Welcome to the Andover and Basingstoke TAGB Website.

Charles Gellard 5th Dan

The Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain (TAGB)

The Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain (TAGB) is a nationally recognised Tae Kwon Do organisation in this country. It was formed in 1983 and has since become the founding member of the British Tae Kwon Do Council (BTC) which is recognised by the United Kingdom Sports Council.

TAGB instructors are highly qualified, accredited individuals with many years' experience in teaching mixed classes which often include young children and disability groups. Training in Tae Kwon Do can start at any age. TAGB members start as young as five and recently one of our members gained his fifth dan black belt on his 70th birthday!

Because of its high-kicking, fast-paced style Tae Kwon Do is a thoroughly modern way of getting fit. The TAGB is a great advocate of fun and fitness at an early age and TAGB instructors often work with local schools to teach self-defence. As the largest martial arts organisation in the world the TAGB has 20,000 accredited, members and organises seminars, demonstrations, competitions and national and international championships every month of the year. It also publishes a bi-monthly, glossy, subscription magazine called TAGB Times which carries club news, contact addresses, modern training techniques and events.

Tae Kwon Do training is about learning to discipline your mind as well as your body and TAGB instructors always include elements in their teaching which help their students to develop mentally as well as physically

Tae Kwon-Do is a modern Korean martial art,

characterized by its fast, high and spinning kicks.

Tae Kwon-Do is often translated as 'The Way of Foot and Hand'.

'Tae' means to jump or smash with the foot.

'Kwon' means to punch or destroy with the hand.

'Do' means art, way or method.

Put this together and Tae Kwon-Do means

'The Art of Kicking and Punching' or

'The Art of Unarmed Combat'

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This site is maintained and updated for Charles Gellard 5th Dan by Kevin Kerr 3rd Dan from Andover.

Charles and recent european medal winner

Eric!