Sagarmatha Taekwondo Dojang prides itself in being the only known Taekwondo Organisation to embrace both ITF and WTF style of Taekwondo. Our students have participated in both styles of world championships with exemplary records for the Club.

Sagarmatha Taekwondo Dojang was established in 2002 by Master Rastra Rai 5th Dan Black Belt. We are fully qualified registered BTC instructor in the art of Taekwondo and have full CRB checked licences. Our club is affiliated with Imperial Tae Kwon Do Association (BTC) and Chung Do Kwon Great Britain (BTCB) and has branches across the UK.

Master Rai, a Gurkha with 18 years of exemplary service with the Queen's Gurkha Engineers, is a highly experienced Class 1 Army Physical Training Instructor and also a 5 times British Forces Hong Kong Taekwondo champion, 1988 UK mixed martial arts champion and veteran Bronze medallist in the 2008 ITF World Championships.

Sagarmatha Taekwondo Dojang is the Champion Club of Chungdokwon National Championships, 2010 tallying 14 Gold, 13 Silver and 8 Bronze medals.

Taekwondo was first introduced into the Brigade of Gurkhas, Hong Kong in 1970 by Master Pyung Pal Lee 8th Dan Black Belt of Korea. When Master Lee left for America in 1977, Master Shin Jae Kyun 7th Dan Black Belt took over as the Chief Instructor. Master Shin also left Hong Kong in 1983 and went to Nepal to become the head coach of the Nepalese National Team. After Master Shin's departure, Master Ramesh Goshai 4th Dan Black Belt (7th Dan later), the senior most black belt student at the time became the Chief Instructor. It was Master Ramesh Goshai who established the British Forces Taekwondo Association (BFTA), Hong Kong that same year. The BFTA (HK) quickly became a major force on the Hong Kong Taekwondo scene and succeeded in producing many outstanding international fighters who represented both Hong Kong and Nepal on many occasions. The 80's and early 90's is therefore considered the golden era of BFTA (HK).

In 1974, the Brigade of Gurkhas saw the first batch of Gurkha soldiers acquire the coveted Black Belt in Taekwondo. They are believed to be the first ever-Nepali Black Belts in any martial arts to date.

Master Rastra Rai 5th Dan Black Belt WTF ITF established Sagarmatha Taekwondo DOJANG after his retirement from the British Army in 2002. The DOJANG is affiliated to the Nichols Taekwondo Association, which is the largest ITF Organisation in the UK and probably in the world, and also to Chungdokwon UK, which is the largest WTF Organisation in the UK. Sagarmatha Taekwondo DOJANG's main office is based in Farnborough, Surrey with more than 10 branches across the UK. The DOJANG has more than 800 registered members and include Gurkha Taekwondo clubs from 1 Royal Gurkha Rifles, Gurkha Coy (ITC Catterick) and the Queen's Gurkha Engineers in Maidstone, Kent.