Podcasts about gb taekwondo

Abi Okell brings a wealth of experience from her work with GB Snowsport, British Gymnastics, and GB Taekwondo. From the NHS to the world stage at the Paralympic and Olympic Games, Abi has dedicated her career to empowering athletes through tailored rehabilitation and health initiatives. Abi's passion lies in creating safe spaces to address the unique challenges female athletes face—breaking taboos, fostering open conversations, and ensuring that support staff are as respected as coaches in the high-performance world. With expertise in musculoskeletal injuries, female health, and athlete well-being, Abi brings an inspiring perspective on what it means to truly support performance at every level. And this is why I'm excited to bring you this episode. Abi shares her journey, insights, and the lessons she's learned about balancing professionalism, advocacy, and personal growth in the demanding world of elite sport. Talking Points: Breaking taboos and creating safe spaces for female athletes. Supporting male allies in fostering understanding without blame. Managing 24/7 availability and setting boundaries in high-pressure roles. Championing respect for support staff alongside coaches. Transitioning from NHS to elite winter sports and its impact on Abi's career. Balancing personal growth, soft skills, and technical expertise. Cultivating belonging and fun as keys to peak performance. Turning self-pressure into growth and managing expectations. Resources Men Behind Sport Support The Coach Toolbox Connect with Abi: Linkedin

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The final episode of Season 2 of The Coaching Psychology Pod is split into two parts. Host Dr Natalie Lancer discusses coaching in sport with Dr. Angela Mouton, Dr. Matt Dubin and Ben Davies. In Part 1 Angela and Matt delve into their interest in coaching, the role of positive psychology, and their research, exploring the concept of 'flow' and its impact on peak performance. In Part 2, Ben elaborates on Prof. Steve Peters' Chimp Model, providing insight into how the mind works so that athletes and all human beings can better overcome the issues and challenges we face, in order to improve our experience of life and our day to day interactions. We explore: What is the role of positive psychology in coaching for peak performance? What is the Chimp Model and how can it be used? Why is flow important for athletes, in daily life, the workplace and other non-sporting contexts? How can you coach towards creating the optimum conditions for flow? What are the strongest predictors of peak performance in sport? How can you work with both athletes and coaches to achieve the best results? How does coaching the ‘whole person' lead to better performance on the field or court? What are the main barriers people have when trying to find their zone of peak performance? How can coaching psychologists help people work out what is in their control, and to work with and stick to their strategies? What can enhance or derail someone's sporting experience? How can we develop a personalised plan to handle the unexpected? The panellists share their research on attention control, the importance of focusing on one task at a time and the balance between challenge and skill in achieving flow. They also discuss areas of future research. Furthermore, they examine the usefulness of applying sporting analogies in non-sporting contexts including business, the army and the NHS. Our guests today are: Dr Angela Mouton specialises in strategic human capital, including Organisational Development, Management Consulting and Executive Search and Assessment. She focuses on peak performance, driving business results, goal setting and prioritisation, leadership, and organisational design and effectiveness. She spent a decade practicing Law at multinational firms, and then moved into Management Consulting in 2010. She was a Positive Organisational Psychology doctoral student of Dr Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi at Claremont Graduate University and publishes her research on hope and flow in peer reviewed journals. Dr Matt Dubin is an Organisational Psychologist and a Culture and Leadership Development expert who uses the concept of flow to facilitate the development and transformation of people and business. Matt holds certifications to administer the MBTI, EQ-I 2.0, Korn Ferry 360, Gallup Clifton Strengths, DiSC, and the TKI conflict modes assessment. Matt was a Positive Developmental Psychology and Organisational Behaviour doctoral student of Dr Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi at Claremont Graduate University focusing on cultivating flow in the workplace. He was awarded the inaugural Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Dissertation Award. Ben Davies is a Chartered Psychologist and researcher, who has worked for Professor Steve Peter's Chimp Management organisation for over 8 years. Ben has supported various top golfers, premier league football teams, elite international equestrian organisations and GB Taekwondo in their preparation for the 2021 Olympic/Paralympic Games. He also worked alongside the British Army providing mental resilience training to soldiers and trainers. He helps his clients understand the way in which their mind works, and how to develop tools to optimise the use of their mind. Your host, Dr Natalie Lancer, is a Chartered Coaching Psychologist, and British Psychological Society (BPS) Registered Supervisor. She is the Chair of the BPS's Division of Coaching Psychology and an accredited member of the Association for Coaching. She is the host of this podcast series and invites you to email any comments to docp-tcppod@bps.org.uk https://www.bps.org.uk/member-networks/division-coaching-psychology © British Psychological Society 2023

