Taekwondo Federation of India

Taekwondo Federation of India
Sport Taekwondo
Jurisdiction National
Membership State/UT associations[1]
Abbreviation TFI
Founded 2 August 1976 (1976-08-02)
Affiliation World Taekwondo
Affiliation date 1979[2]
Regional affiliation Asian Taekwondo Union
Affiliation date 1982[3]
Headquarters 32/16, Valmiki Marg, Hazratganj, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh[4]
President Chetan Anand
Secretary Prabhat Kumar Sharma[2]
Official website
www.taekwondofederationofindia.com
India

The Taekwondo Federation of India (TFI) is the national governing body for Taekwondo in India.

Taekwondo was introduced to India in 1975 by Jimmy R. Jagtiani. Jagtiani, who was born in Vietnam in 1955, had emigrated to Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh with his family to escape the Vietnam War.[5] 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 taekwondokas 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]

References

  1. ↑ "List of TKD State Associations". Taekwondo Federation of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "India". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "About TFI". Taekwondo Federation of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Contact us". Taekwondo Federation of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Fatherland of Taekwondo ready to invest in Indian talent". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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