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Adapted competitions are next level of inclusion in ITF Taekwon-Do

Adapted competitions are next level of inclusion in ITF Taekwon-Do

The sentence "Taekwon-Do is for everyone" was already stated in the first edition of the encyclopedia of Taekwon-Do several decades ago. With the official International Adapted Course, the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) was actively promoting "adapted" teaching and training methods for Taekwon-Do students with special needs. Now, the next level of inclusion was reached with internationally harmonised rules for the so-called adapted Taekwon-Do competitions.


ITF aims strategic development of Taekwon-Do in Asia

ITF aims strategic development of Taekwon-Do in Asia

Asia is the continent where Taekwon-Do was born and where it took its first steps at the hands of its creator, General Choi Hong Hi, and a select group of students, who carried out demonstrations beyond the borders of Korea. But now only 20 Asian countries are active members of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF).


ITF’s independent arbitration under the umbrella of CAS

ITF’s independent arbitration under the umbrella of CAS

The International Taekwon-Do Federation was originally founded in 1966 in Seoul. Since then and over time, the ITF moved its headquarter together with the legal registration to a few countries. The most recent move was decided in the ITF General Assembly on 3 October, 2022, moving the ITF to Lausanne, Switzerland, coming into force on 1 January 1. Together with the move, new statutes were approved replacing all previous texts.