"Tiger Kim’s World
Class Tae Kwon Do Center announced that David Kim, a 10th grader at
West Forsyth High School, has secured a spot on the Junior National Tae Kwon Do
Sparring team. He will travel this month to Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, March
26th- 29th, to compete in the 2014 Junior World Championship
Competition
concluded at the 2014 USA Taekwondo National Team Trials in January in Colorado
Springs, Colo., where the 2014 Junior National Team was determined. The
five-day competition also decided the 2014 Senior, Junior and Cadet National
Teams, as well as the 2014 Youth Olympic Games Qualifier Team.
“We have a great
team, but now we have to have some training because we are going to have some
fierce competition,” National Team Coach Patrice Remarck said of the four teams
named last month. “Korea, Iran, the Croatian team—they’re all very good and
they will be a challenge. Yes, we have a good team, and we have a lot of
potential, but we have to make sure we bring the best out of them.”
David
is trained by Master Kyu Lee, World Champion and Head Coach of the Tiger Kim
World
Class Tae Kwon Do Sparring Team. He is also coached and trained by his father,
Master Woo Sup
Kim, the three-time Korean a three-time Korean National Champion and
Captain of the 2012 U.S. Tae Kwon Do Olympic team."
Submitted by Mariedith Appanaitis
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