Message from the president of ITF.

For sixteen days next month, the attention of millions of people around the world will be focused on the Olympic Games taking place in Beijing (China). WTF Taekwondo is one of the Olympic sports, and in the Olympic context, it is presented like any other sport. Thinking about the Olympics prompted me to consider how ITF Taekwon-Do can be identified as a true martial art.

If we practiced ITF Taekwon-Do simply as a sport if we made winning medals our goal, neglected the Do, and forgot about the traditional spirit of the martial arts would we still be able to claim to practice a true martial art? Of course not! Many martial arts include the “Do” in their name, but they do not all teach the “Do”, the philosophy that should be a guide for true martial artists.

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This is an official article taken from www.tkd-itf.org.