I went to Montreal this weekend for a soccer tournament but I also wanted to take advantage of training with Mr. Primeau from Samguk TKD in Longueuil. Mr. Primeau often comes to train in our dojang in Ottawa so it was nice to visit him at his school. Friday night he worked us very hard … Read more
Last week we received our report cards and at the school assembly I was really proud to earn an Honour Role for having an overall average of a 84% percent. This was especially hard with all the extra training I’ve been doing. I also received the Citizenship Award. It’s great that my Grandpa is so … Read more
April 11th was the 55th birthday of TKD. To celebrate, three TKD schools in Ottawa all got together for an intense 2.5 hour training. Master Kou and Mr. Legrow lead the session for 40 students. It was like an old family reunion for me since I knew everyone from all the schools and I hadn’t … Read more
This has been an extremely busy two weeks so I’m a bit behind in my blog. Last week I qualified for the Finals at the Ottawa Science Fair along with 200 other students in grade 8 to grade 12 from all over Ottawa. My topic was on “The Theory of Power” which is all related … Read more
Hello, OK so, right now its Easter weekend, and I am relaxing, but I will be doing some light training on my own. Since I had the Eastern Canadian Championships last weekend, and I don’t have my next tournament until June 6, I have pretty much this week and a little bit of next week … Read more
On Saturday I competed in the Eastern Canadian Championships in Montreal along with 250 other competitors. I am extremely happy to say that all my hard work paid off. First I competed in Patterns. I worked really hard for the last three weeks to work on a new pattern that I’ve never competed with. In … Read more
It is the end of March Break and I’m tired and sore! This week I was a camp counselor for the Blackburn Taekwon-Do Camp. It was so much fun but hard work. It started at 8:30 in the morning until 4:30 in the afternoon. Every day there was intense cardio conditioning and hours of patterns … Read more
Today I competed in the Ontario Invitational Championships held at Ashbury College in Ottawa. To be honest I was really nervous since I just received my 2nd degree two months ago and am just learning my new pattern. Patterns are normally my strength but it takes years to really master a pattern. I placed third … Read more
I got re-certified! Every year all Ontario Black Belts over 14 have to take the Umpire and Referee course. This really helps to keep a fair and even and consistent standard for tournaments. In the course we practise all the hand signals and the rules of the ring. We also review all the procedures and … Read more
