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By LIM TEIK HUATWednesday September 9, 2009PETALING JAYA: Former Olympian Lee Wan Yuen is making a surprise comeback to competition in a bid to win the SEA Games taekwondo women’s heavyweight gold medal for the third time in Laos in December.Wan Yuen secured a place in the team for the Games by winning in the category at the national selection trials in Bukit Jalil last week.The 32-year-old

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2007/07/31THE Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) technically remains a de-registered body as Sports Commissioner (SC) Tan Sri Elyas Omar has not withdrawn the de-registration, the Malaysian Taekwondo Federation (MTF) alleged yesterday. In a statement released to Bernama, MTF president Datuk Mohamed Nazim Razak (pic) questioned MTA’s reinstatement as it was legally untenable."On the issue of

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By : K.M. Boopathy 2007/07/28 SPORTS Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has urged the Malaysia Taekwondo Association (MTA) to adopt an open selection system instead of setting conditions that stop exponents from other associations representing the nation. Azalina said there should be a mechanism that allows the best to represent Malaysia, and not just those affiliated to MTA, just because

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2007/07/28THE Malaysia Taekwondo Clubs Association (MTCA) wants the Malaysia Taekwondo Association (MTA) to review its request for clubs to join the national body based on its terms and conditions. "We laud the decision of Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said to re-register the MTA but there are several issues which MTA president Ho Kham Phaw raised that need to be addressed

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By : Ajitpal Singh THE Malaysia Taekwondo Association (MTA), has decided to accept all clubs as associate members with no conditions attached. Those who decide to take up the offer have until July 31 to do so. MTA president Ho Kam Phaw said these clubs will have one representation in the council. "One vote is guaranteed for the clubs in the council and they are free to stand for elections," Kam

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NATIONAL taekwondo exponents Elaine Teoh and Ryan Chong hope to shine on the international stage after the Malaysian Taekwondo Association were given a new lease on life. Elaine and Ryan fought their way to the gold medal in their respective flyweight categories at the Selangor International Championships at the Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam yesterday as if reinvigorated by MTA’s revival."I hope

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2007/07/08The Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) and Malaysian Taekwondo Federation (MTF) are expected to merge once the Sports Commissioner’s Office irons out constitutional matters regarding the merger. MTF vice-president Foong Wing Mon said when this is resolved, the new entity would register with the Sports Commissioner’s Office and hold a general meeting to elect new office bearers."When

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Friday July 6, 2007KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Taekwondo Association have been accorded their original status following withdrawal of the revocation of their registration two years ago. Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said said in a statement yesterday that she had accepted the MTA's appeal, which was accompanied by several pledges that she believed were sincere. Sports

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Thursday March 29, 2007It’s wise to start them young By STUART MICHAEL CLUBS have been urged to play a more active role in organising junior competitions.The call was made by Sports minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said at the launch of Nestle- Koko Krunch Junior Taekwondo Championship at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil recently.She commended the Malaysian Taekwondo Clubs Association (MTCA) for

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07 March, 2007Kota Kinabalu: The Youth and Sports Ministry on Tuesday said that they are allowing schools to continue with the taekwondo co-curriculum because they cannot wait for the court to decide the fate of de-registered Malaysia Taekwondo Association (MTA).Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said the self-defence training and programme would be under the supervision of the United Sabah Taekwondo

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THE Selangor Taekwondo Association in collaboration with Seafield International Institute is offering 100 scholarships worth RM1.35mil for studies at the institution. According to association president C.K. Karan, the scholarships are open to Malaysian students who have completed the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia and are members of the association. The scholarship fund, he said, was set up in

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S.Selvam Dec 27 IF results of the Philippines Sea Games are a benchmark, then, 2005 will go down as a mediocre year for martial arts in the country. With some 80 gold medals at stake for the five martial art sports - judo, karate-do, silat, taekwondo and wushu - the national contingent returned with just nine gold medals, and many silvers and bronzes.Biased judging may be the convenient excuse

