Taekwondo Sports Association of Kerala

About Taekwondo Sports Association of Kerala

Established On : 2004

In the year 2004, Taekwondo Sports Association of Kerala was introduced in Kerala by Master Anil Francis. On 5th September 2007, the Taekwondo Sports Association of Kerala (TSAK) was Registered and established as a state body in Kerala.

The taekwondo Federation of India (TFI) accorded affiliation to Taekwondo Sports Association of Kerala in 2004.

The World Taekwondo Federation ( WTF ) accorded affiliation to the Taekwondo Federation of India in 1978, the Asian Taekwondo Union ( ATU ) in 1982, the Indian Olympic Association ( IOA ) in 1985 and South Asian Taekwondo Federation ( SATF ) in 1994 respectively.

The Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India also granted recognition to the Taekwondo Federation of India as an apex judicial autonomous National body of Taekwondo in India 1988.

The art of Taekwondo was introduced for the first time in the National Games held at New Delhi in the year 1985. The TFI arranged special demonstration by the Korean experts in the premises of the Prime Ministers resident in New Delhi on 17th March 1986. The Prime Minister Late Honorable Rajiv Gandhi had witnessed the demonstration.