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First edition. 1996 in Barcelona, Spain. Editions. 13 (2022) Most wins. 148 medals South Korea. The World Taekwondo Junior Championships is a worldwide biennial championship organized for juniors age category by World Taekwondo, first held in 1996 in Barcelona. The event is contested every two years. [1][2][3]
The Korean Academy of Taekwondo is one of Colorado's Taekwondo and martial arts schools. The school was founded in February 1980 by Grandmaster Jae Kyu Chung. The school has produced numerous tournament champions [1] and has trained thousands of students throughout the years. They have also contributed several non-peer reviewed articles on the ...
The first official KTA dan promotion test was held on 11 November 1962. [2] The KTA continued awarding dan ranks for several years, but handed over direct dan promotion responsibilities to either the then-WTF in April 1976, according to a Black Belt magazine report, [31] or to Kukkiwon on 5 February 1980, according to historians Won Sik Kang and Kyong Myong Lee. [32]
Kukkiwon (Korean: 국기원; Hanja: 國技院), also known as World Taekwondo Headquarters, and home of the World Taekwondo Academy, is where the official taekwondo governing organization was established by the South Korean government. [1] It is supervised by the International Sports Division of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. [2]
58 kg. 2014 Tashkent. 63 kg. 2018 Asian Games podium. Lee Dae-Hoon (Korean: 이대훈; Korean pronunciation: [i.dɛ̝.ɦun]; born February 5, 1992) is a South Korean taekwondo athlete. He won a bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and a silver in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He has achieved world first level rankings in the under 68 kg weight ...
Kim Yu-jin (taekwondo, born 2000) In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. Kim Yu-jin (Korean : 김유진; born 17 October 2000) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. [ 1 ] She is the reigning Olympic champion and gold medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics in women's 57 kg taekwondo. [ 2 ]
Tang Soo Do. Tang Soo Do (Hangeul: 당수도, Hanja: 唐手道 pronounced [taŋ.su.do]) is a Korean martial art based on karate and can include fighting principles from taekkyeon, subak, [f] as well as northern Chinese martial arts. [8][9] From its beginnings in 1944 to today, Tang Soo Do is used by some Kwans to identify the traditional Korean ...
Kuk Sool Won is a systematic study of all of the conventional fighting arts, which together comprise the martial arts history of Korea. As a martial arts system, Kuk Sool Won is extremely well-organized and seeks to integrate and explore the entire spectrum of established Asian fighting arts, along with body conditioning, mental development ...