Koryo Family Taekwondo Center

2009 All CA TKD Champs: Keith, Diego, and Tiffany

Please extend a big congratulations to our own 2009 All California Taekwondo Champions–Diego, Keith, and Tiffany.  Last Saturday, 14 Nov 2009, they participated in the Taekwondo tournament called the 2009 All California Taekwondo Championships held in Vallejo, California.

Diego competed in forms, board breaking, and sparring; Keith competed in forms and sparring; and Tiffany competed in forms and creative forms.  Each one of them has been practicing for weeks, and their efforts paid off.

Diego placed 1st in sparring, 2nd in breaking, and 3rd in forms; Keith placed 1st in forms, and 2nd in sparring; and Tiffany place 1st in forms, and 2nd in creative forms.

Each of them had some tough competition in the areas where they placed 2nd or 3rd, and where they placed first, they performed like true champions.

When you get a chance, please stop by to congratulate them.

Check out some of the photos below.  We’ll update the photos once we get more.  For now we have these; sorry about the focus, but we wanted to at least show you our competitors in the tournament venue.

Keith scoring with a back kick

Tiffanny waiting for creative forms scores.

Diego about to score with round kick

Patrick with his forms gold medal and with Master Jamie (click to see his form)

Patrick competed in both forms and sparring, while Diego competed in sparring only.

In Patrick’s forms division, he was the third to come up. As other that came up after him and were scored, it became obvious he was number 1 because of his excellent forms execution–snappy, sharp, and with good rhythm.

The sparring event was an interesting one as well. Patrick won his first match through superior scoring (9 points to 2). His last sparring match was highlighted with a good score to his opponent’s head–just as the last second of the last round expired–earning him an additional 2 points.

Diego’s sparring event was a good one as well. Although this was Diego’s first real tournament event, he was able to claim the silver medal.

Let’s give these two athletes a hand for a job well done, and an awesome job representing Koryo Family Taekwondo at the NorCal Taekwondo Championships in San Jose.

Good Job Diego and Patrick!