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Howard Sargeant 3rd Dan WTF
Central Academy Instructor

• STARTED TRAINING
  
  2000
  
  
• FAVOURITE TECHNIQUE
  
  the palm-heel chin strike from the pattern keumgang
  
  
• BEST TKD ACHIEVEMENT
  
  not dying after two and a half hours' non-stop training at Hansung High School in Seoul in 2007
  
  
• ULTIMATE TKD GOAL
  
  to feel relaxed and comfortable performing any technique
  
  
• LIKES & DISLIKES
  
  likes: long days at the beach with my family
  dislikes: litter; rudeness; bad remakes of classic films
  
  
• MEMORABLE TKD MOMENTS

  
  practicing patterns in the grounds of Waljeong-sa temple at 5 am , in the dark, during the UTA visit to Korea in 2007
  
  getting two ribs broken by a player 20 years my junior in the Scottish Cup in 2004
  
  
• ANY OTHER INTERESTS
  
  cinema; cooking
  
  
• FAVOURITE FILMS -
  
  too many to pick just one, but a top ten would include It's a Wonderful Life , Jaws , The Shawshank Redemption , Jacques Tati's Monsieur Hulot's Holiday and something by Hitchcock, probably Vertigo or North by Northwest , although I've also got a soft spot for The Lady Vanishes
  
  
• FAVOURITE SINGER/BAND
  
  Van Morrison
  
  

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