Korea Taekwondo Association

Korea Taekwondo Association
AbbreviationKTA
Formation1959
TypeGovernment Organisation
PurposeSport
HeadquartersOlympic Park
Location
  • Seoul
Region served
South Korea
Official language
Korean
President
Jin Bang Yang
Parent organization
Korea Sports Council
Websitewww.koreataekwondo.org

Korea Taekwondo Association (Korean: 대한 태권도 협회; Hanja: 大韓 跆拳道 協會; KTA), originally the Korea Tang Soo Do Association (1961),[1] is the first taekwondo organisation. It was founded in 1959,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][a] although official South Korean sources give 1961 as its year of establishment.[9][10][b] In 1966, some members of the KTA, led by H. H. Choi, broke off from the KTA and formed the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF). The Kukkiwon and the then-World Taekwondo Federation (WTF, now known as World Taekwondo [WT]) were created by the KTA in the early 1970s. The KTA sits under the Korea Sports Council,[11] is aligned with Kukkiwon, and is a Member National Association (MNA) of the WT.[12] Its goal is to promote the martial art taekwondo as a national sport within South Korea.[13]

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  11. ^ Korea Taekwondo Association: Organization Retrieved on 23 July 2009.
  12. ^ World Taekwondo Federation: Member National Association – Korea Retrieved on 23 July 2009.
  13. ^ Korea Taekwondo Association: Goal & Function Retrieved on 23 July 2009.