Taekwondo master Omid Abolghasem trains young Taekwondo practitioners at his Taekwondo Training Club
in Tehran, Iran. Having been in the profession for 25 years, Omid Abolghasem is well-established in terms of rank, and his training club enjoys good reputation.  

Omid(m): In 1992, I received the first dan from International Federation of Taekwando. In 1995, the second dan. In 2001, the third one. Now, I am ready for fourth and fifth dan. I have about 200 students
in Iran. Most of them are champions.

While teaching them Taekwondo, I am trying to teach them that they can have more strength with a vegetarian diet. We’ve experienced this and have achieved many medals, especially in the young age categories.

Omid Abolghasem and his students, like many vegetarian athletes around the world, have proven that
vegetarians tend to have more strength, faster speed, and acute alertness.

Omid(m): My way of teaching is like this: First, I try to tell my students to avoid meat on days of training.
After awhile, they have better breathing, also better health, strength,and reaction time as well.

And gradually, I can bring them into this lifestyle. I try to tell them to eat vegetables, wholesome salads,
sprouts, nuts and beans on the training days.

It is proven that with this kind of nutrition, we can build better muscles. We can also use this
nutrition in other sports such as basketball, soccer, volleyball.