U.S. Taekwondo Center Aurora

A reminder we will be closed on Memorial Day as we take time to honor and remember the heroes who sacrificed their lives for our country.

We are grateful for their courage and service. Wishing our USTC families a safe and meaningful holiday weekend.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mothers out there.

Thank you for all that you do! We truly appreciate you!

We’re excited to announce that USTC students are bringing home hardware from the 2026 Pan American Taekwondo Championships!

Please help use say CONGRATULATIONS to our champions! 🎈🍾🎉🎊

Master Joseph Coughlin - 🥈in pairs and 5th in individual!
Mrs. Dodie Thompson - 🥇in team and 🥉 in individual!
Alexa Darlin - 🥇in freestyle pairs!

The Pan American Taekwondo championships are the highest-level continental taekwondo championship in the Americas, where the best athletes from across North, Central, and South America compete for continental titles!

We are so incredibly proud of all of you! GO USTC! GO TEAM USA! 🇺🇸

Please help us wish GOOD LUCK to USTC members

Master Joseph Coughlin
Mrs. Dodie Thompson
Alexa Darlin

Who are in Brazil for the 2026 Pan American Championships representing TEAM USA as members of the US National team!

GOOD LUCK, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!

Last weekend, the University of Denver Taekwondo Club brought 10 athletes to the 2026 National Collegiate Taekwondo Association Collegiate National Championships (April 24-26), where more than 600 collegiate athletes from universities across the United States competed at the highest level of collegiate taekwondo.

Facing tough competition, the DU Taekwondo Club delivered an outstanding performance, bringing home 2 gold medals and 2 bronze medals.

The team is led by Head Coach, Master Sean Jung alongside Assistant Coach Iden Sheng. Over the years, US Taekwondo Center has proudly seen many of its students continue their martial arts journey at the University of Denver—both as competitors and graduates.

Taekwondo is truly a lifelong journey, proving that growth, learning, and competition don’t stop with age.

Congratulations to all of the athletes on an incredible performance!

Congratulations to students who successfully completed the April, color belt test! Everyone did such a great job, we are so proud of you!

Check out the action below!

Over the weekend our students competed at the Colorado state championships hosted in Parker, Colorado, where over 300 athletes came together to compete against the best in CO!

We took 30 athletes and came back with over 45 medals!

🥇- 24
🥈- 15
🥉- 6

The competition demo team got silver and our recreational demo team took home bronze!

Congratulations to all the students! We’re so proud of all the hard work you put into prepare for this event. We’re excited to see your growth this season!

“Thank you to our referees for your professionalism and commitment to fair competition, your knowledge helps our athletes improve and grow.

To our volunteers and board members—thank you for your time and dedication behind the scenes.

To our Grandmaster, coaches, parents, and families—thank you for your support and for helping these athletes grow and succeed.

And to our athletes—thank you for your hard work and passion. You are what makes this event special.”

From Master Sean Jung, Colorado state taekwondo association president

Great job everyone!

What an action packed weekend. Congratulations to all of the senior belts and black belts that rocked the first Senior belt test of the year! Thank you to all of the black belts that volunteered their time and came to support their juniors!

It was so great to watch everyone in action.

Congratulations to new black belts:

Aditi B.
Kayla G.
Matthew S.
Luna S.
Franchesca V.
Viktoriya W.
Gregory W.
Terrence TJ W.

Looking forward to all the wonderful experiences in your taekwondo journey!

Help us say congratulations to our team that went and competed at the 2026 US Open in beautiful Las Vegas over the weekend. The US Open is one of the toughest competitions in the United States and hosted over 3,000 athletes from all over the world this year.

Our team is bringing back some hardware!

Poomsae- the event was severly delayed with some athletes like Master Sean Jung competing at 10:30pm!

Master Joseph Coughlin - 🥈individual recognized

Master Sean Jung - 🥉individual recognized, beating Canada and falling short to the 2024 World Poomsae championship bronze medalist from France

Valerie Larson - fell short in round of 128

Dodie Thompson - 🥈in pairs recognized and fell short in quarterfinals individual recognized (competed at 10:00pm!)

Grant Larson - 🥉in individual freestyle, outscoring athletes from Mexico, Brazil and Spain

Alexa Darlin - 🥈in pairs freestyle, outscoring athletes from Vietnam and 9th in individual outscoring athletes from Mexico, Ireland and Puerto Rico

Sparring

Coraline Pillar - fell short in the round of 32

Valerie Larson - fell short in the round of 32, point gapping Mexico in rd of 64 and then losing to Costa Rica

We’re so proud of everyone’s accomplishments this weekend. Congratulations and great job everyone!

Please help us say congratulations to Master Joseph Coughlin and Mrs. Dodie Thompson for their success at the Canada open against fierce competiton this past weekend.

They bring home gold and silver medals home!

M. Coughlin - 🥇individual
Mrs. Thompson - 🥈individual

Congratulations 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