Interested in classes for you or your child? We’re excited to welcome back our school classes this month, and continue our community classes at the Dockyard Club and John Pounds Centre in Southsea.
Classes are open to ages 5+ and we run dedicated children’s, adult and mixed classes.
Wednesday 8-9pm – The Dockyard Club, Onslow Road, Portsmouth PO5 2NH (seniors’ class – invitation only)
Friday 6pm-7pm – John Pounds Centre, 23 Queen Street, Portsmouth PO1 3HN (community class)
Want to start taekwondo this summer?
Our classes are perfect for beginners. Taekwondo teaches strikes, patterns, self defence and sparring, and is available to you whether you’ve trained in martial arts before or not. Your first taekwondo class with us is free, so make sure to come along!
Your first taekwondo class
We don’t expect you to know everything after your first session, and regularly train basics as well as advanced techniques.
Wear clothes that you can train in. This could be sportswear or loose clothing. Bring water with you for during the session, and make sure to tie back your hair if it will get in your way.
Have a specific question, or don’t know which class is best? Speak to us today.
Strikers Taekwondo are looking forward to our next grading on the 14th of October at The Havelock Centre! Grading payments bust be made by October 5th and may be made in person or sent to Mr J P Latoy, 09-01-28, 49546700. The grading will occur as follows (times are approximate, please arrive early):
Red and orange belt candidates: Cost – £24 Time – 12pm – 1pm
Yellow belt and Green tabs candidates: Cost – Junior £26 Senior £32 Time – 12:30pm – 1:45pm
Green belt and blue tabs candidates: Cost – Junior £26 Senior £32 Time – 1:30pm – 3:15pm
Remember, we also have a pre-grading on the 7th of October at The Dockyard Club, the perfect place to hone your skills before you grade or to give yourself a boost if you aren’t grading this time around. Pre-grading payments may be made on the day. The pre-grading will occur as follows:
Red and orange belt candidates: Cost – £8 Time – 10am-11:30am
Yellow belt and green tabs candidates: Cost – £8 Time – 11:30am – 1pm
Green belt and blue tabs candidates: Cost – £8 Time – 1:30pm – 3:15pm
If you can’t make the pre-grading but want to attend more training before the grading, our full class list can be found here.
As the school year draws to a close I have to say congratulations to all of our students at Saint Swithun’s Primary! Classes at Saint Swithun’s opened on Halloween in 2017 and the kids in these classes have worked exceptionally hard and achieved so much in the last few months.
Over the summer holidays classes will still be running as per usual with the exception of the after-school classes which will be closed. This means you can train at:
Monday 6-7pm The Dockyard Club, Onslow Road, PO5 2NH
Friday 6-7pm The John Pounds Centre, Queen Street, PO1 3HN
Classes will not be running on Friday the 24th of August and Monday the 27th of August.
It would be great to see our students keeping up their training over the summer and getting themselves ready for our next grading and the new academic year where they will have the chance to impress and set an example for a new intake of Strikers students!
19 Strikers Taekwondo Students were entered to grade on Sunday June 3rd. All of these students passed with flying colours!
A special congratulations goes out to Dylan Ferris who earned the joint highest score of the grading for their Green tabs!
Thanks goes out to Master Chris Hemstock for his help running the grading and his excellent work not only marking the students but also coaching them and helping them to improve.
Strikers Taekwondo are looking forward to our next grading on the 3rd of June at The Dockyard Club! The grading will Occur as follows (times are approximate, please arrive early):
Red and orange belt candidates: Cost – £24 Time – 10am – 12am
Yellow belt and Green tab candidates: Cost – Junior £26 Senior £32 Time – 10am – 1pm
Green belt candidates: Cost – Junior £26 Senior £32 Time – 12am – 2pm
Blue belt candidates: Cost – £40 Time – 12am – 3pm
Remember, we also have a pre-grading on the 27th of May at the same location between 10am and 1pm, the perfect place to hone your skills before you grade or to give yourself a boost if you aren’t grading this time around. The pre-grading will occur as follows:
Red and orange belt candidates: Cost – £7.50 Time – 10am-11:30am
Yellow belt and beyond candidates: Cost – £15 Time – 10am-1pm
If you can’t make the pre-grading but want to attend more training before the grading, our full class list can be found here.
Strikers Sports and Recreation are delighted to announce that they have been awarded Startup of the Year Runner Up at this year’s University of PortsmouthEnterprise Showcase.
The Enterprise Showcase 2018 was hosted at the University of Portsmouth’s Portland Building on Thursday 15th March, where the winners and runner ups of nine award categories were announced. The awards evening included exhibitions by multiple startup businesses and saw varying awards for staff, students and graduates.
Strikers Sports and Recreation was established in 2016 by University of Portsmouth alumnus Jack Latoy, and currently encompasses Strikers Taekwondo and Strikers Quidditch. The business has grown steadily since its beginning, now boasting 5 weekly classes across Portsmouth and recently hosting their largest Taekwondo grading to date. Meanwhile, Strikers Quidditch will be competing at the British Quidditch Cup later in March.
The Enterprise Showcase is hosted annually by nest, the student startup incubator, to display and celebrate the entrepreneurial work of University of Portsmouth students and graduates. Other awards celebrated on the night included the Social Start Up Award and Staff Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Year.
Enterprise Startup of the Year nominations were open to the public earlier in the year. The award celebrates the commitment and drive of companies and individuals who take pride in their work and use their passion to succeed within their business.
Strikers Sport and Recreation was nominated alongside 20 other student and graduate startups established in the last 18 months. You can read the nomination below:
I believe Strikers should win this award as recognition of their ambition, initiative, and commitment to their clients.
I admire the passion that Jack has for both his coaching and business, and the difference that this makes to the lives of the people Strikers reaches. Strikers Sports and Rec has expanded to reach more people than ever, growing from offering an established individual sport to coach a new and inclusive team sport as well.
Strikers Taekwondo coaches a variety of students from 5 years old through to university students and offers a familiar and safe community to all, alongside targeted coaching and an instructor who has genuine faith in his students. One year on, Strikers expanded to include quidditch coaching. Professionalising the coaching of quidditch hasn’t been done before in the UK, and Jack uses a combination of his knowledge from teaching other sports and his degree education to inspire coaches across the country in terms of content, technique and drive.
Jack brings out the best in his athletes, both in and out of sessions, and the friendly and encouraging environment that he offers them week-in and week-out is undoubtedly both the best element of his classes and the one that takes the most devotion. His commitment to his work and his students is an inspiration, and his genuine happiness for all of his students after their successes (either at gradings, tournaments, or competitions) is a sign of his dedication to them and their achievements.
Thrilled to receive the award, Jack said: “To be nominated alongside so many other strong candidates at the Showcase, and to see the variety of services these student and graduate businesses have to offer, was a magnificent experience. I was flattered to be awarded Runner Up in the category – to be recognised for a year of hard work is wonderful and I can’t wait to see the progression of Strikers Sports and Recreation in the coming year.”
Strikers wishes to extend congratulations to all award winners and nominees across the evening, with a special congratulations to Startup of the Year 1st place winners, The Student Food Project. You can view all nominations and winners at the nest website, here.
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