Started: Sept 1998 with Mr Les Baker III Dan ( Grading undertaken my Mr Les Baker III Dan, Grandmaster Rhee IX Dan and Senior Master Cutler VIII Dan)
1st Degree Black Belt: Aug 2003 by First Grandmaster Rhee IX Dan OCM, Senior Vice President of the ITF and Head of the UKTA
2nd Degree Black Belt: Aug 2005 by First Grandmaster Rhee IX Dan OCM, Senior Vice President of the ITF and Head of the UKTA
3rd Degree Black Belt: March 2007 by First Grandmaster Rhee IX Dan OCM, Senior Vice President of the ITF and Head of the UKTA
4th Degree Black Belt: Aug 2009 by First Grandmaster Rhee IX Dan OCM, Senior Vice President of the ITF and Head of the UKTA
5th Degree Black Belt: April 2013 by Grandmaster Trevor Nicholls IX Dan, Head of the UKITF and Vice president of the ITF.
6th Degree Black Belt: April 2018 by Grandmaster Trevor Nicholls IX Dan, Head of the UKITF and Vice president of the ITF.
7th Degree Master – Black Belt: April 2025 by Grandmaster Trevor Nicholls IX Dan, Head of the UKITF and Vice president of the ITF
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