{"id":11591,"date":"2018-12-21T12:12:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T11:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.kct.pl\/?p=11591"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:17:32","slug":"summary-of-the-15th-saint-nicholas-taekwon-do-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kct.pl\/en\/summary-of-the-15th-saint-nicholas-taekwon-do-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of the 15th Saint Nicholas Taekwon-do Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tThe 15th Saint Nicholas Taekwon-do Tournament is now behind us. Although it has been a tradition of our club for 15 years, this year\u2019s event was exceptional in several respects. The most important was the highest number of participants of all 15 MTTs. On 15 December, as many as 176 competitors appeared at the KS Orze\u0142 sports hall, not counting siblings and guardians! It was also one of the best-organized competitions we have attended recently.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything began at 9:00, when the Ma\u0142e Smoki began arriving at the sports hall. The 3- and 4-year-olds were the first to have a chance to demonstrate their skills. They had to complete an obstacle course, which included, among other things, a forward roll and exercises on a coordination ladder. At the end of the course, they found speed-kicking stations, which were a separate event. Additionally, those who wished could use their flexibility and compete for a medal in the splits. Later, it was the turn of the 5- and 6-year-olds, who faced the same events, although the course had been modified and the time for the speed-kicking event extended. Age comes with its responsibilities :D It is also worth mentioning that some parents of the Ma\u0142e Smoki did not want merely to participate passively in the tournament and signed up for soft-stick fights. After what we saw, we can only conclude that our young charges need to train their guardians at home.<\/p>\n\n\t\t