TheFinnishBolshevik | North Koreans teach Finns Taekwondo (ITF) @thefinnishbolshevik2404 | Uploaded October 2017 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
Original ITF Taekwondo became more popular in North Korea while WTF Taekwondo was created by South Korea and the USA to replace ITF.
WTF has since become more popular worldwide but both styles are still practiced.
Founder of Taekwondo, Choi Hong Hi was a Korean nationalist anti-japanese fighter who later became a general in the South Korean army. He defected to North Korea in 1979. He is seen as unimportant or a traitor among WTF Taekwondo organizations.
General Choi founded the "International Taekwondo Federation" (ITF) in 1966. South Korea created the "World Taekwondo Federation" (WTF) in 1973 when Choi was in political exile in Canada.
Original ITF Taekwondo became more popular in North Korea while WTF Taekwondo was created by South Korea and the USA to replace ITF.
WTF has since become more popular worldwide but both styles are still practiced.
Founder of Taekwondo, Choi Hong Hi was a Korean nationalist anti-japanese fighter who later became a general in the South Korean army. He defected to North Korea in 1979. He is seen as unimportant or a traitor among WTF Taekwondo organizations.
General Choi founded the "International Taekwondo Federation" (ITF) in 1966. South Korea created the "World Taekwondo Federation" (WTF) in 1973 when Choi was in political exile in Canada.
