Archive for June 2012

Taekwondo Austrian Open 2012 (Innsbruck)

On the 2nd and 3rd of June the Austrian Open Taekwondo event at the city of Innsbruck was held. Flying or training from Holland to Austria is not really an option because of the travelling costs. So this event has to be reached by car. When driving in “eco-mode” ( although nowadays there are not a lot of “drive at will” stretches on the Autobahn)  the 850 kilometers takes around 8 to 9 hours to drive. After a day taking pictures around the fields driving home is not really a fun thing to do. But hey … I took a lot of good pictures home so can’t complain ;>

The event itself was of high standards with a little less than 1100 contestants. I have seen more head kicks and flying in these two days than most of the other events combined.  Excellent organization with no crazy times and good security. Security was even too good since I was asked at least 3 times if I had accreditation. Since the cords on the press card were finished I had to wear mine in my pocket .. hence it was not visible for the security.

Pictures can be found under:

http://www.pascal-franssen.com/index.php/tkd-austrian-open-2012-sat/

http://www.pascal-franssen.com/index.php/tkd-austrian-open-2012-sun/