SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of taekwondo apprentices succeeded in a group demonstration in central Seoul, setting a new Guinness World Record. Some 12,533 participants flocked to Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Saturday, wearing their taekwondo uniforms, to hold a group demonstration of the “Taeguk 1-jang” technique. A total of 12,263 of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Nicaragua has introduced taekwondo as one of the regular courses offered at some of the public schools in the country. The South Korean embassy in Nicaragua reported that the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education incorporated the South Korean martial art part of the regular curriculum at two public schools in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Taekwondo, a Korean martial art, was performed during the halftime show of a National Football League (NFL) game in Washington, D.C. A group of taekwondo teams from Tongmyong University, Angel Peace Art Group, and the U.S. martial arts academy MBA staged a joint performance during the halftime show of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Taekwondo Headquarters, also known as Kukkiwon, is introducing a special uniform to be used in the 9th dan award ceremony. The new uniform will be used for the first time at the second 9th dan award ceremony to be held this year at the Kukkiwon Main Stadium [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the Afghan evacuees who were airlifted to South Korea in August, teenage girls will learn taekwondo. Together with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation started teaching the Korean traditional martial art to children and teenagers under 18 years of age among the Afghan [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Cultural Center in Osaka, Japan announced that it has opened up a website with online taekwondo courses for Japanese viewers. The website offers 33 taekwondo courses taught by a Korean instructor with Japanese subtitles. The website was created exclusively to prevent the inconvenience of searching through video [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Taekwondo is gaining the attention in Italy after the country won its first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the martial arts discipline. The Italian daily Corriere della Sera released a two-page article in its Monday edition that said ‘Martial Art Born in Korea Mesmerizes Children.’ The newspaper [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. state of California has designated September 4th as Taekwondo Day. The California State Senate passed a bill on the designation of Taekwondo Day last week, the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles said. The bill designates September 4th, the official Taekwondo Day certified by the World Taekwondo [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A demonstration team from the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) made an appearance on the popular U.S. talent competition show “America’s Got Talent,” winning the Golden Buzzer and qualifying for the quarter-finals. The performance by a taekwondo demonstration team from the WTF, recorded at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Young trainees to become Catholic priests are taking taekwondo lessons at the Vatican. Saint Pius X Institute, located inside the Vatican City, signed a contract with the Italian Taekwondo Federation (FITA) to teach taekwondo to students aiming for priesthood. The lessons began last October. It is the first time [...]