My first ITF tournament! (Yellow stripe vs. Yellow belt)

Finals lightweight division - Ottawa Color Belt Classic Tournament 2014
I was the short guy...white belt/yellow stripe.

[sijm]

Both move extremely well - good balanced fight guys, well done!
Your instructors should feel rightly proud. 🙏

[emidl]

I'm soooo nervous for my exam this month, I don't even know how to fight well enough!! I'm a white belt passing to a yellow stripe

Update a year later: I'm a green belt now and still keeping at it!!!! :D

Update, I'm a blue belt now and participated in the 1st tkd world cup, won two medals- damn-

[jaymaniak]

Good form and very good kicks for the belts they have.

[sharonliu]

Good job I was there also that was my first competition but i competited in the team patterns category

[bomberanian]

Just started watching this. First belt exam is coming up on like december 9 so I really hope I pass. Started taekwondo like a month ago. Broke my first board a bit ago too. I'm kinda confident that I'll be able to pass.

[FrankFondue]

Bro, i was watching this, and i was like, why aren’t they throwing any kicks. Then it dawned upon me that I throw way too many kicks with no time between them

[alexnordenbjork]

I just passed a yellow belt, trust me i Will be one of the best in the world

[Legit_X]

0:43 the way he blocked the guy’s kick with his foot just amazes me

[Rey-webx]

Seldom I see such moves from a white and a yellow belt Looks like they’re being trained well. Good job to both.

[theepicbrotherandsister]

Awesome move witch is better good or great?

[WyteChinpira]

When I was a yellow belt I was not fluid like you, used to be very fidgety. Very Impressive!

[SaftonYT]

What level of contact was this? I know most official ITF tournaments are semi-contact, though there are apparently some full-contact ones floating around.

[eobardthawne]

I remember my first time as a yellow belt going up against another yellow belt, I did a spinning hook kick but I injured his back, I kind of went a little bit more easy on him after that, I asked if he was okay and everything, after the fight, we both hugged each other and shook hands, lol.

[Miltiadiss]

You are very good for white belt!!
P.s. I'm black belt

[fionalee]

I am green belt I take champion last week sparring

[jeon_ara]

I'm also from ITF but Red strip Black belt and going to give Black belt test.

[stun]

No way…the little guy won that by a country

[scgn]

Can't wait to start taekwondo which is better ITF OR WTF?

[randomstuff]

Great movement and form is pretty good. Try to use punch-then-kick combinations when you block a kick. Good ol' 1, 2 Anuro chaggi works great and then you can just add another 1, 2 and keep going (of course it won't last forever but you probably will get points until your opponent figures out how to counter it).
Also try to enter with more durakamiyo yop chaggi and then start guburyo sogi spam, works great.

[geoalexander]

whats your age at the day you fight in that video? i'm practicing TKD ITF at 19 yo (kinda late actually) and i'm gonna have my exam coming up at sept 30 for white yellow stripe or even yellow if my i'm doing great, kinda want to ask shall i start sparring as soon as possible? because i heard from my instructor there is sparring session in yellow belt rank