China International Taekwon-Do Federation has successfully
held three International Taekwon-Do seminars continuously, close
to the Chinese Taekwon-Do lovers to enjoy the flavor of the World
Taekwon-Do predecessors, and created valuable opportunities. Through
several international seminars, we have seen not only the superb
technical predecessors, but also their love and dedication of
Taekwon-Do, and meticulous teaching attitude. On 21 May 2006,
Grandmaster Rhee Ki Ha and Chinese Taekwon-Do lovers gathered
together to learn Taekwon-Do technical skills and had a great
time. This is a rare event, the pride of the Chinese Taekwon-Do
lovers. However, people cannot help but ask why some people ignored
the vital interests of Taekwon-Do lovers everywhere by spreading
rumors with all means to undermine a popular seminar? The fact
is that a few foreign instructors, who are individually operating
Dojangs in China, are taking the advantages of the ITF headquarters
which is flooded by their people, by using some domestic individuals
coveting fame followers, used every possible means to prevent
Grandmaster Rhee to teach in normal activities of the China ITF.
They forced Grandmaster Rhee to join their seminar at exactly
the same day as our seminar.Grandmaster Rhee, without question,
withstood the pressure from the ITF headquarters and kept his
promise successfully by organizing the seminar according to the
original schedule. Justice will not be overwhelmed by evil. These
foreign instructors lifting rocks only dropped them on their own
feet.
Shortly after the Founder of Taekwon-Do, Gen. Choi Hong Hi, the
first president of the International Taekwon-Do Federation in
2002 left us, the foreign instructors have been brazenly colluding
with staffs of the ITF headquarters and unscrupulously suppressing
the normal work of China ITF. Its purpose is to include China
ITF to their own hands. To achieve the hidden goals of these foreign
instructors and staffs, China ITF's official website has been
deleted from ITF website arbitrarily, and opened Beijing ITF Association
(Now it is called China ITF Taekwon-Do League with unidentified
people) for the so-called alternative. Such violations nakedly
exposed abuses of power by their low quality and pride in the
work style of Taekwon-Do (Please
refer to the open letter which has been sent to ITF headquarters,
it was not open to public before so ITF could solved the problem
honorably). In fact, this so-called foreign instructors’s
association is made up of random name and their followers. Facts
have fully demonstrated that their attempts are futile. China
ITF is the Chinese regional headquarters for the International
Taekwon-Do Federation. Gen. Choi Hong Hi, the Founder of the International
Taekwon-Do Federation, recognized the legitimate organization
in written form in 1999. More importantly, China ITF is formed
by native born Chinese instructors to serve Chinese Taekwon-Do
lovers as a formal organization. China ITF, with the support of
the vast majority of the Chinese Taekwon-Do lovers and lovers
of the World Taekwon-Do, has been fully recognized. Those Grandmaster
and Masters who have came to China conducting seminars for the
Taekwon-Do lovers of China ITF are a strong proof.
Over the years, the foreign instructors use their people in the
ITF headquarters to interfere in the internal relations and the
normal control of the Chinese instructors, this is one of the
main reasons that Taekwon-Do has been slow in development so far
in China. Since the foreign instructors throw their weight about
bullying native instructors and staffs of the ITF headquarters
act in dereliction of duty, some 100 Chinese instructors educated
by Gen. Choi Hong Hi over the past 20 years could not effectively
operate their Dojiangs, where most of Chinese instructors with
no alternative eventually had to give up Taekwon-Do, China ITF
has suffered a tremendous loss. Fortunately, China ITF, in the
course of the hardships and frustrations, has withstood the test
of maturity. She has experienced the cold weather but withstood
it thanks to the outstanding team of Chinese instructors with
superb techniques and rich experience in teaching. Along with
the constant development of China's economy and the continuous
improvement of people's living standards, the Chinese people have
gained more self-confidence of their own identity. China International
Taekwon-Do Federation will be in full support of the Chinese Taekwon-Do
lovers. Taekwon-Do belongs to the world we believe in. Taekwon-Do
has huge room for development in China. We have the confidence
and capability to meet the new challenges and difficulties and
make greater achievements.
Here, China International Taekwon-Do Federation and Chinese Taekwon-Do
lovers again called on the International Taekwon-Do Federation
to seriously rectify the ITF headquarters, to correct the style
of the work and correct the mistakes they have committed, and
to maintain the desired image of the ITF. We are seriously warning
to those foreign instructors do not pose Chinese people as an
enemy. There is the only way to observe ITF regulations and abide
by Chinese laws to operate Dojiangs legally in China. We also
sincerely advise the followers of the foreign instructors, do
not just do for a moment of fame. We should maintain the dignity
of the Chinese people to serve the development of China's Taekwon-Do.
Our door is open, you are most welcome to return and reunite.
China ITF had spent a lot of human and financial resources to
help the foreign instructors for developing Taekwon-Do in China.
China's reform and open policies have provided you with an unlimited
market and living spaces. You should be grateful to the Chinese
people’s broadmindedness. Please do not repeat the role
of lifting rocks again.
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