Congratulations to the US National Poomsae Team members and many other successful players from US and around the world last Wednesday at the 2015 US Open! The results were posted here:

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Taekwondo/Features/2015/January/21/US-Open-Day-1-Results

Congratulations to our many US medal winners at the US Open this past week! US athletes performed impressively well. The US women did especially well, sweeping every female individual division that was contested! Special congratulations to multiple division winners Yerim Jeong (3 golds), Elva P. Adams (3 golds), Cameron Tsai (2 golds), Yewon Jeong (2 golds), and Kathy Do (2 golds).

In the male individual divisions, US winners included Humza Sulaiman Qazi (Youth Male Individual), Cameron Tsai (Cadet Male Individual), Alex Tae Lee (Junior Male Individual), and Concie L. Reid (3rd Master Individual).

In the female individual divisions, USA athlete champions included Yewon Jeong (Youth Female Individual), Priscilla Ahra Jo (Cadet Female Individual), Yerim Jeong (Junior Female Individual), Carissa Angela Fu (1st Senior Female Individual), Kathy Do (2nd Senior Female Individual), Elva P. Adams (1st Master Female Individual), Kristi George (2nd Master Female individual), and Erica Linthorst (4th Master Female Individual).

In the pairs divisions, winners from USA included Cameron Tsai and Hannah Rose Mooney (Youth Pair), Jewoong Jeong and Yerim Jeong (Junior Pair), Elva Adams and Doo Hyun Chung (2nd Pair).

In the male team divisions, US gold medalists were Andrew Joonhyun Lee, Miguel Pelaez, and Ethan Brian Sun (Cadet Male Team), Eddie Jeong with Korean teammates Hyunwoon Kim and Gunsoo Kim (1st Male Team)

Female team US gold medalists included Christina Marie Castillo, Yerim Jeong, and Suhyun Cindy Kim (Junior Female Team), and Elva P. Adams, Kathy Do and Thoa Van Nguyen (2nd Female Team).

Two videos of national team member Carissa Fu’s 1st Senior gold medal performances can were posted to USA Taekwondo’s Facebook page by the Director of Communications, Steve McNally. Enjoy!

Another National Team Poomsae Seminar is announced for Feb. 28, 2015 in Ottawa, IL! It will be lead by National Team Coach David Turgeon. You can register at http://usapoomsae-ottawa.eventbrite.com.

Head Coach Dan Chuang kicked   off the 2015 US National Poomsae Team Seminar series in Irmo, SC on Jan 18, hosted by Master Daniel Kim of US Tae Kwon Do Academy! Over 70 athletes came to learn training methods and tune up for the US Open. Look for the latest seminar schedule and keep up with other events on poomsae-usa.com!

USA Taekwondo has updated their forms draw for the 2015 US Open at: http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Taekwondo/Features/2015/January/16/UPDATED-US-Open-Poomsae-Competition-Rules.

USA Taekwondo has announced the 2015 US Open poomsae competition format, which will included seeded single elimination in the finals of all divisions. See the new rules at this link and the designated poomsae for the competition at this link.

This site is a resource page for poomsae practitioners in the United States. As a relatively young competitive discipline (in its modern incarnation), information on how to perform poomsae according to the latest standards in a rapidly changing landscape can be hard to come by. This site’s intention is to help disseminate information on poomsae, help competitors realize their competition goals, and celebrate the many successes of US poomsae athletes.

Sincerely,

Dan Chuang
Head Coach, US National Poomsae Team