A month-long training programme conducted by four taekwondo experts from South Korea has begun in Sierra Leone ©Facebook

A month-long training programme conducted by four taekwondo experts from South Korea has begun in Sierra Leone to help develop the sport in the African country.

The scheme, held as part of a cooperation agreement between South Korea and the Sierra Leone Taekwondo Association, offers interested adults and children the chance to get involved in taekwondo.

Sessions are taking place at the Siaka Stevens Stadium in Freetown and the Olympafrica Centre at Godrich, with the aim of developing potential young taekwondo players and coaches.

According to officials from the SLTA, taekwondo is among the fastest-growing disciplines in the nation.

The coaching scheme being run by taekwondo experts from South Korea will last for 29 days ©Facebook
The coaching scheme being run by taekwondo experts from South Korea will last for 29 days ©Facebook

The amount of participating coaches and athletes dipped in 2013 owing to the ebola crisis but the SLTA are confident these training courses will help increase the amount of people involved in taekwondo.

"As an association, we will organise such training across the country yearly to spread the sports far and wide as Freetown is not only Sierra Leone," SLTA President Oness Abayomi Johnson told All-Africa.

"According to the training schedule, we would have time to go to few schools just to train the pupils, but 29 days would not be enough for us to them well. 

"I am sure the trainers will do their best to ensure they have what they wanted."