-German people are great! Very nice people! Loved the food!
-the Brits were also very nice and hospitable!
-the Turks were also very nice! Curious about the USA! TKD is popular in Turkey!
-these were the bulk of people I spoke with on this trip.
-the officials from the ETU were very approachable and curious about the state of TKD in the USA!
-Sport TKD in the USA is behind Europe by at least 2 maybe 3 years!
-it is all lead leg in Europe!!!Head Hunting!
-AAU won three medals 1 silver and 2 bronze!!!
-no other athletes medaled from USA!
-not really an open tournament! The number of athletes are limited to 1200! They do reject people! In the Sr division is all National Teams or Regional Teams...Servet Tazegal fought for Barvaria apparently he is a Turk that lives in Germany!
-Kym had great fight with Caroline Fisher from GBR. She is the number 16 ranked female bantam weight in the World...Kym was in the lead for over half the fight. Lost on a head kick! In the end it was great experience! Although she lost in the quarterfinals it is a great confidence boost....this the 5th fighter she has fought in the top 20 and it is clear that from a skill level she is as good as the top people. She can compete with the best in the world....now she has to learn how to beat the best people! @ 18she is in a good spot another 3 to 4 years of experience and she will be there!
-the Brits were also very nice and hospitable!
-the Turks were also very nice! Curious about the USA! TKD is popular in Turkey!
-these were the bulk of people I spoke with on this trip.
-the officials from the ETU were very approachable and curious about the state of TKD in the USA!
-Sport TKD in the USA is behind Europe by at least 2 maybe 3 years!
-it is all lead leg in Europe!!!Head Hunting!
-AAU won three medals 1 silver and 2 bronze!!!
-no other athletes medaled from USA!
-not really an open tournament! The number of athletes are limited to 1200! They do reject people! In the Sr division is all National Teams or Regional Teams...Servet Tazegal fought for Barvaria apparently he is a Turk that lives in Germany!
-Kym had great fight with Caroline Fisher from GBR. She is the number 16 ranked female bantam weight in the World...Kym was in the lead for over half the fight. Lost on a head kick! In the end it was great experience! Although she lost in the quarterfinals it is a great confidence boost....this the 5th fighter she has fought in the top 20 and it is clear that from a skill level she is as good as the top people. She can compete with the best in the world....now she has to learn how to beat the best people! @ 18she is in a good spot another 3 to 4 years of experience and she will be there!