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A New Vision for the Future

By PROFESSOR HONG UHK KIM Today’s world is full of confusion. One might think that the martial arts add to this by the contradictory statements made by various styles. Each church feels that they have the ”true” religion and that they have the only guarantee to heaven. In this case, the truth can never be…

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The Kashmiri female taekwondo athlete aiming for the Olympics

SCENES shines a spotlight on youth around the world that are breaking down barriers and creating change. The character-driven short films will inspire and amaze, as these young change-makers tell their remarkable stories. Afreen Hyder, 22, devotes her life to the sport of Taekwondo. The training, lifestyle and routines she follows are all geared towards…

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World Taekwondo launches development projects in three new countries

World Taekwondo (WT) and the Asia Development Foundation (ADF) have partnered to launch the WT-ADF Cares Programme in Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, and Timor-Leste for a one-year period. The initiative is designed to provide orphans, prisoners, and street children in developing countries with taekwondo training and Korean language lessons. Under the theme, “Bright Future with Taekwondo”, the…

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Corona taekwondo studio trains special-needs youths

A new taekwondo program for children with special needs launched this year at the Action Martial Arts studio in Corona.   Brycen Ball, 9, does kicking drills with instructor Joshua Rigg during a new taekwondo program for children with special needs at Action Martial Arts taekwondo studio in Corona on Saturday, June 25, 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko,…

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How Tae Kwon Do Saved My Daughter

How Tae Kwon Do Saved My Daughter Martial arts turned out to be just right for Abbey — signing up my nine-year-old daughter for tae kwan do worked wonders for her self-esteem, her friendships and her confidence. Tae kwon do came into my daughter’s life around the same time as her diagnosis of attention deficit…

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