Forty participants across Nigeria are expected on converge in Abuja from June4th – 6th for Chika Chukwumerije Sports Foundation annual taekwondo training workshop for Under-20 athletes. The intensive three-day workshop which began in 2010 includes physical fitness training, tactical and technical sessions, where participants will be taught current training methods, techniques using the latest equipment.
Furthermore, special inspirational sessions will be conducted during the program me that allows interactions between the young participants and two iconic taekwondo figures in Nigeria – 2014 Commonwealth Gold Medallist, Ms. Josephine Esuku and 3-time NUGA Gold Medallist, Alhaji Sani Lawal. In another academiclike session, Technical Coordinator of the program, Chika Chukwumerije, who holds an MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management, and successfully organizes well-planned Taekwondo events, will hold an Event management course to expand the knowledge base and soft skills of the participants.
According to the host of the event, Mr Tony Anafulu, who is a board member of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation representing the North Central Zone, and jointpartner in this CCSFdriven project, “the program is specifically designed to complement the fantastic work being done by coaches all across the country in raising young athletes, by increasing the technical and tactical knowledge of participants.” For Chika, “the most important thing is to keep engaging these young ones, and exposing them so as to develop the wonderful talents they have, and most importantly starting to treat them now like the champions we know they are.”
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