UC Berkeley WUTC TKD Press Demo
Tuesday, January 29th, 2002
Recreational Sports Facility Martial Arts Room
Berkeley, California
  
All Photos © 2002 Ting and Randy Vogel
  
  

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The UC Berkeley Martial Arts Program will be hosting the 7th World University Taekwondo Championships this year from June 12th through June 15th. In 1986, UC Berkeley hosted the 1st World University Taekwondo Championships with competitors from 21 countries. This year, we expect competitors from 40 countries.

The WUTC Press TKD Demo was held following the Taekwondo Promotional Ceremonies, which I missed because Dr. Lieu sent me home to get some dressy clothes for the press banquet following the demo, as jeans were not allowed.

The demo started with basic kicks, followed by forms, self-defense demo, sparring, and a number of spectacular demo kicks, ending with paddle drills. The demo kicks included stepping round-houses, split front kicks, jumping and flying side kicks. Master Yoon also did a 360-degree round-house on an apple stuck to the edge of a sword. He tested the sword before the demo by stabbing a board.

After the demo, all black belts were invited to a press dinner at an event room at the Haas Pavilion. The buffet included every type of oriental food you can imagine plus a plate of ham sandwiches just for kicks. The speeches featured various heads of athletics as well as Esther Kim, who was famous for her selfless act of giving up her Olympic spot to her best friend Kay Poe. I thought her presence was probably the most exciting moment of the dinner. She was simply inspirational just being herself!
 

 
 Basic Kicks
 Board Breaks
 Preparing for the Self-Defense Demo
 Posing with the Spoils
 Johnny Landing from a Side Kick
 Efren and Jason Sparring
 Landing from a Kick
 Master Yoon Faces the Sword
 Aftermath
 Chuck Tweedy
  

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