Danny Dowling is an unusual guest because he no longer does martial arts. However, he did pursue his journey from childhood to his older years. That journey saw him reach the highest levels of competition and eventually become part of the GB Taekwondo squad. Danny talks about the reality of being a GB competitor who must keep performing to retain his funding. It's very tough at the top, and Danny outlines precisely how tough it is. Although he no longer does martial arts, he puts that time and passion into pushing weights and becoming a great sparky. I hope that Danny will one day restart his martial journey, as I believe he has so much to offer to the combative community.I'm sure that Danny and I will talk again in the future.I hope you enjoy our chat.I'd be grateful if you could leave a review for the Living Martial Arts podcast using the following links: Apple podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/living-martial-arts/id1558703179Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3MDv2bt1ORsKpD4158cqLA?si=Q9Klv5iQQhOaXiXwhp-OdAPodchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/living-martial-arts-1629450https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/living-martial-arts-1629450Sign up for the newsletter now! at; https://www.livingmartialarts.com

Sport England, London 2012, GB Boxing, GB Taekwondo and now CEO of the UK Sports Institute. Our guest on this episode of Great British Bosses Matt Archibald has literally come a long way from being an accountant in Aberdeen. The UKSI delivers outstanding support that enables sports and athletes to excel. In this episode of the behind the scenes conversation of British sport we find out how - and with Matt's background also talk all things Olympics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we delve into the intricate world of combat sports, specifically boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA), and the critical aspects of training and preparation that underpin these intense disciplines. Our expert panel includes Duncan French, from the UFC Performance Institute, Danny Wilson, Co-founder of Boxing Science, and Rhys Ingram, formerly of GB Taekwondo and currently with GB Cycling. They kick off the discussion by emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary teams in supporting athletes, including strength and conditioning coaches, physiotherapists, and nutritionists. The challenge lies in orchestrating these diverse experts to work cohesively for the benefit of the athlete. The panel explores various training philosophies, particularly when it comes to building strength and power in combat sports athletes. The focus here is on lower body impulse and trunk muscle mass as significant contributors to punching power. Training strategies include lower force, high-velocity movements, and max strength development. Assessments play a pivotal role in athlete profiling, with tests like countermovement jumps, drop jumps, isometric mid-thigh pulls, and peak plantar flexion tests providing insights into an athlete's ability to generate force quickly and efficiently. The conversation also delves into situational training, where athletes are exposed to unorthodox and challenging scenarios to prepare them mentally and physically for fights. This approach helps athletes develop mental toughness and resilience, crucial for success in combat sports. Finally, the experts address the complex issue of weight cutting and management. They stress the importance of distinguishing between chronic weight descent and acute weight cutting, offering valuable insights into the science and methodology behind effective weight management. The discussion touches on the significance of day-before weigh-ins and the duty of care toward athletes. This episode provides an in-depth look at the intricate world of combat sports training, profiling, situational training, and weight management, offering valuable insights for athletes, coaches, and enthusiasts alike. Main talking points: Utilising multidisciplinary team support. Focusing on lower body impulse for power. Which assessments to use to inform programming. How to build mental and physical resiliance Weight management and acute cutting. Day-before weigh-ins and athlete care

In this episode I speak with chartered occupational psychologist, Sarah Broadhead. Sarah is Director and founder of Broadhead Performance which aims to give individuals and organisations in sport and business the insight, skills and support they need to perform and thrive. She has worked in a range of sports including GB Taekwondo, British Swimming, GB Canoeing, Archery GB, UK Athletics and GB Triathlon. Sarah was part of the Director team that created Chimp Management with Professor Steve Peters, shaping the vision of the company. In this episode we discuss Sarah's fantastic new book “Perform & Thrive: A Sportsperson's Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing” which examines how sportspeople keep on top of wellbeing and the mental side in both sporting performances and life overall. Taking a deep dive into the elements that really count, and identify what can be done - practically - to provide sportspeople with the best possible chance of success. Filled with real-world examples, findings from the latest research, plus life stories from top athletes, this book - for athletes and coaches - is a must-read for nurturing people who wish to perform and thrive.

