Vancouver was warm and sunny for the 2009 National Taekwondo Championships on May second and third. It was the first national event to adopt some of the new WTF sparring rules, including an 8 by 8 meter ring, 2-point spinning kicks, and 3-point head kicks.
 Sebastien Michaud delivers a front leg attack that leaves his opponent staggering. |
 Bernard Lorde scores a 2-point back kick |
 Woo-Jin Kwack takes a running jump kick in welter preliminaries. |
 Jerome Cabanatan makes a double kick attack in featherweight. |
 Jocelyn Addison attacks relentlessly in the final moments of the fly semifinal. |
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| 2009 Canadian National Championships | ||
| Female | ||
| Fin | Yvette Yong | Gold |
| Fly | Melanie Phan | Gold |
| Bantam | Ivett Gonda | Gold |
| Feather | Shannon Condie | Gold |
| Light | Jessica Johnson | Gold |
| Welter | Natasha Wright | Gold |
| Middle | Melissa Pagnotta | Gold |
| Heavy | Dasha Peregoudova | Gold |
| Male | ||
| Fin | Samuel Desjardins | Gold |
| Fly | Maikol Pinto | Gold |
| Bantam | Siddhartha Bhat | Gold |
| Feather | Jerome Cabanatan | Gold |
| Light | Jean-François Lebreux | Gold |
| Welter | Sebastien Michaud | Gold |
| Middle | François Coulombe-Fortier | Gold |
| Heavy | Michael Kitschke | Gold |
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As we can see the new rules did not have any major impact on the outcome of the gold medallists.
Combination of good coaching and good athletes made the adaptation.
Good luck to all of those going from world cup trials, interesting to see how the new rules are adapted at the international level.