May 11, 2009, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The organization that runs Olympic Taekwondo -- the WTF, or World Taekwondo Federation -- rarely recognizes the men who created the martial art in the 1950s, especially General Choi Hong-Hi and his pioneers. However, WTF President Choue Chong-Won changes course, in the interview below, promising to "recognize all the important ITF and WTF grandmasters in the very near future -- maybe when we have a big celebration in 2009..." Well, Mr. Choue, it's 2009. Tae Kwon Do was created in 1955.

Filmmaker Luan Van Le gave me this two-minute clip after he and Hoss Rafaty interviewed Choue in 2007 for the documentary, Our Moral Armor: The Taekwon-Do Journey, a comprehensive look at the dramatic history
of TKD. Legacy Unity Vision Films is producing this and a second Tae Kwon Do documentary, called Tong-Il: Breaking Boards, Bricks and Borders. Neither film is out yet. Check out the website by Director/Producer Luan Van Le and Executive Producer/Producer Hoss Rafaty: www.LUVFilms.com.