2nd dan
Mette
Head instructor
Black belt
The people you meet
Instructors
Our instructors teach as volunteers, and most have trained in the club themselves for years. Do say if you are new — then they will keep an extra eye on you.
1st dan
Theodor
Instructor
Black belt
Sparring on Fridays
2nd kup
Nikolaj
Instructor
Red belt with two black tips
Coaches the Eagles — the more experienced mon children. Also fills in now and then as instructor for the Adults class.
Red belt
Toke
Instructor
The Adults class on Mondays
The Ninjas
Janine
Instructor
Coaches the Ninjas — the newest and youngest children
Grades
What do kup and dan mean?
Kup are the student grades. You start as a white belt and count downwards — 10th kup is the first grade, 1st kup the last one before black belt. The colour of the belt shows how far you have come.
Dan are the master grades, from black belt upwards. Dan gradings are held at Taekwondo Life Academy, which the club is part of.
In training you address your instructor in Korean according to grade: 4th dan and above is Sabeum Nim, 1st–3rd dan is Kyosa Nim, and instructors with a kup grade are Tyogo Nim. Our grandmaster is addressed as Kwang Jang Nim.