AAU TEAM TO TRAVEL TO GERMANY

 On Wednesday, February 16^th, 35 members of the National AAU Junior and Senior Taekwondo Teams will be traveling to Bonn, Germany to participate in the 2005 German Open.   Accompanying these athletes will be Women’s Team Coach Terry Geautraux, Men’s Team Coach Michael Sanchez, National Head Coach Jean Lopez and Team Manager Skip Valle.  Special guest coach for this competition will be none other than the current US Gold Medalist, Mr. Steven Lopez!  Executive Committee Members Mike Friello, Mark Giambi, and Scott Fiorillo will also be traveling with the teams.  

 National Chair, Mr. Friello notes ‘this will be our first team exposure to the European circuit and we have very high hopes in the way of performance.  Our 2005 Teams are without a doubt the very best we have ever assembled and we’ve heard nothing but high accolades from those International Referees who have had the opportunity to witness their performance/abilities first hand.” 

 Later this year our Teams will also return to the Washington, DC area to defend their title as the #1 Team at the East Coast Open Championship.  “Between these two prestigious events we are hoping to give our Team Members the highest exposure possible to the very best, both nationally and internationally”, says Master Friello.