The Philippine Taekwondo Association (PTA) is calling all parents and guardians to register their kids to the 2023 SMART/MVP Sports Foundation summer program which will simultaneously open in all PTA-affiliated clubs nationwide starting March 27 until June 3. *Young participants show skills during...
Did you know that Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte has a long running annual taekwondo tournament? (Photo from www.pulongduterte.com) Apparently, the sport also had a lot to do with molding the character of the 47-year-old, second-term congressman. The Pulong Taekwondo...
DAVAO CITY – The Regional Central Gym (RCG) Strikers Tagum bagged the overall crown in the 10th Pulong Duterte Taekwondo Championship at the SM Annex in Ecoland here on Sunday, Nov. 20. TWO young taekwondo jins compete in the 10th Pulong Duterte Taekwondo Championship in Davao City. (Photo via...
Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Margarita Nograles and Pinuno Party-list Rep. Ivan Guintu filed House resolutions (HRs) congratulating Filipino athletes and sports teams for their recent achievements in international competitions. Filipinas team captain Tahnai Annis (center) lead...
The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in the Philippines will start three face-to-face classes on July 20. It will introduce Cooking Class, Korean Traditional Dance Class and Taekwondo Class that will all be held at its new building at 59 Bayani Road, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The classes were...
The Philippine Taekwondo Association (PTA) resumed strengthening its athletes’ program by sending a 25-player squad in the Asian Taekwondo Championships on June 22 to 27 and the Korean Open International Taekwondo Championships on June 29 to July 5 both in South Korea. Olympian Kurt Barbosa (AFP)...
Senatorial candidate Monsour Del Rosario on Wednesday bewailed the death of a promising Taekwondo athlete who was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Quezon City. monsdelros “I am deeply saddened by the passing of Mark Joseph Crisostomo, 19 years old, student, and Taekwondo player. My family and...
The family appreciates the blessings that came with this harrowing experience Getting infected with COVID-19 is an experience no one would wish on anyone, even more so on children. This was the challenge 42-year-old Taekwondo Olympian instructor Donnie Geisler and his wife had to face when they...
Photo from Philippine Sports Commission Facebook page Para-taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin became the latest Filipino to earn a Tokyo Paralympics berth after getting a bi-partite invitation from organizers. The Philippine Paralympic Committee disclosed this Tuesday, June 8 and informed the Philippine...
Allain Ganapin failed to secure a berth to the Tokyo Paralympics after settling for the bronze medal in the Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan over the weekend, in the semifinals. Ganapin, who was competing in the men’s K44 -75kg division, yielded to Mongolia’s Batbayar Shinebayar,...
Photo from Jordan Taekwondo Federation Kurt Barbosa became the ninth Filipino to qualify to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after winning in the semifinals of the Asian Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan Saturday night, May 22. Barbosa, a 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist,...
Photo from Pauline Lopez's Facebook account Pauline Lopez missed her chance of making it into the Tokyo Olympics after bowing in the quarterfinals at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan Saturday, May 22. Lopez succumbed to 2018 Asian Games bronze medalist Laetitia Aoun of Lebanon,...