GB Taekwondo's Jordan Thomas joins the FightMad Podcast to kick off Season 2! The former Karate World Champion and 10K Karate Clash winner recently made the switch to join Team GB's Taekwondo squad in a bid for the Paris 2024 Olympics.Hosted by Fighters Inc's Joe Long, the FightMad Podcast invites the world's biggest superstars to enter the ‘Zone' and discuss life and combat sport-related topics in a five-round verbal showdown.

Eleanor Oldroyd and Jonathan Overend visit Bianca Walkden's pizza restaurant in Liverpool and explore life after the Games as an Olympic medallist. Hear from Bianca and her fiancé Aaron Cook, double Olympic medallist Lutalo Muhammad, GB Taekwondo's Mahama Cho and Paralympic silver medallist Beth Munro. They discuss the GB Olympic and Paralympic success in Tokyo, domestic rivalries and the fast paced and changeable nature of the sport.

Professor Steve Peters is a Consultant Psychiatrist who specialises in the functioning of the human mind.  He has clients across a wide range of disciplines from health and education to business and elite sport, including NHS organisations, the emergency services, schools and universities, national and Olympic teams, British Cycling, GB Taekwondo, England Rugby, England Football, Liverpool Football Club, British Swimming, UK Track and Field, Sky ProCycling, Masters Golf and World Snooker. In all areas, he helps people to understand how the mind works, gain insight into their own unique mind and situation, and then develop skills to optimise individual performance and quality of life.  He is also the author of the bestselling personal development book ‘The Chimp Paradox' which has sold nearly 1 million copies since it was first published in 2012. In this episode, we explored the ‘inner chimp' and what that is, the reason we think the way we do, how to understand your emotions and thoughts, how to avoid self-sabotage, and what makes ‘a man'. We thoroughly enjoyed this episode and hope you do too! Head over to the Mantality website to download a FREE mind management tool on how to stop caring what others think of you: https://mantality.co.uk/coaching

Lauren Williams will make her Olympic debut in Taekwondo in Tokyo and her story is one to inspire any young athlete. She's twice European Champion and hoping to add to her overall medal haul this summer. In 2012 she was on holiday with her family in their caravan when they watched Jade Jones win her gold medal at the London Olympics. Inspired by that, she switched from kick boxing to Taekwondo and went to a talent ID day, even so she was under ago. She impressed so much that she was offered a place on the programme. So she moved with her mum to Manchester and lived in the very same caravan they watched the Games in. She spent two years in the van with her mum, who left work to look after her - whilst her dad stayed back with her sister. Support this podcast

Mahama Cho has been named as part of the GB Taekwondo squad for the Tokyo Olympics. This will be his second Olympic Games after a 5th place in Rio. I caught up with him whilst he was trying out the Team GB formal suit supplied by Simon Jersey. He talks about looking the part for the Games. He was massively inspired by his dad who encouraged him to work hard and never give up. He looks up to what his dad did in the sport and remains Mahama Cho's inspiration throughout his 14 years on the squad. I'm making these podcasts to tell the stories of Olympians and Paralympians but also to raise some money for Maggie's Cancer Centres. If you're enjoying them maybe you'd drop me the price of a coffee to help the cause? https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/destinationtokyo Support this podcast

