A POPULAR former martial arts instructor who thought he was filling for a class was instead given a surprise birthday party.
Baek Ho taekwondo club held a special demonstration for the former leader Master Bryan Whiley to mark his 70th birthday.
The club trains every Saturday at Teesdale Leisure Centre, in Barnard castle.
Instructor Jennie Lee said: “I surprised Master Bryan by asking him to come along and cover my Taekwondo class but little did he know that we were going to put on a surprise Taekwondo demonstration. The demonstration included all students from white belts through to back belts and consisted of basic technique, poomse, sparring and breaking wood.”
Club members also put on a buffet and student Karl Gibson and his partner special cakes to mark the occasion.
