Korean Kick Festival − 6
MESSAGE from Korean Kick Committee
Welcoming MESSAGE Building a more peaceful world by educating youth through Martial Arts Dear Taekwon-Do and Martial
that feel in our rapidly changing world, in
advance in parallel with each other in this
Arts brothers,
order to deal with these changes, Martial
evolving world. By combining our efforts
It is my great honor to welcome you to Ko-
Arts need to set a new paradigm based
it is possible to create a global comrade-
rea, the homeland of Taekwon-Do, and to
on an interchange of technical knowledge
ship regardless of any political, ideological
provide a meeting place for the world’s fin-
and the development of a modern global
or economic barriers and become a one
est Martial Artists and friends. ITF HQ Korea
administrative structure that removes the
Martial Arts family and community.
strives not only to unite Taekwon-Do in the
customary vested interests of some exist-
future under the banner “One Taekwon-Do
ing organizations.
in its homeland” but also to unite Martial
Let’s raise the curtain in Korea, the country of Martial Arts. Korea is everyone’s , lets
Arts through the slogan “One Martial Arts
With an understanding that regardless
unite altogether and create one system,
World”. This aim has been fostered through
of the style of martial art most have this
build community networks and contrib-
our many contacts and discussions with
similar ideal and can together take a leading
ute and share our Martial Arts World for
world Martial Arts organizations and groups
role and develop or combine techniques to
everyone.