Maybe it has something to do with Nigeria’s national hero George Ashiru, silver medalist at the 4th All Africa Games in 1987, Team Manager of the 2008 Olympics, Seventh Degree Black Belt International Master Instructor, first time ever in Africa, and International Referee Class A, inductee to the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Hall of Fame, [...]

Sometimes a guy just can’t win; and sometimes he can win big! Like the gold medal at the Pan American Taekwondo Open. Overlooked for the London 2012 Olympics and suffering defeat at the 2013 opening-rounds of the Taekwondo World Championship in Puebla, Mexico, US contestant Aaron Cook finally won the gold at Mexico’s Pan American [...]

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has announced the appointment of Sarah Stevenson, Briton’s 67 kg bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympics as an ambassador to the 2013 SportsAccord World Combat Games to be held in St. Petersberg in October. She joins the ranks of current ambassadors double Olympic fencing champion Katrina Aznavourian of Russia, two-time [...]

Quite pleased with the results of the three-day West African Taekwondo championship held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, organized by the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF) and the Nigeria Taekwondo Black Belt College, Choi Jung-Hyun, the Envoy of the Republic of Korea, announced the Korean government would send an international coach to further develop Taekwondo [...]

USA Taekwondo has announced the name of the person to coach the next USA Taekwondo Olympic Team. It is Alvaro Mendez of South Windsor. Master Mendez is the owner of Styles United Transformative Martial Arts in South Windsor, Connecticut and a 4th degree black belt and a level two coach, the highest level to be [...]

For some students taekwondo teaches more than self-defense, it teaches self-confidence. “I didn’t have the courage to defend myself,” said Justin Ramiriz a 12-year-old Kingsbridge resident, recalling a time, less than a year-and-half ago, when he was bullied in school. He now walks the street with confidence and traces his courage to the day he [...]

Since winning the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, 22-year-old Lutalo Muhammad has his sights set on winning the UK’s National Taekwondo Championships in Manchester the first weekend of September 2013, who will compete in the -87kg weight class. He already has two silver medals and one bronze from past Nationals. Brandishing the [...]

UK amputee Rob McLeod suffered a motorcycle crash at age 21. He suffered personal and business losses following the accident. His back continues to pain him today. One joy in his life that helped him overcome his depression is his 12-year-old daughter Jade whom he signed up for taekwondo. Seeing her work so hard inspired [...]

A recent back injury with pain now affecting her leg has taken Olympian Jade Jones out of action until December 2013. She is expected to have a full recovery. However, Ms. Jones was devastated for missing out on the World Championships in Mexico last July. Speaking about her back Ms. Jones said, “It started before [...]

Two time Olympic taekwondo gold medalist Wu Jingyu suffered bitter defeat at China’s National Games Monday. She claims she didn’t lose the weight she needed in order to compete at the level she is used to. She also admits being very out of shape since working hard at her college studies. “But the result is [...]

The Africa Taekwondo Union (AFTU) has appointed a new national taekwondo technical director for Rwanda: Martin Koonce. “This appointment has allowed Rwanda taekwondo to become a potential leader in the game for Africa both from a competition and technical perspective. I say potential because it is an opportunity we in Rwanda must take full advantage [...]

Instilling self-confidence into your child or teen is no easy task. Parenting doesn’t come with a hand book. So what can parents do? One way is to enroll them in a Tae Kwon Do class or other form of martial arts. Tae Kwon Do, for example, teach young people to respect themselves and those around [...]

Nepal Taekwondo Association honored Nepali junior athletes who won the Seventh Malaysia Classic International Championship. One silver and two bronze medals were won by the athletes. The silver winner received a cash prize of Rs. 10,000, and the bronze winners received Rs. 5,000 each. Each athlete honored was between 7 and 10 years old. Read [...]

A fifth grade student of San Diego, CA, Arnav Srinivasan, age 9, wins the Sparring and Creative Weapons events during the 2013 American Taekwondo Association World Championships’ Tournament of Champions. A second degree Black Belt with seven state and four district titles, Srinivasan spent most of last year traveling and competing in Taekwondo. Martial arts [...]

Korean national freestyle skiing coach Tony Dawson and former national taekwondo athlete Kim Yeon-ji have announced they will marry in Seoul, Korea on September 14. Kim won the World Taekwondo Championships in 2001 and 2003 lightweight class. She now works for the Korean Olympic Committee. Dawson received a bronze medal in mogul skiiing at the [...]

Many events are launched by a cutting of a red ribbon, or in the case of the Olympics the torch lighting ceremony, but taekwondo celebrity Johari opened the Borneo Cup Taekwondo Championship held in South Korea by splitting a board. Johari Jemphasized that sports play an important role in building a strong rapport and promoting [...]

Dr. Jerip Susil, Asst Minister of Public Health in South Korea encourages taekwondo students in their sport to take care of their health in order to help them achieve their goals. “Taekwondo is a special sport because it needs a lot of movements and this is associated with healthy exercise. It helps not only improve [...]

Two brothers from the Phillipines, Jefferson and James Louie Callino, both win Kyorugi (sparring) and bronze in poomsae(form), at the 7th World Taekwondo Culture Expo Championship in South Korea. Their father Dr. Jefferson Callino bet them if they won the event he would buy them each a new car. Jefferson, the eldest of the two [...]

College girls from St Joseph’s College for women in Alappuzha went in search of taekwondo instruction and found it. However the instructors will surprise you. They are children masters at Little Flower English medium school, Kalavoor and St. Augustine’s high school. The benefits are mutual: the college girls receive the needed self-defense techniques, and the [...]

The 2007 taekwondo champion and 2011 star of the film, “The Kick,” made the first pitch of the South Korean baseball game with the SK Wyverns team. Her pitch left the spectators in awe. She tried to top the opening pitch from a previous game by gymnast star Soo-ji-Shin who had wowed the crowd with [...]