Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) athletes have been offered free entry to an online taekwondo

The GCS All For Charity Online Taekwondo Open is scheduled to take place from August 14 to 22, with remote

exchange staff.Linda Pace, President of the GCS chapter in Victoria, is poomsae director and chair of Para

poomsae for World Taekwondo Oceania.Various competition categories are on offer in the GCS All For Charity

Online Taekwondo Open, including Para poomsae, family poomsae, freestyle poomsae performed to music

and sparring - which consists of kyorugi kicking combinations.The youngest age category is for taekwondo

Top-tier Olympic and Paralympic sponsor Airbnb has unveiled a programme of more than 200 experiences which will allow people to meet and interact with athletes.

involved.There is the chance to connect with stars including American surfer John John Florence, Tongan taekwondo

 "The creation of the Olympic and Paralympic Online Experiences platform not only allowed many Para-athletes

nbsp;"Now, the most important Paralympic Games in history are upon us, and I'm thrilled to see so many Para-athletes

Home Tokyo 2020 qualifier Shoko Ota hopes taekwondo's debut on the Paralympic programme will boost the profile of the sport in Japan.

Martial arts are extremely popular in Japanese culture but the likes of sumo, judo and karate rank above taekwondo

pecking order.The country has won just one Olympic medal in the sport but Ota is eyeing the podium when Para-taekwondo

 She won bronze in the 2019 World Para-Taekwondo Championships in Antalya in Turkey after beating

 "There's a big difference between Japan and other countries.Shoko Ota switched to taekwondo from

in Nordic skiing at the winter version and carrying Japan's flag at Sochi 2014.She was introduced to taekwondo

The joy I get from winning a major championship pales in comparison to the feeling I get when players, parents and coaches around the world write to me saying: "Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to demonstrate my skills during these difficult times."

, and the first online event to include the National Para players in the team.

 In combining the 2021 Oceania Taekwondo G2 Poomsae/Para Poomsae Championships (G2 All National

Teams Poomsae Championships) and the Oceania Open Online Poomsae, mixed poomsae, Para poomsae, Para free

 The event allowed Para free style athletes no restrictions on the taekwondo techniques performed

 The event will include kyorugi kicking, poomsae, Para-taekwondo, free Style, as well as family

India's Aruna Tanwar has set her sights on winning a medal at taekwondo's Paralympic debut after being awarded a place at the Games through the bipartite quota system.

confirmed as a bipartite wildcard in the women's under-49-kilogram class.Aruna will be India's sole taekwondo

It is like a dream come true now with World Taekwondo giving me the go ahead for the Paralympics."

at the global multi-para sport event, #TokyoParalympics.Video Credit - @ANI pic.twitter.com/O904t3KfKt

— Chandigarh University (@Chandigarh_uni) June 29, 2021Her coach and general secretary of the Para Taekwondo

So, we requested to World Taekwondo and were elated to see Aruna getting a wildcard entry."

Four-time world Para taekwondo champion Lisa Kjær Gjessing and three-time Paralympic athletics medallist

first time that Denmark have appointed a male and female flag bearer, and Gjessing will be the first Para

taekwondo player to carry the flag ahead of the sport's Paralympic debut.Nicklas Bjaaland, who is the

Lisa emerges as a strong role model, both inside and outside of Para sport - a flagbearer that everyone

years, Daniel has burned himself into the memory of many Danes with great results on the international Para

Wagner will share flagbearing duties for Denmark at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic opening ceremony with taekwondo

The news that Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) coach Parfait Hakizimana has been included in the

first-ever Refugee Paralympic Team has been hailed by World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue.

Hakizimana is reclassified in time, he is set to compete in the men's under-61-kilogram division when taekwondo

Hakizimana started a taekwondo school there and is credited with having trained more than 1,000 refugee

World Taekwondo remains committed to empowering refugees through Taekwondo, which is why we started the

Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation in the first place," Choue added.

, the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation, and the Rwandan Taekwondo Federation."

Iran finished at the top of the medal table at the 2021 Asian Parataekwondo Championships with four gold medals in Beirut in Lebanon.

withdrew from the final, while Russians Zairuddin Ataev and Bilal Iakhiaev were the bronze medallists.Para-taekwondo

The first appearance of Para-taekwondo at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympics offered Ukraine's Vika

Championships.Marchuk became the first athlete to receive the prestigious Merited Master of Sport in Para

 Marchuk is the first athlete in any post-Soviet country to receive the prize in Para-taekwondo.Such

Sport - in this case, taekwondo - truly has the power to realise dreams and to change lives."

Taekwondo has been hailed as a "fantastic addition" to the Paralympic programme by Britain's Chef de

Para taekwondo is a fantastic addition to the Paralympic Movement and to the Summer Games programme and

BREAKING: Three ParalympicsGB taekwondo athletes are heading to #Tokyo2020 this summer for the sport's

American Para-taekwondo star Brianna Salinaro is looking ahead to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with

under the knife in September of last year and in January, with the procedures providing a boost as taekwondo

Salinaro will be the first female athlete to represent the United States in taekwondo at the Paralympics

and qualified for the K44 under-58 kilograms division through her world ranking.She is also the first taekwondo

as her weight division opponents have disabilities such as arm amputations and the loss of toes.Para-taekwondo

Uzbekistan confirmed two more spots at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in taekwondo following the conclusion

#WorldTaekwondo #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/APuhqzRt8a— World Taekwondo (@WorldTaekwondo1) May 21, 2021First

World Taekwondo Oceania is preparing to hold its latest remote championships, which are expected to attract

The Oceania Taekwondo G2 and Oceania Open Online Poomsae Championships are due to run from Saturday (

May 15) to May 23, and will feature a G-ranked event and open events in the disciplines of poomsae, Para

poomsae, Para freestyle and flying side kick.John Kotsifas, World Taekwondo Oceania President said:

It is aimed to provide the taekwondo community an opportunity to maintain their skills whilst competing

Oceania held an Online Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships in July 2020, open to all nations in the

Paralympic taekwondo qualifier Beth Munro has admitted she did not know Britain had a team before she

a martial arts background at all," said Munro, who has also competed in netball and javelin, to GB Taekwondo

I didn't know there was a Para-taekwondo team.

Azerbaijan and Britain dominated the European taekwondo qualifier for the sport's Paralympic debut at

Four taekwondo players from Azerbaijan - which hosted the first-ever Para Taekwondo World Championships

form and beat Hungary's Zoltan Kiss 28-1 in the final.Compatriot Beth Munro, making an international Para

taekwondo debut, earned Britain a Paralympic berth in the women's K44 under-58kg.Munro defeated Italian

women's under-49kg spot, while Aynur Mammadova's victory in the women's over-58kg meant all four Azeri taekwondo