Name: Robert James
Date Of Birth: 24th May 1979
Grade: 5th Dan (Master)
Training in Tang Soo Do Since: 1992
Titles Won: TSDMDK National Champion x 3 ’95, ’96 and ’97
TSDMDK National Silver Medallist x 2 ’96 and ’97
Regional Winner, Ed Byrne Black Belt Competition 2008
British Champion, Battle of the Belts Full Contact 2008
UKTSDF Silver Medallist ( Dan Category ) Sparring 2000
S-Factor South West 2008, won the following:
Kicking Competition, Lightweight Black Belt Continuous, Middleweight Point Stop, Team Sparring, Forms/Kata. Silver in Lightweight Point Stop and Middleweight Continuous.
S-Factor South West 2009, won the following:
Kicking Competition, Lightweight Black Belt Continuous, Lightweight Point Stop, Forms/Kata,Open Weapons, Open Grade Traditional Kumite, Silver in Middleweight Point Stop and Middleweight Continuous
EMTF British Masters Forms Champion 2010
EMTF British Silver Medallist Sparring 2009
EMTF European Bronze Medallist 2010
EMTF Team GB Captain ( undefeated ) 2009
Worldwide Tang Soo Do Family World Championships – Masters Bronze Medallist ( Sparring )
Other Styles Studied: Freestyle Karate, Wing Chun, San Shou, Cornish Wrestling
Interests: Running, Training & Teaching, Gaming, Camping
Favourite Quote(s): ‘The More you sweat in training the less you bleed in battle’
‘For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill’