[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] Sofia set to welcome future stars for 2022 World Taekwondo Cadet & Junior Championships Sofia will soon welcome the world’s best young Taekwondo athletes as it prepares to host the 2022 World Taekwondo Cadet and World Taekwondo Junior Championships on July 28-31 and August 2-7 respectively. The Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Cadet Championships has seen 683 athletes aged between 12 and 14 years old from 77 countries register. It will be the 5th edition of the event after the previous edition was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, 811 athletes aged between 14
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] World Taekwondo (WT) and the Asia Development Foundation (ADF) kicked off their new WT-ADF Cares Program in three countries - Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Timor-Leste - on July 1, 2022 for a one-year period. The new WT-ADF Cares projects, funded by the ADF, are designed to help empower the powerless, such as orphans, reformatory inmates and street children, in developing countries in the Asian region through the education of Taekwondo and the Korean language. Under the theme “Bright Future with Taekwondo,” the 2022-2023 Mongolia WT-ADF Cares Program started last week with a to
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (July 1, 2022) - Virtual Taekwondo is poised to become an exciting feature in World Taekwondo events after the world governing body and its development partner, Refract Technologies, signed a joint venture agreement. The new agreement builds on an existing MOU between the two organisations and aims to leverage cutting-edge technology in the promotion of Virtual Taekwondo to World Taekwondo communities around the world, including refugee camps where feasible. World Taekwondo and Refract Technologies will also jointly organise Virtual Taekwondo showcases and com
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (Jun 21, 2022) - Refugee athlete Wael Fawaz Al-Farraj travelled to Korea this week to take part in the 25th Asian Taekwondo Championships and 2022 Chuncheon Korea Open stopped off to meet World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue at the federation’s headquarters in Seoul. Wael was recently selected by the IOC as one of seven Taekwondo athletes to receive Olympic Scholarships for Refugee Athletes to help them train towards the goal of being selected for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team Paris 2024. Having narrowly missed out on competing at Tokyo 2020, Wael will be h
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] MUJU, Korea (Jun 10, 2022) – The first day of action at the inaugural edition of the Muju Taekwondowon 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Challenge brought incredible Taekwondo action with athletes from China and Chinese Taipei taking gold. Taking place in the purpose-built Taekwondowon complex in the scenic valley of Muju, southwest Korea, the new G1-ranked tournament features fighters below 70 in Taekwondo’s Olympic rankings with tickets to this year’s World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Manchester, UK on offer to 1st and 2nd place finishers in each weight category. Today’s compe
[By NBC-1TV H, J Yook] MUJU, Korea (Jun 11, 2022) – The second day of action at the inaugural edition of the Muju Taekwondowon 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Challenge brought more world class Taekwondo action with athletes from China and Korea dominating the podium. Today’s competition in the newly built Taekwondowon complex saw athletes competing across three weight categories: M-58kg, W-67kg and M+80kg. In the men’s -58kg, Korea’s Tae‐joon Park beat Thanakrit Yodrak of Thailand 2-1 in the final to claim gold. In the bronze medal match, Young-hwan Kim of Korea put in a dominant display, bea
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] MUJU, Korea (Jun 12, 2022) – Fierce competition continued today at the Muju Taekwondowon 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Challenge with China and Korea again dominating the podium to take home the final three gold medals on offer at the inaugural event. The final day of incredible Taekwondo action across three weight categories: W-49kg, W+67kg and M-80kg. In the women’s -49kg, Lee Ye-ji of Korea bested China’s Guo Qing 2-0 in the final to claim gold. In the bronze medal match, Chinese Taipei’s Jhuang Tien yu overcame Australia’s Saffron Tambyrajah 2-1 in a thrilling contes
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (Jun 6, 2022) – As the Taekwondo world gears up for the first full fighting season since the disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new event is coming to the sport’s calendar: The Muju Taekwondowon 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Challenge. The competition will take place in the purpose-built Taekwondowon complex in the scenic valley of Muju, southwest Korea. An all-new G1-ranked tournament, it will feature up to 32 fighters competing in each of the eight Olympic weight categories – four male, four female – for a total of 256 Taekwondoin on the field of play