Taekwondo goes Sportaccord Games

Taekwondo included into Beijing Combat Games 2010.

According to WTF, Taekwondo has been included into the Sportaccord Combat Games 2010 in Beijing. These Games will gather 13 combat sports including Aikido, Boxing, Ju-jitsu, Judo, Karate, Kendo, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Sambo, Sumo, Wrestling, Wushu and Taekwondo. The opening ceremony will be on August 27th at the National Indoor Stadium in beijing and the games will last until Sept. 4th 2010.

Taekwondo will be staged together with Judo, Ju-jitsu and Karate at the same stadium where the Taekwondo competitions at the Olympic Games 2008 took place: the Technology University Gymnasium in Beijing. Besides competition, there will also be demonstrations and shows.

Participants will be invited by WTF according to the WTF ranking list. There will be a total number of 32 competitors in 4 olympic weight categories for men and women equally. One National Federation can send a maximum of 2 male and 2 female competitors, no more than 1 competitor per weight category is allowed. Invitations will be sent out very soon and National Federations have already been informed about details of this competition.

Daedo Received WTF License

Second Electronic Protector System Recognized by WTF.

According to MOOKAS, the Daedo electronic hogu is now officially approved by the World Taekwondo Federation.

Daedo has been researching and developing its system for several years. With its new system manufactured by Truescore, Daedo is now only the second electronic protective gear system along with LaJust approved by WTF.

Daedo first developed an electronic system in 2005. Since then, Daedo has undergone several tests and demonstrations organized by WTF. In May of 2009, Daedo presented its electronic system in Lausanne (Switzerland) and received positive remarks by the WTF committee which was crucial in obtaining WTF approval for its system.

Now that Daedo electronic system is recognized and approved by WTF, its system is now eligible for international competition use including the Olympic Games.

Congratulations to the following athletes...

Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent GB at the upcoming WTF Qualification Tournament for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games to be held in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico between March 3rd – 5th.

The successful athletes are as follows:

Sophie Dixon – Lightening TKD

Niall Gibson – Ultimate Taekwondo

Jade Jones – Manchester Aces

Melissa Lamb – Wessex Taekwondo

Ruebyn Richards – Ultimate Taekwondo

Luke Stones – Ultimate Taekwondo

Kieron Young – Ultimate Taekwondo

We'd like to wish them all the best for their trip to Mexico.

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Results - BTCB National Championships 2010‏

Please find below a full list of the results from the BTCB National Championships 2010.

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Record numbers yet again at National Taekwondo Championships

The BTCB National Championships took place over the weekend of 30^th and 31^st January 2010. Emily Watson

Last years tournament had a record number of entries but with the sport continuing to grow in popularity this year’s event surpassed those figures with 493 players fighting for medals over this 2 day competition at Manchester’s Tennis centre.

All male and female senior categories took place on day one which saw some outstanding performances from athletes keen to showcase their ability with The London 2012 Olympics firmly in their sights.

The countdown to that event has already started and as the host nation Team GB is guaranteed 2 male and 2 female positions.

There are only 4 Olympic weight categories as opposed the normal 8 at all other international and domestic events.

With that in mind, players totally focused on being selected for the Games are now beginning to change weight categories so they can come up against quality athletes.

Everyone is well aware of the need to up their game this year. The Academy has space for more players but with the emphasis now being on closer more one on one coaching for their elite players only players of the right calibre will be considered.

They could be spotted at tournaments like this or via Sport Taekwondo UK’s 2012 Fighting Chance initiative which has seen over 1000 players apply from other fighting disciplines.

Over 200 of those have been invited to the next stage of this initiative for the physical tests, being supported by UK Sport.

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Please find below a full list of the results from the BTCB National Championships 2010.