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Originally Posted by wsdddoa012
I recently read I believe in taekwondo times magazine that ITF and WTF are in fact joining organizations. How much to the extent and what exactly does that mean, the magazine only said to improve the qualiity of tae kwon do worldwide.
Hmmm it'll be interesting nonetheless
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WTF is in the process of accepting ITF sparring as an additional sparring event in all 182 WTF Member National Associations events, the 5 Regional WTF Championships and the semi-annual WTF World Championships.
Remember, the WTF is NOT a style. The WTF is just a tournament committee.
Kukkiwon is the style.
Currently the WTF only accepts the Kukkiwon's "Shihap Kyorugi" as it's sole sparring event. This is the 17th type of sparring found in the Kukkiwon curriculum, and the only one that allows knockout.
This is going to change when the WTF accepts ITF sparring too.
The Kukkiwon sparring curriculum also contains ITF competition sparring, so WTF competitors will be able to easily compete in such an event, considering that most WTF competitors are from Kukkiwon based schools. However, ITF competitors have no experience in Shihap Kyorugi and will find it difficult to keep up.
This will not merge techniques as many ITF people on this board think. What it will do is open all Official ITF events up to WTF competitors, as ITF has been traditional closed to WTF competitors.
It will also open up ITF to governance by the IOC and it's National Olympic Committees, and for many in the ITF this will be worse than having WTF competitors fighting in ITF events.
Are you sure you want this to happen?
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