IRI TKD President was invited to participate in World Taekwondo Day Ceremony
Tehran—Aug 2017
"Seyyed Mohammad Pouladgar" - IRI Taekwondo President and ATU Vice- President was invited by WT to attend World Taekwondo Day Ceremony.
8 Taekwondo Demonstration Teams, including IRI Team were invited to take part in the mentioned event.
“Taekwondo Day” has been celebrated around the world on Sept. 4 every year since 2006, celebrating when taekwondo became an official sport in Summer Olympic Game at the 103rd IOC Session in Paris in 1994. Last year, the 2016 Taekwondo World Peace Festival was held in the prestigious City Hall Plaza in central Seoul, Korea. The event was co-organized by World Taekwondo and the Global Taekwondo Support Foundation for Peace and Unification (GTSF). This year’s festival is a significant upgrade. It will be a three-day event that begins on Sept. 2 with a Peace Concert in Seoul. The following day, Sept, 3, will be marked with a ”World Peace Parade,” a taekwondo demonstration contest, a dynamic kicking competition and a team competition in Seoul. The final day, Sept, 4, will conclude with a “Taekwondo Day Celebration Ceremony” at "Taekwondowon", in Muju, Korea. Meanwhile, all expenses were covered by ATU & TPF.
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