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2013 NCTA Championships Designated Poomsae
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Information on designated sports poomsae for the 2013 NCTA Championships is now available.
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2013 NCTA Championships Update
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Because there is no world collegiate championship this year, the US National Collegiate Taekwondo Team will travel to Korea from August 5 to August 12 for an international training trip and scrimmage. National teams from several countries are expected to be present.
Also, as agreed upon at the fall NCTA meeting, this year's black belt poomsae divisions will be contest in the WTF sport poomsae format. Competitors will compete according the 1st senior, under 29 pair and under 29 team rules as specified in the WTF competition rules, and will therefore be responsible for preparing the following poomsae: Taeguek 6, Taeguek 7, Taeguek 8, Koryo, Keumgang, Taebaek, Pyongwon, and Shipjin.
Furthermore, there will be separate black belt team and pairs poomase divisions for the championship and team trials divisions. In the championships team and pairs divisions, the competitors must all be from the same school. For the team trials divisions, the competitors may be from separate schools.
Please click here for more details on the 2013 NCTA Championships poomsae divisions.
2013 NCTA Championships
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Information about the 2013 National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships is now available!
World University Taekwondo Championships & WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
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The US National Collegiate Taekwondo Association (NCTA) is proud to present a $500 scholarship each to student-athletes Stephen Lambdin (Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK) and Johnny Nguyen (Mesa Community College, Meza, AZ), who brought back two bronze medals in the sparring competition for the US National Collegiate Taekwondo Team at the World University Taekwondo Championship in Pocheon, South Korea, held on May 25-30, 2012.
At the recent 7th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Tunja, Columbia, on December 6-9, 2012, together with teammates Kody Han, Anh Nguyen, and Amber Rodriguez, 2012 US National Collegiate Taekwondo Team members Hazel Cruz (Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA) and Long Nguyen (San Jose State University, San Jose, CA) won bronze at the new Free Style poomsae competition (5-competitor team division). Congratulations!
NCTA Referee Chair Dr. Jun Yoon, appointed to represent the US at this event with his years of experience in teaching and judging world-class poomsae, is honored to be presented the Best Referee award.
Dr. Ahn receives Korean Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism award
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Greetings from UC Martial Arts!
Earlier this month, Taekwondo celebrated its 4th birthday. In 2008, the Korean government officially inaugurated September 4th as “World Taekwondo Day”. This day was created in memory of Taekwondo becoming an official event of the Olympics during the IOC Congress in Paris on this very day back in 1994. Dr. Russell Ahn, the Endowed Director of the UC Martial Arts Program (UCMAP) was participating as a panelist at 6th International Taekwondo Symposium in Seoul, Korea on September 3rd and he was also fortunate enough to be there at the time of the celebration, on his way back home. This event took place at the Grand Hilton Hotel in Seoul, Korea with around 500 participants from all over the world including WTF President Choue, Kukkiwon President Kang, Kukkiwon Chairman Joo-Hoon Kim, TPF Chairman Bae, Patric Chamunda and Tomas Amos Ganda Sithole from the IOC. Each had a speech prepared, encouraging the guests to continue their endeavors in promoting Taekwondo. President Choue stated in his opening speech that “young Taekwondo athletes gave hope to many fans, showing them how their dreams came true. Through the Olympic spirit, Taekwondo is bringing us together, and is giving us hope for a brighter future.”
At this celebration, 20 individuals were recognized for their contributions in Taekwondo throughout the world. This included none other than Dr. Ahn. He received the Minister’s award from the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism for his contribution for promoting Taekwondo through University of California, Berkeley, UCMAP, the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association, International Taekwondo Symposiums and a variety of International University Taekwondo events.
Dr. Ahn, currently the President of the U.S. National Collegiate Taekwondo Association, has been working hard with these different organizations to continue to ensure that Taekwondo has a place in this world. He is working tirelessly to gain more experience and furthering his education by working towards receiving his M.A. in Leadership to ensure he is fully equipped to leading young athletes on the right path. Taekwondo continues to demonstrate its staying power as seen in this past London Olympics, and hopefully will continue to do so in the future.
