News & stories
Follow WTA students and the team-mates, coaches and clubs around them in Malaysian taekwondo.
From the World Championships
Chin Ken Haw shared team bronze with Augustine Linggi Randy Owen A. and Yeap Zhi Bin in Chuncheon. Malaysia finished with four podium results across the championships.
Ken’s World team bronze and Malaysia’s four podium results
Chin Ken Haw and his team-mates reached the Male Team Under 30 podium in Chuncheon. Follow their result and the wider Malaysian championship story.
Read the championship storyBefore and beyond the result
Read how WTA’s early seniors prepared for Poomsae competition and what they did after it.
- The work between the camps
- Sara Yap’s sporting and teaching story
- Jun Ee’s move into Brazilian jiu-jitsu
The work between the camps
Jin Kun, Sara Yap and Jun Ee trained together at WTA. Follow their work between national Poomsae camps and the results they went on to earn for Malaysia.
Sara Yap: from pair silver to individual gold
Sara won SEA Games silver with Jun Ee, then individual gold in Kuala Lumpur and Asian Games bronze. She also taught taekwondo at WTA.
Jun Ee takes on a second martial art
A SEA Games Poomsae medallist, Jun Ee later placed joint third in a white-belt masters division at the 2026 IBJJF Asian Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
Go further into WTA’s story
Meet the early senior group and follow the paths its members took.