Why Red Dragon?
All of our trainers are Kukkiwon certified, hold working with Kids Checks as well as Australian Taekwondo Coaching Accreditations and 1st Aid Qualifications. Instructors must hold a 2nd Dan Black Belt to teach and assistants are required to have a 1st Dan. We don’t use overseas Instructors and all our blackbelts are constantly training and keeps their skills current and at the top of their game.
We have many Black Belts and Assistant Instructors at all classes meaning students get excellent support, we also control the numbers for each class, so we don’t have a high Student to Instructor ratio.
Red Dragon is about creating the right culture…
At Red Dragon we embrace all our students as part of our family, but at the same time push them out of their comfort zone. Be it Little Ninjas learning through games and discovery, or our Elite Sparring Team who is being pushed to perform, we have dedicated lesson plans, structured syllabus and entertaining training that keeps out students focussed to learn.
Red Dragon is about good quality Training, with minimum injuries…
At Red Dragon, we do extensive warm-ups and stretching and this is ingrained into our students. This minimises injuries and ensures the training experience is not held back through tight muscles and not being warm enough. This is why our Dragons classes are one hour 20 minutes, to ensure we have sufficient time for warm-up and cool down. It also allows tie for our fun warm-up activities that our students keep coming back for: Dodge Ball, Mitt Game, Shuttle Runs, Sumo Wrestling, Inch or Switch and many more…
Learn about our Values HERE
Meet some of our team below…
Master Instructors
Master John Tsoutis
Head Instructor | Founder
Specialisations
6th Dan Black Belt
Over 40 Years of experience
Taekwondo NSW Coaching Instructor 2011 - 2015
Australian Taekwondo Qualified Coach
Master John founded Red Dragon Taekwondo in 2002 but has been teaching Taekwondo since 1992.
"Taekwondo has been a passion of mine ever since I discovered that if I worked very hard on myself, I could excel at class. I would be chosen to demonstrate techniques or do self-defence with, or to spar the top fighters over the higher belts. I was challenged straight away, hence I feel I grew in confidence and found benefits from doing Taekwondo as a result. This has helped me in my life, meeting amazing people, getting rewarding employment and career, making amazing life-long friends, all due to the confidence-building nature of Taekwondo!"
Master Adam Hopper
Master Instructor
Specialisations
5th Dan Black Belt
Over 16 years of experience
High Performance Manager for Sparring Team
Australian Taekwondo Qualified Coach
Instructor for Guildford, Westmead, West Ryde, Meadowbank, Castle Hill and KickFit Classes
Adam is the other full-time instructor with Red Dragon Taekwondo. He has over 12 years of teaching experience and is the backbone of the club. Adam has proven to be an excellent coach, his fighters constantly finding success at State and National levels. He is the High Performance Manager for the Club, putting together strong programs for our elite athletes so they can reach their goals in our sport.
Master Sabrina Piller
Master Instructor
Specialisations
4th Dan Black Belt
Over 10 Years Experience
1st Class Referee
Instructor for Guildford, Drummoyne, Baulkham Hills
Senior Instructors
Andrew Edwards Hayden Lam Julian Tsoutis Aishah Ali
4th Dan 3rd Dan 3rd Dan 3rd Poom
Guildford Castle Hill Westmead Guildford
Assistant Instructors
Sarah Kelly Grace El-Helom Lior Chone Bethany Haddad
2nd Dan 2nd Poom 2nd Poom 1st Poom
Castel Hill Guildford Guildford Guildford
Master Christopher Piller
Master Instructor
Specialisations
4th Dan Black Belt
13 years of Experience
1st Class Referee
Instructor for Guildford, Drummoyne, Baulkham Hills, Westmead and KickFit Classes
Chris is one of our part-time instructors with Red Dragon Taekwondo and has over 10 years of teaching experience.