AN Aussie assault on this week's World Junior Taekwondo Championships will be fronted by local Grand Master Joon No.

Master No's Dandenong club will have three fighters in the Australian team for the 7-11 May championships in Turkey, making Joon No's Taekwondo the best represented club in the country.

The local contingent will be led by 16-year-old star Adrian Chee, a five-time Australian champion and silver medallist from last year's Asian junior championships.

Chee will be joined by Tigers teammates Jerome Tseitlin and Jasmine Hocking, while Master No has been appointed as the head coach of the boys' team for the 7-11 May tournament.

In his 30-year career as an instructor, Master No has trained some of Australia's most successful taekwondo exponents, including Olympic Gold medallist Lauren Burns.

Before flying out for Turkey last week, he said he was excited about the prospects of his latest crop of fighters.

"Our kids are very talented and this is a great experience and opportunity for them," Master No said.

"They train very hard and they're very committed and focused in their journey towards their dreams."

Indeed, all three fighters have sacrificed a lot for their chance at international success.

Chee, who is in Year 11 at Melbourne High School, says he dedicates most of his free time to studying the ancient Korean martial arts discipline.

Still, he thrives on the physicality and competition.

"The physical nature of taekwondo motivates me to train harder and harder," he said.

"You're exhausted, but you push on mentally and it feels great when you wake up sore the next day."

To win in Turkey would be the dynamic teenager's greatest triumph.

"The World Junior Championships are definitely the biggest challenge of my taekwondo career to date, and I would love nothing more than to medal in it.

"Ideally gold," he added.

Tseitlin is another who has dedicated much of his teenage years to the sport.

"Outside of school, pretty much all I do is train - but I love it," he said.

"By training under Master No, I've gone beyond anything that I ever thought I could achieve."

And for Hocking 13, the word "journey" is a fitting way to describe her path to this weekend's championships.

Living near Bendigo, Jasmine travels to Melbourne three times a week to train, clocking about 18 hours in the car with her dad, John, and sister Janelle.

The pint-sized prodigy will compete in the 14-17-year-old Black Belt category this week, but she has the determination to mix it with her older - and bigger - rivals.

"I would love to win at this World Junior Championships," she said.

"But my ultimate goal is to compete in the Youth Olympics in 2010 in Singapore, and become world champion one day."

Hocking was one of nine Tigers to win gold at last month's state championships, where all 11 of the club's competitors won medals.