Mitchell Farrelly (left), Kevin Kim, Liam McIntosh, Christopher Kim and Jason Kim (coach) were among Australia's best at this year's Haidong Gumdo world championships in South Korea.
THE Kim family of Wamboin has proved it’s not one to be trifled with after returning from this year’s Haidong Gumdo World Championships in South Korea with a swag of medals.
Haidong Gumdo is a traditional South Korean martial art focusing on swordsmanship and Canberra’s contingent to the championships was led by local master Jason Kim.
Kim’s three sons: Ben, Kevin and Chris all returned with medals from the competition with Chris and Ben both securing gold.
“It’s more than I expected,” Kim said. “Three years ago we took a Canberra team to the championships for the first time and we came back with one silver medal so it’s a big improvement.
“The boys were training extra days and extra hours heading into the championships so everyone has put a lot of time into it.”
It total, Canberra’s contingent at the championships collected two gold and six bronze medals; half the Australian team’s overall total.
Sutton’s Liam Redditz performed strongly at the championships, collecting three bronze medals.