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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
REFORMED WTF MATCH RULES AND REGULATIONS APPROVED |
"World Taekwondo Federation's (WTF) Regulations and Match Rules Reform" meeting, held in December 2008 at Turkey, has been approved. New point system, "8m x 8m ring", score review, and video replay will be in effect in the upcoming 2009 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships in June...........more detail |
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Friday, January 16, 2009
OLYMPIC TAEKWONDO SECRET, "26+3" "25+2" |
International Olympic Committee (IOC) will hold a general meeting in October 2009 at Copenhagen, Sweden, to determine the sports to be included in the Summer Olympic program. There is a great interest in the fate of Taekwondo...........more detail |
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Friday, January 16, 2009
KOREA TAEKWONDO ASSOCIATION, CERTIFIED STANDARDS OF ELECTRONIC HOGU SYSTEM |
Korea Taekwondo Association (Chairman Jun Pyo Hong, KTA) has announced their certified standards for electronic hogu system. Increased judging standards, impact measurement and accuracy, differentiate from valid and invalid kicks, and system control functions...........more detail |
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
2009 WTF'S DREAM PROJECT, "1ST PRO TAEKWONDO COMPETITION" |
Pro Taekwondo Competition is expected to take play in May 2009, if everything goes to plan.
In December of 2008, President Choe (WTF) revealed to the reporters about the "1st WTF Pro Taekwondo World Competition". This had been one of his goals ever since he took office in 2004...........more detail |
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
SPORT TAEKWONDO UK SPARRING DAYS |
Sport Taekwondo UK would like to invite athletes to join them for some sparring days at the National Academy. This will be a good opportunity for a number of reasons. It will give you the opportunity to train with some of the best athletes in the country, it will give you the chance to work with the National Team Coaches and finally it will everyone a chance to share ideas. To ensure that these events remain on a quality and not quantity basis only players who meet the following criteria are invited to take part...........more detail |
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
WTF REVISED MATCH RULES PASS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE |
On December 15, 2008, at Ankara, Turkey, World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Executive Committee passed revisions to match rules and articles of association. Along with these revisions, WTF World Ranking was also approved by the committee. The final vote will take place from December of 2008 to January 2009 by an e-vote within the general assembly...........more detail |
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
GREAT BRITAIN POOMSAE TEAM FLY OUT TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS |
The BTCB Great Britain Poomsae Team will fly out to fly out this Friday 12th December to participate at the 3rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Ankara, Turkey. The team will spend a few days preparing for the event which is expected to be the largest to date with more than 60 countries and 500 athletes expected to attend. The three-day event will run from the 16th 18th December and will be held over three rings in the ASKI Sport Hall, which is the biggest and most modern indoor stadium in Ankara. This is also the first time the WTF have held the World Po omsae Championships outside of South Korea...........more detail |
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
FUNDING INCREASES BY 68.3% TO 4.49M FOR LONDON 2012 TAEKWONDO ATHLETES |
Basketball, synchronised swimming, taekwondo, boxing, archery and hockey are the big winners in UK Sport's Olympic 2012 funding programme.
All six have received sizeable increases in their budgets ahead of London, with basketball getting a huge 136% increase, up from 3.7m to 8.7m...........more detail |
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
NEWS FROM THE 4TH COMMONWEALTH TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS : UPDATE |
No official results have been posted yet but we do know the following:-
Sparring..........more detail |
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
12-POINT CEILING AND 7-POINT GAP TO GO, 10M RING REPLACED WITH 8M |
As part of its ceaseless efforts to make takewondo more action-packed and exciting, the World Taekwondo Federation held a Joint Technical Meeting for the amendment to the WTF Competition Rules in Seoul, Korea on Nov. 14, 2008...........more detail |
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
RESULTS FROM THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL AND DORSET OPEN POSTED |
Full results from the first BTCB British Open International Championships 2008 and the Dorset Taekwondo Championships 2008 can be viewed from our Results section...........more detail |
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Monday, November 03, 2008
TAEKWONDO AIMING HIGH |
You might not know it yet, but over a two-week period in four years time, taekwondo could become your new favourite sport.
As unlikely as that sounds, it's the target for organisers of the sport in this country when London hosts the Olympics in 2012...........more detail |
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
WTF TO INTRODUCE ATHLETE RANKING SYSTEM IN 2009 |
The World Taekwondo Federation will introduce an athlete ranking system as early as in 2009, after years of study.
The WTF athlete world ranking system, which will be announced every three months, is aimed at making taekwondo competitions more exciting both to the public and the media. ..........more detail |
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
BTCB JOB VACANCY: TEAM LOGISTICS AND ADMINISTRATION MANAGER |
Sport Taekwondo UK Ltd has a specific objective of delivering the goals of the World Class Performance Programme culminating at the Olympic Games in London 2012...........more detail |
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Monday, October 27, 2008
TV AND TICKETING NEWS, THE BRITISH OPEN |
The latest ticketing and TV news for the British Open is as follows:
Tickets for the 1st BTCB British Open are still available online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk. Tickets are priced online at 10 per adult and 5 for under 16s. This excludes the handling fee...........more detail |
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
SPORT TAEKWONDO UK LTD PAIRS UP WITH KPMG |
Professional services firm KPMG is to partner with Sport Taekwondo UK Ltd, the performance arm of the British Taekwondo Control Board who assume responsibility for elite and Olympic taekwondo development within Great Britain...........more detail |
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
DAN GRADING AND COMPETITION PHOTOS POSTED |
If you were at any of the events listed below, click on the relevant link and check out your photos. More events will be uploaded to the FIMP Media site over the next week or so.
27-09-08 BTCB Black Belt seminar and grading
17-08-08 Chungdokwan Taekwondo 1-1
06-07-08 Tony's Ultimate Taekwondo 1-1
09-12-07 BTCB Black Belt seminar and grading
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Friday, October 17, 2008
VICE PRESIDENT SOO NAM PARK, WILL RUN FOR WTF PRESIDENCY |
WTF Vice President Soo Nam Park has made an official announcement that he will run for WTF Presidency. This early announcement is getting a lot of attention from the public...........more detail |
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
KOREAN PROFESSIONAL TEAM ENTER BRITISH OPEN |
A full team of 16 professional taekwondo players from Korea's professional league have sacrificed attending their nations own Open Event to attend the 1st BTCB British Open. This latest team to register adds to those who have already registered either online at www.ma-regonline.com, or direct with the Organizing Committee.
If you have not yet registered to participate, there is still time. Go to www.ma-regonline.com
and register now...........more detail |
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
RESULTS FROM ULTIMATE TAEKWONDO OPEN POSTED |
You can now find the full results from last weekends Ultimate Taekwondo Open listed in our Results section. This competition was attended by Taekwondo teams from all over the UK, including a strong showing from London based clubs.
All though there were a few teething problems with one of the rings at the start of the competition, and a few people in the wrong grade categories, it was good to see some players that we rarely see at northern competitions.
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