To succeed at an elite level in sports requires a high level of specialization. Small details are determinant.Being successful in one sport and moving to another can be very risky. You can go from being the best to just be one more.Our today's guest has experienced great success in two different martial arts.He has been twice Kickboxing world champion and has been twice world medalist in Taekwondo. Silver in Chelyabinsk 2015 and Bronze in Muju 2017I'm talking about Damon Sansum.Damon was recruited to the GB Taekwondo team as part of the Fighting Chance program, which scout athletes from other martial arts to compete at taekwondo.He had the skill and mindset necessary to adapt to a new style of competition.He kindly talked with us about how he made it, how he had dedicated his life to martial arts and how he after his retirement is still contributing to the martial arts world adding high level technology to it.Damon works with Kick.ai, a Finish company that is incorporating data driven technology to martial arts training. Damon shared with us all the exciting things he is doing with this martial arts startup.I highly recommend this interview. Damon has a great passion for martial arts, technology and self improvement.Please enjoy.How to win confidence if you are scared of competitions?Damon started to train martial arts with his father, a martial arts expert who for many years was a bodyguard of Mohamed Al Fayed's family.He started to compete in small competitions of KickBoxing and Karate point fighting.You could think that being Damon Sansum, he always had the confidence to fight and win.But it wasn't always this way. When he was around 15 he was scared of competitions and not performing as good as he did in the Club. Sometimes he even got sick before tournaments.His father even suggested that he take a break and to come back when he really wanted to compete.After that pause he started to compete again, in certain particular fight where he again didn't perform as good as he wanted he remembered thinking:“You know what, is not gonna kill you, is not the end of the world, you gonna have to fight anyway so go and fight and give it your all”.Two or three hours later he fought again and won all his fights that day and beat everyone who used to beat him. Later became a senior European KickBoxing champion at 16.That was when he started to be serious at training and competing.Fighting chanceAfter a very successful career in Kickboxing including being twice World Champion he was thinking of retirement because of a shoulder injury.He was not able to perform as good as he wanted. By that time the Fighting Chance program was launched.And he discussed with his father the idea of giving a try to Olympic Taekwondo as it was more focused on kicks than punches. So he could continue training and competing at a world class level.He applied for the tests. Participated in a 5 days camp fighting against all kinds of martial artists but with taekwondo rules.Damon proved he had the necessary talent to succeed in taekwondo, first in the camp and after it in competitions.Of course it was not easy. He had moments of doubt when he asked himself “What am i doing here?” but his efforts were compensated and soon he started to medal in important competitions.Martial arts, technology and Kick.aiOn October 2019, Damon decided to retire from taekwondo competition.Damon shared with us that he knew that he was very interested in martial arts and technology as he knows is how the world works now.We are like part robots having our phones all the time in our hands. After his retirement Damon wanted to do something that could mix technology and martial arts.The day after his retirement he had a message from Jan-Eric Wargelin from Kick.ai. A Finish Tech start up developing data driven technology for the world of taekwondo and martial arts.Damon flew to Finland, met the Kick.ai team, tested the technology and realized how good and accurate it was.Now he works with Kick.ai contributing with his experience and knowledge of martial arts and taekwondo to the development of Kick.ai Technology.By the way, Kick.ai is launching the new Club Pro and is offering a 1 on 1 demo to selected martial arts club owners. If you want to know how Kick.ai can help you with engagement and retention please contact Damon or me to arrange it.Please enjoy the interview with this amazing guy. He also shared with us some stories he has accumulated through his martial arts journey.

