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Bradley John Tatnell (born c. 1967) is an Australian master of the Korean martial arts Taekwondo, Hapkido and Kumdo. He is the founder of Sun Bae Korean Martial Arts, also known as Sun Bae Taekwondo & Hapkido and has been teaching since 1983. He is affiliated with Taekwondo organisations: World Taekwondo, Kukkiwon and Jidokwan. He is affiliated with Hapkido organisations: Hapkido Moohakkwan and Korea Hapkido Federation. And he is affiliated with Kumdo organisation: Australian Kumdo Society.

Taekwondo
Tatnell first learned Taekwondo at a young age in c. 1980 at Rhee Taekwondo in Brisbane, Australia. In March 1985, he was appointed as the instructor of a Rhee Taekwondo centre at Wynnum (Brisbane). He attained his 1st degree ("Dan") black belt 29 June 1985 and his 2nd Dan black belt 23 March 1991, both personally graded by Master Chong Chul Rhee who was also known as the Father of Australian Taekwondo, he being the first taekwondo master in Australia and one of the Original masters of taekwondo. In January 1986, Tatnell was appointed as the instructor of the Rhee Taekwondo centre at Indooroopilly (Brisbane). During this time his Taekwondo was influenced by Trevor Dicks who continued taekwondo to later attain master level. Tatnell taught until December 1994 before founding his own school Sun Bae Taekwondo under the international governing body World Taekwondo Federation and Jidokwan, together with a close affiliation to Master Michael Suan Ho Tan. Thereafter, Tatnell was graded personally by 9th Dan Taekwondo Master Sung Soo Lee. Tatnell presently holds taekwondo rank of 8th Dan Bo (Kukkiwon registered 7th Dan black belt).

Hapkido
Tatnell attained his hapkido black belt 29 March 1998, personally graded by 9th Dan Hapkido Master Sung Soo Lee, who is also recognised as the first hapkido master in Australia. Sung Soo Lee is the founder and grandmaster of Hapkido Moohakkwan (Australia). The international governing body is Korea Hapkido Federation. Tatnell and his club, Sun Bae, hold membership with Hapkido Moohakkwan and Korea Hapkido Federation. Tatnell presently holds hapkido rank of 6th Dan.

Kumdo
Tatnell attained his Kumdo 1st Dan black belt 22 September 2012 after being personally graded by Master Peter Rozario (Australian Kumdo Society) and Master Hyun Kyoo Jang (World Kummooyeh Federation). Tatnell presently holds Kumdo rank of 4th Dan.

Notables
Tatnell achieved master level in all three Korean styles, completed 20 Novemeber 2018, upon successful completion of his Kumdo Dan grading. With Sun Bae founded in 1995, there have since been some notable students of Master Bradley Tatnell. Celebrity Australian actress Claire Rhiannon Holt achieved her taekwondo black belt 15 March 2003. Gregory Tatnell, Ben Parga and Mark Buxton attained the level of taekwondo master (junior level). And Mark Buxton was the first of Tatnell's students to have attained a black belt in all three styles of taekwondo, hapkido and kumdo (completed 23 June 2018 ), whilst Shirly Sieh was the first female to do same (completed 23 February 2019 ). No student has as yet achieved master level in all three styles.