Chairman - Mr. Neville Desira

Qualifications:
Black-belt qualifications in Taekwondo - 4th Dan 20/07/2004 in korea
Black-belt qualifications in Hapkido - 1st Dan 20/04/1998

Courses/Seminars
July 2004 Korea instructor cours certificate qualification in Taekwondo instructor

Competitions
Italy Mediterranean Cup (Rome) 01/07/1997 - PlayerMalta Taekwondo Federation Competition 30/04/1997 - player
European championship (Eindhoven, Holland) 24/10/1998 - coach
Malta Taekwondo Federation Competion 30/11/2003 - player
Cyprus friendly competition 14/12/2003 - player
7th British International Open 18/07/2004 (bronze) - player

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Director - Stephen Formosa

Stephen Formosa started practising Taekwondo at the age of 15 in 1990 under the guidance of Dr. Christopher Vella and Mr. Edwin Scicluna. Mr. Formosa obtained his brown belt under the hands of Master Choi during 1994. His 1st, 2nd and 3rd Dan grading examinations were carried under the direction of Master Seo Myung Soo who at that time was the ETU technical director. His 4th Dan was supervised by Dr. Christopher Vella who was the current technical director for the Malta Taekwondo Federation. He participated in various local competitions winning first places and represented Malta in European events both as a competitor and coach. In July 2005, he represented Malta in the Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) that were held in Andorra.

Qualifications:

Kukkiwon Certificate No: 05089261
1st Dan - 5 October 1996
2nd Dan - 20 April 1999
3rd Dan - 05 December 2000
4th Dan - 20 June 2005

Medals Achieved:
National Championships – Kyorugi – Gold
National Championships – Poomsae – Gold

Foreign Seminars/Training/Competitions
Senior European TKD Championships - Helsinki (Finland) - October 1996 - player
1st Mediterranean TKD Cup - Rome - July 1997 - player
Jr. European TKD Championships(Coach)-Patra (Greece)-September 1997 - coach
Senior European TKD Championships - October 1998 - player
Luxembourg (Training Camp) - January 2002
Denmark (Training Camp) – April 2003
London (Training Camp) – April 2003
8th British Open (UTF) London (England) - July 2004 - player
GSSE - Andorra 2005 - player

Courses:
Coaching Course - 2000/2001 (Organised by the Malta Sports Council)
Sports Psychology - April/May/June 2006 (MCAST)
Instructor Course (Kyung Hee University - Korea) 17 September - 10 November 2006

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Director - Brian Saliba

In 1986 Brian Saliba was introduced to martial arts when he started practicing the art of Spirit Combat however, during  the summer of 1987 he met some new friends from his own hometown that changed the course of his martial arts experience.
Only a year before, Taekwondo had just been introduced in Malta and overhearing his friends talk about their experiences in this new martial art, he was interested to learn more about it.  Chris Vella, Stephen Camilleri and Charles Grima opened the first club in October 1987 and Brian Saliba was the first student to join in.
In 1988 he took part in the Malta Freestyle Open and lost in the final.  He then won it in 1989 and 1991 respectively. In 2004 the Malta Taekwondo Federation nominated Brian for the post of National Coach in preparation for the upcoming Andorra 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe.  Brian was instrumental in setting up a team to participate in such an historic event.
Another important event was when Brian participated in the WTF – KHU International Training Program held in Kyung Hee University, South Korea between September and October 2008.
Today Brian Saliba, 4th Dan retains the post of National Coach and he is focusing on building a new Junior National Team so that hopefully, they will take Taekwondo to higher levels and pass it on to the new generations to come.

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