Kayla Maduk 
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
