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!

Since January, I've been testing the headband of Alphabeats to enhance my mental game with programs engineered to give you your edge.

In an interview with the company I was able to share my personal experiences. Alphabeats is still in full development, but is already of great added value to enormously improve your focus and recovery. 

Click on the link below to read the interview!

https://www.listenalphabeats.com/newsroom/taekwondo-champion-reaches-new-heights-with-alphabeats

Last weekend I participated with the Luxembourg Open 2024. After 2 wins, I unfortunately narrowly lost the semi-finals, which results me in winning the bronze medal this time.

A while ago I had an interview with Tilburg University about my Dual Career as a student athlete. The university has supported me enormously for years in making it possible to combine both careers as best as possible. In the article, I spoke more specifically about the support I received from the University.

Are you interested? Click on the link below and check out the article!

https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/nl/magazine/overzicht/aymen-achnine-topsport-betekent-vaker-verliezen-dan-winnen

In addition to pursuing my top sports career, I have now almost completed my bachelor's degree in Law. Today I completed the Mock Court course, which focused on advocacy skills. On May 22, I have to plead in court in a gown before judges and lawyers from the practice. This was a great experience to gain some sense of how advocacy works in reality.

At 10th of May, I participated with the European Taekwondo Championships 2024 in Belgrade (Serbia). I represented the Netherlands in the weight category -58kg. After winning my first fight against Georgia, I unfortunately lost in the 1/8 final against Hungary.

In the autumn of 2023, I was elected for a position within the Athletes Commission of the Dutch Taekwondo Federation (TBN). Ultimately, I was elected, together with Bodine Schoenmakers and Bryan Zonderop, to join the committee's board for a 2-year term. The committee's central objective is to help improve the top sports policy of the TBN from the point of view and the interests of top athletes. Within the board I fulfill the position of chairman. In this capacity, I am very much looking forward to working with the Association to make the sport stronger.

We are reachable through the following e-mail:

[email protected]

https://www.taekwondobond.nl/selectie/commissie/

It first started as a nice idea, but it has grown to a beautiful large project.

On Sunday, March 31, the taekwondo shoot took place in the Powerhouse 040 space. The goal was to shoot a story of how we as taekwondo athletes experience the sport from the inside and outside. This has been taken to a higher level by enthusiastic sponsors. In collaboration with 3 athletes from the National selection (me, Joep and Ceyhun), 3 videographers (Tom, Emiel and Rob), photographer Harry (NihonSport) and Powerhouse who facilitated the space, we made it a successful shoot. NihonSport also provided us with the necessary equipment that allowed us to shine even better on screen. Rob brought his drone which resulted in great videos. The video will soon appear online in which we attempt to portray Taekwondo from different perspectives with input from our personal experiences.

Keep an eye on the socials! In the meanwhile, enjoy the small edits of the shoots! 

Unfortunately, we didn’t achieve the result we fought and worked so long for. But nevertheless, we gained valuable experience and it was a great honour to fight at this event.

I would like to thank everyone who supported and believed in me. Especially those who made the olympics a goal for me instead of keeping it just a dream. Since the establishment of the combat centre, we developed and were given the opportunity to raise the bar to a much higher level.
Thank you @taekwondobond @rotterdamtopsport @rafik_teamnl for this! More and better will follow!

Thank you @nihonsportnederland (@jcalicu_official ) for sponsoring the great equipment!🥋

And also a huge thanks to my sponsors @liferefrom(@mitchelhemmess) @toppodo @taekwondoeindhoven for being part of the journey!