The club
A non-profit sports club that uses ITF Taekwon-Do as a tool for education, inclusion and personal development.
Mission
Escola Balear is the sporting name of Grupo Deportivo Balear de Taekwon-Do ITF. Our purpose is to use Taekwon-Do as a tool for education, inclusion and personal development, especially for children and young people, with our own teaching method for each age group. We comply with the Spanish and European regulations that apply to us as a club.
Our guarantees
- Registered sports clubBalearic Islands Register of Sports Entities, no. DC-3421.
- Registered civic entity in PalmaListed in the Municipal Register of Civic Entities, no. 2249/26.
- Licensed premisesBoth venues hold the licences required for their activity.
- Public liability insuranceThe club's own policy covering all its activities.
- Sports insurance for everyoneEvery member has sports accident insurance with Previs.
- Child protectionWe comply with Spain's child protection law (LOPIVI), with a child protection officer and a clear sexual offences certificate for the whole team.
- Data protectionWe process your data in line with the GDPR and only to manage your enrolment.
- Qualified instructorsBlack belts with international Dan grades, trained in our own teaching method for each age group.
- Digital traceabilityEnrolments, consents, payments, licences and gradings are managed on a digital platform that records every action. Grade certificates can be verified with a QR code.
- Members of AETUAsociación Española de Taekwon-Do ITF Unificado (Spanish Unified ITF Taekwon-Do Association).
Scholarships so nobody is left out
We sign agreements with social organisations so that minors in vulnerable situations can practise Taekwon-Do free of charge. The scholarship covers the monthly fee, the dobok, the belt, the licence, the insurance and grading exams.
Scholarship places are limited. If there is availability, we review each case individually and in confidence.
Scholarship students train on equal terms, and nobody in the group knows who they are.
Families and the social organisations supporting them can apply.
Apply for a scholarship- CourtesyYe-uiRespect for others and for oneself.
- IntegrityYom-chiKnowing what is right and acting accordingly.
- PerseveranceIn-naePersistence until every goal is reached.
- Self-controlGuk-giMastery of one's emotions and strength.
- Indomitable spiritBaekjul boolgoolCourage in the face of difficulty.
Coaching team
Qualified instructors who follow our own programmes and are trained in child protection.
Fabricio Pastrana
6th Dan (international)Director of Escola Balear de Taekwon-Do ITFAragó venue. Trained in child protection (LOPIVI).
Ayelen Mesanza
2nd Dan, Physical Education teacherDirector of the Santa Catalina venue and of the programme at Colegio San Agustín, Palma.
Juan Manuel Corbalán
2nd Dan (international)Santa Catalina and CEIP Es Vivero.
Our roots
Fabricio Pastrana, the club's director, started practising ITF Taekwon-Do at the age of 8 in Buenos Aires. In 2026 he marks 40 years of practice.
On 7 November 1997, in Buenos Aires, he completed the 132nd International Instructors' Course of the International Taekwon-Do Federation, taught by General Choi Hong Hi, founder of ITF Taekwon-Do. That way of understanding the martial art, as a path of education and values, is what we teach in Palma today.
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