Welcome To Newcastle Black Belt Academy We are proud to be members of the International Taekwon do Federation and the Taekwon do Association of England The Newcastle Blackbelt academy mission statement is “self development through self defence” We achieve this by teaching authentic Taekwon do as taught by General Choi Hong Hi Mr Mckenna has trained with General Choi himself several times, and our instructors attend international courses every year with Masters from all over the world to keep up to date with training practices