Chief Instructor: Dave
Oliver
Dave Oliver started training in Tae Kwon Do in 1970 and gained his black
belt in 1974. Dave went on to become
British free sparring champion and a British International. He was a member
of the British team that won a silver medal
at the ITF European Tae Kwon Do Championships in Rotterdam, Holland in 1976.
In 1978, Daves first black belt student 17 year old Annette Sullivan won
a gold medal at the ITF Tae Kwon Do
World Championships in Oklahoma U.S.A. She was the first British person to
win a gold meal in a World ITF
Tae Kwon Do Championships.
In 1980 Dave was appointed British team coach due to the success of his Tae
Kwon Do students in domestic champ-
ionships. In his 10 year term as team coach Britain have won the World
Championships 3 times and European champ-
ionships three times. Dave is now manager of the British team, a post he
took up in 1991. Dave was named as The
European Instructor of the year in 1988 by The International Magazine –
Tae Kwon Do Times, he is the only British
person to ever receive this award. Dave Oliver was also the winner of the
combat Hall of fame awards, he has
appeared on more front covers of martial arts magazine than any other British
tae kwon do Instructor, he has also
written booksand produced video tapes, and appeared on main stream television
on at least six occasions.
Dave has been a professional instructor for the last thirty years and was
the very first professional instructor in the
United Kingdom tae kwon do association.
Dave now runs two schools of Tae Kwon Do, at Warwick and Solihull, he is
also a grading examiner and current
Chairman of the Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain, which now boasts
a student membership of 22,000,
and is a 7th Degree black belt.
Dave Oliver will receive the "Leadership Award" in 2007 presented by the
Taekwondo Hall of Fame ®. |
