Tae Kwon Do News

Head Master Shik Lee poses with his gold winning student, Sophie Smithson after her win at the USA Taekwondo National Championships.Duncan Smithson Sophie Smithson, 9, of Arlington Heights, earned a gold medal at the 2014 USA Taekwondo National Championships, which were held in San Jose, CA.

BRADFORD area clubs shone at the British International Open in Buckinghamshire, which attracted 400 competitors from as far afield as Belgium, Sweden, Holland and Malta.

Sister Marie Chantal, left, kicks at an instructor during a Tae Kwon Do class in January 1994.

BATTLE OF WALES: The Cadoxton Schools of Taekwondo took a small contingent of new and experienced competitors to Pontypool Leisure Centre for the International Combat Organisation Battle of Wales.

The Korean has been under fire after Thai athlete Rungravee Khurasa claimed that the coach attacked her after she crashed out in the first round at last week's Korean Open.

Taekwondo youngster Taylor Maitland marked his ITF comeback with a gold medal as he triumphed in the sparring event at last month's Scottish Youth Championships.

Smile: The cafeteria of Astumbo Elementary School recently could have been mistaken for a Hollywood set of a martial arts movie.

Gordon is not a typical kid, however. The Montville Township resident has done more in the sport of taekwondo than most do in a lifetime.

Our YG&B feature this week is a young man described as being, "driven, passionate and completely focused on achieving his goals," according to an April 4, 2014 Shay Chin's New Nostalgia posting.

Anna Broinowski is on a mission to prevent fracking with the most unconventional of methods: a propaganda film adhering to the codes of the late Kim Jong-il.

This week's most popular viral videos include a taekwondo quadruple kick, 50 states in 17 seconds, a garbage-filled optical illusion, a tree's worst nightmare, "leaked footage" from the new Star Wars flick and a tiny birthday party for a tiny hedgehog.

Before I got into the motherhood game, I didn't suspect that I would constantly need to defend myself physically against my little cherub.

Planning for the 6th Annual Luna Festival has begun. Tentative date is Oct. 26 at Jeff's Pirates' Cove.

This is a video of a Korean taekwondo martial artist successfully kicking four separate stacked targets in the air before landing on his feet.

A group of nine children and adults from Jenks Martials Arts Academy are headed to Florida to compete for a national championship this month.

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Manor Park School of Tae Kwon-Do s medal winners are, front row from left, Malachi Staveley, Abdulhakeem Juma, Safee Hussain and Malaika Hussain, back, Dhyey Shah, Aisha Hussain and Abdulrahman Juma Manor Park School of Tae Kwon-Do's 'Magnificent Seven' picked up a haul of three gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the Global International ... (more)

And probably a fourth and a fifth, and then you might finally get your head around what this taekwondo master is doing.

The Guam Diabetes Association will hold monthly diabetes session from 5:30 to 7 p.m. July 8 at the Mangilao Senior Center.

On Sunday at the convention center, the tall 13-year-old from Mansfield, Texas, just south of Dallas, won two matches by 47 combined points, to reach the finals of his division.