The CEO of USA Taekwondo Steve McNally, told to MASTKD that the signing of Dae-hoon Lee as National Team Coach was the result of a global search focused on LA 2028 and Brisbane, highlighted his immediate impact on training standards and culture, and confirmed that he will report to Coaching Director Paul Green and will join in the summer, after completing the visa process.
USA Taekwondo anunció la conformación del staff de entrenadores de la Selección Nacional 2026, con designaciones para Kyorugi (Sénior, Junior y Cadete) y para el equipo nacional de Poomsae, de cara al calendario de competencias internacionales donde Estados Unidos buscará sostener su presencia en la élite del Taekwondo.
Eleven names. Two crowns. The World Championships. In the history of the Senior Taekwondo World Championships, gold has always been the highest point of achievement. But there is an even rarer group: those who first reached the top as athletes and, years later, returned to dominate as coaches in the chair, on the same highest stage of the sport.
La Selección Nacional Juvenil de Uruguay realiza en Buenos Aires una semana de entrenamientos y combates diarios junto al seleccionado de Argentina, en las instalaciones del CeNARD, como parte de su preparación para el calendario internacional 2026.
En Fujairah, World Taekwondo recibió los reportes de sus cinco Uniones Continentales y puso sobre la mesa una pregunta que atraviesa toda la política deportiva moderna: ¿quién transforma recursos en capacidad real y medible?
Desde el “Señor de los Anillos” (Un Yong Kim), que abrió la puerta olímpica, hasta bicampeones y entrenadores que fabricaron eras, este ranking identifica a quienes cambiaron el Taekwondo no solo por lo que ganaron, sino por el sistema que construyeron y el legado que dejaron.
From the "Lord of the Rings" (Un Yong Kim), who opened the Olympic door, to two-time champions and coaches who shaped eras, this ranking identifies those who changed Taekwondo not only because of what they won, but because of the system they built and the legacy they left behind.
Seollal is South Korea’s Lunar New Year—the most important holiday on the traditional calendar—centered on family gatherings, rituals of respect for ancestors, and customs such as sharing tteokguk (rice cake soup) to symbolically “start” a new year. In 2026, Seollal falls on Tuesday, February 17, with the official holiday period running from February 16 to 18, creating a nationwide pause that also resonates across the Taekwondo ecosystem.
Seollal es el Año Nuevo Lunar en Corea del Sur: la festividad más importante del calendario tradicional, centrada en reunión familiar, rituales de respeto a los ancestros y costumbres como compartir tteokguk (sopa de pastel de arroz) para “estrenar” simbólicamente un nuevo año. En 2026, Seollal cae martes 17 de febrero y el feriado oficial se extiende del 16 al 18 de febrero, generando un paréntesis nacional que también se refleja en el ecosistema del Taekwondo.
When World Taekwondo (WT) promoted initiatives with refugee populations, cooperated with United Nations agencies, and positioned Taekwondo as a tool for social transformation, it did so on a concrete basis: an intellectual and humanistic tradition linked to the family history of its president, Dr. Chungwon Choue, and the legacy of his father, Dr. Young Seek Choue, founder of Kyung Hee University.