Bradly Sinden “I'm gonna give everything I got to make sure I get to where I want to be”Bradly Sinden is the first Great Britain male World Champion. He made it on the last World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester.Before it, he also won a bronze medal in Muju 2017 World Championships. Bradly is really mature for his young age and an example of determination. Weeks before to win the gold medal in the World Championships, he was so injured that he couldn't even kick. Hearing the interview with him you can learn:What can children learn from other sports that can help them ih taekwondo?Why do you have to focus on your performance and not on the results?What facilities does a world class training center have?How he and his team managed months of injuries before his participation in the Worlds?Why should parents not push a lot of pressure on children growing in the sport?How to fight against taller opponents?His first steps in taekwondo and multisport past.He started doing taekwondo at age 4 in his hometown Doncaster. Along with taekwondo he practiced other sports like football and running.He considers that training other sports improves your overall fitness and learning the basic tactics of other sports can help you as a sparring athlete.His club instructor and Sarah Stevenson's instructor were friends. Sometimes he went to trained to her club when she was already a national team member.When Sarah's Stevenson won the bronze medal at Beijing 2018 Bradly was just a kid. But he thought that Sarah's, a person like him, coming from his same small town, could achieve any dream as she put her mind set on it.Great Britain Taekwondo's success and the importance of patience for young athletes.Sarah's bronze medal at Beijing 2008 was of big help for British taekwondo, because it was their first olympic medal in taekwondo.The funding and support that came after that olympic medal was one of the keys to the later success of GB Taekwondo program. Creating a synergy that was increased later with Jade Jones later Gold Medal in London 2012.When he was 10 and he started in competition and watching the top performers of the sport winning big tournaments like the Olympics made him to decide that taekwondo was what he wanted to do in his future-At the beginning of his career he usually did well in training but sometimes it didn't transfer to performance in competition.He considers patience is very important for every athlete. “The time clock is different for everybody”. So, there is no need to rush.If you work hard your moment will come.International take off and how to learn from every experienceHe won his first international medal as a cadet in the 2012 Belgium Open. In 2015 he won the European Youth Championships. He considers that tournament a breakthrough moment in his career.His coach as a youth was Martin Stamper, a former World Bronze medalist who started his career as a coach with the GB Junior team.In 2016 Martin Stamper started to train the senior team and Bradly had to train a lot and prove that he deserved a place in the GB taekwondo academy. With less than a year in the academy he achieved a bronze medal in the Worlds of Muju but he still was not happy with it. He is a perfectionist so it took a while for him to digest the bronze and realize that it was not a negative experience.He had to learn from the experience and take the positive things.How to learn from events when you don't medal?In events that you don't win a medal you have to look at how you perform. Sometimes you don't win the medal but maybe you fought the best person in that weight class in the first fight, and maybe you had a great fight, and just lost for a few points or certain action.You don't have to focus on that you didn't win the medal. Bradly analyzes his performance in every tournament with his coach, focusing on what he did well and things that he needs to improve.Resilience, teamwork, ability to adapt and the World Championships in ManchesterBradly is usually a mentally strong athlete. In high performance sports, that strength is necessary to overcome difficult moments.One characteristic of high performance sports is that you demand the best from your body and your mind.You will train very close to the edge between top performance and injury.Before 2019 Worlds. Bradly faced months of constant injuries that didn't allow him to train in an ideal way.Starting the year he won the Presidents cup but he got injured in his first fight and could not train for a few weeks. After recovery he came back and was injured again.GB had a big training camp that was an opportunity to train and do test matches with some other top athletes like the french team and Amhad Abugaush. By that time Bradly was injured.He comments that you can't miss those opportunities. So his team decided not to train because he was severely injured but to do the test matches.Another important point is that weeks before the Worlds, he was so injured that he could not even kick.What can you do when you are facing a World Championship competition of taekwondo and you cannot kick?Do you just go home, rest and hope for the best?That's not an option.The solution in Bradly words was to smash conditioning. If you stop training kicks for a small period of time you won't forget how to kick. But you need the confidence of knowing that your body will be prepared for the demands of five or six fights that going for the gold medal implies in a World Championships.His World Championships gold medal proved that the strategy worked.Even he faced really difficult matches. For example, he stopped the winning streak in the World Championships of Lee Dae Hoon, one of the top performers in the history of taekwondo.Please enjoy the interview.You can hear it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Overcast.

A Taekwondo bout lasts for 6 minutes; 3 x 2 minute rounds.   For 5 minutes 59 seconds of the men's Gold Medal heavyweight match at Rio 2016, Britain's Lutalo Muhammad was in the lead, heading for the Gold he so desperately craved.  Fighting brilliantly, 6-4 ahead, he got caught by a head shot as the clock ticked to zero.  Gold was ripped from him in the cruelest manner.  Londoner Lutalo, who'd previously won a brilliant bronze at London 2012, reflects on those dramatic seconds with extraordinary honesty and positivity.  Few who remember his heartbreaking, tearful BBC interview that day would  imagine he could dissect the moment with such meticulous candour years later.  There's no doubt he's heading to Tokyo in search of redemption.  It's upgrade time, and he'll tell you - up front - how he plans to do it.  Marcus Buckland is alongside host Jonathan Overend for Episode 11, in association with Aldi UK, official  supermarket partner of Team GB.     He teases Performance Director Gary Hall, a previous guest on the pod, for his travel arrangements. Also live coverage of a waiter dropping drinks.  What's not to like about that?

Performance Director Gary Hall charts the rise of GB Taekwondo from broom cupboards, corridors and supermarket aisles to six Olympic medals from the last three games, including back-to-back Golds for Jade Jones.  Having become a global force in the Korean martial art, Britain's planning to take at least three genuine Gold medal hopes to Tokyo.  It's a project with demonstrable results and Gary's strategy has always been a bold one.  What happens when he asks UK Sport - straight up - for £12 million?  Their reply will amaze you.  He also tells the inside story of Sarah Stevenson’s controversial bronze medal match in Beijing (before the days of VAR...) and hypes the arrival of taekwondo at the Paralympics.  Andy Stevenson is alongside host Jonathan Overend for Episode Six, in association with Aldi UK, official supermarket partner of Team GB.   They chat about media diversity and misleading split screens.  All the usual.  Plus unlikely references to dairy farmers and pigeon racing.  Also some mid-level swearing as Gary gets passionate.

