HSTS Taekwon-Do

HSTS Taekwon-Do HSTS Taekwon-Do - Martial Arts I took the club over with just 6 students in 1990. These are in turn the governing bodies for Taekwon-Do in the UK.

The Hitchin Taekwon-Do Club was established in 1987 which makes it the longest and oldest ITF Taekwon-Do club in Hitchin and possibly Hertfordshire. We now have clubs in Hitchin, Stevenage and Barton-Le-Clay which form HSTS Taekwon-Do with over 500 students and over 34 different classes running throughout the week. We take pride in having a high Instructor to student ratio with 9 BTC registered In

structors and dedicated age related classes to be able to cater from age 4 to 60+, you can find Instructors listed HERE. We have dedicated childrenโ€™s classes for 4-7/8yrs and 8/9-12yrs, as well as 13yrs/adults classes. This enables us to run age specific classes but keeping the discipline found within the Martial arts. The clubs and myself are members of the UTA (Unified Taekwon-Do Association), UKITF, ITF (International Taekwon-Do Federation) and the BTC (British Taekwon-Do Council). I have attended many of the late Gen.Choi Hong Hi (the founder of Taekwon-Do) seminars and Instructors courses and more recently Grandmaster Choi Jung Hwa 9th Dan (Gen.Choi Hong Hiโ€™s son) to enable me to teach the true techniques without distortion. I have a dedicated Instructors team that consist of fully qualified and recognised BTC registered Instructors who are as committed as I am to teach anyone who wants to learn. I take pride in attending weekly training under my Instructor Grandmaster Trevor Nicholls 9th Dan and have assisted him with many seminars throughout the world which I believe gives an authority in what we teach at HSTS. Myself and my team of Instructors are dedicated to teach Taekwon-Do to anyone who wishes to learn and believe that Taekwon-Do is for anyone and everyone. So, whether you are fit, unfit, young, or older you to can learn this exciting form of self-defence. Although it is much more than just self-defence, it can be life changing for some people. If you choose to join the school then you will get 100% commitment from all of us at HSTS, and will gain so much you will be amazed. All of our Instructors have had an enhanced DBS check and are registered with the British Taekwon-Do Council which is recognised by the sports council. They have attended an Instructor course and had a practical assessment before being certified, please check out the BTC safeguarding policy. HSTS has also obtained clubmark through the BTC. This is a government accreditation that means we have in place all safeguarding and teaching practices for Taekwon-Do in a safe environment for all ages. Kind Regards

Master G.Horan VII Degree (Chief Instructor)
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HSTS Welfare officer

The HSTS welfare officer/safeguarding lead is Mrs Kelly Rose. If you have any concerns regarding the safeguarding of Children or Adults at risk while at HSTS Taekwon-Do please in the first instance approach Mrs Rose or email [email protected].

๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜โ€ผ๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€ผ๏ธ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ:September 13th, 2026๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ:TBC๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ...
06/09/2026

๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
โ€ผ๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€ผ๏ธ

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ:
September 13th, 2026

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ:
TBC

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
St Michaels Mount Community Centre
Hitchin

We need to know who and how many students are taking their black belt assessments to facilitate the times. If your place isnโ€™t booked you may be turned away on the day of the assessment, being responsible for your assessment registration is all part of your training.

Black Belt Assessments are for black belt students 1st degree and above only.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.hsts.biz/all-events/black-belt-assessments/

๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€ผ๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€ผ๏ธ Event Date:September 13th, 2026Event Time:TBCEvent Locatio...
06/09/2026

๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
โ€ผ๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€ผ๏ธ

Event Date:
September 13th, 2026

Event Time:
TBC

Event Location:
St Michaels Mount Community Centre
Hitchin

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.hsts.biz/all-events/coloured-belt-grading/

๐Ÿฅ‹ ๐—›๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š โ€“ ๐Ÿฑ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐Ÿฅ‹Another fantastic day of training at the HSTS Hitchin Dojang today, with s...
05/09/2026

๐Ÿฅ‹ ๐—›๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š โ€“ ๐Ÿฑ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐Ÿฅ‹

Another fantastic day of training at the HSTS Hitchin Dojang today, with students putting in six hours of focused Taekwon-Do training ahead of the upcoming September gradings.

Our All Day Training sessions give students the opportunity to spend extra time developing and refining the many different areas of their Taekwon-Do, including:

๐Ÿฅ‹ Patterns

๐ŸฅŠ Sparring

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Self-defence

๐Ÿ“š Theory

๐ŸŽฏ Grading syllabus and technical detail

These sessions arenโ€™t just about preparing for a grading โ€” they are about giving students the time to really work on their technique, improve their understanding and push themselves beyond what can always be achieved during a normal weekly class.

A long day of training takes ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, and it was great to see everyone continuing to work hard right through to the final session.

Well done to everyone who took part today. ๐Ÿ‘

Now itโ€™s about taking what was learned today back into your regular classes and continuing to sharpen those skills ready for the challenges ahead.

๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป. ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜. ๐Ÿฅ‹

04/09/2026

๐Ÿฅ‹ ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜

Our HSTS Stevenage adults came together for a focused combined summer class in preparation for the September colour belt and black belt gradings.

The session included detailed pattern work and free sparring, giving students the opportunity to sharpen their technique, improve their timing and movement, and put their skills into practice against a live opponent.

Our black belts were also challenged with ๐Ÿฎ ๐˜ƒ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€”testing their awareness, footwork, reactions and ability to remain composed while managing attacks from two opponents.

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€. ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜. ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐Ÿ‘Š

With the September gradings approaching, every lesson is another opportunity to improve, refine and build confidence.

31/08/2026

๐Ÿฅ‹ ๐—” ๐——๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—™๐—ข๐—–๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐—•๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐Ÿ‘Š

Not every Taekwon-Do lesson has to look the same.

A lesson this month, our Adult Black Belt class stepped away from the more traditional kicking work and focused on ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€” developing combinations using the ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

๐Ÿ‘Š Hand combinations
๐Ÿ’ฅ Elbow techniques
๐Ÿฆต Knee strikes
โšก Close-range movement
๐Ÿฅ‹ Control, timing and accuracy

For experienced students, it's important to keep training varied and continue exploring different ways of applying the techniques and principles developed through years of Taekwon-Do.

Black Belt isn't the end of the journey โ€” it's where there is still ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป.

๐Ÿฅ‹ ๐—›๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป-๐——๐—ผ
๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€ข ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† โ€ข ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ:September 13th, 2026๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ:TBC๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:St Michaels Mount Community CentreHitch...
30/08/2026

๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ:
September 13th, 2026

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ:
TBC

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
St Michaels Mount Community Centre
Hitchin

We need to know who and how many students are taking their black belt assessments to facilitate the times. If your place isnโ€™t booked you may be turned away on the day of the assessment, being responsible for your assessment registration is all part of your training.

Black Belt Assessments are for black belt students 1st degree and above only.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.hsts.biz/all-events/black-belt-assessments/

๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด Event Date:September 13th, 2026Event Time:TBCEvent Location:St Michaels Mount Community CentreHitchi...
30/08/2026

๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

Event Date:
September 13th, 2026

Event Time:
TBC

Event Location:
St Michaels Mount Community Centre
Hitchin

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.hsts.biz/all-events/coloured-belt-grading/

26/08/2026

Black Belt League- 17th October

โ€‹Step onto the mats and test your skills at the highest level. We cordially invite all black belts across UK ITF, our ITF family and British Taekwondo Council (BTC) affiliate organisations to contest the ultimate title.

โ€‹Experience elite competition as we crown our League Champion.

โ€‹Event Details
โ€‹Date: Saturday, 17th October
โ€‹Venue: Rivermead Leisure Centre, Richfield Avenue, Reading, RG1 8EQ
โ€‹Eligibility: All certified Black Belts within the ITF & BTC affiliates

โ€‹Official entry packs, category divisions, and registration details will be released shortly.

๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ‹ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—”๐—š๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ! ๐Ÿฅ‹๐Ÿ‰Our HSTS Little Dragons are enjoying a fantastic ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด session toda...
26/08/2026

๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ‹ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—”๐—š๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ! ๐Ÿฅ‹๐Ÿ‰

Our HSTS Little Dragons are enjoying a fantastic ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด session today at our Hitchin Dojang! ๐Ÿ™Œ

Three hours packed with ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป-๐——๐—ผ, games, challenges and plenty of energy โ€” giving our Little Dragons the chance to learn, practise and have fun together. ๐Ÿ’ฅ

Throughout the morning, we're working on a great mixture of:

๐Ÿ‰ Taekwon-Do fundamentals
๐ŸŽฏ Focus & concentration
โšก Balance & coordination
๐Ÿฅ‹ Kicking & striking skills
๐Ÿง  Listening & life skills
๐Ÿค Teamwork & confidence
๐Ÿ˜„ And, most importantly... having FUN!

These longer training sessions are a brilliant opportunity for the children to spend more time developing their skills while experiencing something a little different from their normal weekly classes.

A huge thank you to all our instructors and Junior Leadership Assistants helping today and making the session possible. ๐Ÿ‘

And well done to all our Little Dragons taking part โ€” ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ! ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐Ÿ“ HSTS Taekwon-Do โ€“ Hitchin
๐Ÿ“… Wednesday 26th August 2026

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€” ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜†, ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€! ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ‹โญ

The next half day training is in October 2026 BOOK NOW๐Ÿ‘‡
https://www.hsts.biz/all-events/half-day-training-lds/

Address

St Michaels Mount Community Centre
Hitchin
SG40QY

Opening Hours

Monday 4pm - 5:15pm
Tuesday 3:45pm - 7:15pm
Wednesday 4:30pm - 9pm
Thursday 5pm - 7:50pm
Friday 3:45pm - 8:45pm
Saturday 9:30am - 10:05am
Sunday 3pm - 8pm

Telephone

+441525308307

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