A Study on the Origin and Dissemination of Chinese Taekwondo, Transitioned from ITF to WT Taekwondo

Abstract

This study aims to examine the meaning and phenomenological value of Taekwondo through the dissemination and development process of Taekwondo for the first time in Yanbian, China. The researcher actively utilized literature and oral data through interviews with people related to the early spread of Taekwondo in order to examine the dissemination and development of Taekwondo in the Yanbian region of China, where Taekwondo was founded centering on Choi Hong-hee's ITF Taekwondo and Kim Un-yong. In particular, through close interviews with Yanbian University professors who are closely related to the spread and development of Taekwondo in the Yanbian region of China, Taekwondo instructors in the Yanbian region, and Korean instructors from the WT, the situation of the transition and development of WT Taekwondo from the ITF led by North Korea in the early days was examined. In this way, the historical meaning of the first dissemination of WT Taekwondo in China after the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and China was investigated, and the sustainable development and sprea.