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BTFC created history in the Taekwondo
arena when it founded the "first of
its kind" International Clubs Taekwondo
Organization (ICTO) through the effort of
its mastermind Master Woon and a group of
dedicated committees.
The mission and vision of ICTO is to:-
- Promote friendship and enhance
goodwill among the Taekwondo fraternity
throughout the world.
- Promote, participate and organize Taekwondo
competitions among Taekwondo Clubs Internationally.
- Provide an opportunity to all Taekwondo
Masters around the world to meet once
every two years, to exchange views on
the latest development in Taekwondo and
also an opportunity to make business contacts,
students exchange programmes and exchange
of different cultures among participating
teams especially the host country.
The idea to form ICTO was initiated way
back in 1997 after the termendous success
of the International Clubs Taekwondo Championship.
The protem committee of ICTO was formed
on the 6th April 2000 and held its first
meeting on the same date at the Holiday
Inn Mansion, Bangkok, Thailand and the Constitution
of ICTO was also approved and adopted during
this meeting.
Subsequently, the 2nd ICTO Meeting was
held on the 29th June 2000 at Kimdo Hotel,
Hochiminh City, Vietnam. And the new ICTO
logo was created and adopted on the 4th
August 2000.
Since its enactment in 2000, 12 countries
have become members of ICTO, namely:
Australia, Bhutan, Brunei, Canada, France,
Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand,
Taiwan and Vietnam.
The Committee for the Term 2005-2007 are
as follows:-
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Chairman
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Ross Hartnett, |
tkdodk@iprimus.com.au |
Australia |
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Vice Chairman
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Prof.
Kwon Hyouk Joung |
taekwon59@hanmail.net |
Korea |
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Vice Chairman |
Grand
Master Mao Kee Lung |
keelung27@yahoo.com.tw |
Taiwan |
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Vice Chairman
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Master
Troung Ngoc De |
ngocde2000@yahoo.com |
Vietnam |
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Sec. Gen.
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Kevin Woon, |
btfc@streamyx.com |
Malaysia |
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1st Dp Sec Gen
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Paisarn, |
pupa2531@yahoo.com |
Thailand |
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2nd Dp Sec Gen
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Master
Khader Khalifeh |
khaderkhalifeh@yahoo.com |
Jordan |
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Tre Gen
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Nordon Lim, |
clas@pacific.net.sg |
Singapore |
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Asst Tre Gen
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Nguyen Quoc Tam, |
thien-thanh@hcm.vnn.vn |
Vietnam |
The first International Clubs Taekwondo
Championship was initiated and organized
by BTFC on 20th August 1995, at Stadium
Badminton Cheras - Kuala Lumpur, with a
participation of over 150 officials and
contestants from 7 countries, namely:-
Australia, Jordan, Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam,
Taiwan and Host BTFC - Malaysia.
Ist ICTO Championship
Kuala Lumpur 1995
The 2nd series was again organized by BTFC
on the 9th - 10th August 1997 at Stadium
Negara - Kuala Lumpur, with participation
of over 500 officials and competitors from
7 countries and over 30 clubs, namely:-
Australia, Jordan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam,
Taiwan and Host BTFC - Malaysia.
2nd ICTO Championship
Kuala Lumpur 1997
The 3rd series was organized by Vietnam
Taekwondo Association in HochiMinh City
on the 17th and 18th July 1999 with over
400 officials and participants from 7 countries,
namely:-
Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia,
Thailand, Bhutan and Host Vietnam.
3rd ICTO Championship
HochihMinh City, Vietnam 1999
The 4th ICTO Championship is scheduled
to be held from the 5th to 7th July 2001
in Pattaya, Thailand. It will be hosted
by Siam 2000 Taekwondo Club unde the leadership
of Master Paisarn Changjongpradit. [ View
the relevant article here ]
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