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗦 at the World Championships, winning gold in every event she entered. 🥇🥇🥇🥇🌍

And if she looks familiar, there’s a reason for that! Daniella is also the face of our 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗜𝗧. 𝗞𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗜𝗧. 𝗣𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗜𝗧. campaign and has become a bit of a Daventry Tigers poster star. 😄🐯

It’s lovely to see how far she has come, both as a black belt and as an instructor.

Have a fantastic birthday, Daniella, and congratulations again on that brilliant 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗻! 🎈🎁🎉

29/10/2026

🥋🖤 **𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗧** 🖤🥋

From white belt beginner to 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘁! 🥋🏆

Every black belt has a story. Every grading, every challenge, every achievement along the way is part of that journey.

Here's Daniel's journey in photos! 🎬

A fantastic reminder of what 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 can achieve. 💪

𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹! 🎉👏

The black belt isn't the end of the journey. It's the beginning of an exciting new chapter! 🖤

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28/10/2026

One does not, indeed, simply drive to Spiceball given the state of the A361 at the moment!

🧙‍♂️⚔️ **𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑶𝑾𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑩𝑬𝑳𝑻** ⚔️🧙‍♂️

* 🚗 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹... *
With collapsed buildings, fallen trees, roadworks, floods, diversions and diversions around the diversions, getting to Banbury Taekwondo is starting to feel rather more like a quest to Mordor! 🌋😂

🧝‍♂️ Nine companions. One destination. Spiceball Leisure Centre.

🥋 We teach five tenets of Taekwondo, but lately it's **PERSEVERANCE** and **INDOMITABLE SPIRIT** that have really been put to the test!

💪 Neither storm nor road closure shall defeat the determined Taekwondo student. Although the A361 is certainly giving it a good go! 😂

🏆 **Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear doboks!**

🤣 Huge credit to Gary for these absolutely brilliant memes in our WhatsApp group!

Stay safe on the roads, everyone. And may your journey to training be considerably less eventful than Frodo's!