[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] FUJAIRAH,UAE (Nov. 19, 2018) - World Taekwondo is ending its competition season with a bang, as the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final, the World Taekwondo Team Championships and 2018 World Taekwondo Gala Awards all take place, back-to-back, in Fujairah, UAE from Nov. 22-25. It will be the first time any of the events – a Grand Prix Final, a Team Championships, a Gala Awards night – have been held in the Middle East. The 2016 events took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, while last year’s events were hosted by Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. With 2020 Tokyo looming ever closer, valuable
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] TAIPEI CITY, Chinese Taipei (18 Nov. 2018) – The record-breaking Taipei 2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships ended today with Portugal, Iran, Chinese Taipei and Korea winning gold medals on the final day. Chinese Taipei won their third gold of the championships and 23rd medal in total with a win in the freestyle mixed team over 17. Eduarda Ferraz won a rare gold for Portugal in the individual female over 65 while Cecilia Lee won Mexico’s third gold in the freestyle individual female under 17 to give her nation a third-place finish in the overall standings. Ali Salman
[By K, Y Yi] TAIPEI CITY, Chinese Taipei (17 Nov. 2018) – Taipei, USA, Mexico, Iran and Korea all won gold medals on the third day of the Taipei 2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships. Korea continued their excellent form at the Championships as they claimed 7 more gold medals across the team and individual events. Korea’s Dong Kyun Seo won Korea’s only individual gold in recognized poomsae as he took the top honors in the male under 65. The rest of Korea’s medals were won in the pair cadet, team male junior, team male under 30 and team female under 30. Home favorite, Chieh-Yu Li from Taip
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] The second day of the Taipei 2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships concluded today with Mexico, Iran, Germany and Korea all winning gold medals. Once again, the Championships showcased the universality of taekwondo with male and female cadet teams competing all the way through to individual female athletes under 60 years old and individual male athletes over 65 years old. In the individual female under 60 category, Germany’s Imke Turner claimed gold while Byung Chae Lee of Korea won gold in the individual male over 65 with both athletes demonstrating that in taekwondo
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] TAIPEI CITY, Chinese Taipei (15 Nov. 2018) – The World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships exploded into action on an exhilarating first day, which saw Korea impressively claim gold in four out of a possible six categories. Athletes battled it out at the University of Taipei Gymnasium in the following categories: recognized poomsae individual male under 60, team male over 30, pair under 30, individual male junior, freestyle mixed team under 17, freestyle individual female over 17. Korea impressively claimed four golds by winning the recognized poomsae team male over 30 event
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] PYONGYANG, North Korea (November 2, 2018) - Two international taekwondo governing bodies will form a joint committee by the end of the year in an effort to integrate the sport. World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue and the International Taekwondo Federation President Yong Son Ri agreed on November 2 to set up a joint body next month to narrow their differences in governing the sport. “This is a big day for everyone who loves taekwondo,” Choue said. “Despite our differences, both of us have the same goal, and today we took a meaningful first step toward that goal.” Detai
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (9 Nov. 2018) - The 2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, with record numbers of participants, kick off for a three-day run at University of Taipei (Tian-mu) Gymnasium in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, on Nov. 15, 2018. With 1, 274 athletes, 248 officials registered, and 59 countries registered, the event in Taipei is the largest WT poomsae championship in history. If kyorugi, or sparring, is the “martial” side of taekwondo, poomsae, or patterns, is the “art” side. Poomsae require flexibility, agility, balance, power and grace, and is an excellent exerci
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] World Taekwondo (WT), the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF)and United World Wrestling (UWW) have signed a landmark Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) to promote humanitarian, peace and development-supporting activities. WT PresidentChungwon Choue and UWW President Nenad Lalović signed the agreement on 22October during the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The agreement will allow full cooperation and information exchange betweenthe three organisations. They aim to commit to developing close cooperation inthe following areas: Promoting sport as a power