Dave Oliver started training in Tae Kwon Do in 1970 and gained his black belt in 1974. Dave went on to become British free sparring champion and a British International. He was a member of the British team that won a silver medal at the ITF European Tae Kwon Do Championships in Rotterdam, Holland in 1976.

In 1978, Daves first black belt student 17 year old Annette Sullivan won a gold medal at the ITF Tae Kwon Do World Championships in Oklahoma U.S.A. She was the first British person to win a gold meal in a World ITF Tae Kwon Do Championships.

In 1980 Dave was appointed British team coach due to the success of his Tae Kwon Do students in domestic championships. In his 10 year term as team coach Britain have won the World Championships 3 times and European championships three times. Dave is now manager of the British team, a post he took up in 1991. Dave was named as The European Instructor of the year in 1988 by The International Magazine – Tae Kwon Do Times, he is the only British person to ever receive this award. Dave Oliver was also the winner of the combat Hall of fame awards, he has appeared on more front covers of martial arts magazine than any other British tae kwon do Instructor, he has also written books and produced video tapes, and appeared on main stream television on at least six occasions.

Dave has been a professional instructor for the last thirty years and was the very first professional instructor in the United Kingdom tae kwon do association.

Dave now runs two schools of Tae Kwon Do, at Warwick and Solihull, he is also a grading examiner and current Chairman of the Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain, which now boasts a student membership of 22,000, and is a 7th Degree black belt.