When the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) was established in Seoul (south) Korea in 1966 an early responsibility it took on was to train potential instructors for overseas teaching assignments. The founding President of the ITF General Choi Hong-Hi had envisioned and indeed worked on dispatching them since 1962, as his goal was to spread Taekwon-Do …
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21st IUC – BUDAPEST – 2015 – Official report
The International Umpire Course was a great success. It was conducted by Grand Master Wim Bos, Master Alberto Katz and Master Harry Vones in Budapest (Hungary) on February 14-15, 2015. Finally 138 persons got the ITF Umpire Certificate from the registered 153 persons representing 24 countries, even a lot of Masters with 7th and 8th …
International Kids Course Lima, Peru
With the presence of 35 instructors and black belts from Colombia, Argentina and Peru that were interested in becoming Instructor assistants, the XIII course for teaching kids that is based on Taekwon-Do ITF’s “Kids Development Program” took place between the 7th and 8th of February 2015 in the city of Lima, Peru. It’s important to …
Anti-Doping Control at WC
Dear members, WADA anti-doping control will be in place at the ITF World Championships 2015 in Italy. Please be aware that 10 athletes will be chosen at random to be tested. Please educate your athletes about the testing process by visiting the the ITF anti-doping website and understand why ITF is proud to uphold the anti-doping …
ITF OFFICIALS VISIT TAFISA HQ
ITF executive committee members visited TAFISA HQ in Frankfurt and held a meeting with TAFISA Officials recently, the meeting was very interesting and we believe positive for the future of ITF. During the meeting the participation of ITF in the Jakarta Games was agreed and other possibilities for the future were discussed.
2015 ITF Umpire Rules & Regulations
As the ITF World Championships in Italy is approaching, it is important that all competitors, coaches, umpires and officials are familiar with the most up to date technical details and regulations. Please download the latest documents by following this link: 2015 ITF Umpire rules and regulations or downloading the documents below. 2015 Appendix 1 – Scoring …
