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Loud shouts and the kicks couldn't stop British girl to get the world
Champion
July 2018—according to WT official website, Junior World Champion Jordyn Smith maintains balance on and off the mat.
Two days at school in her hometown, Falkirk, Scotland and three days in Manchester, England where she trains with GB Taekwondo World Class Performance Program make up Jordyn’s week.
However, she appears to be striking the perfect balance as she demonstrated this week at the World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia where she won gold in the -44kg weight category.
“I’m just doing it part time at the moment. Once my exams are finished in May I’ll be training five times a week,” she says. “All the staff at GB are really helpful and really supportive of the school.
I always have meetings at the start of the week so I can slot in times when I can do my study as well as training.”
“I remember going into my first session and being scared of all the loud shouts and the kicks. I used to always run out and hide behind my Dad. But I remember a couple of weeks in, my Dad said this is the last time I’m taking you if you don’t like it.
There must have been something in me that day because I said ‘no, I want to do it.’ I think as long as you enjoy the sport then definitely do it.”
“Ever since I was little Tokyo was my dream. It might be a bit of a big statement right now but it’s still possible.”
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