Current News:

January 2010:  The National AAU Taekwondo Program announced two new Team Captains for the upcoming 2010 competition season. They are Men's Team Captain, Mr. Jermaine James of Cape Coral, FL and Women's Team Captiain, Ms. Emilia Morrow of Rockville, MD. "Both of these outstanding athletes have distinguished themselves for several years now, not just with the AAU Taekwondo Program, but the National USA Program as well. Each has earned a spot on the National AAU Team for the past several years and has enjoyed much success on the International circuit", said AAU Chairman Mike Friello. "And through it all Jermaine and Emilia have earned the respect and admiration of their fellow Team Members as well as the organizational staff. I couldn't be happier with the choice of these two captains."

January 2010:  The National AAU Taekwondo Program hosted the 2010 National Team Training Program in Stafford, VA the weekend of January 15-18. The Team actually consists of two separate teams, Junior (14-17 years of age) and Senior (18 years and older) each consisting of both male and female.

The 20 member Junior Team and 16 member Senior Teams are both chosen after an extremely rigorous selection process. To be considered each athlete must first qualify to participate at the AAU Taekwondo Program’s National Championship held each July, by placing at their local District or State Championship. From there the candidates must place in the top four spots at Nationals. Once they have distinguished themselves at that level, the top four finishers in each respective weight category (according to World Taekwondo Federation standards) are then invited to Team Trials where they must compete again in a round robin format which also includes the defending/current AAU Team member.

"These 36 athletes are the very best the AAU Taekwondo Program has to offer" says National Sport Chairman, Mike Friello. "They have endured and persevered through some highly contested competition and are now almost ready to represent the AAU Taekwondo Program at the highest level of International competition." The AAU Program has fielded International Teams for the past eight years and proven itself more than capable abroad. This year’s National Teams will be traveling to Alicante, Spain at the end of April to participate in the World Taekwondo Federation’s 'A' Rated Spanish Open.

Assisting with the finishing touches on the Team’s preparations will be the National coaching staff headed by Mr. Greg Tubbs of Plano, TX as well as Mr. Patrice Remarck (Alexandria, VA), Ms. Barbara Kunkel (Colorado Springs, CO), Ms. Arlene Limas (Stafford, VA), and Mr. Georgie Martinez (Aurora, CO). Joining this outstanding coaching staff will be Team Manager, Mr. Skip Valle of Elk Grove Village, IL.

"The AAU Taekwondo Program has assembled the very best coaching staff available in the United States", said Mr. Friello. "They include past World and Olympic Champions and have proven their coaching abilities through the training of dozens of Junior World and World Champions from among their own personal stables of Taekwondo athletes. In hand picking this coaching staff we were only interested in finding the very best this country has to offer visa vie the past results of their own personally trained students."

Some of these outstanding athletes will be representing the United States at the World Junior Championships scheduled for Mexico March 6-7 including Ms. Haley Kong, James Samotshozo, Seth Wolfe, and Nicole VanCleave.

Joining this very prestigious group of athletes will be the 2010 National AAU Cadet Team. These twenty-two 10-13 year old male and female Black Belts earned their spot by capturing the Gold Medal in their respective Weight categories at the 2009 National AAU Taekwondo Championship in Fort Lauderdale, FL last summer. "The AAU Taekwondo Program has taken a monumental step forward in the creation and assembly of the National Cadet Team. We are the first national Taekwondo organization to focus attention and resources on a National Team this young. By providing this kind of recognition and training, we are hoping to fully develop the grassroots athlete 'pipeline' which will be necessary to compete at the International level in the future" said Mr. Friello.
 

Nov 2009:  On November 6th, the USAT held its Youth Olympic Games Team Trials at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center.

The six athletes chosen will represent the US at the Youth Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico, March 3-4.
U.S. Athletes that place in the top six at the YOG Qualification Tournament will qualify for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, August 14-26.

The AAU Taekwondo Program is happy to see that of the six athletes who won on November 6th, two are current AAU Taekwondo Junior Team Members–Ms. Michelle Silva and Gregory English and two more are former AAU Taekwondo Junior Team Members–Ms. Selina Tubbs and Olie Burton. That’s four out of six!

AAU Taekwondo wishes all six of these athletes who made the team (including Ms. Jessie Bates of CA and Jeffrey Williams of Ill) the very best of luck in Mexico.
 

2009 AAU Junior and Senior Nationals will be held July 29-July 4 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  On line registration is available on the AAU Taekwondo website.

Registration deadline for this event - June 1, 2009

2008 AAU Nationals Results
 

May 5, 2008: Joe Ash and Baeplex Taekwondo hosted the 2008 Virginia AAU National Qualifier.  The event provided all athletes with a great competitive experience.

March 8-9, 2008: Congratulations to the AAU Junior and Senior National Teams who competed in the 2008 German Open. 

Olie Burton - Junior (-45) Gold
Annees Hasnain - Junior (-42) Gold
Samantha Saltamachia - Junior (-46) Gold
Selena Coopersmith Tubbs - Junior (-44) Gold
Emilia Morrow - Junior (-52) Silver
Jason Neville - Senior (-78) Silver

March 2, 2008: Potomac Valley Championship pulls 350 competitors from strong Region 2 teams including; RST, WTM, Team Xtreme and Powerkix.  See results below.....

November 4, 2007: Congratulations to Team Xtreme members!  The following athletes and coach have been selected as AAU Athletes Of The Year.  The athletes will be presented their awards at this years Region 2 AAU Sports Banquet being held on November 4, 2007.

Anna Borkowski
Marcus Munday
AJ Samba
Devoria Whitaker
Coach Jennifer Hastings

Upcoming Events

Certification

The AAU administers the foremost National Referees and Coaches licensing program in the country. Rigorous certification standards set by the AAU ensure the highest caliber of AAU Taekwondo tournaments recognized by practitioners throughout the country. Officials and Coaches must be certified by the Officials Program Administrator to officiate or coach at any AAU Sanctioned Taekwondo event.

Results

National Teams

*Allison Hall and Brandi Powers-Team Xtreme Members