Lokeren, Sunday February 16th
The 2025 Belgian Championships celebrated the 35 years of ITF-Belgium and the 70 years of Taekwon-Do. Therefore during the opening ceremony all competitors, coaches and umpires performed Chon-ji to start the day. Furthermore during the opening ceremony a special word was said to celebrate the pioneer of ITF-Belgium Grand Master Frank Vanberghen, but also to celebrate the umpires and TUIC and the nationale coaches, who also presented the 2025 team for the European Championships in April.
During the competition, with 252 competitors in 516 events (tul, teamtul, pre-arranged free sparring, kids sparring, adapted tul & sparring, sparring, teamsparring, special techniques and power breaking for white, coloured and black belts) some high level bouts were shown. More importantly, the athmosphere between all competitors, the 45 referees and appr. 42 coaches was excellent.
All results can be found on Sportsdata: click here.
Hightlight of the day for many competitors was receiving their medal on the big podium.