January 15, 2012

 

Dear PATU Family and Friends,

 

On behalf of the PATU EXCO and Council Members, I would like to wish everyone happiness, health and prosperity in this New Year of Black Dragon!

2012 is a very important year for all of us as London Summer Olympic Games are fast approaching us in August.  Taekwondo will be celebrating our competitions as a part official program for the fourth time in Summer Olympics.  The success of this Olympic Games is directly related to our continued success as the core sport in the Olympic Programs.  I would like to urge all members of PATU to forward unprecedented support and cooperation for the success of this London Summer Olympic Games.

 PATU has successfully completed our Olympic Qualification Tournament and duly qualified 24 of Pan Am’s best athletes to represent our region in London.  Our sincere congratulations to all qualified countries for their hard work and dedication to pursue their excellence in London.

 As with other years, our regular businesses and activities are being scheduled as we anticipate to have many other important International and Pan Am events planned for this year including South American Championships to be organized by Argentina Federation, World Junior Championships in Egypt, the 1^st Canada Open, Pan Am Junior Open to be held in the U.S.A., Pan Am Gyoroogi & Poomsae Championships with Pan Am Para-Taekwondo Championships and Pan Am Open to be held in Bolivia, the World Cup Taekwondo Team Competitions and the World Para-Taekwondo Championships to be held in Aruba. 

 We are extremely proud and excited to announce that 2012 World Poomsae Championships will also be held in Medellin, Colombia as the WTF Council just recently has completed their voting on selecting Colombia as the hosting country for this highly prestigious event.  It will be the first time in the Pan America to host the World Poomsae Championships.  This event will without a doubt fast forward the development of WTF standard Poomsae movement in our region.  Our sincere appreciation is extended to the WTF President Dr. Choue and the members of the WTF Council for having their confidence in our region with such honor.

 I am also excited to announce that PATU has established a stronger presence in the PASO (Pan Am Sports Organization) as I was elected as an executive board member of the ACODEPA (Association of Pan Am Sports Confederations) at the ACODEPA Executive Board Election held during the PASO General Assembly prior to the 2011 Guadalajara Pan Am Games.  With this positive momentum, PATU already has begun our preparations for the 2012 Central and Caribbean Games and 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games with each corresponding organizations.  PATU will continue our efforts to improve our presence among these Games to realize certain increases in number of athletes, officials and ultimately increased weight categories for our sport.

 During this year of Black Water Dragon, PATU will be at hard work to continue organizing our successful educational, technical seminars in different regions to pursue our efforts to establish the modernization of our sport to realize a balanced standardization of our athletes in all areas. The strong presence enjoyed by successful nations can be achieved by continuously monitoring and following all technical matters with the latest changes in our sport.

 I would like to remind all members to refer to PATU 2012 events schedule, and plan ahead for the preparation of your national teams in realizing unprecedented success in all 2012 events, especially at the London Summer Olympic Games.

 As in the past, PATU will be your first and best partner to achieve your goals in developing Taekwondo in all areas of Pan America.  Please continue with positive yet constructive communications with PATU leadership, so that we may advance to renew our record breaking results again by working together in unity and harmony from continued success in cooperative leadership and communication, professional tournament organization & management, and to highly educational & beneficial seminars for all.

 As we have planned for the past few years, this year, PATU is initializing our long awaited Gyoroogi Referee Seminars, instructor and coach certification Seminars beginning with our small countries for the next few years to realize standardization of Taekwondo techniques and knowledge to modernize our technical development programs in all areas of Taekwondo together with effective instructor and coach educations.  I am confident that we can achieve these goals with the help from our leading countries in different regions along with many other volunteer instructors and masters who have expressed their willingness to support these programs.  I would also like to urge all MNAs to take a full advantage of already available developmental support programs, such as WTF Taekwondo Peace Corp., TKD Youth Camp by TKD Promotion Foundation, and various intern and resident instructor support programs by many other organizations.

 Thank you always for your continued dedication and endless efforts to develop our sport in the Pan America, and I look forward to work with you throughout the year to achieve our common goal in Taekwondo. 

 I would like to wish everyone an unprecedented success through positive and assured progress in 2012!

Sincerely,

 

 

 Grand Master Ji Ho Choi
President
Pan American Taekwondo Union
Executive Council Member, WTF

Executive Board Member, ACODEPA
www.patu.org

 

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020	2009 World Championship Completed with a Great Success.	» Read more
019	WTF President Choue reelected at the WTF General Assembly in Copenhagen, Denmark.	» Read more
018	The 5th Pan Am Junior Kyoroogi Championships to be held in San Salvador, El Salvador.	» Read more
017	The 1st Pan Am Junior Poomsae Championship to be held in San Salvador, El Salvador	» Read more

029	“U.S. Open” International Taekwondo Championships to be held in Las Vegas.	» Read more
028	PATU Poomsae Referee Certification Course scheduled in Las Vegas	» Read more
027	Dates for Taekwondo Games set for 21st Central American & Caribbean Games	» Read more
026	New Dates for the 9th South American Games in Medellin, Colombia.	» Read more
025	2010 YOG Qualification Tournament and the 8th World Junior Championships to be held in Tijuana, Mexico.	» Read more
024	New Dates for IX Central American Games in Panama.	» Read more
023	2010 PATU EXCO & Council Meeting to be held in Las Vagas.	» Read more
022	The 21st Central American & Caribbean Games to be held in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	» Read more
021	The 9th South American Games will be held in Medellin, Colombia	» Read more
020	The 8th World Junior Championships to be held in Tijuana, Mexico	» Read more
019	IX Central American Games are postponed till 2010	» Read more
018	The 4th World Poomsae Championships to be held in Cairo, Egypt	» Read more