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Instructors

All our instructors are registered with the BTC (British TaeKwonDo Council) and have undergone enhanced checks with the Criminal Records Bureau as well as attending courses covering child protection.  They carry instructor's insurance details of which can be found on the BTC website.

Master Pat Donnelly

The chief instructor at Powerhouse is Master Pat Donnelly (5th Dan). Pat has been training in TKD for about 18 years, initially in Germany and for the last 13 years in Britain. He has been teaching for the past 10 years firstly at Southampton University under Master Graham Jones, and then in Powerhouse club at Westbourne/Thorney Island/Havant/Swanmore. He is a 5th dan black belt and continues to train with Grandmaster Mark Biddlecombe. Pat has also trained with a number of other internationally recognised TKD instructors (Grandmaster Lindsay Lawrence, Master Pschorr Meyer, Grandmaster Kwon Jae Hwa, Grandmaster Cha Sok Park and Grandmaster Park Hae Man). In 2000 he attended and received accreditation from the World TaeKwonDo Seoul Academy International Instructors course held in Korea. Pat normally instructs on a Monday and Wednesday night in Havant and on a Tuesday in Swanmore. He also instructs at Portsmouth University on Thursdays and Sundays.


Stephen Butlin

Stephen has been training in martial arts for over 20 years, starting in Goju Ryu Karate in South Africa, where he trained for 9 years receiving his 1st Dan black belt in 1991. Later, as a student, he trained for 3 years in Shotokan Karate. After moving to UK in 1999 Stephen decided to try something different and joined Powerhouse Taekwondo in mid 2000 with Master Pat Donnelly at the Westbourne Church Hall. In this time he has had the opportunity to train with many national and international instructors and even represented Chungdokwan GB at a competition held in Detroit, USA, winning a gold medal in Adult Dan grade poomsae.


Darren Bailey

Darren is a 3rd Dan Black belt who has predominantly trained with Powerhouse TKD. He has trained with many instructors including Master Pat Donnelly, Stephen Butlin,  Master Brian Hussey, Grandmaster Mark Biddlecombe and Master Gerry Reilly. He has also attended seminars with Grandmaster Lindsay Lawrence and Grandmaster Park Hae Man and other masters.

Darren has successfully competed in both local and national sparring and patterns competitions. He normally trains and instructs on a Tuesday and Thursday in Swanmore and is the lead instructor for the Wednesday evening session in Swanmore.  His other sporting interests include competitive running in events from 5k to Marathon and he is also a keen cyclist.

To help avoid injuries Darren recognises the importance of strength training and stretching and devotes time for a few sessions a week for each. Darren’s other interests that impact on Tae Kwon Do and sport in general are optimising nutrition for health and fitness, sport psychology and developing mental training techniques to help performance and focus.


Tessa Philpott

Tessa has trained in Tae Kwon Do with the Powerhouse club for five years and is a first dan black belt. She has successfully competed in both local and national poomsae competitions.

She has trained under Stephen Butlin, Master Pat Donnelly, Master Brian Hussey, Grandmaster Mark Biddlecombe. She has also attended a seminar with Grandmaster Park Hae Man.

Tessa normally trains and instructs on a Tuesday and Thursday in Swanmore and is also an instructer for the Wednesday evening session in Swanmore.