KCCN trains 60 coaches in latest techniques in taekwondo

The Korean Cultural Centre, Nigeria (KCCN) has trained 60 coaches in the latest techniques in the game of taekwondo.

The third edition of the KCCN taekwondo coaches’ seminar which started in Abuja last Friday, was concluded on Saturday with standout coaches rewarded at the end of the programme.

The Chief Coach of KCCN, Ogunmuyiwa Gbolahan, said the participants were drawn from 25 institutions and clubs across the country.

Gbolahan said the two-day seminar is targeted at bringing instructors up to speed on the latest developments in taekwondo.

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“Our attention is on grassroots taekwondo because we want to develop it at the community level.

“The KCCN has the tradition of developing grassroots taekwondo in the country. So, we have gone far and wide through the length and breadth of the country to develop the game in whatever capacity we can.

“The aim is to train the trainers so that when they return to their respective organisations, they will pass on the knowledge,” Gbolahan said.

Speaking on the seminar, Dominic Bassey, the most senior blackbelt in Nigeria taekwondo, said the seminar would help coaches avoid injuries during training sessions.

“The sessions have to do with the basic methods of applying techniques so that they will not injure anyone. This training is very important.

“For example, many people don’t know that frog jumping is no longer important because of the knee. It causes arthritis but now we have a method of doing the lap exercise. It’s what we call the North Korean Walk,” he said.

Bassey, the Grandmaster of taekwondo in Nigeria, said this method requires one to bend down and then move the legs one after the other slowly.