History of Taekwondo
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Taekwon-do is a young martial art that was given its name only
in 1955. Taekwon-Do is derived from a number of other martial
arts, the most important Taekyon and karate.
During the
Second World War Japan was ruling Korea, the soldiers were then
taught martial arts. A General of the Korean army, Choi
Hong Hi, has learned karate from the Japanese.
After the liberation, he made adjustments and taught the
resulting martial arts to his soldiers, that is what now is
known as taekwon-do.Choi Hong
Hi ensured that taekwon-do is practiced worldwide.
He founded the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) in the
60s.
In 1965, taekwon-do was
introduced in the Netherlands by the Korean master Kwon Moo-Gun.
He began teaching in Venlo, which then expanded very quickly.
Also at this time in West-Nederland another Korean master Master
Park Jong Soo started teaching and they started working together.
In 1966,
the Dutch Taekwon-do Association (NTA)
was
established to
which we
Suokjang was connected.
Since 2010 we are
affiliated
with the ITF Royal Dutch which hold the INO status
whitin the ITF world
organisation with the
chairman Choi Jung Hwa, son of General Choi Hong Hi.
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