Taekwondo Federation of India

The INDIA TAEKWONDO (IT) replaced Taekwondo Federation of India (TFI) as the national governing body for Taekwondo in India on confirmation from World Taekwondo on 9th July 2019.

INDIA TAEKWONDO
SportTaekwondo
JurisdictionNational
MembershipState/UT associations[1]
AbbreviationIT
AffiliationWorld Taekwondo
Affiliation date1979[2]
Regional affiliationAsian Taekwondo Union
Affiliation date1982[3]
Headquarters403 TIMMY ARCADE MAKWANA ROAD NEAR MAROL NAKA METRO STATION MAROL ANDHERI (EAST) MUMBAI – 400059[4]
PresidentNamdev Shirgaonkar[2]
SecretaryAmit Dhamal[2]
ReplacedTaekwondo Federation of India
Official website
www.indiataekwondo.com

Since there were many disputes from almost a decade among the office bearers of the previous governing body (TFI) Indian Olympic Association took the matter in its own hands and formed a new federation to bring relief to the affected Taekwondo Atheletes of the whole country. This decision of the IOA was welcomed and accepted by the WT President with his e-mail dated 9th July 2019.

Jimmy R. Jagtiani is the founder and father of taekwondo in India. Jagtiani, who was born in Vietnam in 1955, had emigrated to India 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. "India". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. "About TFI". Taekwondo Federation of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. "India Taekwondo". Retrieved 17 Dec 2019.
  5. "Fatherland of Taekwondo ready to invest in Indian talent". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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