Leader staff

AB Taekwondo, in Slave Lake, sent seven athletes to the 2023 Korean Consul General Cup Taekwondo Championship on September 23 in Calgary.

“All seven athletes performed amazing,” says Ava Briones, co-owner of AB Taekwondo, “and improved a lot. It wasn’t easy, but they all pulled it through.”

High performance is a higher level than the other belts. Slave Lake had two competitors at this level.

Alexa (12) won gold in black belt sparring high performance.

Lana won bronze. She competed for the first time in the junior high performance black belt.

Five other competed in the regular belts.

Lamar (11) received gold in sparring. Jace (9) won gold in sparring.

Kelsy (12) won silver in poomsae and bronze in sparring.

Kelsy fought twice, winning the first fight for bronze and losing the silver match.

“It was a tight game,” says Briones.

Amber received silver in poomsae.

Wyatt (5) won bronze for sparring.

On October 14, AB Taekwondo is holding a sparring fest in St. Mary of the Lake Catholic school gym. It has classes from young kids to adults at is gym in Slave Lake.