The two day event brought 56 participants together to discuss new taekwondo rules which were passed in November.

National and provincial referees were involved as well as athletes from the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

A series of rule changes were approved at the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) General Assembly, held in Burnaby in Canada in November prior to the WTF World Junior Championships.

Competitors will now be awarded an extra point - from one to two - for kicks to the body, due to fully come into effect at the 2017 World Championships in Muju in June.

The WTF has also extended the margin at which matches can be ended, from 12 points to 20.

The minus half-point penalty will be scrapped, leaving gam-jeom - minus one point - as the only penalty of its kind.

It has been proposed that automatic penalties be removed for pushing, allowing for competitors to push and kick.

Coaches will no longer be allowed to appeal video replays for face kicks, it has been announced, but they have been given an increase in video quotas.

The rule alterations followed an extensive consultation process, with involvement from 30 elite coaches from around the world, as well as the heads of the Technical Committee, Coach Committee and Referee Committee, and the WTF Council.

Taekwondo Canada will hold three further seminars, starting in Mississauga in Ontario on January 14 and 15.

Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island will then play host on January 29 and 30 before an event in Montreal in Quebec on February 18 and 19.