New Year’s Greetings Respected Taekwondo Family Around the World! We now say goodbye to an eventful year of 2019 and welcome 2020, the Year of Metal Rat. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to every one of you who have put concerted effort for the development of Taekwondo from where you are. Kukkiwon was plagued by various issues over the last few years, which inevitably scathed Kukkiwon’s stature. Hence, I would like to put the highest priority in rebuilding the status of Kukkiwon by reforming it into the World Taekwondo Headquarter that would lead the future of Taekwondo. In 2020,
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] The president of World Taekwondo, Dr Chungwon Choue, visited Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) in Madrid to meet with OBS CEO and Olympic Channel Executive Director, Yiannis Exarchos and the General Manager of the Olympic Channel, Mark Parkman, and the teams from OBS and the Olympic Channel. “We are committed to continuing to work closely with World Taekwondo, and look forward to being part of another milestone for this sport in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and for the first time, the sport´s inclusion in the Paralympic Games” said Yiannis Exarchos, CEO Olympic Broadcast
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (June 29, 2019) -The DMZ(DemilitarizedZone)Peace Festivaltook place in Paju, Korea today with thousandsof taekwondo practitioners taking part to promote a message of world peace. The Festival is jointly promoted by GCS International, headed byDr. Chungwon Choue, who also serves as president of World Taekwondo,andthe Kukmin Daily, one of Korea’s influential nationwide newspapers. The inaugural event is organized by the DMZ Peace FestivalOrganizing Committee and Co. Act, a non-profit organization initially run byhigh school and college studentsin the United St
[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] 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
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] PYONGYANG,North Korea (October 31, 2018) - World Taekwondo (WT) demonstration team hassent out a powerful message of peace in its performance at the heart of theNorth Korean capital. Infront of more than 2,300 Pyongyang fans that packed the Taekwondo Hall, the WTdemonstration team showcased their trademark high-flying kicks and punchesWednesday evening to impress the crowd. Amongthe audience were WT President Chungwon Choue, Hwi Choe, the Chairman of North’sNational Sports Guidance Committee and International Taekwondo FederationPresident (ITF) Yongson Ri. “Itwas a grea
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi]MANCHESTER, UK (Oct. 21, 2018) – Thepenultimate Grand Prix of 2018 came to a close, as Great Britain claimed itssecond gold of the tournament, whilst Spain claimed its first on yet anotherexhilarating day of action in Manchester. Raul Martinez Garcia claimed gold in themen’s -80kg, whilst crowd favourite, Jade Jones of Great Britain secured herseventh Grand Prix title in the Women’s -57kg. M-80kg The penultimate final of the Grand Prixfeatured home-grown hero, Damon Sansum of Great Britain and Raul MartinezGarcia of Spain. Martinez Garcia started strongly with a kick to
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, KOREA (Sep 19, 2018) –A senior World Taekwondo (WT) delegation, led by WT President Chungwon Choue,and the WT Demonstration Team have been invited to North Korea byInternational Taekwondo Federation (ITF) President Ri Yong Son as the twofederations continue to develop their collaboration. Atotal of 50 WT members and 22 members from the WT Demonstration Team, based inSeoul, South Korea, have been invited to fly over to Pyongyang for a five dayvisit from 30 October to 3 November 2018. Duringthe visit, the WT Demonstration Team will perform twice at the PyongyangTaek
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi]SEOUL,Korea (Sept. 10, 2018) - Taekwondo’s high-kicking elite will gather to dobattle for Olympic ranking points and thousands of dollars in prize money atthe third edition of the 2018 Grand Prix series, to be held in Taoyuan, ChineseTaipei. Organizedby the Chinese Taipei Taekwondo Association, the tournament takes place overthree days, from Sept. 19-21 in the Taoyuan Arena, in the city of Taoyuan where it will hold its first ever WT Grand Prix. The Grand Prix is aninvitation-only contest featuring eight Olympic weight categories, four maleand four female. And with World Ta