On Saturday October 19th the Dutch Open took place. It's always special participating at this home event. After 5 months without fighting a match, it was great to be back on the mats again. Unfortunately, I didn't win a medal this time. After winning two matches I narrowly lost from the gold medal winner in the quarter finals. Nevertheless, I can look back on a successful event in which I fought three strong matches.

On to the next one!

In preparation for the Dutch Open we were invited to participate in the training camp of the DTU (Deutsche Taekwondo Union) in Nuremberg from Thursday to Sunday October the 13th. It was a very educational exchange for which I would like to thank the German national coach Marco very much!

On to the Dutch Open!

The past two months I was able to do an internship at TRC Advocaten (Veldhoven). The internship was office-wide, which gave me the opportunity to gain experience in various legal areas such as Labour Law, Family Law, Bankruptcies, Private Law and Administrative Law (mainly environmental law). The internship mainly consisted of drafting memos, attending hearings (lawsuits) and meetings and experiencing how the legal profession works in practice. 

It was a very valuable experience to experience how the advocacy looks like!

Now that I have completed the internship, my focus will be on graduating and preparing for the qualification tournaments this upcoming season!