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One of the two major Taekwondo organisations, the other being the World Taekwondo Federation or WTF. The International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) was founded on March 22, 1966, by General Choi Hong Hi, who developed Taekwondo, to promote the teaching of this martial art.
At that time, nine countries were involved: Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, West Germany, USA, Turkey, Italy, and Egypt. Taekwon-Do is now taught in almost every country in the world, and General Choi is recognized as the Father of ITF Taekwondo.
When General Choi died on the 15th June 2002, Mr Russell McClellan became the acting president of the organisation. The current president is Master Trân Triêu Quân who was elected in June 2003.
Patterns
Patterns or forms (equivalent to the kata in karate) are considered by many to be one of the most important aspects of training in Taekwondo. The patterns practised by members of the ITF are very different from those performed by the WTF, forming one of the major differences between the two styles.
There are 24 patterns in the official ITF syllabus, all of which were developed by General Choi. The names of these patterns are as follows
Chon-Ji
Dan-Gun
Do-San
Won-Hyo
Yul-Gok
Joong-Gun
Toi-Gye
Hwa-Rang
Choong-Moo
Kwang-Gae
Po-Eun
Ge-Baek
Eui-Am
Choong-Jang
Juche
Sam-il
Yoo-Sin
Choi-Yong
Yong-Gae
Ul-Ji
Moon-Moo
So-San
Se-Jong
Tong-Il
Originally there was another pattern called Kodang but this has been replaced by Juche in the current official syllabus of the ITF.
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