Category Archives: Tournaments and Competition

Wednesday 27 July 2011
Electronic scoring systems for WTF Olympic style Taekwondo commenced development many years ago, however none were provided with official accreditation until only in recent years. La Just obtained WTF recognition and following this Daedo achieved recognition for their scoring systems. It is believed that this technology will have a significant impact on officiating at the matches of the modern Olympic sport of Taekwondo

Wednesday 27 July 2011
These systems are an excellent idea and serve to further remove subjective decision making from the scoring of Taekwondo. As has been the case for many years, the subjective decision about what makes a score and what doesn’t has been based on whether the judge believes there is sifficient accuracy and impact. The accuracy has rarely been difficult to determine, however level of impact, or power of the technique, has been very difficult to ascertain.

Friday 24 June 2011
The traditional Hanmadang – a technical festival of Korean Martial Arts – has at its core purpose to encourage, nurture and challenge the persuit of excellence in the many disciplines of the traditional Korean Martial Arts. The final published results of the Factor10 Martial Arts Technical Hanmadang held on Saturday 18 June are testament of what children, teenagers and adults can do when they apply themselves in an environment that that focusses on excellence.