2008 us open taekwondo championship

[ComedianFrank912]

those dudes need to keep their hands up

ps i went to the elite tkd champion ship [:

[bigmikechampiontkd]

i keep watching this fight an its real funny. specially looking at the guy in red coach an how the ref keeps starting him out the ring lmao.

[justdoitTKD]

wheres he from?

[bigmikechampiontkd]

i dont know the correct spelling but i think its gunea africa

[jam2robe]

Balla is from Senegal..he and this Bantam weight guy from Benine came and trained with us for a while after the US Open before the went to France to go train..

[bigmikechampiontkd]

man i would love to cross train with u guys an have my too sons train with u guys too i know we could learn alot more.

[jam2robe]

yeah it's pretty intense there, the sparring...it's a good class atmosphere though despite all the really high level athletes..like everyone is there to help eachother out you know so it works well..

[levovinam]

You're right, he's name is BALLA DIEYE from Senegal(West Africa).

We were in the University in Senegal before he went to France.

[justdoitTKD]

whoa. now i know the meaning of ring management

[justdoitTKD]

where is this guy from and howd he do at the us open? what division does he fight?

[dannyterrio]

He got silver at U.S. Open. It shows he fought in the Featherweight division (Up to 67 kgs which is about 147lbs).

[MPWTAEKWONDO]

if you get a chance, can you post the match where Balla was defeated by Jerome Cabanatan from canada (in the final)?

thanks!

[bigmikechampiontkd]

yea this balla dieye has been around for awhile google his name an u will see some of his old youtube fights he was very fun to watch i got one more of his fight were he lost to canada

[dannyterrio]

Man that other guy didn't want anything to do with him. Good power, very athletic and very good ring management