Markham Taekwondo Academy and Martial Arts

2026 ONTARIO PROVINCIAL GAMES
June 27th (Sparring) & June 28th (Poomsae) in Oakville!

We can't say enough how proud we are of our team. We continue to make history! This was our second ever provincial championship and just like last year, we were one of the biggest teams. However, this time we managed to earn much better results! We had to overcome a lot just to step on the mats this weekend but our athletes/parents all buy in 100% and trust the coaches and our plan and that is how greatness can be achieved!

We sent 17 Poomase athletes & 5 Sparring Athletes.
ALL 5 Sparring athletes medaled and showed much better improvements from last time. For Poomsae, we earned 17 Medals with 8 of them being GOLD. While its not all about the medals, we continue to set the bar higher and higher each time and for a high performance program, results matter.

We want to take a moment to acknowledge all the new schools, athletes and coaches we saw this weekend for the first time at the provincials. This year's event had double the amount compared to last year, making this an even tougher provincial games! The future in Ontario is very bright and we only continue to grow stronger together!

Here are our team results from the weekend:
- Stanford Chen Cadet Male -53kg BRONZE Medalist
- Hannah Wong Cadet Female -55kg BRONZE Medalist
- Colette Chan Junior Female -55Kg Bronze Medalist
- Nia Sondagar Junior Female -42kg Silver Medalist
- Caylee Truong Junior Female -49kg Silver Medalist
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- Horace Cadet Male Individual SILVER & Cadet Pair GOLD
- Hannah Cadet Pair GOLD
- Emily & Karson Cadet Pair BRONZE
- Vanessa, Naomi & Keola Cadet Female Team GOLD
- Leanna, Colette & Hayley Junior Female Team SILVER
- Master Emily, Jaya, Meere U30 Female Team SILVER
- Brayden, Daniel & Peyton Cadet Male Team GOLD

Our philosophy of training both Poomsae & Kyorugi at a high level for ALL our students continues to pay off and the results speak for themselves. 22 PROVINCIAL MEDALS FOR THE HOME TEAM! Congratulations to our High Performance Athletes!

We will be CLOSED on Wednesday for CANADA DAY!

MTA will also be CLOSED this weekend for the 2026 Provincial Games in Oakville Tomorrow & Sunday. We will be sending 5 Sparring Athletes & 17 Poomsae Athletes! Making us one of the biggest teams for a 2nd year straight!
Let's wish our team luck as they look to secure their spot on Team Ontario!

Attention Members
Today is our Colour Belt Testing day so ALL CLASSES are cancelled. Goodluck to everyone testing tonight!

Blackbelt World Championships Day 2 (Sunday June 7th) Photos:
MTA sent 17 Recreational Blackbelts & 5 High performance sparring athletes. This was another long day of over 850+ competitors including over 250 High Performance Sparring Athletes from all over the country and even the US. This is probably the highest level competition that Ontario has to offer. Medals are far from guaranteed when there are over 20 competitors in 1 division but that is what makes it such a valuable experience for the athletes. Win or lose, there is a lot to be gained and learned from.

It was great to see some of the countries best athletes do battle and even get to compete with some of them. As always, our team showed out and won plenty of medals but beyond that we are proud of the courage and determination they showed on such a tough stage. Special shoutout to ALL our high performance sparring athletes for competing hard, keeping the matches close and showing improvements from last time out. Also congratulations to Colette, who won 3 hard fought matches against very tough competition and made it all the way to the finals. She lost against arguably one of the best Female Sparring Athletes in the country in the finals and earned the silver medal in a division of 10 girls. This was a standout performance!

Thank you to our Coaches, Master Emily, Loreena & Aidan. We are lucky to have such a great team! It was a very long 2 days but totally worth it. Our small club from Markham continues to grow and put a stamp on the Taekwondo Map!

Blackbelt World Championships Day 1 (Saturday June 6th) Photos:
MTA sent 7 competitors and 4 referees to participate on Saturday. Master Emily & Ivy both competed with injuries in Poomsae and still won GOLD. Jayden Chau, one of our competition team students won Double GOLD for a second straight tournament! We had some of our recreational colour belt students compete for just their second time and show great improvements! We could not be more proud of everyone. There was over 850+ competitors this day!
Our referees Caylee, Instructor Aidan, Nia & Leanna all did a great job. Leanna was 1 of 2 referees selected out of over 50 referees on the day as "Best Female Referee" What an incredible achievement and thank you to the OTA Referee committee for your acknowledgement. As a Club we have earned many "Best Referee" awards and we are proud as a club to not only produce high level athletes and instructors but also high level referees.
All in all, a great experience. Stay tuned for Day 2 pics and results.

Attention Members,
Please note that MTA will be CLOSED this Saturday for the Blackbelt World Competition at the Markham Pan Am Centre. We will have over 30 athletes competing! Lets wish our team luck!
No Classes Saturday June 6th!!!!

ATTENTION MEMBERS!
Tomorrow is our May Colour Belt Testing Day, ALL CLASSES will be cancelled. Please submit all testing forms today if you have not already!!