Students win 19 Medals at 9th Annual Tucson Korean Martial Arts Championships!
Posted by Brian Malm on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment
On Saturday March 15, 2014, twelve Desert Taekwondo students participated in at the 9th Annual Tucson Korean Martial Arts Championships held in Tucson Arizona.
We won: 6 gold, 9 silver, and 4 bronze medals! Students won 19 medals in various divisions: Forms, sparring, speed breaking, team forms, and jump front kick.
Among the competitors were 8 black belts, 1 red, 1 blue, 1 yellow, and 1 white belt who was Senior Master Brian Malm and Master Amy Malm’s 4 year old son! The big win came from four of our black belts performing Yul-Guk together in black belt Team Forms and took 1st place out of 4 teams from around the country.
Jeffrey Malm (age 4) entered his first tournament for a fun experience of forms, sparring, and board breaking. Although he didn’t place in sparring he had a smile on his face at the end and said he had a fun time. He took 3rd place in forms with Saju Jirugi, and 2nd place in breaking with a downward hammer fist, side kick, and palm heel breaks.
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Instructor Travis Croft (2nd dan) easily won the jump front kick contest kicking the pad above 7 feet high!
A fun and exciting time for everyone including the family and friends that came to support all the competitors.
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