The Academy was founded in Spetmeber 1999 by Master Derek Sumner. Since then Livingwell has grown into a nationally and internationally recognised club, renowned for its' performance on both a regional and national level.

Now boastig over 250 members at some of the most desirable locations in the south-east, Livingwell is continuing to grow at an astonishing rate.

Master Derek Sumner has over 25 years experience in matial arts and fitness training and is now a full time instructor. Livingwell Taekwondo Academy now has over 20 government/BTCB approved instructors and numerous fully qualified First Aiders. Read more here.

Photos from the first ever lesson to held at the new Livingwell Gatwick venue are now available on the website here.

Finally Taking an emotional bow out from Hookwood Memorial Hall where it has been home for over a decade, stars were born here , Masters and Grandmasters World wide graced the hall, building a club that is recognized as  the most successful poomsae clubs in the UK and hundreds of Children and Adults alike have enjoyed this community Center with Livingwell.

But the time has come to bid farewell spread our wings and take the Club to the new Andersons Leisure Center. This state-of-the-art center offers the perfect location and facilities, built with the community in mind and giving the club twice the floor space and fully matted offering 5 days a week training.

The opportunity of expansion could not be passed up and buzz of excitement is spinning around the Clubs with instructors and students alike .

Read about Master Del's Christmas trip to Sri Lanka here.

UPDATE! Photos and video of the trip are now up on the site, just scroll to the bottom of the article.

Take a look at the new photos from this weeks Fighterz session. They have been added to the album on the Fighterz page here.

New photos of the younger members of Livingwell kicking out at Hookwood. Visit the gallery here to view the pictures.

Congratulations to all the students who graded at Hookwood tonight. All the students passed in what turned out to be an excellent grading. Photographs from the grading can be viewed here.

It has Been a very successful Year for Jenny Whiting, probably the most successful year in her TKD journey so far. Seeing her daughter making National Cadet Squad and then producing eight year old Elizabeth Hamson to Black Belt - one of her first students from Langshott Livingwell. With the pressure on, Jenny then had to sit her own promotion to 3rd Dan with of course complete success. For myself as Chief instructor of Livingwell, I look at all our amazing and loyal instructors with pride. Jenny has delivered many many students to the nucleus hub of our academy and continues to introduce young children to our Art .

I took the descision to Award Jenny and Livingwell Langshott our internal club of the Year a New award i think everyone will join me in congratulating Jenny

Well Done Jen

Ali Pourtaheri ranked in European Taekwondo Union's ranking as No 1 in Europe for 2011.

Read more about Ali's amazing year here.

The new Livingwell Instruction DVD is now available to order on the website. Priced at £10, this DVD provides a detailed introduction to stances, the first three sequences and the first three patterns. Extras include demonstrations of advaced kicks; breaking techniques; knife defence; one step sparring and self defence.

Order your copy here by filling in the media order form.

After a meeting with Master Lennox , Odette and Master Gemma it was agreed the necessity for additional Assistance with the 30 strong Cadet Team.

It therefore gives me great pleasure in introducing a new member to the management team @ UK Poomsae, Sue Parkins from Livingwell Taekwondo Academy, who will take the role of Manager for the cadet section. She will work directly with our National Team manager Odette so future contact will be with Sue. She has what we believe is the perfect CV - currently European ranking number two; Bronze medallist at the European Poomsae Championships 2011 and ranked number seven in the world at this years World Poomsae Championships in Vladivostok Russia.

Sue is the most successful masters two female in the UK and this year took a team to China for the world University championships as acting National Coach. Sue is a qualified BTCB 3rd Dan instructor CRB Checked , her personal Criteria is also a valuable asset to the Cadet Squad Section Currently a Qualified School teacher in Sussex special educational needs coordinator MA (Ed) , B.Ed (Hons).

Read the new article on the BTCB website about the 92nd Dan grading here, featuring our own Mark Lynes!

Another five of Livingwells finest passed their Dan gradings on the second day. Congratulations to all who succeeded this weekend!

Mark passed his Dan grading today and got a special mention by the chairman of the BTCB. He was the first student to be awarded the grade out of more than one hundred hopefulls. The BTCB chairman stated that Mark was 'An inspiration to us all'.

See more pictures from Day One of the grading here.

Livingwell's seven Kup grades all successfully passed their Dan grading today! Congratulations to all the students and good luck to everyone grading on Sunday.

See more pictures from Day One of the grading here.