International Instructors

Stamford & Oakham Taekwondo | Instructor Master R Auciello

Like so many I have always had an interest in martial arts and on joining the military I was introduced to Judo, Aikido and a various mishmash of  unarmed/armed combat.

However, it wasn’t until 1984 that I took up training in Taekwondo alongside my first instructor, and together we created an independent Taekwondo club for fellow military personnel and families. We had a successful three and years together until I was posted out to Germany where I continued to train with Mr. H. Harris, achieving my 1st Kup

My TKD journey then came to a halt due to operational reasons but continued to train in my own time when possible. After a few years, I managed to return to full time training, but after being out of the loop for so long took the decision to start again form 10th Kup, rapidly moving through the grades to my previous grade of 1st Kup.

Reluctantly through injury, my training came to an abrupt halt and once I regained full fitness was redeployed.

After having a break in training of five years on discharge from the military my partners son Daniel was interested in learning a martial art, having tried Karate he found that was not for him, however a local Taekwondo club run by Mr. R. Auciello was holding a demonstration evening to which he showed a great interest.  To that end we both started training in 2001 and I took the decision the start again from 10th Kup.

After being assessed by GMO once again, I swiftly moved through the grades finally reaching 1st Degree black belt in 2003 and 18 months later Daniel also achieved his 1st Degree, sadly he moved on to other things in 2007, but my daughter Imogen started training alongside me, and still does to this day, proud of both of them.

After training with Master Auciello for twenty plus years and meeting some great people through TKD not to mention my training partner Mr Mark Watkinson who together we both achieved our 4th Degree in 2019, we continue to develop and pass on our knowledge to others.