About

Master Dove, Midlands Region
Master Dove has been a keen and active Martial Arts student for the last 26 years. He opened his first Tang Soo Do school in Kenilworth in 1992. Master Dove was accepted as a 'Direct Student' of GrandMaster Andy Ah Po in 2007.
Master Dove has successfully taught many Black Belt students, some of whom have gone on to become Masters themselves. He sites the refinement towards 'middle way' forms practice for the longevity of his interest in the art of Tang Soo Do and as playing a decisive role in the long term health benefits of regular practice.

Master Simon Preston, West Midlands Region
Master Simon Preston is the Regional Instructor for our West Midlands Region. Teaching from a platform of twenty years of Martial Arts experience Master Preston is well placed to extol the positive benefits of introduction to the Martial Arts for young people. As the Head of a Mathematics Department in a large secondary school Master Preston believes that the improved concentration gained through regular attendance can really give youngsters a real educational head start.
Master Preston instigated our Federation's 'Smart Moves' programme for engaging secondary school aged students to the benefits of Martial Arts practice.

Mr Alex Woodmason, South West Region
Mr Woodmason is a primary school teacher who specializes in Physical Education and the Regional Instructor for our South West Region. In augmentation of his extensive Tang Soo Do experience Mr Woodmason has studied the internal Martial Art of Ki Gong. Combine that experience with his eleven years as a practicing Tang Soo Do Black Belt and you get the recipe for a very successful and growing region of classes. In July 2007 Mr Woodmason became the first British Tang Soo Do Federation Member to travel to California to receive instruction from GrandMaster Ah Po.

Mr Charlie Featherstone, North East Region
Mr Featherstone is the Regional Instructor for our North East Region. His ten years of Tang Soo Do experience combine with his 20 years as a Court Enforcement Officer to make his family orientated classes a real hit with those who feel that stranger danger and threat awareness are vital ingredients in Martial Arts classes that cater for all ages. Mr Featherstone's infectious enthusiasm drives the North East Region which is the newest to join the family of the British Tang Soo Do Federation.

GrandMaster Andy Ah Po
GrandMaster Ah Po is the guide and technical mentor to the British Tang Soo Do Federation. GrandMaster Ah Po began Martial Arts training in his native Hawaii at the age of 6 studying Gung Fu, Karate and Ju Jitsu before leaving the islands in 1959 to join the US Air Force.
2007 marked GrandMaster Ah Po's 60th year in the Martial Arts and his 48th as a practitioner of Tang Soo Do.
In 1966 GrandMaster Ah Po was one of the pioneers of the 'full time Martial Arts studio' opening his first centre in Carmichael, California. He is a very active Instructor to this day through both his world travels and his current studio in Sarcamento, California. GrandMaster Ah Po was a legendary competition fighter in the 60s and 70s holding many national and international titles for forms and free fighting. He retired from tournament in 1972. In 2000 GrandMaster Ah Po was promoted to 8th Dan by the founder of Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan , the Great GrandMaster Hwang Kee.
In 2002 GrandMaster Ah Po founded the Tang Soo Do Martial Way Association. Additionally today GrandMaster Ah Po serves as the direct Instructor to three Internationally renown Tang Soo Do GrandMasters each running their own highly successful organisations.