AFG Taekwondo

The Regional Poomsae Championships was held last may 31, 2009 at the Sacred Heart Gym, Mango Avenue, Cebu City. The Poomsae championships was held simultaneously with the Smart New Face of the Year Taekwondo Tournament. There are two categories namely, the individual and the team categories with each category having eleven divisions. Team AFG competed in the Grade school boys 9 -10 yrs. old (yellow and blue belts) and Grade school girls 9 - 10 yrs. old (red and brown belts) which are in the individual category. In the team category, the team competed in the Grade school girls 9 -13 yrs.old (yellow to black belts). Keen Nathaniel A. Pansoy and Lyan Dominic Millana won bronze medals in the grade school boys division, individual category while Zasha Alexei Rara won the silver medal in the grade school girls division, individual category. Muriella Jane Nallos, Maedelle Joanne Nallos and Jan Angel Golle competed in the grade school girls, individual category as well as the grade school girls, team category.

The poomsae championships was held successfully but it was definitely riddled with many discrepancies and lapses. One of these lapses is that the guidelines did not specify if the contestants will perform the old style or the new one thereby resulting in some contestants performing the old style and the others the new style. There are many differences in the two styles. Another lapse is that the organizers should observe propriety. By this, they should not have allowed an instructor to be one of the judges when that instructor has students that are also participating in the competition because he can be biased in favor of his students. We hope that in the next competition, these lapses will be ironed out so that it will be fair to all the practitioners who will be joining the competition.