On Sunday, October 16 local club McLeod Taekwondo sent a small team of five competitors to the 17th KTAA Tournament in Sydney.
For the majority, this was their first ever competition.
The club entered the youngest competitor on the day, who was just five years of age.
McLeod Taekwondo students competed in a series of events – traditional sparring, point sparring, team sparring, takedown sparring, speed kicking competition, individual, pair and team poomsae, and creative forms and weapons.
The club did very well, bringing home 23 medals.
Remy McLeod received the Certificate of Excellence on behalf of the club, for exceptional performance and contribution as the most outstanding martial arts school, which was awarded by the Korea Taekwondo Association of Australia, Master Kwon’s Pro Tae Kwon Do Academy and JAI Martial Arts.
Marc McLeod was also awarded his World Taekwondo Chang Moo Kwan Certificate by the head of KTAA NSW.
This tournament received 222 entries and 546 event entries.
With only five competitors, McLeod Taekwondo managed to win golds and silvers in every event entered by each of its students.
