Black Belt Bio's

Mr Stuart Anslow, 4th degree
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Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academies Chief Instructor is Stuart Anslow. Having practiced the martial arts for some 15 years, Stuart holds a third degree black belt in Taekwon-do, a Korean form of unarmed combat taught to the Korean army and has a direct lineage to the founder, General Hong, Hi Choi.

During his martial arts career, Stuart has won many accolades in the sporting arena, including national & world titles. His Academy is one of the most successful in the country winning numerous gold medals at every martial arts championship his students enter. In 2000, Stuart won a gold & silver medal at the AIMAA World Championships held in Dublin, Ireland.

In 2002, Stuart founded the International Alliance of Martial Arts Schools (IAOMAS) which drew martial artists from around the world together, growing from a few schools to over 400 in under a year. This non-profit organization is an online student support group that allows traveling students the ability to train at over 600 affiliated schools worldwide

Over the years Stuart has written numerous articles for the martial arts press on many related subjects of martial arts from training to motivation, and continues to do so. Stuart is the martial arts instructor for the John Lyon private school, which is the first school in the country to teach martial arts as part of its national curriculum.

Mr Vikram Gautum, 2nd degree
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Mr Gautam is Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academies Assistant instructor. He is a 2nd degree black belt with over 14 years training in Taekwon-do and a high level of competition experience.

Having come up through the same lines as Mr Anslow they share common principles of what is, and what is not Taekwon-do. Originally training at Rayners Lane for extra sessions towards his Dan grading, circumstances eventually found Mr Gautam gaining the position of Assistant Instructor at the Academy a short while after achieving is 1st degree.

Both likeable and approachable, he is often found teaching along side Mr Anslow, as well as training with the Academies students. Mr Gautam is an exceptional technician and fighter in his own right, but manages to encompass the aims of the Academy (that of being an all rounder, in all areas) both in himself and his teaching. His classes are fun, enjoyable, taxing but rewarding and his position is highly valued within the Academy.

Mr Gautam also has the dubious honour of the fastest TKO in the Academies history, where at Taekwon-do Explosion 2004 he ended his fight against another black belt within the first 3 seconds off it starting, when he performed a jumping back kick (with no malcious intent) that connected with his opponents jaw, his opponent was unable to continue. Mr Gautam is took his 2nd degree in March, 2006, having been a 1st degree for nearly 5 years. Many video clips of Mr Gautam competeing can be found in the sites video section

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Dev Patel, 1st degree
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Dev started training at Rayners Lane Academy in 2000. He is very active within all the classes, assisting in the Childrens classes for the last 3 years as well as training himself regularly towards his black belt, which he passed on 11th March 2006.

On the way to black belt Dev competed regularly in both national and international championships, including a World Championships and has won over 37 medals, many of which are gold and are testament to his high standards. Dev is held in high regard for his consistant training and technical abilities by both younger and older students

In 2002, Stuart received an award from the Hikaru Ryu Dojo, a martial arts academy in Australia, presented by their Instructor and fellow IAOMAS member Colin Wee when he visited Stuarts Academy here in the UK. In recognizing Stuart's contribution, Colin stated that "nothing to date has been so foresighted and effective as Stuart's work in establishing this worldwide online community."

In October 2002, Stuart was inducted into Combat Magazines 'Hall Of Fame 2003' for his work within the field of martial arts on a world level. Combat magazine is the UK & Europe's biggest martial arts publication.

In June 2004 & 2005 he was selected as the Assistant Coach for the Harrow Borough team, to compete at the prestigous London Youth Games held at Crystal Palace. In 2004 Stuart also recieved various Honoury awards for his work in the International field of martial arts. From the USA he received a 'Yap Suk Dai Ji Discipleship' award for his innovative work within IAOMAS and 'T'ang Shou` society award for promoting martial arts on a Worldwide scale. Stuart is well known not only in the UK, but internationally as well. He holds certificates in not only Taekwon-do, but also Sports coaching and as all classes at Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy have been devised by Stuart personally, you know you are in safe hands. To read Mr Anslows full personal bio, please click here