India Taekwondo

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India Taekwondo
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Sport Taekwondo
Jurisdiction India
MembershipState and UT associations [1]
AbbreviationIT
Affiliation World Taekwondo
Affiliation date1979 [2]
Regional affiliation Asian Taekwondo Union
Affiliation date1982 [3]
Headquarters403 Timmy Arcade Makwana Road, near Marol Naka Metro Station, Marol Andheri, East Mumbai [2]
PresidentNamdev Shirgaonkar [2]
SecretaryAmit Dhamal [2]
ReplacedTaekwondo Federation of India
Official website
www.indiataekwondo.com
Flag of India.svg

India Taekwondo is the national governing body for taekwondo in India. It replaced Taekwondo Federation of India from July 2019. It is affiliated to World Taekwondo.

Due to ongoing disputes among the office bearers of the previous governing body Indian Olympic Association took matters into its own hands and formed a new federation to provide relief to affected Taekwondo athletes nationwide. This decision by the Indian Olympic Association was welcomed and accepted by the WT President in an email dated 9 July 2019.

Even after clear stand of World Taekwondo regarding India Taekwondo being the only national sport federation for Taekwondo in India, a faction led by officials of dis-affiliated & de-recognized Taekwondo Federation of India without providing the factual information and stand of World Taekwondo, pleaded to permit themselves to conduct the elections for their society as per Indian Societies Act 1860. The Apex court considered the plea & passed an order for conduction of elections & appointed Court Commissioner cum Returning Officer for the same.

After the completion of elections on 14 Nov 2022, TFI with new office bearers has been claimed to be the national sports federation.

Jimmy R. Jagtiani is the founder and father of taekwondo in India. Jagtiani, who was born in Vietnam in 1955, had emigrated to India Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh with his family to escape the Vietnam War. [4] He founded the Taekwondo Federation of India on 2 August 1976, and is regarded as the father of taekwondo in India. The federation marked its first anniversary in 1977 with a demonstration of high power taekwondo techniques at the K.D. Singh Babu Indoor Stadium in Lucknow. [3] The TFI received affiliation from the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) in 1979, [2] the Asian Taekwondo Union (ATU) in 1982, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in 1985, and the South Asian Taekwondo Federation (SATF) in 1994. [3]

Taekwondo was included as a discipline for the first at the 1985 National Games in New Delhi. The TFI organized a special taekwondo demonstration by Korean Taekwondo Practitioners for then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at the Prime Minister's residence on 17 March 1986. Gandhi was impressed by the demonstration and agreed to "extend all possible help" to the TFI. The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports officially recognized the TFI as the national governing body for taekwondo in 1988. [3]

The TFI granted affiliation to the Services Sports Control Board in 1990, the Taekwondo Academy of India in 1990, Army Sports Control Board (ASCB) in 1992, and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in 1995. Numerous state/UT taekwondo boards are also affiliated to the TFI. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "List of TKD State Associations". Taekwondo Federation of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "India". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 14 Nov 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "About TFI". Taekwondo Federation of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Fatherland of Taekwondo ready to invest in Indian talent". The Times of India. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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