Soyfur Rahman - Taekwondo Blog

ITF Euros - Finals

2010-05-19T10:09:00.000-07:00

If you want to watch the finals from the ITF European Championships they're available on the official website.

Check out ITFEuroChamp2010.se and select 'films' on the left side. Enjoy =)

One More Week!!!

2010-05-08T10:02:00.000-07:00

Yes that's right I will be back to training this time next week! My uni semester finishes next friday and I hope to jump straight back in the gym.

Update from my last post... Matt did well and won a bronze medal although he went there for gold. I haven't seen the fights yet but I heard he performed really well. AND don't forget guys this blog is just my opinion I don't mean any offence (last post got me in a bit of trouble lol).

I should be doing work as I write this so I'll leave you with an ITF taekwondo highlight video I edited. Enjoy =)

ITF Euros 2010

2010-04-25T06:48:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don’t know my Taekwondo background is ITF style and the ITF European Championships are taking place next weekend in Sweden. My good friends Matt Cadle and Jennifer Pena are competing for England.

Jen got robbed of the individual spot even though in my opinion she is the best -52kg female in the country. However she is still doing team events. Matt is light weight World Champion but he has been hindered by injury for that illusive European title. He’s been on a long hard road for this and I know, as well as he does, that he is capable of bringing it home!

Good luck to everyone else competing, check back on the 2nd of May for results.

[Picture of me and Matt from Canada 07 & me and Jen from London Open 08]

Everything Happens For A Reason

2010-04-22T13:07:00.000-07:00

I’ve been neglecting my blog recently so here’s a quick update. I had a groin injury from last year and I pulled it again at training one week before ‘Talent2012’ so had to pull out! Which was a big disappointment because I felt great at training and I know I would have killed it. But I’m a strong believer of everything happens for a reason so we will see what happens.

Haven’t been able to go back to training as I’m swamped with uni work! So will give you an update soon hope you’re all well :)

Can I kick it?

2010-03-21T11:23:00.000-07:00

Most of you won't know about the BTCB talent identification programme 'Talent2012 Fighting Chance' ahead of the 2012 Olympic games. I applied back in December and was one of the 150 males selected, from over 1000 applications, for phase 1.

Phase 1 included sprint, flexibility, leg strength tests and also sparring. Some of the tests were a bit silly for example holding a side kick at shoulder level. I held it for 10secs (lol) but I guess they wanted to test us on a wide range of exercises. Sparring was most heavily weighted in terms of importance and the judging panel included Sarah Stevenson as well as team GB coaches.

I think I performed quite well and I guess it was good enough as I've been selected for phase 2. Which is going to be at the Elite Taekwondo Academy in Manchester next weekend so I'm training hard for that and gonna do my best to kick ass!

Click for more info on 'Talent2012 Fighting Chance'. Thanks for the support =)

Student Nationals Update

2010-03-08T07:42:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, just an update on the Student National Championships that just went last weekend. As you can see in the picture above I won! :) Had four fights in all which was good as I needed as much time in the ring as possible. The standard was not bad and this is a good platform to build off for upcoming tournaments. The competition overall wasn't great (a 12 hour day!) but a good effort for a student organisation.
And a big thanks to Terrence (Brighton uni coach) and the rest of the Brighton team for a great weekend.

Have a good week! See you soon.

Flame On!

2010-02-28T02:33:00.000-08:00

The news article is on my success at last years BSTF (British Student Taekwondo Federation) National Championships held at Durham University. This year it will be held in Aylesbury on March the 7th so I'm currently training hard for that. The tournament is a good standard however it is not recognised by the BTCB. Saying that it is an important taekwondo event for students.

Check out the links in the sidebar :) peace out!
[Click the picture to enlarge]

I have a blog!

2010-02-27T14:02:00.000-08:00

Yo! So I've decided to start blogging my taekwondo life. Why? for a number of reasons...

keep everyone up-to-date with tournaments and training
build up a 'profile' for sponsorship
and also help generate some money for my taekwondo expenses

That's all for now so hope you enjoy and check back soon. Peace.