Valentine's day weekend in Las Vegas is usually a romantic getaway for most folks, but those at Young Choung Taekwondo are clearly not most folks. Beautiful Las Vegas was the site of the 2010 US Open Taekwondo Championships where Team 44 did anything but relax. The junior team was led by Jr Canadian Champion Jeffery Trieu with a gold, Fegan Decordova upgraded her national silver to an international gold and Jenna Boesveld continued her path of success with a bronze. The senior team also came up with three medals behind Siddu Bhat's only Canadian men's gold, Shannon Condie scoring a bronze and Andrea St. Bernard making Grenadian history with a bronze as well. Not your typical, Vegas vacation but once again, Team 44 is anything but typical.
Featured Students-Jack Cleminson and Claudio Tarable
Rank: Red Belt Age: Jack 11, Claudio 12 Training at the Aurora branch with Master Paul Beard for the past few years, Jack (left) and Claudio have turned themselves into a couple of the most well rounded students that Master Beard has trained. While characteristically they both enjoy sparring, they have also shown that it IS possible to be good at both patterns and sparring, medalling at both events consistently. While many fighters shy away from poomse, they have been taught to embrace the art as well as the sport and for this display of self-discipline and personal growth, "Jack-Jack" and "Terrible Claudio" are currentntly YCTKD's Featured Students.
Featured Instructor- Emily Proctor
Rank: 1st Dan Branch: YCVV Not long after receiving her 1st Dan, Emily seamlessly transfered the hard work that she used while training for her black belt test to help those working for their next belt. Not that her training slowed down, in fact, she has increased her training hours and has become one of the Variety Village branch's best poomse performers and is traing toward more intense poomse competitions. Although she has no desire to compete at a high level in sparring, she still enjoys learning concepts and being a training partner for those that do. For being an example of self-improvement and a team-player, Emily Proctor is YCTKD's Featured Instructor.
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Training at the Aurora branch with Master Paul Beard for the past few years, Jack (left) and Claudio have turned themselves into a couple of the most well rounded students that Master Beard has trained. While characteristically they both enjoy sparring, they have also shown that it IS possible to be good at both patterns and sparring, medalling at both events consistently. While many fighters shy away from poomse, they have been taught to embrace the art as well as the sport and for this display of self-discipline and personal growth, "Jack-Jack" and "Terrible Claudio" are currentntly YCTKD's Featured Students.
Not long after receiving her 1st Dan, Emily seamlessly transfered the hard work that she used while training for her black belt test to help those working for their next belt. Not that her training slowed down, in fact, she has increased her training hours and has become one of the Variety Village branch's best poomse performers and is traing toward more intense poomse competitions. Although she has no desire to compete at a high level in sparring, she still enjoys learning concepts and being a training partner for those that do. For being an example of self-improvement and a team-player, Emily Proctor is YCTKD's Featured Instructor.