Competition preparation for forms, sparring, and weapon forms 
By Nick and Zack Bergollo, Ten Time National Champions in Forms, Weapons & Sparring 

When getting ready for competition, most of us practice our forms (katas), our weapon forms and our sparring.  It is important to make sure that the form flows as if it is second nature. At the competition however, your score is not based on the form alone.

Photo by Astrid Bidanec
Nick and ZacK Bergollo as KICK'07 Champions

What you need to know about Disney's Martial Arts Festival 
By Harry Bergollo

I find myself in unfamiliar place. Returning to Miami from an exhausting weekend in Orlando. It all started Thursday morning when I got up to go to work and culminated Sunday at Midnight. Needless to say, I am very surprised that neither my wife nor I collapsed from exhaustion somewhere along the way.

Photo by Harry Bergollo
Nick and Zack at Disney's MA Festival 2006

Mark Lopez and Charlotte Craig Win on Opening Day of 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Taekwondo

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. August 23, 2007--Charlotte Craig (Murrieta, Calif.) and Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) were victorious on the opening day of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Taekwondo on Thursday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Craig won the female fin/flyweight division with a 7-0 victory over Alexis Martinez (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), and Lopez took the men's bantam/featherweight final by withdrawal over Chris Martinez (Sugar Land, Texas).