Dream Together Master and Mexican Taekwondoist Arturo Rolando Álvarez Cárdenas, also known as Randy among his peers aspires to see Mexico’s flag at the Olympics and the World Taekwondo Championships one day under his coaching. Mexico has seven medals to show from the past five Olympic Games with one of them being Gold.
Randy completed his master’s degree in Global Sport Management from the Seoul National University last December. Randy is a former national Taekwondo champion at the junior level. His father is a former Olympian who participated in Taekwondo at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul 1988. Randy’s father is an eighth Dan Taekwondo coach of the National Team of Policemen and Firemen in Mexico. Randy’s father’s passion and motivation in Taekwondo inspired his son to follow in his footsteps.
Randy started his Taekwondo journey in 1995 at a tender age of four and has won a number of championships in Mexico. It is every athlete’s dream to represent his country and Randy has already done that. In 2008 Randy represented Mexico at the World Junior Championships in Izmir, Turkey.
As someone that has donned national team colours at the big stage, Randy’s father and some of Mexico’s taekwondo enthusiasts established a federation in 2014 to support the National Federation to identify talented athletes especially from the police and fire department in Mexico. Randy has since been appointed a manager and is one of the proud co-founders of the organisation.
Talking to me this morning, Randy said, “I chose South Korea to study sports as well as to learn more about Taekwondo, a sport Koreans cherish so much. During the DTM program, I have learnt a lot from the professors and my classmates. I had a great opportunity to attend a two-week 2018 WT Partnership Taekwondo Program in Taekwondowon in Muju where I met many taekwondoists and widened my network. During the program, I camped in Muju and learned new taekwondo skills from there as well. This experience inspired me to officially start our dream federation in Mexico today.”
“I strongly believe that I can help my dad to produce more internationally recognised athletes from Mexico. My dream is to become a team national coach and see my Mexican flag at the World Taekwondo Championships and Olympic podia sooner rather than later” Randy said.
Author: SiGo and Editor: Derrick Ntege | Wednesday, February 08, 2019
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