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NCTA Championships Postponement/FISU America Games Update
6 years
by NCTA Admin
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(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!
2020 NCTA Championships To Be Held at the University of California, Berkeley
6 years
The NCTA is pleased to announce that the 45th National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships will be held on April 3-5, 2020 at the University of California, Berkeley. The NCTA is also pleased to host the 7th NCTA High School Championships, which includes black belt Sparring and black belt poomsae (Individual, Pairs and Teams) as part of the same event. Additional information will be available soon.
USA Team Taekwondo Ready for 2019 World University Games
7 years
Naples, Italy – (July 6, 2019) The USA Taekwondo Team, consisting of 18 athletes and 10 staff have arrived at the 30th Summer World Universiade to battle it out with the world’s best collegiate athletes.
Representing USA Team in poomsae are Adalis “AJ” Munoz (University of Texas, Arlington), Christy Quintanilla (Johns Hopkins University), and Titania Thao (Gustavus Adolphus College). Munoz will represent in individual poomsae, and the three female athletes will represent in female team poomsae. The male poomsae athletes selected are Kody Han (Foothill College), Edward Jeong (University of Bridgeport), and Sean Wallace (Santa Clara University). Similarly, Jeong will represent in individual poomsae, and the three male athletes will represent in team poomsae.
12 athletes will represent in female sparring. The female sparring athletes are Lizette Salas (-49kg, California State University, Northridge), Logan Weber (-53kg, Johnson County Community College), Starla Santana (-57kg, Miami Dade Community College), Amanda Bluford (-62kg, De Vry University), Cheyenne Lewis (-67kg, University of California, Berkeley), and Makayla Gorka (-73kg, University of Central Oklahoma).
Representing in the male sparring divisions are Alejandro Bravo (-58kg, Miami Dade Community College), George El-Chemali (-63kg, University of Southern California), Charles Buset (-68kg, American Military University), Matthew Klein (-74kg, University of Dayton), Connor Wilson (-80kg, University of California, Los Angeles) and Abdul Rahman (-87kg, College of Southern Maryland).
Competition begins tomorrow with the male and female individual poomsae divisions, when Jeong and Munoz will take the mat to open the competition for USA Team. These are the third Games for Jeong and second Games for Munoz. Both are defending medalists from the 2017 World University Games with Jeong having earned a silver medal and Munoz a bronze medal at those games in individual poomsae.
Supporting the athletes are NCTA President and Head of Team, Dan Chuang (Cambridge, MA), Director, Sung C. Kim (Rochester, NY), Manager, Justin Faiferlick (Fort Dodge, Iowa), Doctor, Sherri Lashomb (Buffalo, NY), Head Poomsae Coach, Huy Nguyen (San Jose, CA), Poomsae Coach, Haksung Kim (Irvine, CA), Head Sparring Coach, Richard Lee (Los Angeles, CA), Sparring Coach, Dongyoung Kim (Newark, CA), Sparring Coach, Toby Oliver (Fort Myers, FL) and Sparring Coach, Adrian Zambrano (Sylmar, CA).
Said President Chuang, “I’m very pleased with the selflessness and team chemistry displayed by all of the athletes at the start of this trip. The athletes have been training hard and seem relaxed, focused and ready going into the start of the competition. I’m also very grateful for the hard works and efforts of all of the staff and organizing committee to realize this trip!”
National Collegiate Taekwondo Association Announces NCTA All-American Award Application
7 years
Continuing last year’s successful implementation of the NCTA All-American award, the NCTA is pleased to continue the NCTA All American award certificate, which will be awarded to an athlete that finishes in the Top 4 of a poomsae or sparring division at the 2019 NCTA Championships.
In addition, if the athlete has a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher, they will also be qualified for the NCTA Scholastic All American award certificate.The criteria for each award is:
2019 NCTA All-American (Collegiate and High School divisions)
• Top 4 finish at NCTA Nationals in any division
• Recommendation by Coach or Athletic Director of College/University (Online submittal form)
• Deadline to Submit June 25, 2019
• Approved by NCTA Awards Committee
2019 NCTA Scholastic All-American (Collegiate and High School divisions)
• Top 4 finish at NCTA Nationals in any division
• 3.3+ cumulative GPA in the specified year
• Recommendation by Coach or Athletic Director of College/University (Online submittal form)
• Deadline to Submit June 25, 2019
• Approved by NCTA Awards Committee
In order to receive a certificate the coach or athletic direction is responsible for submitting their athlete by emailing NCTA Award Chair Justin Faiferlick. An official transcript will need to be included with the application form if the athlete qualifies with the 3.3 or above cumulative GPA.
The application for the award can be downloaded by clicking here.
Please submit your materials to Mr. Faiferlick at justin.faiferlick@gmail.com
Chuang Elected President of the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association
7 years
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April 19, 2019 (Austin, TX) At the annual spring meeting of the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association (NCTA), Dan Chuang of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was unanimously elected president of the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association.
Chuang has previously served 8 years as secretary General and 4 years as Vice President before assuming the post. Chuang has also served twice acted as as head coach of the US National Collegiate Taekwondo Team and is currently head coach of the USA Taekwondo National Poomsae Team. Outgoing president Dr. Russell Ahn said, “Coach Chuang has my full support and I’m excited to see what he brings to the organization. It has been my honor to serve as president for the past 8 years.”
Added President Chuang, “I’m eager to first support the National Collegiate Team at the Summer World University Games in Naples, Italy this July. When I get back, I’ll put our first emphasis on growing our organization in a way that benefits both our grassroots athletes as well as our elite ones, in both poomsae and sparring.”
Meeting minutes can be found by clicking here.
