Before each Taekwon-Do competition is a joint meeting of all Umpires, the most responsible for applying the Tournament regulations for a fair competition.

The sentence "Taekwon-Do is for everyone" was already stated in the first edition of the encyclopedia of Taekwon-Do several decades ago. With the official International Adapted Course, the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) was actively promoting "adapted" teaching and training methods for Taekwon-Do students with special needs. Now, the next level of inclusion was reached with internationally harmonised rules for the so-called adapted Taekwon-Do competitions.

Asia is the continent where Taekwon-Do was born and where it took its first steps at the hands of its creator, General Choi Hong Hi, and a select group of students, who carried out demonstrations beyond the borders of Korea. But now only 20 Asian countries are active members of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF).

The Norwegian team dominated the 38th European Taekwon-Do Championships 2024 at the Medical University of Lublin in Poland. Slovenia and Ireland completed the podium in a tournament with a record number of participants.

On Saturday, after the All Europe Taekwon-do Federation (AETF) Congress in Lublin, the three simultaneous championships of the best European taekwon-do started early. Romania topped the medals table with 5 medals in just over three hours of senior competition.

During the European Championships in Lublin, Inside The Games had the pleasure of interviewing Gustavo Livon, Chair of the ITF's Mergers Committee, which is responsible for merging federations with the aim of improving the martial art's activities.