Thomas Henley is the founder of the Thoughty Auti Podcast and the Aspergers Growth channel, both media hubs for teaching others about autism and mental health. With a wealth of experience in public advocacy and local media, Thomas inspires autistic individuals across the globe with his athletic endeavors, personal experiences, and scientific insights. In this episode, Thomas talks to a professional wheelchair basketball player Sarah Hope from the Great Britain Squad about the strengths and difficulties of being both autistic and physically disabled in sport. Late-diagnosed with autism, Sarah fell injured during her running... she thought it was tendonitis, but it turned out that she a very rare condition called 'Hereditary Peripheral Neuropathy'. In the podcast, we talk about how she got into wheelchair basketball, the long process of getting diagnosed with her two conditions, the inclusive support measures Team GB put in place for her, the strange or rude assumptions and actions of the general public due to her wheelchair, and even the crossover between identity-first language for autism and how people identify when physically disabled.  Thomas and Sarah get on 'sportingly', chatting about Thomas' demotivating encounters with the GB Taekwondo coaches, his Commonwealth Gold successes, and the physical/mental benefits both of them have seen from regular exercise and being involved in team-based or competition environment. If you have an exciting or interesting story and want to appear on the next podcast, please contact me at: aspergersgrowth@gmail.com Sarah's Link:- ►Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sai93/ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Documentary Website - https://www.aspergersinsociety.com/ Support via Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/aspergersgrowth FOLLOW ME On Social Media ♥ - ☼ Facebook - Aspergers Growth ☼ Twitter/Instagram - @aspergersgrowth ♫ THOUGHTY AUTI PODCAST Get it on: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgrPK8ttTCY3FumbHDu9BX50_SXsXiFsv Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6vjXgCB7Q3FwtQ2YqPjnEV Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thoughty-auti-the-autism-mental-health-podcast/id1470689079 Music - ♫ Track: [Chill Music] Ikson - Reverie [No Copyright Music] ♫ Watch: https://youtu.be/q4DCEwzI4Ps

Italy staged the European Championships with more medals for GB Taekwondo as Neil Black leaves his position at British Athletics

In this episode I speak with chartered occupational psychologist, Sarah Broadhead. Sarah is currently the GB Taekwondo team psychologist and has worked with a range of sports – British Swimming, GB Canoeing, Archery GB, UK Athletics, GB Triathlon, Formula 3 motor racing, European Tour golfers, a world champion 800m runner and CG gold medal winning mountain biker. Sarah was part of the Director team that created Chimp Management with Prof Steve Peters in 2013, shaping the vision of the company. She now has her own company which gives individuals and organisations in sport and business the insight, skills and support they need to perform and thrive. We speak about Compassion Focused Therapy; the complexities of the brain; understanding why the brain does what it does; the differences between the adult and adolescent brain; understanding why someone is doing what they're doing; ownership; normalising feelings; role modelling; motivation; developing a positive inner voice; and threat, drive and compassion.

Fight, focus, friendship. Three words that sum up GB Taekwondo athletes Joel Walsh and Jake Barnett. We chat to both of these young athletes about entering the world of taekwondo, their intense training schedule and what's it like living with each other.  Follow All Things Sport on Instagram for loads of additional content, and don't forget to give Joel and Jake a follow!

So today's interview is with Paul Green and Gareth Brown from Todays Taekwondo. Firstly I had to congratulate them on their achievements to date 300k followers on Facebook, the YouTube channel, the website, the downloadable tutorials, and obviously for all the medals that the athletes they've coached within team GB have achieved. We chat about at the numbers 2 golds from the Olympics, 4 world champions, 8 Grand Prix golds, and those are just the ones within the top competitions, we discuss how it must have been great to be a part of those athletes achievements. Todays Taekwondo mission statement says both Paul & Gareth want to continue developing innovative methods to produce world-class athletes and coaches. I ask them when did they both sit down and decide to share their knowledge on a global scale? Did they realise how big it would become and eventually where it would take them both? The BBC sports website it states one month after resigning from team GB they had both been recruited by USA Taekwondo...... They tell our listeners exactly where they are going, doing, and more importantly if Todays Taekwondo will still be continuing its goal to help others? Next is a chat about the YouTube channel, I've watched them all......the content is impressive, I like how they hold nothing back, demonstrate it, explain it to great detail and show elite athletes also training it. it's a great way to be, to improve as coaches by giving out everything, ..... we chat about how it must keep them evolving and improving. Both Gareth & Paul must have seen so many changes in the sport of Taekwondo I ask them both if they still use methods learned back when they were competing or has it evolved so much it's a completely new set of skills and drills. We take a walk back down memory lane and I ask them if we can look back at both their lives so far, where did Taekwondo start for them both and why did they decide to take up a martial art. GB Taekwondo has been a major part of both their lives competing and coaching, they've both competed and coached at a high level. Which made them most nervous, anxious, or determined, competing or coaching? I ask them a little about Team GB here as I know after speaking to some of the GB Taekwondo guys they are missed, they have both been a major part of the success GB has had and is continuing to have so don't miss their answers. I ask them both, looking into the future where do they think GB Taekwondo will be in the tables and what do they think needs to happen to keep the standards they have both helped to achieve. What is the long-term goal for Paul Green and Gareth Brown? where do they see themselves in 5-10 yrs, does their own training centre come into it or do they want to be the coaches the countries come running to when medal counts get low......? I ask them what is each of their proudest moments. What advice do they have for up and coming athletes and also coaches looking to make a difference? And finally the one last question from me, what is it that makes Taekwondo different to other martial arts and how would they describe what it takes to be a black belt? How can you get in touch with them? See links below. Email: todaystaekwondo@gmail.com Facebook: @todaystaekwondo YouTube: Todays Taekwondo Website: www.todaystaekwondo.com It was an enjoyable interview and I look forward to interviewing them both once they settle into America.

