Congratulations to Team USA, which earned a world best 20 medals and earned 3rd place in the standings with 4 gold, 5 silver and 11 bronze medals at the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships on September 29 to October 2, 2016. For the full roster, see the 2016 National Poomsae Team page.

USA Taekwondo published 5 articles regarding the championships:

Team Departure and Interviews
Day 1 Results Article
Day 2 Results Article
Day 3 Results Article
Day 4 Results Article

Medal results are below:

Team Standing – 3rd overall, Team USA

4 Gold, 5 Silver, 11 Bronze

12-17 Freestyle Male Individual
Tyler Dao, GOLD

66+ Female Individual
Erica Linthorst, GOLD

18+ Freestyle Female Individual
Adalis Munoz, GOLD

41-50 Female Individual
Thoa Nguyen, GOLD

31+ Female Team
Elva Pai Adams, Kathy Do and Thoa Nguyen, SILVER

18+ Freestyle Mixed Pair
Victoria Dizon and Alex Twu, SILVER

61-65 Male Individual
Chi Duong, SILVER

61-65 Female Individual
Diana Hunt, SILVER

41-50 Male Individual
Pok Sun Yang, SILVER

12-14 Male Team
Brandon Cho, Ryan Real, and Ethan Sen, BRONZE

12-17 Freestyle Mixed Team
Tyler Dao, Kenneth Doan, Aleena Duong, Ethan Huang, Arianna Le, Jamie Ng, BRONZE

66+ Male Individual
Bruce Gallup, BRONZE

12-17 Freestyle Mixed Pair
Kenneth Doan and Jamie Ng, BRONZE

15-17 Female Individual
Rikki Jao, BRONZE

15-17 Mixed Pair
Priscilla Jo and Vincent Jodjana, BRONZE

15-17 Male Individual
Alex Lee, BRONZE

15-17 Male Team
Alex Lee, Andrew Lee, Ethan Sun, BRONZE

12-14 Female Team
Megan Lee, Erica Seo, Jae Shin, BRONZE

12-14 Cadet Pairs
Hannah Mooney and Ethan Sen, BRONZE

31+ Male Team
Anh Nguyen, Huy Nguyen, Chau Truong, BRONZE

Coaches Huy Nguyen, David Turgeon, Barbara Brand, Jung Hwan Jin and Long Nguyen led a National Poomsae Team Fundraising Seminar this past weekend Sept. 10-11, 2016 in Mountain View, CA. The seminar was a success with over 75 in attendance. Over $9000 was raised for the US National Poomsae Team. Thank you to Master Chin Sonu of TaeKwon Kids for hosting!

The seminar covered both freestyle and recognized poomsae elements, and these elements were demonstrated by 27 national team members who were in attendance. The camp was also a chance for these national team members to come together and train as a national team for the first time.

You can watch a video summary of the seminar edited by Coach Long Nguyen here:

The recognized poomsae division members of the 2016 US National Poomsae were selected  on August 26-27, 2016 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The competition level was very high with an outstanding level through all divisions. The results for both recognized and freestyle poomsae have been posted at:

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Taekwondo/Features/2016/August/28/2016-National-Poomsae-Team-Members

Registration for the 2016 National Poomsae Team Training camp, to be held on Sept. 10-11, 2016 in Mountain View, CA, is now open on USAT Hangastar. Don’t miss this chance to train with US National Poomsae Team coaches and athletes!

Read more about the camp at this link.

Thank you to Mr. James Kim and Best Martial Arts / Mooto USA for sponsoring much of the cost of this amazing package. Thanks also to our generous donors, the coaching staff and seminar hosts for helping to provide the remaining funds! Each of the 40+ team members this year will receive this package at no cost to them thanks to everyone’s efforts.

The US National Poomsae Team is pleased to announce the US National Poomsae Training camp on Sept. 10-11, 2016 in Mountain View, CA. Don’t miss this chance to train with US National Poomsae Team coaches and athletes!

For more information, visit:

https://poomsae-usa.com/us-national-poomsae-team-camp-mountain-view-ca-sept-2016/

Registration will be available online at USAT Hangastar soon.

Thank you to Miracles Taekwondo, and Grandmaster Jae Jin Kang, Master Suhan Kang and 4x World Champion Master Suji Kang for donating the proceeds of their poomsae seminar on June 4, 2016 to the US National Poomsae Team. They raised $1000 for our USA Team athletes – this was a very generous gesture and much appreciated!

Team USA Poomsae earned 5 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze medals at the 2016 Pan American Poomsae Championships in Queretaro, Mexico on June 8-9, 2016. The results were as follows:

Female Team Standing – 2nd Overall, Team USA
Male Team Standing – 2nd Overall, Team USA

18-30 Female Individual
Carissa Fu, BRONZE

18-30 Male Individual
Sebastian Choi, SILVER

31-40 Female Individual
Kathy Do, SILVER
Amanda Rosbarsky, BRONZE

31-40 Male Individual
Kwangjin Ha, GOLD
Justin Wang, SILVER

41-50 Female Individual
Thoa Nguyen, GOLD
Elva Adams, SILVER

41-50 Male Individual
Stephen Humphries, Finals (Top 8)
Christopher Hillyer, Finals (Top 8)

51-60 Female Individual
Thu Doolittle – SILVER

61+ Male Individual
Joseph Bennett – GOLD

18-30 Mixed Pairs
David Chan and Carissa Fu – BRONZE

31+ Mixed Pairs
Jennifer Glagola and Christopher Hillyer – SILVER

18-30 Female Team
Michelle Chen, Carissa Fu, Miyako Yerick – SILVER

31+ Female Team
Elva Adams, Kathy Do, Thoa Nguyen – GOLD

31+ Male Team
Kwangjin Ha, Jason Hwang, Justin Wang – GOLD

USA Pan American University Waiver Athletes also gave strong performances in very competitive divisions.

Photo credit: @MBSerrano7 and MundoTaekwondo.com