About Us
Our instructor, Mr Mike Lowe, opened Tiger Taekwon-Do in October 1985 as a privately owned public club.
Our club currently comprises mostly tamariki from four to 13 years, together with a few parents.
Ākonga come to us with a wide range of reasons to train including having fun, learning self-defence, developing self-confidence and improving physical fitness.
In addition to the more obvious benefits of learning Taekwon-Do, we often find teachable moments to instil in our ākonga, valuable character traits such as courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit.
Our ākonga are regularly offered opportunities to grade and advance their belt rank.
For ākonga with a competitive streak, there are opportunities to compete at regional, national and international levels.
Our members are also eligible to participate in various seminars and camps.
Covid Protection Framework April 2022
- Under the Covid Protection Framework, our club is classified as a gathering.
- At Traffic Light Orange, we are open with no limits on numbers in attendance.
- At Traffic Light Red, we are open and there is no social distance requirement, but we have a capacity limit of 100.
- Stay home if you are sick, and get a COVID-19 test..
- Sanitise your hands on entry and exiting the building.
- Cough and sneeze into your elbow.
- Students who sweat heavily should bring a small sweat towel
- Scanning our QR code with the NZ Tracer app is not required but recommended.
- Face masks are not required , but students and non participants are welcome to wear them.
- Physical contact is allowed at all levels of the CPF.
- All gear that our staff and students touch will be cleaned after use.
International Taekwon-Do
Tiger Taekwon-Do is a member club of International Taekwon-Do Foundation of New Zealand Inc (ITKD). ITKD is very much a family organisation, having grown from a few small clubs in Palmerston North and Wellington in the early 1970s. These clubs produced black belts that in turn started new clubs, and the organisation grew. Today we have around 90 schools nationwide.
Taekwon-Do is the Korean martial art of self-defence and is arguably the world’s most popular martial art.
The physical aspects of Taekwon-Do will help develop your agility, co-ordination, balance, strength and fitness. The mental training provides strength of character and confidence which helps to prepare people as good citizens in their communities.
Our Instructor
Kia ora tātou
Ko Owairaka te maunga
Ko Whau te awa
Nō Tamaki Makaurau ahau
Ko Lowe tōku whānau
Ko Michael tōku ingoa
- Started training at Massey University in 1974 under Mr Chin Wong
- Became Instructor at Massey University in 1978
- Opened Tiger Taekwon-Do in 1985
- Inducted into the New Zealand Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2005
- Past Regional Director of ITFNZ and member of the ITFNZ Technical Committee
- Currently conducts Instructor Induction courses for ITFNZ
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V Degree Black Belt and International Instructor
