Silla’s Instructors
Mr Gwyn Brown 4th Dan
- ITFNZ Instructor- Te Puna
- ITF International Instructor
- ITF A Grade Referee and Umpire
- ITFNZ ‘P’ grade Referee and Umpire
Mr Brown has been learning Taekwon-Do for 16 years, and has recently returned from Korea where he was selected by ITFNZ to teach there on an exchange program. He is a past member of the Executive Committee of NZ, has 4 children, 2 grandsons and also runs his own National Childcare Business - when Taekwon-Do allows.
Mr Shaun Skedgwell 2nd Dan
- ITFNZ Assistant instructor - Te Puna
- TFNZ Standards & Discipline committee member
- ITFNZ ‘A’ Grade Referee & Umpire
Mr Skedgwell is a police officer and one of 3 members of ITFNZ’s Standards & Discipline Committee - responsible for the ethical conduct of ITFNZ students. He is also a specialist in destruction and self defence, having won gold at ITFNZ’s National Tournament and many other events.
Both Instructors specialise in teaching children and have together set up, organised, and run ITFNZ’s National Kids Camp (for 5-14 yr olds) for the past 5 years.
