OUR INSTRUCTORS
The club has helped many students achieve Black Belt status and leads by example, teaching that, with hard work and dedication you can achieve your goals.
This hard work and dedication, from both students and coaches, has led to the club producing Taekwondo Champions, of all ages, both nationally and internationally.
M. A. SEDIQI
FOUNDER, HEADCOACH
- 6th Dan Master
- Registered instructor at British Taekwondo
- Over 30 years experience in Taekwondo & Kickboxing
- Sports coach UK, safeguarding & protecting children certificate
- Global official member
- International Coach Certificate Level 1 world Taekwondo
- Level 2 world Taekwondo
Master Sediqi is a national and internationally recognised instructor; he began practicing Taekwondo (ITF) (WT) in 1989 at Haidairy Taekwondo association in Afghanistan under Grand Master Zia-Ul Haq Bakhshi.
In 1996 he moved to Islamic Republic of Iran, and began practising full contact kickboxing (WKA). In 2001 in the UK, he joined English contact karate association (ECKA) under Grand Master Dev Barrett who is a former world champion. Moving back to Taekwondo in 2004 under Grand Master Neil Guest (Heart of England Taekwondo), he opened his own classes in 2005.He has also been fighting in national level in Kickboxing and Taekwondo with several wins.
He has many years experience leading teams in competitions, wining trophies & medals for the club. He has been teaching and developing students from all age groups and aims to take them to competitions to make them better athletes.
C. AKDENIZ
- 4th Dan
- WT International Coach Certificate
- WT Level 1 Para Taekwondo Coaching Certificate
- WT Level 2 World Taekwondo Coach Certificate
- Continental Coach Licence
- Former Turkish Taekwondo National Team Coach
- Registered Instructor at British Taekwondo Instructor & Referee Certificate (British Taekwondo)
- 4th Level Senior Trainer Certificate (Turkish Taekwondo Federation)
- Over 25 years experience in Taekwondo
- Global Official Member
- Safeguarding & Protecting Children Certificate
- FA Emergency First Aid Certificate
Coach Akdeniz started taekwondo in 1994. He has fought and represented his club and country for over 20 years. He established his first club in 2014 ( Birlesim Sports Club – Turkey). And due to popularity, quickly followed up with a second one in 2016, Oykum Youth and Sports Club, and the third one in 2018 (Ahmet Sari Youth and Sports Club).
Coach Akdeniz had more than 2000 students in Turkey before emigrating to the UK in 2019 to join Five Lions Taekwondo Academy.
Coach Akdeniz has been the Turkish National Team’s coach since 2016.
