Instructor

Mr Dave Shillabeer began his martial arts journey at the age of 5 in 1988.

Starting with Karate after several years his club closed down and so he moved on to other arts.

He has had training in multiple martial arts including kickboxing, judo, ju jitsu and thai boxing.

He has been studying Taekwondo since 1999 aged 15 and is currently a 6th Degree Black Belt Master.

He is a qualified Umpire, Referee and Instructor with the TAGB and is a full time Taekwondo Instructor teaching at his 2 clubs in the evenings and at schools during the day.

Master Shillabeer opened his first club in January 2009 in Crookes and opened a new club in Stannington in February 2015.

As with all TAGB instructors he is first aid trained, CRB checked and fully insured.

Alongside being the Club Instructor Master Shillabeer is also an active competitor and regularly competes in patterns, sparring, musical patterns, power events and destruction.

He has been on the England Team on numerous occasions and is 59 times National Champion.

He has also been:
3 x European Bronze Medallist
3 x European Silver Medallist
3 x European Champion
5 x World Bronze Medallist
5 x World Silver Medallist
12 x World Champion
(current World Champion at Sparring – Glasgow 2025)

Over the last 15 years his classes have produced multiple regional, national and world champions.

Please see below for a couple of videos of Master Shillabeer in action and his competitive history to date.

For More Photos and Videos please see the gallery page.

Competitive History