Black belt tests in taekwondo are very intense. There are three main parts to the tests, all together taking about 2 to 3 months. But students have been preparing for it since day one of their ...

We stood at attention and bowed facing each other as commanded. I looked at my opponents, two men with red belts (one level below black). We were in full sparring gear: hogus (chest protectors ...

WHITSUNDAY Taekwondo has awarded its youngest-ever black belt. ... "We also had promotion to red belt/black stripe for Marivic Gaskin, Sebastian Foti, Feywer White, ...

The time came when I got my red belt 3 stripe, and I was ready to go for my black belt. No sooner had that happened, COVID-19 hit. The world dived into lockdown, and just like that, the grading ...

Anushka Dogra, of Ada, was 4 years old when she started tae kwon do. When she earned a black belt at the age of 7, her instructor, Master Thomas Young Hoon Park, said "Many start at such a young ...

A BOY of nine who has achieved his black belt in taewondo said he would like to compete in the Olympics one day. Joseph Johnson, from Consett, in County Durham, trains twice a week with Teuk Soo ...

Martial arts masters in Witheridge have been celebrating after achieving their black belts in taekwondo. Jake Curtis, 11, Joe Webber, 11, Ed Whitwell, 12 and Matt Waters, 43, all received the ...

By the time I was a red belt, an axe kick to the face became my signature move, ... Psy.D., a licensed clinical psychologist and fourth-degree black belt in tae kwon do, ...