TAEKWON-DO
International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) was founded in 1966 by Major General Choi Hong Hi six years before his exile from South Korea in 1972 and seven years before the WTF. His first visit of good will to North Korea was in 1980, when he introduced Taekwon-Do there. It is one the two major international Taekwon-Do organisations, the other being the public Olympic International Federation called World Taekwondo Federation or WTF. The WTF though only operates competitions and has nothing to do with curriculum. For that, the WTF only recognizes the Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Headquarters). General Choi was the primary figure in the development of Taekwon-Do during the 20th century and headed meetings with the senior Taekwon-Do masters to unify a large number of the Korean martial arts schools under the name Taekwon-Do. He is also responsible for providing Taekwon-Do with its name which was agreed upon on April 11th, 1955. He is acknowledged by practitioners of ITF Taekwon-Do as the founder and father of Taekwon-Do.
Channel: Sports
Uploaded: February 23, 2007 at 1:42 am
Author: ritzphil
Length: 00:06:14
Rating: 4.81
Views: 385059
Tags: wtf tkd gtf taekwon-do taekwondo art martial itf
Video Comments:
aussyt (January 6, 2009 at 9:59 am)
good choise of music from groove coverage i love them!
kf103 (January 6, 2009 at 5:51 am)
whats his name
NinjaKid3000 (January 5, 2009 at 11:59 pm)
whats the name of this song??
poppaaas (January 5, 2009 at 8:15 pm)
Man, all of this was performed perfect! this vid rly shows what a great sport tkd is
OskarTKD (January 4, 2009 at 2:33 am)
Tae Kwon Do for ever!! Very nice video.:D
000000000000000oskar (January 3, 2009 at 5:10 pm)
excellent video. thanks man for this video. Viva ITF!XD
taekwondoarno (January 2, 2009 at 11:30 am)
dit kun je nu eens echt taekwondo noemen!!!!!groeten arno..
martinsvv (December 31, 2008 at 4:27 pm)
ITF ftw
4thDan (December 30, 2008 at 11:47 pm)
It depends on the person, not the style. ITF actually allows punches to the face, something that is MUCH more conducive to actual self-defense. Only allowing punching to the body restricts the fighter in an actual combat situation. If they've been taught not to hit the face when free sparring, they instinctively won't after years of conditioning to that rule, and it will inhibit the way they protect themselves.
thehymner (December 29, 2008 at 10:19 pm)
they are the same in that they are both sports. they are different in that only one of them can be applied in combat.
klemen1995taekwondo (December 28, 2008 at 9:29 pm)
groove coverage-god as a girl
chrischerc (December 22, 2008 at 5:10 pm)
Which is equal to yellow belt in most other systems.
heretic211 (December 19, 2008 at 12:44 pm)
god is a girl groove coverage.
method005 (December 15, 2008 at 8:41 pm)
someone please tell me the name of this song?shanks : ]
Amitboy1980 (December 15, 2008 at 6:52 am)
i love tkd wat do u think of my videos have look please cheers
sofbtallislife1121 (December 14, 2008 at 7:32 pm)
im a second degree black belt in itf.this is a very good video.
it actually shows girls.<3
it actually shows girls.<3
taekwondoWTFmaster1 (December 13, 2008 at 9:25 pm)
See who cares if it's ITF or WTF as long as it is taekwondo we should unite and think of ITF as WTF and WTF as ITF.We shouldn't be fighting on which is better.We should fight with people who say MT is better than TKD.Which everyone knoews it's not.I hope we can all think of WTF OR ITF AS SIMPLY TAEKWONDO WHO EVER AGREES GIVES ME A THUMBS UP.I TRAIN TAEKWONDO MYSELF.
Taekwondorocks (December 13, 2008 at 8:07 pm)
anyways i love taekwondo
tik527 (December 13, 2008 at 3:32 pm)
i would say wtf or itf are same. its all depends on how talent of the person training
Taekwondorocks (December 13, 2008 at 3:13 pm)
WTF fights better than itf there fighting style is bad
JesterSentinel (December 2, 2008 at 11:18 pm)
beastly
victorljt (November 30, 2008 at 8:23 pm)
ITF forever!!GTF n WTF ssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkkkkkkkkksssssss
freelonelyguy (November 29, 2008 at 5:00 am)
so awesome
pochla1991 (November 19, 2008 at 11:14 pm)
hey este video es vacano, pero me ayudaria a buscar uno de axhibicion donde una mujer hace defensa personal
channychambers (November 18, 2008 at 10:15 pm)
i can`t live without taekwondo♥♥♥
ITF 4-ever♥♥♥
ITF 4-ever♥♥♥