ST. PETERS--Second Dan (degree) Black belt, Lee-Ann Liu will lead the St. Maarten Taekwondo team at the 2018 USA International Martial Arts Festival in Orlando this weekend. Nine athletes with a support staff of ten lead by Grand master Theo Liu will represent the Friendly Island against teams from Aruba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, U.S.A., U.S. Virgin Islands and Venezuela.
The team flies out today and will return October 30. The youngest member of the team is six-year-old Rique-Lee Rosalia. There are two seven-year-olds, Zoë Fer and Lucas Brouwer. There is one nine-year-old, Malik Richardson. One 10-year-old, Leomar Dolphin. Two 11-year-olds, Geisha Lee Rosalia and Jacquelle Johnston plus 13-year-old Shekinah Carbon.
St. Maarten will be competing in in forms, called Taeguks, sparring and breaking.
The competition uses the Olympic style World Taekwondo electronic scoring system with the athletes wearing chest, head and feet protectors.
