I try to surround myself around people who are passionate. Many of my friends have turned their commitment to their hobbies and interests into success. I will be profiling people of Ottawa who have the passion and motivation to inspire change in this city.

Clement Goh Ren Hao is one of these people. Instantly, from meeting Clement, I could tell he was a passionate fellow. We met in a dreadful class, with an even worse professor. One day, bored to pieces, Clement turned to me and asked if I wanted to start a study group. Apprehensive to put any more time than necessary into this course, we started the study group, and turned a blasé class into a blast.

Needless to say, Clement and I  remained friends after these study sessions.

So, back to passion: Clement is a Taekwon-Do aficionado. He instructs at Blackburn Taekwon-Do, located in Blackburn Hamlet. He has travelled the world, competing against world class fighters. He spent this past reading week in Europe, living with an ITF TKD 4 Time Mens Patterns World Champion, Ismo Makinen… only to improve his skills. Passion, right?

Clement decided to take his passion for Taekwon-Do and put his skills to a great cause: Haiti. The recent earthquake left millions of lives shattered and Clement decided to take iniative and make change, on the University of Ottawa campus.

Break for Haiti, an idea he mentioned to me not months ago, has turned into an on-campus fundraising event. Clement, along with others from Blackburn Taekwon-Do, have been breaking boards for Haiti. Break for Haiti has raised over six-hundred dollars in just three demonstrations. In collaboration with the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, and the Red Cross, Clement is still raising money for Haiti!

Check out this board breaking video, and watch Clement and his crew Break for Haiti:

To donate to Break for Haiti, click here.

To attend upcoming Break for Haiti events, click here.

To follow Clement and his passion, go to his blog: http://moderndaysamurai.wordpress.com

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