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09/17/20 World Taekwondo President and Chairman of the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) Chungwon Choue today presented a SportWorks Talks webinar on how taekwondo has been used as an effective tool for social development and peace. More than 700 people from around the world registered to attend the webinar. During the presentation, President Choue discussed how…

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The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) has created programs for refugee children, training them in taekwondo and helping them empower themselves. The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) aims to empower refugees by training them in taekwondo. It has created an educational program specifically designed for refugees and thereby tackles sport for development objectives. THF coaches are trained…

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Police in Uzbekistan dropped a criminal case against a young woman who beat up two men in response to verbal abuse, after a number of public figures including President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s daughter spoke out in her support. Local websites showed a video of Gulsanam Alijonova, 23, who has trained in boxing, karate and taekwondo, in…

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This video made by Vienna Austria ITF Head quarters – Taekwondo History of Grandmaster Woojin Jung. GM Teaching 60 years (Hwan-Gup)환갑 1960 – 2020. Still 4 times a week teaching and enjoy. I’m not WTF/ITF I’m pioneer. I’m not South Korea/North Korea I’m Korean. 나는 남한도 북한도아닌 한국사람 이며.ITF도 WTF도아닌 태권도 개척자임니다.  

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Our earth cried out, screamed for help you have not listened, you have turned a deaf ear. Our oceans are being polluted, fires, tornado’s, floods, hurricanes have raged our land. Adults mistake for next generation, someday children will ask us, how do we answer? Stop polluting the earth for the sake of our children’s future.…

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June 15, 2002 Choi Hong Hi/Date of death – marks the 18th anniversary of General Choi’s passing. Thank you for giving us Taekwon-Do. We thank him for his legacy which we continue to follow today. His teachings have been passed down to countless numbers of dedicated, selfless instructors who have promoted Taekwondo around the world. …

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(KOR-CHN-ENG)Kukkiwon Makes ‘Biggest Failure in Appointment?’ 国技院历史性人事任命大败笔. 국기원, ‘역대급 인사의 패착(敗着)?’ 최영열 원장의 이근창 구조개혁위원회장 선임을 두고 “’코로나19′ 비수에 꽂인 태권도인 들에게 또 하나의 비수를 꽂았나?” By Lee Seok-Je of Seoul Korea President Choi young-ryul Appoints Lee Geun-Chang for President of Structural Reformation Committee Regardless of Corruption, “Will This Hurt Taekwondo People Already Suffering from…

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The whole world has been affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic, all of us have been forced to change and adapt to a new way of living, as well as new ways of being connected when being at least six feet apart at the minimum is the new norm. Many Martial Arts schools around the world…

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SEOUL, Korea (May 8, 2020) – World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue today met with the winners of a nationwide Korean Children’s Taekwondo Quiz Contest, which included a promising taekwondo practitioner. The meeting took place at the World Taekwondo office. Da Eun Choi came first in the quiz and has been training in taekwondo since she was…

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Our sympathies go out to Tae Kwon Do Pioneer Chang Hae Choi family. Ten years ago Grandmaster Chang Hae Choi had brain surgery all his Black Belts bent knee, head down on hospital floor in meditation/prayer.  All hospital staff could not believe this kind of jester.  Never seen this before. Every year, 2 times a…

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