Instructors

The main club instructor at the Powerhouse is Pat Donnelly (5th Dan). Stephen Butlin (3rd Dan) and Brian Hussey (5th Dan) also train and instruct regularly at the Monday and Wednesday night sessions. Stephen Butlin also teaches his own class (green belt and above) in Swanmore on Thursdays.

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

Pat Donnelly

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 his own club at Westbourne/Thorney Island/Powerhouse/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

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.

He is now a 3rd Dan Black belt and instructor for the senior belt class on a Thursday evening in Swanmore.

Darren Bailey

Darren is a 2nd Dan Black belt and has been training for six years. He has trained under Stephen Butlin, Master Pat Donnelly, Master Brian Hussey, Grandmaster Mark Biddlecombe and Master Gerry Reilly. He has also attended seminars with Grandmaster Park Hae Man.

He has competed in both local and national sparring and patterns competitions.