President’s Messages – Development is essential for the ITF (September/October 2005) The Fifteenth Congress of the ITF was held at the end of July in Dortmund (Germany), and I had the pleasure of presenting a report of what has been accomplished in the two years since the previous Congress Meeting. Click here to read the …
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President’s Message August 2005
President’s Messages – The Importance of Communications (July/August 2005) Some of you have asked questions and offered suggestions about how the ITF uses the various means of communications, particularly our official Web site. To answer those concerns, I would like to explain the importance of communications for our organization and help you to understand our …
President’s Message June 2005
Firmly Committed To The Development Of Democratic Operations At The ITF (May/June 2005) The Student’s Oath is of great importance for all Taekwon-Do practitioners. We pledge to work to build a better society where peace, freedom, and justice will prevail. This is the basic principle of Taekwon-Do. We have good intentions, but we need to …
President’s Message April 2005
Special message of the ITF President for the 50th anniversary of Taekwon-Do (April 11th 2005) The 11th of April is a great day for all the practitionners of Taekwon-Do because, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of this martial art. On April 11, 1955, the name «Tae Kwon Do» was officially adopted by …
President’s Message March 2005
How can we become TRUE martial artists in the 21st century? (March – April 2005) As you know, my vision of Taekwon-Do as ITF leader involves developing the full potential of our martial art through four facets: sport, martial art (self-defence), way of life and tool of social development. I presented it the first time …
President’s Message February 2005
Be Well Informed – Release To All ITF Practitioners (February 2nd 2005) Many rumours are now circulating about the legal status of the ITF and we wanted to clarify the situation. It is important to us that our members are well informed and know exactly where we stand. Where are We? As you know, …
