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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]
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]
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 class.
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 ...
Moo Duk Kwan is the name adopted by Hwang Kee for his martial arts school established in Korea November 9, 1945. Hwang Kee named the first martial art system he taught in his Moo Duk Kwan schools Hwa Soo Do. Later Hwang Kee modified the content of his martial art system and named it Tang Soo Do and eventually he modified his martial art system ...
International Taekwon-Do Federation. International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) is an international taekwondo organization founded on March 22, 1966, by Choi Hong Hi (Korean: 최홍희) in Seoul, South Korea. [1] The ITF was founded to promote and encourage the growth of the Korean martial art of taekwon-do. [2][3][4]
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 ...
Taekwondo patterns, also known as poomsae, teul, or hyeong constitute an important part of Taekwondo competitions. [2] A pattern is a series of movements linked together in a prescribed sequence. Both basic and advanced taekwondo techniques can be contained within a single patterns and the higher the level of the competitor, the greater the ...