Celebration Day: 24h online celebration of 70 years of Taekwon-Do, April 11, 2025, starting at 6am UTC.
It is free. It is online. And it is for everyone. Every session is opening with one of the 24 patterns.
We found 24 enthusiastic speakers. Everyone has something to say and we’re thrilled to broaden our horizon.
The schedule of the event is now finalised:
April 11, 6am UTC – Master Virginia Dionisi – “Chon-Ji: From the First Movement to a Lasting Legacy” April 11, 7am UTC – Sbn Brendan Doogan – “Storytelling in Taekwon-Do” April 11, 8am UTC – Master Hong Looi together with Sbn Sabina Mason – “Championing Athletes Well-Being: A Collaborative Approach to Anti-Doping and Concussion Awareness” April 11, 9am UTC – Sbn Katya Solovey – “ITF Fight Evolution” April 11, 10am UTC – Sbn See Kean Piew April 11, 11am UTC – Sbn Ariella Figueora – “Conditioning for Elite Taekwon-Do Athletes” April 11, 12pm UTC – Master Nurisa Mambetalieva – “The Method of Teaching Special Techniques (Pattern) in Taekwon-Do ITF” April 11, 1pm UTC – Master Nick Symonds – “Developing power in Pattern techniques” April 11, 2pm UTC – Sbn Mihai Hondru – “Preparing Athletes for Special Technique Competition” April 11, 3pm UTC – Sbn Tamrat Feyessa together with Master Wogayehu Behailu – “ITF Development in Ethiopia/Africa” April 11, 4pm UTC – Master John McIlvaney – “Inclusive and adapted Taekwon-Do” April 11, 5pm UTC – Sbn Roy Rolstad – “ITF Radix, selected applications from ITF Patterns” April 11, 6pm UTC – Sbn Nicholas Dusard – “The Life Lessons of Eui-Am: Taekwondo Beyond the Dojang” April 11, 7pm UTC – Master Gastón Casero – “Taekwon-Do for everyone – it’s never too late to start” April 11, 8pm UTC – Master Adrian Byrne together with Sbn Richie Forde – “ITF Sparring Analysis – What numbers matter?” April 11, 9pm UTC – Sbn Fernando Arrua – “How regulations and policies make a strong sports association” April 11, 10pm UTC – Master Janel Gauthier, Prof. Dr. – “Moral training in Taekwon-Do training: Recalling the past, acknowledging the present, and looking to the future” April 11, 11pm UTC – Master Fabián Izquierdo – “Gen. Choi, Taekwon-Do, and children” April 12, 12am UTC – Master Joliette Trân – “Taekwon-Do as a sport, a martial art, way of life and a tool for social development” April 12, 1am UTC – Sbn Honey Ospina April 12, 2am UTC – Master Steven LeGrow – “Creating a Culture of Excellence: How to Engage and Retain Students Longer” April 12, 3am UTC – Master Thierry Meyour April 12, 4am UTC – GM Hector Marano – “The History of Patterns” April 12, 5am UTC – GM George Vitale – “The History of Taekwon-Do”