I'm giving this T.A.G.B. taekwondo club 5 stars, because at the moment its providing T.A.G.B. taekwondo to effectively all of the south east. To my knowledge, everyone's closest T.A.G.B. taekwondo club south east of Erith is in fact Erith (and of course Bexley-heath the sister club),... so in terms of the club's role geographically, its on the front line. The south-east front of the T.A.G.B. if you will....
The student mix at the moment is very much geared towards supporting families, from what i see, groups of people who train at Erith seem to commit well to coming consistently to the lessons, this due partially to parents and guardians supporting their children well and partially due the instructors professional and yet friendly attitude towards parents, the level of communication is very good for the students that train at erith
at the moment, there are consistently around 6 adults training at the club,they are mostly high ranking students who often provide instruction to the other junior students, its quite fortunate that of this 6, 4 are black belts (2 first dans, and 2 second dans i think) either way,... things seem to be accelerating up and up really well for this club,... their website is pretty useful as well:
http://erithtagb.co.uk ,
i would definitely recommend at least going to the lessons 3 - 4 times, to get a proper feel for the club. 1 or 2 times tends not to give a very rounded impression of the club (you might not see all the students, etc...) If I was starting anew, I would first ask just to watch at the back for my 1st lesson, and then for my 2nd lesson I would use the "1st free lesson coupon" to train for free, and then hopefully I'd have a good feel for the club, if you're starting out as a white belt (complete beginner) then you'll only get to train for the 1st hour. But I do not see why you could not sit quietly at the back of the Do-jang with the parents for the 2nd hour to watch the senior students lessons, you'll just have to get permission from black-belt instructor in charge there, its usually the 2nd Dan instructor David Goodson or perhaps his business partner (and wife) Sandy Goodson,... read more