This web page provides information for instructors and students regarding our proud membership of The Tang Soo Do Union.

The purpose of The Tang Soo Do Union is a simple one, to engage in cross Federation activities for the furthering of opportunities for members.

To this end the Union will organize events such as seminars and tournaments in Britain and abroad to encourage interaction between traditional Tang Soo Do bodies.

                               Founder members of the Tang Soo Do Union:

Master Brian Edmondson of the Tiger Gym Tang Soo Do,
Master Wynford Williams of the International Tang Soo Do Federation,
Master Vivian Thomas of the Bridgend Martial Arts Academy,                                                                                                                        Master John Trudgill of the Traditional Tang Soo Do Federation,
Master Robert Salter of the Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation of Great Britain,
Master David Powell of the World Traditional Tang Soo Do Federation.

The first of these events for 2007 will be a 'Training with the Masters Seminar' to be hosted by Master Kemp of the Tiger Gym. The date for this fantastic seminar will be Sunday the 24th of June. The location will be Coventry . Interested parties should leave their contact details on our 'contacts' page

Birth of the Union

On Sunday the 4th of February 2007 Chief Instructors and Masters from six Tang Soo Do federations met at the 'ORO' in 'Henley in Arden' to discuss expanding The Tang Soo Do Union.

The unique nature of that meeting is a pivotal point in the growth of The Tang Soo Do Union. For fifteen senior Tang Soo Do Instructors (one of whom was the first British citizen to obtain Dan certification in Tang Soo Do) to meet with no agenda beyond the creation of a contact group that could open training/competing opportunities for members is we believe, unprecedented in the UK . 

In September of 2005 one hundred members of the International Tang Soo Do Federation and the Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation of Great Britain gathered in Manchester for an afternoon of training, knowledge sharing and friendship. This gathering had come about as the result of an earlier alliance of like minded Tang Soo Do Instructors whose aim was simply to get together and participate in an active way to share knowledge and experience with similar minded martial artists. Subjects for instruction were chosen for their curriculum neutral status. Those subjects included quarter staff, sweeps and knife defense. 

                    Tang Soo Do Union Seminars, June 2007 

Students and Instructors from the TTF recently attended a seminar organised and run by the Tang Soo Do Union, in Coventry. Everyone who attended had a great time and have commented very favorably on the day and the events organised. By all accounts it was a great learning experience with subjects taught that were not normally within our grading syllabus.