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2015 – Ottawa’s Sabum Curtis Lu has won four gold medals for Taekwon-do
In just two months, Ottawa’s Sabum Curtis Lu has won four gold medals for taekwondo in local and international tournaments.
The 19-year-old’s first two golds came on June 13, during the Gen. Choi Legacy World Cup. That tournament, held at Algonquin College here in Ottawa, honours one of taekwondo’s founders, Korean major-general Choi Hong-Hi, who passed away in 2002. The event drew in more than 300 competitors from around Canada, the United States and Pakistan.
Lu won in sparring and patterns, which requires athletes to cycle through precise movements to show their strength and discipline.
Ottawa’s taekwondo team at the USTF tournament near Boston.
Lu’s next win came just last month on July 25, during the USTF International open taekwondo championship held west of Boston, Massachusetts. Facing opponents from more than five countries, Lu walked away with two more gold medals, again for sparring and pattern black belt division.
The larger Canadian team, all of whom were from Ottawa, also brought home another gold and a bronze medal from the competition.
Raised by two taekwondo masters, Lu was training before he started elementary school.
“I was technically three when I started, but I’ve been around it since I was born,” he says.
Lu currently holds a third degree black-belt. Although black is the highest belt colour one can achieve, it has different ranks, each harder to achieve than the last. Lu’s two sisters are second degree black belts, his mother is an eighth, and his father, taekwondo legend Phap Lu, is a ninth degree black belt.
“It’s a family affair,” Lu laughs, adding that only a handful of people in the world have a ninth degree like his father. “I’d say around 10 or so. It’s a lifelong journey.”
Curtis Lu’s father was a member of General Choi Hong-hi’s inner circle, and he helped the founder spread his new martial art across the world. Now, Phap Lu owns multiple Lu’s Taekwondo training gyms here in Ottawa.
Aside from training and winning taekwondo tournaments, Curtis Lu also studies Marketing at the University of Ottawa. He plans to follow in his parents’ footsteps by continuing his training and eventually running the gyms.
“The big plan is to take over my dad’s school,” he says.
Lu has his eye on an upcoming September tournament in New York City, but it may interfere with his school schedule. Regardless, you’ll definitely want to keep an eye out for what this promising local athlete will win next.
2015 – General Choi Legacy World Cup Division Sheet
Online Registration for Gen. Choi Legacy World Cup Canada 2015
Link for registration:
http://tkd-events.com/Events/lu-s-taekwon-do/lu-s-taekwon-do/40-2015-gen-choi-legacy-world-cup
– May 14, deadline for early bird registration
– May 31, 2015 Deadline for registration! no door registration!
Thank you for your great supports! so far we have confirmed countries from: Spain, Latvia, Mexico, Puerto-Rico, USA, Ethiopia, South Africa, Pakistan, China, and across Canada !!!
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Gen. Choi Legacy World Cup Canada 2015
Gen. Choi Legacy World Cup Canada
June 13th 2015 Ottawa, Canada
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
World Cup Registration forms:
• All registrations MUST be done on line $60,$30 for Obstacles course children under 5. Deadline for registration May 13th,2015. Late registration after deadline $100. . PLEASE add $35 for the banquet if you plan to attend!, gmphaplu@gmail.com, tel: 1-613-266-5142
• ON-LINE REGISTRATION ONLY PLEASE:
http://tkd-events.com/Event/lu-s-taekwon-do
• Tournament site: Algonquin College Woodroffe Campus Gymnasium
• ABSOLUTELY NO REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR or REFUND!
• TOURNAMENT will start at 8am sharp; Opening Ceremony will be at 11am with competitors marching into the Stadium!
• Coaches NEED to email in for ID registration( NO ID NO COACHING IN THE RING) : peggy.seely@bell.net
• Only Coaches and Competitors will be allowed in the ring areas for security reasons
• VIPs will be provided ID for security check in !
You book your own hotel and arrange your own transportation at your convenience and choices through internet!!
7:30 Saturday, June 13th 2015 60th TaeKwon-Do Anniversary Special Banquet!!
$35 per ticket, first come first serve. KIM’s Restaurant, 1766 Carling Avenue.
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COMPETITORS MANDATORY SPARRING PROTECTION:
• Helmet, hands & feet sparring gears, mouth guard, Safety cup for male competitor.
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2014 General Choi’s Legacy Cup
Date: June 7, 2014
General Choi’s Legacy Cup
Location: Algonquin College, Woodroffe Campus
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Host: Lu’s Taekwon-Do
www.lustaekwondo.com
Sanctioned by: Chan Hun Ryu ITF Taekwon-Do Federation
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For more information contact itfhq@itfchr.org; Master Peggy Seely, Secretary General