1.0PATU | Pan American Taekwondo Unionhttps://www.patutkd.org/enPATUhttps://www.patutkd.org/en/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="i5Ek1elVUV"><a href="https://www.patutkd.org/en/leslie-soltero-fighting-in-the-silence/">Leslie Soltero: Fighting in the Silence</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patutkd.org/en/leslie-soltero-fighting-in-the-silence/embed/#?secret=i5Ek1elVUV" width="600" height="338" title="“Leslie Soltero: Fighting in the Silence” — PATU | Pan American Taekwondo Union" data-secret="i5Ek1elVUV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script>https://www.patutkd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Leslie-3.1.png827620GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Nov. 16, 2022) – As Leslie Soletero strode onto the field of play on the night of Nov. 15 for the fight of her life, the noise was thunderous. In the electric ambience of Guadalajara’s Centro Acuatico CODE Metropolitano, a stoked crowd chanted “Mexico, Mexico” interspersed with “Leslie, Leslie,” while a Mariachi band on the second floor of the stands added to the cacophony. This was aural “home town advantage” to the max. Soltero, however, blanked it all out. “Too many times I get lost with other things – the noise, the referee, the people,” Soltero said. “This time I stayed focused; this was the key to win.” She admits to being anxious before battle. Soltero had prepared for the bout by practicing breathing drills: Deep breath in, explosive breath out. That psychological/physiological preparation was critical given what was at stake. Though she has a multiplicity of PanAm […]