February was once again a good month for the ATN-Taekwondo Sport Program as we continued to develop this sport in Rwanda. We were able to officially hire Placide Bagabo, the Secretary General of the Rwanda Taekwondo Federation to work full time for the federation. We were able to continue with the Taekwondo Peace Corps program… Read More

In January, 2012, Martin Koonce took two of Rwanda’s top Taekwondo competitors to Cairo Egypt for the 2012 London Olympics Qualification Tournament. Irenee Bagire and Placide Bagabo traveled to Cairo with Coach Koonce to represent Rwanda as all the nations of Africa assembled to compete for eight spots in the Olympics for men and eight… Read More

  We spent the weekend of November the fifth and sixth training in Taekwondo movements, routines, and Olympic style competition. We had over thirty athletes of advanced levels with eighty-five percent being from Rwanda but also from Congo and Burundi. They were taught by Peter Kamau and Martin Koonce from ATN. Peter is the assistant… Read More

This month Martin Koonce continued to assist and train the Taekwondo athletes of Rwanda. Two sessions were held focusing on improving technique and preparing for international competition. They are learning to properly train as well as teach others the art of Taekwondo and grow this sport in Rwanda. As well they worked on character development… Read More