Belgian Championships 2026

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The 36st Belgian Championships, Saturday February 7th in venue Tolhuis in Ghent, were another great ITF-Belgium event, organized by Taekwon-Do Club Gent and the ITF-Belgium TUIC.

Competitors from all around the country, kids, youth, pre-juniors, juniors and senior took part in tul, teamtul, sparring, teamsparring, kids sparring, power breaking, pre-arranged free sparring and special techniques, black belts as well as coloured and white belts. Together with the referees and coaches from all the affiliated club, with the organizers, the TUIC, the many volunteers and supporters, they made it a great championship with positive vibes, a nice atmosphere and sportmanship, many high-level performances and happy faces.

Results can be found on Sportsdata:

  • Click here
  • For special techniques & power breaking: click on the draws

Open Dutch Championships 2026

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Helmond, The Netherlands January 31st

Results members ITF-Belgium:

  • Ben Hadj Ali Adyen silver sparring
  • Heidi Bewa silver sparring
  • Drubbel Wout bronze tul, brons sparring
  • Matton Cedrick silver tul
  • Caisin Grigorii gold sparring
  • Housen Laurent gold sparring
  • Olshanetskyi gold sparring, bronze tul
  • Say Sona gold sparring
  • Rinchinov Altan silver sparring
  • Margos Michaël gold tul
  • Elazzouzi Tarek silver tul
  • Schuddinck Rune gold tul
  • Matton Laetisa silver sparring
  • Wojsznis Faith bronze sparring
  • Vandermaesen Flora silver sparring
  • De Doncker Eline gold tul

ITF-Belgium wants you!

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ITF-Belgium is looking for some extra people to help.

There are some vacant places in the committees, and we are counting on YOU to put forward your candidature.

  • Are you eager to engage for ITF Taekwon-Do and ITF-Belgium?
  • Do you have the time to take up some tasks?
  • Do you want to work with and for the members ITF-Belgium, thus helping developing the federation and ITF Taekwon-Do?
  • Do you have some skills we are looking for?

Don’t wait any longer and send in your candidature.Which profiles do we need?

Safe guarding officers (1 or 2) – https://itfbelgium.be/?page_id=1756

At this moment, ITF-Belgium can count on 1 Safe guarding officer. The federation is looking for 1 or 2 extra persons, among them one person who is native French speaking. Did you follow a formation to become Safe guarding officer (API-personne de contact d’intégrité) or are you willing to follow a course on short-term base? Then we are looking for you.

Anti-doping officer (1)

The anti-doping officer is the liaison between the ITF Medical & Anti-Doping Committee and the Board and National Team ITF-Belgium. He/she receives the information from ITF, and distributes this to the appropriate persons. Having a small interest in the anti-doping rules is of course a must.

Member of the TUIC (Tournament, Umpire and IT Committee) (1) – https://itfbelgium.be/?page_id=146

From the TUIC: We have 1 vacant place for a new member in the TUIC.  We try to keep the composition of our members in balance with some objective criteria like gender, different schools, experience, knowledge, background … We now especially want people with some competition experience, to help for making the categories and draws in the different disciplines (e.g. tul and sparring): in the first place people who breathe Taekwon-Do and have enough feeling with Umpiring and with the sportive side of our Martial Art.  A black belt is preferable. We are also looking for people who have a basic IT-knowledge and open for learning more skills in this area.  Humanity, flexibility, perseverance, patience and empathy are of course characteristics that are very needed for such tasks.You can send your motivated application to Master Eddy via mail, we will discuss this in the TUIC, he may contact you for further discussion etc. … and then we do a proposal to the board for their final decision.

Member of the Coach Development Committee (1) – https://itfbelgium.be/?page_id=146

From the CDC: We are currently looking to welcome one new member to the Coach Developer Committee. We are seeking an experienced and motivated coach with a strong mindset of continuous improvement, a genuine interest in coach education, and a desire to contribute to the long-term development of our coaching community. The ideal candidate is eager to share knowledge, exchange best practices, and support other instructors in their growth.

Members of the Inclusion Committee (2) – https://itfbelgium.be/?page_id=146

From the Inclusion Committee: a black belt level is important, but not indispensable. What is essential however is that the person trains taekwon-do, attends classes, and its a plus if they have experience in instructing Obviously a strong interest for inclusion in taekwondo matters is necessary.

Members of the PR Committee (2) – https://itfbelgium.be/?page_id=146

Communication is your cup of tea? Social media have no secrets for you? You want to reach out to the press? Then maybe this committee is waiting for you.

Congress Meeting 2026

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Lokeren, Sunday January 25th

On the annual Congress Meeting 2026 the board, instructors and committee chairs & members gathered to evaluate 2025 and to discuss the perspectives for 2026. Themes such as the accountability 2025, the budgets and forecast 2026, an evaluation of the events 2025 and a planning for 2026, an evaluation of and by the different committees and much more where on the agenda. But also issues like international problems were discussed.

Also on the agenda was the change of name of the non-profit organization ITF-Vlaanderen eV vzw into ITF-Belgium, and the reunification of the two regional associations (ITF-Vlaanderen eV vzw and ITF-Wallonie) into ITF-Belgium, getting back to the situation before 1995, when ITF-Belgium became an umbrella organization. As Belgium has no national ministry of sports, we were ‘forced’ to split mid nineties, but since this was causing confusing and extra work, without having any gains, the Congress decided to get back to one unified non-profit organization.

The Congress Meeting was a good opportunity to gather, discuss, plan and

European Championships 2026

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On behalf of the National Coaching Team, please find below the selection for the ITF Taekwon-Do European Championships 2026, which will take place in Maribor, Slovenia, from 15th to 19th April.

Selection

Pattern (Individual):
– Andreea Musca
– Wim Vermeir
– Tomas Chacon
– Altan Rinchinov
– Lara Capa
– Helin Capa

Pre-Arranged Sparring
– Andreea Musca & Tomas Chacon
– Lara Capa & Helin Capa

Sparring (Individual)
– Altan Rinchinov
– Kilan Verbraeken
– Helin Capa
– Lara Capa

Power Breaking (Individual)
– Heidi Bewa (Junior Female)
– Cédrik Baert (Junior Male)
– Gabriel Martinez (Junior Male)

Special Technique (Individual)
– Kilan Verbraeken

Kind regards,
Bo Sabum Nicolas
On behalf of the National Coaching Team
ITF Taekwon-Do Belgium

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