Profile
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Nick Symonds Institute of Tae Kwon-Do currently consists of 5 Schools and over 300 students. The objective our work is to give students of all levels the chance to fulfill their goal of becoming a Tae Kwon-Do Black belt.
Nick Symonds has practiced Tae Kwon-Do since 1989 and gained 1st degree in 1993 under the instruction of Master Nardizzi, he was selected by Master John Taylor to represent Great Britain at the 1995 European Championships winning his first European Championship Bronze. Nick went on to win more than 20 International medals and Captain the England ITF Team from 1997-2006 under Master Gary Miller, Mr Andrew Whitley 6th degree and Mr Thomas Denis 6th degree. Competing in a total of 10 European Championships 2 European Cups and 2 World Championships. The highlights of his competition career was becoming European Team Cup Champions in 1996, European Individual Patterns Champion in 2001, European Team Patterns Champion in 2005 and World Team Power Champions in 2005. Nick is currently the Technical Director for ITF England, a member of the Technical Committee for Ellis Tae Kwon -Do Association and a Team coach for the ITF England Team.
Experience / History
- September 1989
- Commenced training
- October 1992
- Attended Seminar Gen. Choi, Dublin
- March 1993
- Promoted 1st degree Black belt GB-1-1042 (Mr Harkess 5th Dan)
- September 1993
- UKTF BB middleweight Champion, Croydon
- 1994
- UKTF English Champion Patterns,Bedford
- January 1995
- Selected for Great Britain team Coach (Mr Jonh Taylor 5th Degree)
- March 1995
- UKTF English Grand champion, Battersea
- April 1995
- European Championships Patterns Bronze Koln, Germany
- April 1996
- European Championships Team sparring Bronze Riccione, Italy
- June 1996
- 1st European Team Cup Champions, kozalin Poland
- October 1996
- Belgium Open Champion Patterns, Sparring bronze
- January 1997
- Attended Training with Master Tan, Malaysia
- February 1997
- English Open Champion Patterns, Sparring silver, Reading
- May 1997
- European Championships Team Pattern Bronze, Team Power silver, Zrece, Slovenia
- July 1997
- Captained England Team at World Championships, St Petersburg Russia
- September 1997
- Promoted to 2nd degree Black belt GB-2-479 (Mr Anderson 5th Dan)
- November 1997
- UKTA UK Open Grand Champion
- February 1998
- BTC Team Champions, Barnsley (Captain)
- April 1998
- European Championships individual and Team Patterns Bronze, (Captain) Saloniki, Greece
- June 1998
- WAKO Amateur Kickboxing British Champion, Wolverhampton
- April 1999
- Attended European Championships, Riccione, Italy (Captain)
- July 1999
- BTC Silver Middleweight sparring, Sofia Gardens
- September 1999
- Promoted to 3rd degree Black belt GB-3-245 (Miss Sutherland 6th dan)
- November 1999
- Italian Open Champion Patterns and Sparring bronze, Riccione, Italy
- May 2000
- European Championships Team Silver Power and sparring Edinburgh, Scotland, (Captain)
- January 2001
- Became Professional Tae Kwon-Do Instructor
- April 2001
- European Championships Patterns Champion and Team Patterns bronze, Villajayosa Spain (Captain)
- October 2001
- UKTF Instructor of the year.
- October 2001
- UKTF British Champion Power and special technique, Newcastle
- September 2001
- Seminar with Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha, Chatham
- March 2002
- Promoted to 4th degree Black belt GB-4-159 (Master Sutherland)
- November 2002
- UKTA Grand Champion, Swindon
- November 2003
- TKD Impact Patterns Champion, Hayward's heath
- May 2004
- European Championships Team Patterns silver and Team bronze Special technique, Tampere Finland (Captian)
- October 2004
- England vs Scotland winners,Edinborough (Captain)
- November 2004
- TKD Impact Patterns Champion, Special technique silver and Sparring bronze, Crawley
- January 2005
- Appointed ETA Technical committee member, ETA Examiner and Competition committee member
- March 2005
- Viking Cup silver Patterns, Sweden
- April 2005
- European Championships Team Patterns Champions and Individual Patterns bronze, Terracina, Italy (Captain)
- May 2005
- England vs Ireland winners, Tunbridge (Captain)
- June 2005
- England vs Jamacia Winners, London (Captain)
- July 2005
- World Championships Team Power Champions, Dortmund Germany, (Captain)
- October 2005
- European Cup Team Bronze, Crawley (Captain)
- March 2006
- TKD Maximus Full contact Winner, Kent
- April 2006
- Seminar with ITF technical committee
- April 2006
- Promoted to 5th degree Black belt GB-5-70 (Master Tran)
- May 2006
- European Championships, Constanta Romania (Captain)
- July 2006
- Appointed technical Director for ITF England
- April 2007
- European Championships Team Pattern Bronze,Prograd Slovakia, (Captain/Coach)
- July 2007
- London Open Championships Patterns Gold sparring Bronze
Affliated Schools
- Bedford TKD
- Mr Steve McKnight
2nd degree
07739576837 - Kentish Town TKD
- Mr Stuart Chapman
2nd degree
07939584306 - Hadley TKD
- Mr Shaneel Sampath
1st degree
07973 876 854
