Category: Olympics

Aliyah Shipman is an 18 year old TaeKwon-Do Star athlete from South Florida.  She began studying TaeKwon-Do when she around 9 years old.  Though shipman was born and raised in Plantation Florida, she wants to represent Haiti in this olympics. She is the only athlete that has qualified to compete in TaeKwon-Do during this olympics.  Shipman…

• Olympics

The president of the World Taekwondo Federation proposed on Wednesday to transfer 100,000 disposable surgical masks to the International Olympic committee (IOC). The masks were originally donated to the World Taekwondo Federation by Wuxi Sports Bureau and Jiangsu Wuxi Economic Development Zone, according to Chungwon Choue, federation president. In recent weeks, the epicenter of the COVID-19…

• International Martial Arts
• Olympics
• Covid-19

The IOC, IPC, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan announced on 30 March that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will take place on 23 July – 8 August 2021 and the Paralympic Games will follow on 24 August – 5 September 2021. As a result of the…

• paralymmpics
• World Taekwondo Federation
• International Martial Arts

The International Taekwondo Federation ( ITF ) was removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA )’s non-compliant list.  The International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) was removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s non-compliant list, WADA said on Tuesday following a vote by its executive committee. The International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) was removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s non-compliant list, WADA said on…

• Olympics
• International Taekwondo Federation
• Taekwondo

Para athletes around the world are getting creative with their workouts to stay on course for Tokyo 2020, which has been postponed to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. With most confined to home, the World Taekwondo has come up with a unique initiative to ensure that their fighters remain fit, connected and motivated.…

• Para Taekwondo
• World Taekwondo Federation
• Olympics

General Choi Hong Hi: Was he a Communist? Part 2 of 2. Personal friend of General Choi Hong Hi, the founder of TaeKwon-Do gives insights into the sometimes turbulent past of this Martial Arts legend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQpAipj874  

• International Taekwondo Federation
• ITF
• World Taekwondo Federation

SEOUL, Korea (Jan 29, 2020) – World Taekwondo announced that head protectors with face shields will be worn by Para Taekwondo athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and Qualification Tournaments in order to further ensure athlete safety. The recommendation made by the World Taekwondo Para Taekwondo Committee followed extensive analysis of data collected…

• paralymmpics
• Olympics
• World Taekwondo Federation

What started as a trickle one year ago is turning into a serious issue for the Iran’s sports and its hopes for the next Olympic games. Several internationally competitive athletes have defected since last September and will play for other countries, including Canada, Germany and even Mongolia. None of these defections shocked Iranians as much…

• International Martial Arts
• Olympics
• Taekwondo

LÜNEN, Germany (AP) — Iran’s only female Olympic medalist said Friday she wants to compete for Germany after defecting from her native country, calling herself “one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran.” Kimia Alizadeh is trying to rebuild her life and career after she announced this month she had left Iran, citing sexism…

• Olympics
• Taekwondo

Iran’s only female Olympic medalist has defected from the Islamic Republic calling herself “one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran.” Taekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh posted a letter on Instagram as Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency said she had fled to the Netherlands. She criticized wearing the mandatory hijab headscarf and accused officials in…

• Olympics
• Taekwondo