Stephen Lamberth - 4th Degree Black Belt
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Whilst at
school I studied many different martial arts which included judo, kung fu,
karate, ju jitsu and kick boxing. I got fed up with these very quickly as I
did not find any of these styles offered the all round training that I
wanted.
Personal experience spurred me into finding a self defence style that I would enjoy, and was effective. It was whilst coming home from my then girlfriends house, I had my personal stereo on loud listening to some music; I felt someone grab my shoulder from behind and as I turned around in shock, I was face to face with a scary looking person, who demanded I should hand over my wallet. Without thinking I kicked him between the legs as hard as I could and ran away not daring to look back. Later I realised I was running on pure adrenaline. This situation could have been a lot worse than it was, and it was at that point I realised I needed to learn self defence. Just by chance I stumbled across a Tae Kwon Do class in my local sports centre in Salisbury.
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and from there I knew it was for me; I was definitely hooked and just could
not wait until the next lesson. I started training in Tae Kwon Do in 1985
and have been ever since.
As a second degree black belt I opened the Ringwood Tae Kwon Do school on 14th October 1996. This club started that night with one member and has now developed as a club to over 100 students. As a third degree black belt I opened the second school in Verwood. This was on 14th September 2000. This opening night was a real success with 68 people turning up for the first lesson! The class now has over 80 members. The classes are successful because they are fun to do. I try and teach people with the philosophy. ‘This is how I would like to be taught.’ We are a big family in this area and everyone is part of it from the beginners to the black belts; everyone is treated the same no matter what your age or occupation. When your dobok is on we are all students hungry for more TKD knowledge. I look forward to teaching every class that I take just as I look forward to every class that I train in. Long may it continue! I hope you all enjoy your Tae Kwon Do as half as much as I have! Stephen Lamberth - 4th Dan Black Belt
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