Central Taekwondo Academy

11/09/2026

After a 26 hour journey Natasha and Peter have arrived in Korea with the GB Team. The team will be preparing over the next few days, with the World Championships starting next Weds (16th). Natasha competes in the U30 Team category, whilst Peter is in the U17 Team on the final day, Saturday 20th. We wish the whole team the very best of luck.
Meanwhile Paula has done a fantastic job this week coaching the GB Universities Team over in Albania and will be bringing a wealth of experience back to the club. Well done, Paula.

11/09/2026

07/09/2026

Courtesy of our club funds, Central Academy hosted an Extreme Taekwondo Seminar with Master Lim Ga Ram from the Kyung Hee University Demonstration Team in Korea. It was very informative and great fun! All who attended had a great experience. Thank you to Master Mark (Spike) Russell for bringing Master Lim to Scotland.

04/09/2026

Congratulations to this month's successful grading candidates. Great performances. Keep up the great work 👊👏

28/08/2026

Good luck to Central's Teigan Smith representing GB at the Women's World Championships in China this weekend. Teigan is in the -57kg category and competes on Sunday. Follow the tournament live on the WT YouTube channel. Have a great tournament Teigan, we are all routing for you 👊👊👊

19/08/2026

Exciting news regarding Central Academy Coach Paula Smyth. Paula has been selected as a GB University Team Coach and will be traveling with the National University Team to the European University Taekwondo Championships, which will be held in Tirana, Albania from 9th to 12th September. Congratulations to Paula, a fantastic opportunity and a well deserved achievement. 👏👏👏

14/08/2026

Congratulations to Hazel and Una who competed recently in open poomsae championships in Taiwan and Hong Kong. They achieved a 3rd place in Taiwan and 2nd place in Hong Kong. Well done girls, flying the flag for Central! Fantastic achievement👏👏👏

04/07/2026

Good luck to Ethan who is currently on a 3 month trial with the National Poomsae squad.

We're delighted to welcome the newest athletes selected as a three-month trial for the British Taekwondo GB Poomsae Performance Team.

After impressing at Regional Poomsae Training sessions, these talented young athletes have earned the opportunity to train in our high-performance environment as they begin the next stage of their development.

Over the coming months, they'll train alongside members of our GB Performance Squad, learning from our High Performance Coaching Team and taking another step along the pathway to representing Great Britain on the international stage.

Congratulations to the following athletes who have been invited onto the trial programme:

𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲
An-Yi Kelly (Nomad Taekwondo)
Evanna Yeung (Vision Taekwondo)
Lucy Crichton (Elite Martial Arts)
Skye Tran (Nomad Taekwondo)

𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗲
Ethan Reynolds (Central Taekwondo Academy)
Rui Tu (Loughton Taekwondo)
Suyen Chongbang (TCGB Sagarmatha)

𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟰 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲
Emily Sousa (Dorset Taekwondo Association)
Mikayla Garcia (Stevenage Taekwondo)
Parisa Chongbang (TCGB Sagarmatha)
Sarah Thapa (TCGB Sagarmatha)
Savannah Jaeger-Collins (Dorset Taekwondo Association)
Summer Tran (Nomad Taekwondo)
Tara Bhandal (PremierKi Taekwondo)

𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟰 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗲
Charles Middleton (Loughton Taekwondo)

Congratulations to every athlete selected, we're excited to follow your journey and can't wait to see what the future holds.

01/07/2026

Congratulations to Central's poomsae stars Natasha Wilson and Peter Sellwood, who have been selected to represent the UK at the World Poomsae Championships in Chuncheon, Korea in September. Natasha is in the U30F Team and Peter in the JM Team. Their hard work and dedication paying off. We wish them the best of luck with their preparations for this massive event. 👊