Our Black Belts

Meet some of the seniors of our club

David Blackwell

2nd Dan

Mr Blackwell started training in 2007 at Hamilton. He graded to 1st Dan in December 2012 & 2nd in 2017. He is Co-Creator of Ringmarshall.com and a member of the iTKD Tournament Advisory Group. He is also the webmaster for the Hamilton and Midlands websites.

Mary Daborn

2nd Dan

Mrs Daborn graded to 2nd Dan in June 2016, and 1st Dan in December 2009 She is one of the Kids class instructors.

Hugh Tomlinson

2nd Dan

Charlotte Blackwell

2nd Dan

Mrs Blackwell has been training since 2008 (Originally starting with Ji Shin Maraetai), grading to 1st Dan in December 2012, and 2nd Dan in December 2015. She instructed the Kids class in 2014-15

Ashleigh Phillips

1st Dan

Ashleigh graded to 1st dan in September 2018.

Tony Phillips

1st Dan

Anthony Phillips graded to 1st dan in June 2018

Sophie Daborn

1st Dan

Miss Daborn graded to 1st dan in December 2017.

Epernay Carta

1st Dan

Ms Epernay Carta graded to 1st dan in December 2019.

Black Belt Alumni from Hamilton Club

Jodie Collins

2nd Dan

Clint King

3rd Dan

Mr King graded to 3rd dan in December 2012.

Scott Sutherland

4th Dan

Mr Sutherland graded to 3rd Dan in December of 2012. He was the assistant instructor for Hamilton Club until June 2016. He is a Co-Creator of Ringmarshall which has been used at regional and national tournaments since 2011. He moved to Wellington in July 2016. Grading to 4th Dan in 2018.

Devon Pittman

4th Dan

Mr Pittman graded to 4th dan in October 2013 (Australia) after heading overseas to live.

Luke Daborn

1st Dan

Khong Keopraserth

1st Dan

Matt Bates

2nd Dan

Paul Temperton

2nd Dan

Graded to 1^st Dan on 30 November 2003, graded to 2^nd Dan (Dec 2012) after moving to the Hawkes Bay and joining RTR Taekwon-Do with Master and Mrs Rounthwaite