Tae Kwon Do Demonstration in Vatican City
Over 10,000 Catholics and tourists from around the world gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican today. Pope Francis greeted a Tae Kwon Do demonstration team at about 9:30 AM local time. 20 WT Tae Kwon Do demonstration team members gave a 20 minute martial art demonstration. An Italian Tae Kwon Do practitioner, Beatrice Oliveri, released doves to…
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Jhoon Rhee, Last of the US Tae Kwon Do Pioneers Passes
The last US Tae Kwon Do pioneer passed away Monday, April 30, 2018. It was reported that he was talking with friends and family on Sunday evening. He taught representatives and senators TKD in early morning workouts for 30 years. Born January 7, 1932, he also pioneered the use of music and invented safety equipment, in…
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Update from Korea
The International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), which was formed in Seoul Korea in March of 1966, will perform joint demonstrations with the World Taekwondo (WT), formerly called the WTF, also founded in Seoul Korea in May of 1973. These 4 performances are a result of the historic Protocol Of Accord signed at the occasion of the…
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Taekwondo hoped to bring two Koreas together in PyeongChang
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) — North Korea on Tuesday offered to send a taekwondo demonstration team, along with athletes and others to next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea, shedding light over a possible reconciliation between two Koreas through sports. During the first official talks between two Koreas in more than two years, Pyongyang said…
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Koreas to be united by traditional martial art of taekwondo — again
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) — The Korean martial art of taekwondo brought the divided Koreas together, if only briefly, south of the tense border last summer. And it will do so again at the tail end of winter, during the Feb. 9-25 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. North Korea agreed Wednesday to send a taekwondo demonstration…
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North Korea-South Korea Tae Kwon Do Demonstration
Tae Kwon Do demonstration teams from North Korea and South korea will present a combined demonstration at the opening ceremonies of the 2018 winter olympics. We hope this can be the beginning of a peaceful dialog. This is good news.
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Grandmaster Richard Chun passes away.
GRANDMASTER RHIN MOON RICHARD CHUN…our dear teacher has passed away. The road he forged, the journey he began, will continue…
Read More World Taekwondo still waiting on promised invitation to upcoming ITF World Championships
By Daniel Etchells at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre Saturday, 9 September 2017 World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has revealed the governing body has still not received a promised invitation to send its Demonstration Team to the upcoming ITF World Championships in North Korea’s capital Pyongyang ©World Taekwondo World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue…
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