2016 I contracted G.B.S. My Neural System shut down and when I came out of Physical Rehabilitation, I had to learn to walk and move all over again. As well as retrain my Nervous system ( balance, proprioception, spatial awareness), strength and flexibility. I was very hesitant to return to Taekwondo training as I found it too emotional a reminder of what I had thought I had lost. But, Sabumnim Bozic helped me to have the faith and confidence in my self to start again. With his in depth understanding of movement and Sports Science along with his vast Knowledge and experience in teaching Taekwondo and working Personally with Sports  People and Dancers, he was able to help me rediscover abilities in movement and Taekwondo I thought lost. His patience and ability to bring out one's confidence in one's self and know when and how to get us to safely challenge ourselves is a gift. Under Sabumnim Bozic's guidance, I am now on my way to testing for my 3rd Dan and now that he has just opened his Second Taekwondo Club, I am able to have more lessons. Sabumnim Bozic has an absolute passion and dedication to Taekwondo and growing the Sport for all.

As fellow students we represented the South African Taekwondo Academy, the regional parent of

Silverton Taekwondo Club in inter-regional competitions after inter-club trials.

In this time Ognjen achieved academic fluency in English and adapted to a different cultural milieu in order to complete his Secondary Education.

I become a direct student of Ognjen at the CSIR Taekwondo club, which he ran even as he completed his National Senior Certicate. Ognjen never restricted his enquiry to only the mastery of all aspects of Taekwondo but maintains a well-rounded competency in performing and graphical art, philosophy, literature, linguistics and history in its classical and contemporary forms.

I remained his student as he became the founding instructor of the Tuks (University of Pretoria) Taekwondo Club, and assisting him with the running of the first two Tuks Open Taekwondo Competitions.

I remained a student of Ognjen, training 3 times per week/ 6-8 hours per week, up to 2010 when he relocated to Johannesburg. As a fellow physical and health lifestyle practitioner, we maintain contact, exchange information and compare interpretation continually.

Ognjen is invested in a sustainable approach to a physical lifestyle. He pays meticulous attention to:

• Injury avoidance through a foundation of conditioning and flexibility

• Staleness prevention through a balance between variation and structure

• Motivation through social needs and work effort balance in the studio

Ognjen can cater for the expectations of both the elite competitor and the improving individual.

Ognjen has the ability to frame taekwondo skills in terms of the kinetic principle that would transfer to other martial arts or sporting codes.

Ognjen has a mature and balanced philosophy of life, unquestionable work ethic, positive energy and refined sense of humour.

Karel van der Walt is a

Director at MentalArrow (Pty) LtdDirector at MentalArrow (Pty) Ltd and a red belt in Taekwondo