Manchester Olympic Taekwondo Aaron Cook Round One

[KYUNGILNAM]

recently aaron lost many games. you are still very young. go aaron.

[sharkman170]

i met Aron Cook i Trelleborg open, he was fighting agaínst my friend! :D

[JasonNguyen94]

He is a good fighter =) I personally like Son Tae Jin more. Go Korea lol.

[tomstickey]

you do realize he was seventeen fighting in Beijing? he hasnt even developed his full power and speed yet, just wait until 2012, he got what fifth place then? Hes gonna be good in 2012, maybe not the best but its gonna be some good fights.

[moshizzle4life]

Hadi Saei is the best !!!!!

Iran !! woohooo

[shevegen]

No, Aaron is not the best. He enjoys to do many jump kick combinations but I dare believe his one-kick power is not the best. Steven had way better lead kick techniques than Aaron.

Look at 1:17, Aaron kicks, but falls down. Wtf... does he have no muscles?

[JasonNguyen94]

@shevegen Steven Lopez got knocked out by Aaron bro...

[isab399]

aaron cook is not the best!!!!!

w MAURO SARMIENTOOOOOOO

[Eshton1992]

Trust me for his age he is the best I've seen !

I would like to meet him one day.

[moshizzle4life]

haha

Hadi Saei Beat Him Badlyyyy!!

hadi was losing and he came back and won!!

HADI SAEI IS THE BEST !!!

[cRaShBrEaKeR17]

very nice video!!!!!aaron is very good!!!!in my opinion nikos tzellos from greece is much better and he will win when they play ogether at machester....!!!!!!!

[lukerollercoaster]

Aaron has fought tzellos before when they juniors, aaron won 3-0.....however i did see tzellos at dutch open this year very exciting fighter but very open just like aaron so it will be a good match to watch...

[isab399]

w mauro sarmiento

[p3r3z00]

W MAUROOOOOO ihihihi

[davedoes]

Are they alowed to throw punches?

[lukerollercoaster]

only to the chest guard, nt to the face

[xXLILRedIzDeaDXx]

i respect all martial arts but in my opinion ITF are just sore because they can't compete in the olympics. Still a good style though i know alot of people in ITF. I've seen Aaron fight alot and even met him in person he's a nice guy. Pretty short but built like a shithouse made of bricks. He's all MUSCLE!!!

[tkdvipers]

Aaron is not short hes tall for his age. He's not built like a shithouse either.

[MikeAsano]

Aaron's quite tall actually, I met him at the nationals in Manchester and was suprised to find he was taller than me. He just tends to look short becuase in his category everyone's a giant, Sarmiento here being a prime example - I think he's 6'8'' or something incredible like that.

[iamyoyoyodude45]

@MikeAsano LOL 6'8? i dont think so...

[tyebo87]

ITF fighters can compete in the olympics. as i understand the UK team trials are open to both ITF and WTF practitoners. ITF guys tend to dislike the WTF method of sparring due to the fact that punching techniques are limited and only allowed to the hogu and not the head, which makes it tae-do and not taekwon-do!! WTF sparring has also limited applications for other types of sparrring or actual fighting.

[gerard991]

you need a kukiwon black belt cert to fight in the Olympics itf cannot fight unless they switch organizations

[joeyandrews]

@gerard991 warren vice is fighting in olympic team he aint kukiwon cert he is a 5th degree with tagb there are 2 tagb fighters in 2012 or 2016 team it was anounced not to long ago so rules must of changed

[joeyandrews]

@tyebo87 yeah this is tru its all over now tbh though the trials i mean think there are 2 tagb members witch is itf style

[lukerollercoaster]

You seem to forget how Aaron Cook was part of the ITF becoming Junior European Champion in The process but moved over to WTF as no one cares bout ITF

[tomatito1981]

Aaron was never part of the ITF luke, he was a member of the TAGB which broke away from the UKTA and by extension the ITF in 1983. They practice ITF-style traditional and sparring though. Hope this helps.

[lukerollercoaster]

Soz my mistake, just proves that theres too many diferent organisations involved in taekwondo and most of its for money rather than the love for the sport or art!

[drogerstkd2]

I saw a video of Aaron Cook at the 2008 junior world championships, he beat Korea in the final 8 to 12, he is a BAD ASS!!!

[lukerollercoaster]

He is 16 years of age, fighting this weekend sunday in the Junior European Championships (-73KG)

[Spobbywonker]

im going to that tomorrow, should be good. (never been to one before)

[proftkd]

how old is Aaron cook ....??

[LexStyl3]

Under 80

[norcalsfinest87]

what weight are these guys?