[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) announced on March 8, 2016 that Olympic athletes competing at Rio 2016 will wear different colored pants, representative of their national team color, for the very first time as part of the federation’s commitment to delivering a new and exciting spectator experience at the upcoming Olympic Games.Each WTF Member National Association will be allowed to choose one color, including white, which all of their athletes at Rio 2016 will compete in by April 30. This will not only ensure a whole new look of taekwondo competition at Rio 2016
[NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Lima, Peru; 3 March 2016: The Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) has announced that para-taekwondo will have the honor of featuring in the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games for the first time, further reflecting the growth and development of the Paralympic sport around the world.The decision followed a two day meeting between the APC and Lima 2019 Organizing Committee on 29 February-1 March in Lima. Para-taekwondo will join 16 other sports in what will be the largest ever Parapan American Games with 1,850 athletes set to compete. The 17 sports on the program are: athletics,
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Kukkiwon(President Jeong Mansoon) will be providing regular Chinese language services on its website.China is the most populous country in the world, and has been rapidly growing in various fields such as the industry, society, and culture, based on its astonishing economic development since the 2000s. More and more Chinese visitors are making their way to Korea, bolstered by the influence of the Korean Wave.As a result of this influence, the demand for Taekwondo within China has also seen a geometric rise, with over 110,000 citizens currently in possession of Poom or Dan
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The World Taekwondo Headquarters Kukkiwon (President Jeong Mansoon) will be starting the 2016 Taekwondo demonstration regular performances starting February 23rd.Since August of last year, Kukkiwon has worked alongside Gangnam-gu Office (Mayor of Gangnam-gu Shin, Yeon Hee) to hold regular performances meant to make Taekwondo demonstrations accessible as cultural products for tourists. A total of 100 performances were held the past year over a period of 5 months and saw over 30,000 visitors, including foreign tourists.Starting February 23rd, 2016 will also see daily perfor
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Athletes, perhaps better than anyone, know just how important preparation and training are to achieve success. But, this weekend it will be the preparations of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee which are the focus of attention as they host the Aquece Rio International Taekwondo Tournament – the Olympic taekwondo test event. The tournament, organized by the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee and the Brazilian Taekwondo Federation (CBTKD), will be held on 20-21 February, at the Carioca Arena 1 in the Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro. Carioca Arena 3 will host Olympic taekwondo durin
Click here, and you can watch WTF President's New Year Message for 2016. WTF President Chungwon Choue’s New Year Message for 2016 Dear global taekwondo family and friends, The year 2015 will go down as one of the most successful years in taekwondo’s history. At the beginning of the year we received the very welcome news that taekwondo would be included in the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2020. This was a huge honor for taekwondo and truly makes us a “sport for all.” We also witnessed the most successful World Taekwondo Championships the WTF has ever hosted– I offer our sincerest thanks to all tho
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]A student who is attending 3rd grade in Kumdan-wangil elementary school named Hyunjeong-Kwon has visit the NBC-1TV newsroom in November,5th for one day reporter experience. Ordinarily her future dream was being a famous entertainer. However, after one day reporter experience, she clarified her ambition has changed towards reporter or reporter bureau cheif instead of being a entertainer.Click here, and you can watch this NBC-1TV video clip
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]SEOUL, October 26, 2015 — In a Seoul conference, WTF President Chungwon Choue laid out the taekwondo body’s latest humanitarian initiative in a presentation lauded by a senior executive of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).Under the theme of “Sport for a Better World,” the International Sport Cooperation Center of Korea (ISC) and the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) jointly sponsored a conference held in Seoul’s Plaza Hotel on October 26.The event attracted figures from the fields of sport and development, including the WTF’s Choue, UNHCR Korea Represent
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]WTF President Chungwon Choue and members of the World Taekwondo Federation Taekwondo Demonstration pose with cadets of the United States Military Academy at its Mess Hall in West Point, New York on September 22, 2015. The WTF Demonstration Team made a historic performance at the U.N. headquarters on Sept. 21 in a ceremony to mark the 2015 International Day of Peace.
[By WTF/NBC-1TV H. J Yook]United Nations, New York (September 21, 2015) --- World Taekwondo Federation President (WTF) Chungwon Choue today addressed the United Nations at their headquarters in New York on the topic of a new humanitarian initiative, after which the WTF Taekwondo Demonstration Team performed for the assembled U.N. officials and some 700 young students from around the world. In his address, WTF President Choue revealed his plans to create the "Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation," which will harness the power of taekwondo to promote physical fitness, respect and understanding in r