Continued moments from the Youth Olympic Games Taekwondo

Russian Player youngest player at the YOG Taekwondo but had shown nice skills.

 Solid counter back thrust which was awarded two points for such technique.

The turning point backhook that gave the Korean player the gold medal.

Well overall, the Koreans have indeed played well. 3 gold medals out of four players. In fact the Koreans made the game interesting to watch. The guys match overall are kind of boring but not when the Koreans are playing. One can see how they move with their nimble footwork and sharpness of the kick that comes with feint or not. I like the footwork best the way they move and understand their players before performing the techniques. One more thing about watching an Olympic game and other games is with the way how the stage is made, it actually makes the game more interesting to watch. A central arena for the players. The environment seems really different.

Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Singapore 2010 - Taekwondo

It was exciting to watch the Taekwondo games at the Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010. That is the first thing I would say about the YOG as the female players really display good skills at the games. They showed their confidence at the games going for the head kicks whenever the opportunity arises. Although some players showed too much attempt getting the head score but there good attempts and scores which they did.

The opening matches were already exciting therefore entices one to watch further. Although some matches the disparity is too great but at the finals, players have the guts to go get what they want. Once they are ready they will just shoot out. Worawong Pongpanit from Thailand and Touran from Jordan showed that kind of confidence. At the 49kg female match, they showed great kicks and made it to the final. At the final, they made the game exciting and even at the last moment, they strive to go for the points. They had a tie at the last round which made the game even more exciting and at the next round it was Thailand who scored to get the gold medal.

The female under 44kg matches,  Romoldanova Iryna from Ukraine and Tuncer Seyma from Turkey showed great confidence when going for their kicks. Iryna just go for slamming at the timing when she is ready. Seyma too but lost to Valueva Anastasia from Russia at the semi finals and when Anastasia met Iryna at the final, Anastasia showed not only speed but also strength when she attacked. Iryna is slightly smaller in size but she still go for head kicks whenever possible but in the end Anastasis had known her techniques and managed to ride on her strength and accuracy to go for the gold medal.

The men's match however was kind of disappointing. Some games were alright but they do not seems as confident as the female players. There were some good scores but overall it seems that they were really cautious and sometimes they are just too cautious to even go for the scoring kick at the right timing.