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Local Waco Texas Athlete Madellon Luster came up short of Olympic Quarterfinals in qualifying tournament in Colorado.  Madellon started TaeKwonDo 11 years ago when she was 8 years old and has reach beyond her dreams at the start of her taekwondo journey. Since Madellon missed her chances at the Tokyo 2020 (2021) Olympics she is…

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In the latest update regarding the summer olympic games, the Japanese authority has recently announced that the Tokyo 2021 olympic games will go ahead under a state of emergency, and without any people watching the event at the capital city. The emergency will begin July 12 and last until August 22, but could possibly be lifted…

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Choue Chung-won has attended the 2021 DMZ peace festival in south Korea.  Choue (born December 20, 1947) is the President of the World Taekwondo Federation and was elected in 2004. Organizers of the event are hoping to promote stronger and better relations between Koreans who have been historical in conflict with one another.  North Korea and…

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** Buy this Digital issue: Issue #4 – April 1982 Kuk Kl Won is a household term to Tae Kwon Do Black Belts, for it is printed on every Black Belt diploma.  It literally means the “Home of a National Sport.”  The first two world Tae Kwon Do championships took place at Kuk Ki Won and…

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Canada is sending two TaeKwon-Do athletes to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games.  As previous reported on TaeKwon-Do Times, Skylar Park (22 Years old) and Yvette Yong (31 Years old) will be representing Canada, both for the first time competing in the Olympic Games. Yvette Yong posted to her facebook page on Friday confirming that she…

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Complex Magazine has recently interviewed Skylar Park from Winnipeg Canada.  In the interview Skylar comes off as a genuine 22 year old who is also a TaeKwon-Do Savage!   Here are some excerpts from the interview that was on Complex.com   When did this whole taekwondo journey start for you? For me, it started as…

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Activists are applying pressure for the IOC to ban the Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin from taking a place in the 2022 Winter Olympics. The IOC (International Olympic Committee) has a history of working with various dictators most notably the famous collaboration with Adolf Hitler in the 1936 Berlin Games. …

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In Miami a TaeKwon-Do Champion Paige McPherson sets her sights on the Gold medal in Tokyo 2021.  The 30 Year old, 140 lb welterweight won the Bronze Medal in 2012 Olympics and is the first ever woman to compete in 3 Olympics for the TaeKwon-Do Sport. “Her goal — to make three Olympics before age 30…

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In Nairobi Kenya local youth competed in a Chinese Martial Arts Tournament.  The event was sponsored by the Chinese Embassy in Nairobi Kenya on Sunday June 13th. “Organized by the Kenya Martial Arts Association, the event saw more than sixty young people come together to face off in the country’s Kiambu County on June 13,…

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Aliyah Shipman is an 18 year old TaeKwon-Do Star athlete from South Florida.  She began studying TaeKwon-Do when she around 9 years old.  Though shipman was born and raised in Plantation Florida, she wants to represent Haiti in this olympics. She is the only athlete that has qualified to compete in TaeKwon-Do during this olympics.  Shipman…

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