To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, GB Taekwondo are launching a brand new talent search. Desirable but not essential is a background in Kickboxing, Karate, Tang Soo Do (karate based Korean martial art), Muay Thai or Thai Boxing.
Athletes, from other dynamic, explosive and sporting backgrounds will also be strongly considered. “Essential,” says talent scout, Derek Morgan, on the lookout for athletes with the potential to compete at the 2024 and 2028 Paralympics in Paris and Los Angeles “Is a strong motivation to ‘fight’; and enjoy a combat environment.”
Applicants should be aged 14 onwards and possess an ability to meet the K43 and K44 para classifications. These include athletes with unilateral arm amputation (or equivalent loss of function) or loss of toes which impact the ability to lift the heel properly.
Successful candidates will operate at -61kg, -75kg and +75kg (men) and -49kg, -58kg, +58kg (women).
Taekwondo is one of only two new Paralympic sports at Tokyo 2020, 12 years after the inaugural Para Worlds and another four before the sport was created.
To submit your expression of interest to GB Taekwondo, please follow the link below
http://www.gbtaekwondo.co.uk/talent-pathway/expression-of-interest/para/