Taekwondo is a branch of karate. It became an official part of the Olympics and entered the global arena in the year 2000. In taekwondo, there is a belt ranking system. The colors of the belts go ...

Six students gained new or advanced black belts. Tanner Rogers, Chong Chang and Jacob Kujawa all achieved second degree black belts with their performance of advanced kicks, sparring and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Black Belt Award Ceremony was held at the Elite Training Centre, Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Friday, organized by the Punjab Taekwondo Academy under the patronage of the Punjab Sports and Youth ...

WHITSUNDAY Taekwondo has awarded its youngest-ever black belt. WHITSUNDAY Taekwondo has awarded its youngest-ever black belt. Read Today's Paper Tributes & Notices. Rewards. Subscribe.

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 ...

If this were an official collegiate tae kwon do match, I would have only one female opponent at a time. But for the sparring part of my black belt test at the University of Southern California, my ...