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Registration Now Live for the 2021 NCTA Live Online Spring Taekwondo Championships
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Registration is now live and the tournament packet is uploaded for the 2021 NCTA Live Online Spring Taekwondo Championships on April 17, 2021. Also, the rules for the kicking challenge event are up – check out this exciting event for our sparring athletes!
NCTA Fall/Winter Meeting Minutes
3 years
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For the meeting minutes of the Fall/Winter 2020-2021 Meeting held on March 14, 2021, please click here to download.
NCTA Live 2021 Online Spring Tournament April 17, 2021
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The NCTA is pleased to announce that it will hold its National Collegiate Live Online Spring Taekwondo Championships on Saturday, April 17, 2021. This tournament will be held on Zoom, as with past tournaments, and will feature the well-known NCTA tournament staff, which has consistently delivered well-run and on-schedule Live events over the past year.
These championships expand on the last event in that they will include not only live recognized poomsae scored over Zoom, but also includes an event where athletes sparring kicking combinations for the camera (live) and be graded on execution. More details will follow as the tournament packet is released later this week. Please be sure to check out the tournament site:
2021 World University Games Update
3 years
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The NCTA recently received a letter from the USA International University Sports Federation (USIUSF) that the cancellation of the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China is a “strong possibility”, with 75% of FISU member countries supporting this decision.
If the Games are conducted as scheduled, proposed protocols would include a 50% reduction in athletes, which would likely affect the number of divisions that could be sent to the Games. Additional protocols would include a minimum 7-day quarantine for all competing athletes.
The USIUSF is suspending all selection processes until April 1, 2021, and therefore the NCTA will also suspend its selection process until that time. If a selection does happen, it will remain in the late April/Early may time frame, so athletes will need to be ready to perform/apply at that time.
We know that this uncertainty is challenging for our collegiate athletes. Our recommendation is to continue training and to be ready, but also to expect the possibility that the Games may not happen.
The NCTA is preparing for a possible in-person national event featuring both sparring and poomsae this fall, so we hope that USA collegiate athletes can look forward to this event.
NCTA Announces the 2021 Summer World University Games Team Selection Process
3 years
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The 2021 Summer World University Games are to be held on August 17-27, 2021 in Chengdu, China. The organizing committee of the Games and FISU state that the completion of the Athletes’ Village and competition venues is on schedule. While there are many uncertainties in the future progress of the global pandemic, as well as potential travel restrictions, the NCTA will proceed with naming a 2021 National Collegiate Taekwondo Team that will travel to the Games should the event be held.
The NCTA will choose a poomsae team via remote team trial in late April or early May. Recognized poomsae will be contested via live zoom, and freestyle poomsae will be contested via video submission. Dates and details for these events will be announced shortly.
The NCTA has deemed a national, in-person team trials unfeasible before the team roster submission deadline. A sparring team will therefore be named based on an application process utilizing several criteria: World Taekwondo ranking, past major event performance (including the NCTA Championships), ability to make within 5% of weight class being applied to (at time of application), and a remote workout/video proof of current active training condition at the time of application. Dates and details of this application process will be announced this month.
All applicants must also state their willingness to travel to China for the Games and to comply with all state and national travel restrictions.
