Announcements
NCTA Announces the 2021 Summer World University Games Team Selection Process
5 years
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.
NCTA National Collegiate Online Poomsae Championships Website Up
5 years
by NCTA Admin
in Announcements
The NCTA is pleased to hold the 2020 NCTA National Collegiate Online Poomsae Championships on Saturday, Nov. 14. This tournament will be open to all collegiate competitors currently enrolled in at least 6 credits of classes or who graduated in 2019 or 2020. The tournament site, including the tournament packet and registration information, is available at the tournament website:
NCTA to Hold USAT Sanctioned 4.0 Event on August 29-30, 2020
6 years
by NCTA Admin
in Announcements
The NCTA is pleased to announce that it will hold its second live online championships on Aug. 29-30, 2020, called the NCTA Live Online Summer Poomsae Championships. This event will be sanctioned at a USAT 4.0 level and thus will earn ranking points for the newly established USAT Poomsae Pathways. The event will include division for 10-11 all the way up through Master 4 (66+), black belt divisions.
NCTA also plans to hold a collegiate-focused event later in the fall that will be inclusive of color belts; however, this event is black belt only.
The tournament platform will be Zoom with live Youtube streaming and will include divisions for athletes 10 and older. Information can be found at:
http://ncta-usa.com/2020-live-online-aug-summer-poomsae-championships/
NCTA to Hold Online Live Poomsae Championships on June 6, 2020
6 years
by NCTA Admin
in Announcements
The NCTA is pleased to announce that it will hold the 2020 NCTA Live Online Poomsae Championships on June 6, 2020. During these socially distanced and uncertain times, we hope to give you a quality competitive experience with outstanding tournament operation and judging. The tournament platform will be Zoom with live Youtube streaming and will include divisions for athletes 12 and older. For more information, please visit the tournament site at:
http://ncta-usa.com/2020-ncta-online-poomsae-tournament/
NCTA Championships Postponement/FISU America Games Update
6 years
by NCTA Admin
in Announcements
(as of 12:00p EST, March 10, 2020)
(update: 12:00p EST, March 16, 2020)
Yesterday, Mar. 9, the University of California, Berkeley canceled all campus-sponsored events with plans for more then 150 attendees, and suspended most in-person classes, joining over 40 colleges and universities adopting similar policies over the past several days. Also, many schools are severely restricting travel for students and staff. Schools with these policies include several of our NCTA member schools.
Due to the many barriers to both hosting the championships and to our members’ ability to travel, as well as in consideration of the safety of all participants, the NCTA is postponing the 2020 NCTA Championships to the fall. While we do not yet have a date or location, we would expect the championships to be in October or November. We hope that this future event will be something that the athletes can look forward to during this time of uncertainty.
Also, FISU has stated that the FISU America Games (May 29-June 5) are moving forwards as planned, and the USA Team delegation plans on continuing with their participation. NCTA is requesting that those who remain interested in being a part of the FISU America Games email 2020ncta@gmail.com with an expression of your interest as well what event you are interested in participating in (weight class or poomsae event), so that we can gauge whether a selection process can still be considered to choose a team.
Be aware that due to the financial constraints of not having revenue from this year’s event, NCTA may not be able to offer the same level of financial support to athletes as in the past, with the maximum cost per athlete being approximately $1950 to attend the FISU America Games (including lodging, food and apparel, excluding airfare).
UPDATE (March 16, 2020): The FISU America Games have been postponed as of March 16, 2020. No new date or location have been announced yet. One the Games have a new date, the NCTA will publish required steps to apply for the team.
We thank everyone for their understanding and are grateful for all of your very hard work at campuses and dojangs all around the country. We look forward to a successful championships in the fall!
