On 15 April, the Open Tang Soo Do Tournament took place at the Huragan Sports Centre in Wolomin. The competition was attended by 170 competitors from 7 clubs from all over Poland and one team from Greece. The competition was held under the honorary patronage of the Mayor of Wolomin, Mrs. Elżbieta Radwan, and the Polish Taekwondo Union.
A total of 123 categories were held for the age groups of children, youngsters, cadets, juniors and seniors. The competitions were held in technical disciplines: traditional forms, weapon forms, speed techniques and high kick. The fighting forms in which the competitors could test themselves were tail fighting, soft stick and, for seniors, semi-contact, light-contact. During the official opening ceremony, a struggle was held in the black belt category in forms, where Zafeiropoulos Nikolaos I DAN Greece Tang Soo Do Ypermachos Agiou Dimitriou , performing the Bassaj Dai form, showed tremendous artistry. In the forms with weapons, the first place was won by Jakub Płachta I Dan from the Centrum Tang Soo Do Pionki Sports Club.
In each age category the best competitors were selected:
Children’s category
Wojda Amelia – Tang Soo Do Pionki
Category of youngsters
Fila Hanna – Tang Soo Do Pionki
Category Cadets
Wojda Jan – Tang Soo Do Pionki
Juniors and Seniors
Monkosa Krzysztof – Tang Soo Do Pionki
The aim of the tournament was to give beginners the opportunity to compete with intermediate and advanced competitors, and to take care of their first start, which a competitor remembers all his life.
More pictures you can find here!
the next edition of the Open Tang Soo Do Tournament will take place in April 2024. We invite you to Poland.
Tang Soo !!