{"id":46169,"date":"2023-06-01T19:05:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T19:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/taekwondo-kicks-off-in-namibia"},"modified":"2023-06-01T19:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T19:19:40","slug":"taekwondo-kicks-off-in-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/taekwondo-kicks-off-in-namibia","title":{"rendered":"Taekwondo kicks off in Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Namibia has the potential to excel at taekwondo, the \u2018new\u2019 sport code\u2019s volunteer national head, Sieggie Veii-Mujoro, said yesterday.<\/b><\/p>\n

That was one of the determining factors in establishing the Namibia Taekwondo Federation (NTF) and obtaining recognition from the World Taekwondo Federation general assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan, over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Veii-Mujoro shared the federation\u2019s plan to establish regional structures and embed the sport in namibia.<\/p>\n

Key to realising their objectives is getting regional clubs going, and to recruit and train coaches, referees and other technical officials.<\/p>\n

To that end, the NTF have secured support from abroad through the Namibia Sports Commission, which initiated the process of adding taekwondo to its register.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be doing the roll-out in due course and hope Namibians will join. We see ourselves having a team already next year, even if it\u2019s an exhibition team for the next Region Five Games,\u201d said Veii-Mujoro.<\/p>\n

The combat sport was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate, Chinese martial arts, and indigenous Korean martial arts traditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an affordable sport for the average Namibian. It doesn\u2019t require a lot. So, it\u2019s a sport that you would want to encourage as it is based on discipline,\u201d Veii-Mujoro said.<\/p>\n

The NTF\u2019s development drive includes forging ties with the Namibia Schools Sport Union (NSSU), Tertiary Institute Sports Association of Namibia (Tisan) and uniformed forces. The federation is also finalising its application for admission as a member of the Olympic movement through the Namibia National Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not something that just happened out of the blue.People went out and did a lot of analysis to come and recommend this type of sport. We should now make sure of our responsibility to make things happen,\u201d said NTF executive member Basilius Karupu.<\/p>\n

The road map for development of the sport of taekwondo in the country is heavily reliant on support from international partners, said Chalo Chainda, the Namibia Sports Commission\u2019s marketing and public relations officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, we had a team from South Korea here and they are willing to assist us in terms of making sure that technical skills are transferred to Namibians. Know-how in terms of facilities and equipment can be procured from there as well,\u201d said Chainda, who believes Namibia can be successful in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at the Region Five Games, taekwondo is one of the key codes. Namibia has been doing very well in karate, which is a similar code. If given the opportunity, Namibians would be able to bring us medals in taekwondo,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Taekwondo started as a demonstration event at the 1988 olympic Games in Seoul, a year after becoming a medal event at the Pan Am Games, and became an official medal event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.<\/p>\n

In 2010, it was accepted as a Commonwealth Games sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been interest coming from the general public, enquiring from the sports commission when taekwondo will become part of the family [a national sport code]. That interest also reached the African Taekwondo Union (ATU), and for that reason, the vice president of that organisation came to Namibia,\u201d Chainda said.<\/p>\n

There are two certified Namibian taekwondo instructors at present, with more officials to be recruited and trained through the ATU.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africa is willing to send instructors to us. They wanted to send us six instructors but had to wait for the recognition, because it has to be sanctioned by the world body. We also had contact with Singapore about it, so the world is open to helping us get off the ground and become competitive,\u201d Veii-Mujoro said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a group from Korea that is busy training youngsters here already, so there is a place to start from.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. Namibia has the potential to excel at taekwondo, the \u2018new\u2019 sport code\u2019s volunteer national head, Sieggie Veii-Mujoro, said yesterday. That was one of the determining factors in establishing the Namibia Taekwondo Federation (NTF) and obtaining recognition from the World Taekwondo Federation general assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan, over the weekend. 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