[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
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] ROME, Italy (Jun 2, 2022) - World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue visited the Pontifical Council of Culture of the Vatican on June 2 to meet with the Secretary, S.E.R. Mons. Paul Tighe and seven students who are training in Taekwondo in the seminary. Vatican Taekwondo was recognised as an official Member National Association of World Taekwondo in November 2021 and has had a strong connection with the sport in recent years. The Federazione Italiana Taekwondo (FITA) partnered with the Saint Pius X Institute of Vatican City to organize a Taekwondo course for the students o
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] The eagerly anticipated World Taekwondo Grand Prix will return in spectacular fashion on 3-5 June as the world’s best Taekwondo athletes will come together in Rome to battle it out for the coveted Grand Prix title. The Roma 2022 Grand Prix will mark the first time since the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 that so many of the world’s best Taekwondo athletes have competed against each other in person. The star-studded line up in the Italian capital will feature a host of Olympic medallists from Tokyo 2020, including gold medallists Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA), Ulugbek Rashitov (UZB), An
[By NBC-1TV K Y Yi] LAUSANNE, Switzerland (May 12, 2022) - The World Taekwondo Council today awarded the city of Baku, Azerbaijan the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships during an Extraordinary meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne. Baku presented its bid to the Council during the meeting alongside Wuxi, China. The World Championships will be particularly special as they will fall on the 50th anniversary of World Taekwondo. The exact dates will be confirmed in due course. IOC President Thomas Bach attended the meeting and heard a number of key reports from the Council. World Taekwondo Presid
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] Following the deadline for applications for the Goyang 2022 World TaekwondoPoomsae Championships, a record 784 athletes and 194 officials from 62countries (Asia 20, Europe 21, the Americas 14, Africa 7, Oceania 1) are set toparticipate at the event. Countriessuch as Belgium, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Denmark, France, Mexico, Niger, SaudiArabia, Peru, and the USA will be represented at the event which will be heldat the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Goyang City from 21 to24 April. It is the largest number of participating countries since theinaugural editi
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] AMMAN, Jordan (Mar 19, 2022) - The inaugural Hope and Dreams Taekwondo Championships concluded on Saturday evening. The event was held at the Prince Rashid Bin Al-Hassan Hall in Al-Hussein Youth City, Jordan, and was organized by the Humanitarian Taekwondo Foundation (THF) in cooperation with the Jordanian Taekwondo Federation. More than 200 athletes participated from the Azraq and Zaatari refugee camps, as well as refugees training in clubs around Jordan. The Tokyo Olympics mats were used for the championships. The tournament aimed to provide refugee players with a tourna
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] PARIS, France (Mar. 15, 2022) - The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) in collaboration with the French Taekwondo Federation (FFTDA) today announced its sport for protection programme which will form part of “Terrains d’Avenir” and aims to support young refugees in France through Taekwondo. The programme was presented by THF Chairman Chungwon Choue to the French Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu and representative of the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) during a THF training session in Gentilly, France. The programme is designed to empower girls through Taekwondo and
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (Mar. 7, 2022) - World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue today received an honorary doctorate in science from Dankook University in Yongin, Korea in recognition of his dedication to the global development of Taekwondo and peace through sport, which is closely aligned with the university’s tenet of truth and service. President Choue was presented with the honorary doctorate during a ceremony in which he expressed his gratitude and honour to receive such an award: “It is a great honour to receive an honorary doctorate from Dankook University. We will continue t
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] World Taekwondo strongly condemns the brutal attacks on innocent lives in Ukraine, which go against the World Taekwondo vision of “Peace is More Precious than [By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] Triumph” and the World Taekwondo values of respect and tolerance. In this regard, World Taekwondo has decided to withdraw the honorary 9th dan black belt conferred to Mr. Vladimir Putin in November 2013. In solidarity with the International Olympic Committee, no Russian or Belarusian national flags or anthems will be displayed or played at World Taekwondo events. World Taekwondo and the European
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] FUJAIRAH, UAE (Feb. 6, 2022) - The Crown Prince of Fujairah, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Al Sharqi, announced during the Opening Ceremony of the Fujairah Open in Sheikh Zayed Sport City that he will be donating USD 100,000 to the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF). This is the third time the Crown Prince has made a generous donation having also previously donated in 2017 and 2020. He has previously spoken of the refugee crisis being of the greatest facing to humanity and offered his full support to the THF and the work it does in empowering refugees. World Taekwond