Mark Joyce

Rank: 2nd Dan Black Belt

Year started training: 2000/2001

Favourite kick: Axe kick and Jumping back kick

Training highlights: Teaching kids, and their responses to my questions.

History:

My initial martial arts training was with a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club.  After 2 months I wasn’t happy with just ground work so I changed to a kickboxing club.  This proved to be mainly boxing and no kicking.  One of the guys there was a Black belt in taekwondo and had awesome kicks.  So I started searching for a style which covered what I wanted in a style.  

I found HwaRangDo in the yellow pages and started my training with Tony Norton.  I have been with this club ever since.  I was for a while the assistant instructor to Melissa Schultz for Townsville and we also opened the Giru club.  I then left the area and a year later I started another club in Dysart where we had 30 members within that year.  Unfortunately, a job change meant I had to close the club after 1 year running and move back to Townsville.  I am now the Townsville Head Instructor.

Dojangs:

    Townsville