Master Stopforth is currently a 6th Dan Black Belt who started training at the age of 11 back in 1985. "I started out after watching Karate Kid (the origional) at a new club that had opened up. Hoyland Taekwondo was a member of the BTA and was instructed by Darren Calledine the then Europena champion. It was hard work but I was instantly hooked. I loved the tenets of Taekwondo and have used them throughout my life to measure my life goals." Lion Taekwondo is a result of those tenets and my belief that Taekwondo should be for everyone."