16 Facts About World Taekwondo

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World Taekwondo, called the World Taekwondo Federation until June 2017, is an international federation governing the sport of taekwondo and is a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations.

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World Taekwondo Federation was established on May 28,1973, at its inaugural meeting held at the Kukkiwon with participation of 35 representatives from around the world.

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On September 4,1994, World Taekwondo was adopted as an official Sport of the 2000 Summer Olympics at the 103rd IOC Session in Paris, France.

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World Taekwondo is one of the most systematic and scientific Korean traditional martial arts, that teaches more than physical fighting skills.

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Main constituents of World Taekwondo are the following: The General Assembly ; the World Taekwondo Council; the President and the Secretariat.

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World Taekwondo-recognized or authorized organizations include but are not limited to the Continental Unions.

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Lastly, the Secretariat of World Taekwondo is installed at the location of World Taekwondo headquarters for the execution of the secretarial affairs and duties of the President and the Secretary General.

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World Taekwondo was established on May 28,1973, at the inaugural meeting held at the Kukkiwon with participation of 35 representatives from the world after it separated from the International Taekwon-Do Federation because of political reasons.

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On October 8,1974, World Taekwondo was affiliated to the General Association of International Sports Federations, now SportAccord.

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10.

Thereupon World Taekwondo participated in the 24th Olympiad at Changchung Gymnasium in Seoul, Korea as well as the 25th Olympiad at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona, Spain as a demonstration sport.

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Half a year later, on February 15,1995, World Taekwondo was affiliated with the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations as a provisional member.

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12.

World Taekwondo was confirmed as program of the 2012 Summer Olympics on July 8,2005.

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Mission of World Taekwondo is to provide effective international governance of Taekwondo as an Olympic sport and Paralympic sport.

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The envisioned objectives of World Taekwondo are to promote, expand, and improve worldwide the practice of taekwondo in light of its educational, cultural, and sports values and to promote fair play, youth development, and education as well as to encourage peace and cooperation though participation in sports.

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Furthermore, World Taekwondo wants to take action in order to strengthen the unity and protect the interests of World Taekwondo and the Taekwondo Movement as well as to engage in other activities in support of the above objectives.

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Under World Taekwondo and Olympic rules, sparring is a full-contact event and takes place between two competitors on a matted 8 meter octagon.

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