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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] [5]
Championships Gold Silver Bronze 1975 Seoul Han You-keun (KOR) Liu Chin-chien (ROC) Moritz Von Nacher (MEX) Jaime Martin (PHI) 1977 Chicago Ha Suk-kwang (KOR) Jorge Ramírez (ECU)
Considered as the Father of Australian taekwondo; founded Rhee Taekwon-Do; one of the KTA's 12 original masters See main article: Rhee, Jhoon-goo: 10th dan: 1932–2018 United States of America Father of American taekwondo [citation needed] Vega, Orlando: 9th dan International Taekwon-Do Federation 1952- United States/Puerto Rico
[5] [6] He held the rank of 9th dan in taekwondo. [2] Following a career in the South Korean military, he emigrated to the United States of America in 1971 with his wife and newborn daughter Nancy Han. He later had another daughter, Catherine Han. After teaching taekwondo for many years in Chicago, he died in 1996.
Kyongwon Ahn, 9th dan (), is a South Korean taekwondo master who founded the United Taekwondo Association (UTA) [1] in the United States.. Ahn was born in 1937 in Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan, [2] and began training in the martial arts began when he was 12 years old.
The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo. [1] In addition to the kyorugi (full contact fighting) Championships, there are also Para World Championships [ 2 ] as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every two years.
Apart from judo, Shin also teaches taekwondo and hapkido. [5] Around 1967, he visited Seoul and discussed the possibility of a taekwondo tournament in Chicago with Choi Hong Hi, founder of the International Taekwon-Do Federation. [7] In 1977, he was a member of the organizing committee for the Third World Taekwondo Championships. [8]
He opened his first Taekwon-Do school the following year. [5] In 1974, Hwang graduated from the first International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) Instructors Course and Umpires Course hosted and taught by General Choi Hong-hi in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [6] [7] Hwang took students to train at General Choi's home in the early-mid 70's. [8]