Jon Mackey's blog carries his thoughts on the recent trip to Korea, here is a small excerpt, for the full blog click on the link below.
So we are one week back today (Wednesday) and the thoughts of Korea are still very vivid. What an incredible experience. The championships, the festival, the cultural experience, just incredible. To be apart of team Ireland for this trip is something that can't be forgotten easily. Obviously it was a great trip for a number of reasons, my test, the students performance at the tournament, the experience of coaching at that level, being around some great people from across the globe and spending time with Master Choi and Master Dalton.
All the tough training certainly paid off, it was well worth all that effort. All that extra time on the mat, all those early mornings, the diet plans, the weight cutting, the hard slog of fundraising and the team building wasn't lost on everyone, and the results speak for themselves.
The World Taekwon-Do Festival was the first of the events to happen. This event saw both fighters from the WTF and the ITF compete along side each other in an amazing display of sport Taekwon-Do. Some of these WTF guys are savage kickers, explosive. Competing in the Festival for us was Lauren, Erika and Donna in the colour belt sections, Neidin and Alvy competed in the black belt sections.
Some great memories. See if you can spot yourself!
