Twenty competitors from Jue’s Taekwon-Do in Pleasanton qualified among 89 athletes to represent Team USA at the 2014 World Championships in Rome, Italy in July.
“These group of students are amazing. Most of them attend Amador and Foothill high schools, and all of them have fantastic grades,” said Gordon Jue, instructor at the Sunol Boulevard studio. “Many of them sacrificed other sports like soccer or swimming in order to participate in this sport.”
A majority of the local qualifiers are junior black belts, 12-17 years old, but the group will also feature competitors in two adult categories: 18-35 years old, and 36 and older. The local representatives consist of male and female athletes, Jue said.
The competition, set for July 23-27 and sanctioned by the International Taekwon-Do Federation, will include sparring, forms, power breaking and specialty breaking, according to Jue.
This is the fifth time a team from Jue’s Taekwon-Do will head to the World Championships, having sent competitors to Australia in 2007, England in 2008, South Korea in 2010 and Canada in 2012.
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