{"id":4640,"date":"2026-01-13T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2026-02-08T10:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:00:49","slug":"2026-ncta-team-trials-to-be-held-in-fresno-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/13\/2026-ncta-team-trials-to-be-held-in-fresno-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NCTA Team Trials to be held in Fresno, CA on Friday, April 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NCTA is pleased to announce that the team trials to represent USA at the <strong>2026 FISU America Games<\/strong> (collegiate Pan American multi-sport Games) will be held on <strong>Friday, April 3 in Fresno, CA<\/strong> at the <strong>Fresno Convention Center<\/strong>. The 2026 FISU America Games will be held&nbsp;July 20 to August 1, 2026 in Lima, Peru, with&nbsp;taekwondo events taking&nbsp;place&nbsp;July 23-26 (the taekwondo team for USA would likely arrive one to two days earlier and depart on July 27).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will be held in conjunction with&nbsp;the&nbsp;California Unified Taekwondo Association (CUTA) state championships. but will have its own separate registration. Said NCTA President Dan Chuang, &#8220;The NCTA is grateful to President Yong Choi and CUTA for their gracious support of the collegiate athletes. I am so excited to see these amazing collegiate student athletes vie for the opportunity to represent USA at these unique continental multi-sport Games.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The divisions being contested at the trials will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Individual Kyorugi (sparring) (eight male and eight female senior weight classes)<br>2) Individual Recognized Poomsae (separate male and female)<br>3) Individual Freestyle Poomsae (separate male and female)<br>4) Mixed Pair Freestyle Poomsae (one male and one female)<br>5) Mixed Team Freestyle Poomsae (five athletes, at least two males and at least two females)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FISU America Games will allow more than one player in each individual discipline to enter. Therefore, NCTA will select two athletes for each individual division to represent the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information, including selection procedures, will be available soon on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026-ncta-team-trials\/\">2026 Team Trials page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FISU-America-Games-Lima.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FISU-America-Games-Lima.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FISU-America-Games-Lima.png 348w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FISU-America-Games-Lima-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/598729980_1397282798475204_1741830045758871731_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/598729980_1397282798475204_1741830045758871731_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4641\" style=\"width:336px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/598729980_1397282798475204_1741830045758871731_n.jpg 438w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/598729980_1397282798475204_1741830045758871731_n-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NCTA_Logo_med_HR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NCTA_Logo_med_HR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4643\" style=\"width:332px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NCTA_Logo_med_HR.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NCTA_Logo_med_HR-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NCTA_Logo_med_HR-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCTA is pleased to announce that the team trials to represent USA at the 2026 FISU America Games (collegiate Pan American multi-sport Games) will be held on Friday, April 3 in Fresno, CA at the Fresno Convention Center. 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