The 4th World Youth Taekwondo Camp

The 4^th World Youth Taekwondo Camp

The Taekwondo Promotion Foundation (TPF) plans to hold the 4^th World Youth Taekwondo Camp in close cooperation with the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) in 2012.

The objectives of the camp are:

- To provide the world youth with high-level Taekwondo training and education of Taekwondo spirit

- To educate them on Olympic values and ideals

- To provide them with a chance for exchanges in sport and culture and understanding diverse

cultures among the participants

- To help them lead a healthy life physically and spiritually and thus, contribute to betterment of their communities, countries, and the world

- Outline -

1. Name of the project: The 4^th World Youth Taekwondo Camp (WYTC)

2. Promoter: Taekwondo Promotion Foundation (TPF) / World Taekwondo Federation (WTF)

3. Application period: March 1 (Thu) ~ June 30 (Sat), 2012

4. Camp period: July 19 (Thu) ~ 24 (Tue), 2012 (Six days)

5. Camp venues: Seoul and Muju, Republic of Korea

6. Qualification of participants

Those who meet the following three requirements are eligible:

(1)   Taekwondo practitioners / athletes aged from14 to 20

(2) Holders of Kukkiwon Poom / Dan grade

(3) Recommended by Member National Associations of the WTF

7. Number of participants: maximum 205 practitioners / athletes

* Maximum 10 persons, including one official, preferably coach or trainer, per country

- 200 Taekwondo practitioners / athletes aged from 14 to 20

- 2 Olympic Gold Medalists and 3 world leaders in international sports

8. Conditions of participation

- Airfare is the responsibility of participants

- Accommodation during the camp will be provided by TPF

 * Check-in in the afternoon on July 19 and check-out in the morning on July 24, 2012

- Local transportation will be provided by TPF from the time of arrival in Incheon International Airport until the time of departure from Incheon International Airport after the camp.

- Copy of travel insurance policy of each member of the national team should be submitted to TPF at the time of submission of application form.

9. Application form should be sent to the TPF by fax (+82 2 776 7198) or by e-mail (himssae@tpf.kr) by no later than June 30, 2012.

10. Main programmes

-Practicing “The Creed of Taekwondo Practitioners” established by OVEP (Olympic Values Education Program) in 2009 before and after every programs

- Cultural exchanges in which participating nations performed a folk song or any talent in their

traditional costumes

* We respectfully ask you to bring the folk costume of your country

- Excellent taekwondo demonstrations (WTF, Kukkiwon)

- Taekwondo Kyorugi and Poomsae training by professors and former world taekwondo champions

- Olympic Gold Medalist’s special training and lecture to inspire the aspiring young athletes

 : “The first hand stories of what created the Olympic Champions”

- Cultural Exchanges

 : Camp fire, Ganggangsulae (traditional Korean circle dance play), Folk song or Talent contest, etc.

- Special lectures

∙On the Olympic Values Education Program (for all)

∙On the WTF competition rules and Anti-doping education (for master & coach)

- Poomsae and Kyukpa (breaking) demonstration by participants

 : Kyukpa (breaking) demonstration is that the participants smash the wooden blocks on which their bad habits were written

- Visit Kukkiwon

- Tour Jeonju Hanok Village and other places to experience Korean traditional culture