So today's interview is with Paul Green and Gareth Brown from Todays Taekwondo. Firstly I had to congratulate them on their achievements to date 300k followers on Facebook, the YouTube channel, the website, the downloadable tutorials, and obviously for all the medals that the athletes they’ve coached within team GB have achieved. We chat about at the numbers 2 golds from the Olympics, 4 world champions, 8 Grand Prix golds, and those are just the ones within the top competitions, we discuss how it must have been great to be a part of those athletes achievements. Todays Taekwondo mission statement says both Paul & Gareth want to continue developing innovative methods to produce world-class athletes and coaches. I ask them when did they both sit down and decide to share their knowledge on a global scale? Did they realise how big it would become and eventually where it would take them both? The BBC sports website it states one month after resigning from team GB they had both been recruited by USA Taekwondo...... They tell our listeners exactly where they are going, doing, and more importantly if Todays Taekwondo will still be continuing its goal to help others? Next is a chat about the YouTube channel, I've watched them all......the content is impressive, I like how they hold nothing back, demonstrate it, explain it to great detail and show elite athletes also training it. it’s a great way to be, to improve as coaches by giving out everything, ..... we chat about how it must keep them evolving and improving. Both Gareth & Paul must have seen so many changes in the sport of Taekwondo I ask them both if they still use methods learned back when they were competing or has it evolved so much it’s a completely new set of skills and drills. We take a walk back down memory lane and I ask them if we can look back at both their lives so far, where did Taekwondo start for them both and why did they decide to take up a martial art. GB Taekwondo has been a major part of both their lives competing and coaching, they’ve both competed and coached at a high level. Which made them most nervous, anxious, or determined, competing or coaching? I ask them a little about Team GB here as I know after speaking to some of the GB Taekwondo guys they are missed, they have both been a major part of the success GB has had and is continuing to have so don’t miss their answers. I ask them both, looking into the future where do they think GB Taekwondo will be in the tables and what do they think needs to happen to keep the standards they have both helped to achieve. What is the long-term goal for Paul Green and Gareth Brown? where do they see themselves in 5-10 yrs, does their own training centre come into it or do they want to be the coaches the countries come running to when medal counts get low......? I ask them what is each of their proudest moments. What advice do they have for up and coming athletes and also coaches looking to make a difference? And finally the one last question from me, what is it that makes Taekwondo different to other martial arts and how would they describe what it takes to be a black belt? How can you get in touch with them? See links below. Email: todaystaekwondo@gmail.com Facebook: @todaystaekwondo YouTube: Todays Taekwondo Website: www.todaystaekwondo.com It was an enjoyable interview and I look forward to interviewing them both once they settle into America.

Hi folks, In this interview I'm talking to the man himself Dr Duncan French about strength and power. In particular we talked about his work with GB Taekwondo, and Duncan's upcoming workshop on strength and power training on the 5th October in Leeds. Loads of new content on this workshop so make sure you check it out at http://www.strengthandconditioningeducationonline.com/home/strength-and-power-with-duncan-french/ If you use the coupon code DFRENCHDISCOUNT you can get an MASSIVE £50 off the price of the workshop!!