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The World Taekwondo Federation

Deputy director of the Republic of Korea Presidential Protective Forces, Dr. Kim Un Yong, was elected the president of the Korea Taekwondo Association on January 23, 1971. Although he initially declined the position due to the continued conflicts within the organization, he was asked by the Korean government to accept and to cleanse the association. This he accomplished with great success.

Believing that taekwondo was a Korean martial art and its governing body should be based in Korea, Dr. Kim dissolved the relationship between the Korea Taekwondo Association and the International Taekwondo Federation.

In 1973 the World Taekwondo Federation was formed, and Dr. Kim was elected its president. This organization has led the martial art of taekwondo into its status as an Olympic sport.

MOST SYSTEMS OF MARTIAL ARTS promote the philosophy that practitioners should constantly be aware of their environment and be at one with nature. The philosophy of taekwondo is designed to teach practitioners to raise their body and mind to a new level of physical and mental awareness. These abstract concepts are lost to the minds of most modern practitioners of the martial arts.