Students at Port Coquitlam’s Triumph Taekwondo martial arts school are preparing for the North American and Caribbean Taekwondo Championships this weekend, an event the club is hosting at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
Athletes from all levels from across the continent will be participating in the event, which will feature individual free sparring, team free sparing, individual patterns and traditional sparring.
Kevin Reinelt, the owner of Triumph and the tournament director, encouraged members of the public to turn out for the event.
“After working on this event for nearly a year, we are now well down the track to putting everything in place for our competitors to have a memorable experience,” he said in an email. “The Richmond Olympic Oval is a world class space that will enhance that experience.”
The competition is open to all coloured belts and black belts, ages 6 and up who are training in schools affiliated with the International Taekwon-Do Federation. Participants will compete in divisions with their own age, gender, belt level and size in free-sparring. Admission for spectators will be $5 per person or $10 for families for both competition days. For more information go to www.ctfi.org.
