Student Profile: Alan Johnson

Alan Johnson

1st Kup Red Belt Black Stripe

Qualified Instructor



Favourite things about taekwondo:
I enjoy practising my skills on the pads, as well as the sparring and fitness. I also enjoy spending time with the people I train with – we all get on really well, which makes it fun.


Benefits of taekwondo:
TKD keeps me fit and healthy. Learning self defence has helped a lot with my confidence. It keeps me active and it’s always good meeting new people.


Future taekwondo goals:
My goals are to be better at tournaments, to keep working on my fitness and to reach black belt.


Career highlights:
My favourite achievement so far is gaining the confidence to do sparring, as this was one of my weaknesses. Since then I have been competing in tournaments and will continue to attend more to gain more experience.


Awards:

North West Spirit TKD Annual Student Awards:
2019 – Best Junior Male Competitor (3rd Place)
2017 – Most Improved Student


Recent tournament results:

2024 ITF North West ChampionshipsBRONZE Sparring
BRONZE Patterns
2023 ITC UK OpenSILVER Sparring
BRONZE Patterns
2023 ITF North West ChampionshipsSILVER Sparring
2023 OMA Regional Championships (Feb 2023)GOLD Sparring
SILVER Patterns
2022 BUTL University World ChampionshipsSILVER Sparring
2022 ITC Northern OpenBRONZE Sparring
2022 OMA ChampionshipsSILVER Sparring
2021 GTI British OpenGOLD Sparring
GOLD Patterns
2020 PUMA International OpenBRONZE Patterns
2019 GTI British OpenGOLD Sparring
2019 World ITF Taekwondo ChampionshipsGOLD Sparring
2019 BUTL UK OpenSILVER Sparring
BRONZE Patterns
2019 ITC Open ChampionshipsBRONZE Patterns
2019 NWTKD North West OpenSILVER Sparring
BRONZE Team Patterns
2019 GTI English OpenGOLD Sparring
2018 GTI National OpenBRONZE Sparring
2018 GTI North West OpenSILVER Sparring
SILVER Tag Team Sparring
2018 Trident TKD ChampionshipsBRONZE Sparring