Chip McLellan, chief instructor at the school, said forms are a patterned routine of self-defense and traditional tae kwon do moves.

The World Taekwondo Forms National Champions included Luis Valerdi in the male black belt 12-13 year-old division and Shreeya Ettireddy in the female intermediate 16-17.

The forms were judged on knowledge of the form, accuracy of movement, and the crispness of each form. The Jumbos, who study the older ITF school of Tae kwon-do, found themselves at a disadvantage. The ...

The Hopkins Sport Taekwondo club practices Olympic-style taekwondo and follows the rules set by the World Taekwondo Federation. All classes are led by a master from the USA Taekwondo Academy. In ...

At the AAU Taekwondo Nationals earlier this month in Las Vegas, Downing won championships in the 18-to-32-year-old black belt female division in World Taekwondo Forms and Point Sparring.