ITF + WTF merging process is not an easy thing, and it needs time (that everybody in taekwondo needs - especially ITF which is not olympic sport and also not AGFIS recognised).
WTF Holds 3rd Meeting of Coordination Committee for Taekwondo Integration with ITF
The World Taekwondo Federation held the 3rd meeting of the Coordination Committee for Taekwondo Integration with the International Taekwon-Do Federation in Beijing, China, on Oct. 22-23, 2007.
At the meeting, the WTF, the world’s sole taekwondo governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee, and the ITF led by North Korean IOC member Ung Chang, agreed to set up poomsae and kyorugi subcommittees under the Coordination Committee for Taekwondo Integration.
The poomsae and kyorugi subcommittees, which will be composed of experts in their respective fields and be simultaneously operated, will deal with in detail possible technical integration matters of the two taekewondo bodies, according to the joint communique.
The WTF dispatched a six-member delegation for the Beijing meeting, headed by Mr. Dai-soon Lee, vice president of the WTF; while the ITF sent a five-member delegation, led by Mr. Ryu Song-il, chairman of the Merger Committee of the ITF and special assistant to the ITF president.
At the meeting, the WTF, the world’s sole taekwondo governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee, and the ITF led by North Korean IOC member Ung Chang, agreed to set up poomsae and kyorugi subcommittees under the Coordination Committee for Taekwondo Integration.
The poomsae and kyorugi subcommittees, which will be composed of experts in their respective fields and be simultaneously operated, will deal with in detail possible technical integration matters of the two taekewondo bodies, according to the joint communique.
The WTF dispatched a six-member delegation for the Beijing meeting, headed by Mr. Dai-soon Lee, vice president of the WTF; while the ITF sent a five-member delegation, led by Mr. Ryu Song-il, chairman of the Merger Committee of the ITF and special assistant to the ITF president.
WTF President Talks with ITF Leaders at WTF HQ
WTF President Chungwon Choue talks with Mr. Ung Chang, North Korean IOC member and president of the International Taekwondo Federation, and other ITF officials, when they paid a courtesy call at the headquarters of the WTF in Seoul on April 8, 2007.
WTF President Poses with North Korean IOC Member, ITF President Ung Chang at WTF HQ
WTF President Chungwon Choue shakes hands with with Mr. Ung Chang, North Korean IOC member and president of the International Taekwondo Federation, when the latter paid a courtesy call at the headquarters of the WTF in Seoul on April 8, 2007.
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