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K.M. BOOPATHY Dec 19 KORYO Taekwondo Academy made fine start in the inaugural NSC-Milo-MTCA Inter-Club Taekwondo Championships grabbing five gold medals at the National Sports Council’s gymnasium in Bukit Jalil yesterday. Koryo were dominant in the Girls’ 14-17 category where they took five of 10 gold medals on offer with multiple national junior champion Koh Jen Li leading the way.Jen Li

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THE Malaysian taekwondo squad placed their bets on Elaine Teo and Che Chew Chan to deliver the gold medals to meet a two-gold target set for the Manila Games.Elaine failed to live up to expectations but Chew Chan kept her end of the bargain to deliver the second gold yesterday from the women's middleweight competition. NO PROBLEM: Taekwondo exponent Che Chew Chan won gold in the middleweight

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Wednesday November 30, 2005SABAHAN Rusfredy Tokan Petrus shed tears of joy after winning his first SEA Games gold after a nail-biting 5-4 win over Thailand's Dech Sutthikunkarn in sudden death of the men's taekwondo flyweight final at the Cuneta Astrodome in Manila yesterday. Malaysia won four other bronze medals in the day's competition with the men and the women contributing two each. The men's

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Nov 29: OLYMPIAN and 2004 Sportswoman of The Year Elaine Teo could be the first casualty of the AsiaComm 2006 Special Project squad after she was ditched in the first round of taekwondo's women's bantamweight category at the Cuneta Astrodome in Manila yesterday. The Sea Games is the benchmark to gauge the progress of the AsiaComm elite athletes, comprising 138 of the country's top athletes, and

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Nov 29: OLYMPIAN and 2004 Sportswoman of The Year Elaine Teo could be the first casualty of the AsiaComm 2006 Special Project squad after she was ditched in the first round of taekwondo's women's bantamweight category at the Cuneta Astrodome in Manila yesterday. The Sea Games is the benchmark to gauge the progress of the AsiaComm elite athletes, comprising 138 of the country's top athletes, and

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S. Selvam Nov 23FROM a sport that delivered 10 gold medals in the 1989 Kuala Lumpur Sea Games, taekwondo has been reduced to relying on winning gold medals by avoiding exponents from other countries. Which is why, anything less than two gold medals, given the support and special arrangements that have been made, will be considered a failure for the national taekwondo team in the Sea Games.Both

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S. Selvam Oct 31 THE constitutions of the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) and the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) are on a collision course, and this could lead to a delay in getting the newly endorsed national body affiliated to the OCM and WTF. This is because the OCM's constitution states that for a sports body to be recognised as the governing body for a particular sport, that body must

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By S. Selvam Oct 29 A NEW governing body for taekwondo, the Malaysian Taekwondo Federation (MTF), has been approved by Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar. And since the MTF is seeking to replace the de-registered Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) as the governing body for taekwondo practising the WTF-system (World Taekwondo Federation) in Malaysia, the MTF has to seek the necessary

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Friday October 28, 2005KUALA LUMPUR: The national taekwondo team have the task to make up for the disappointment of a one-gold haul at the last SEA Games in Vietnam in 2003. Lim Yit Win secured the country's only gold medal in taekwondo and the face-saving victory came on the last day of the competition. For the upcoming Manila SEA Games, it will definitely not be easy for the Malaysian exponents

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Aug 20: AS one of the thousands of parents in Malaysia whose children are in taekwondo (WTF), I am deeply concerned and confused by the status of the Malaysian Taekwondo Association that was de-registered by the Sports Commissioner on May 6, 2005. While we are informed that the MTA is no longer in existence and therefore non-functional, yet the office in the Olympic Council of Malaysia building

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S. Selvam Aug 20: THE dreams and hopes of 14 junior taekwondo exponents were shattered when the Malaysians were barred from competing in the Asian Junior Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan late Thursday night. Despite frantic appeals from Malaysian officials, the organisers, the Asian Taekwondo Union (ATU) could not accommodate the request as the decision to bar the Malaysian team was made by

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Saturday August 20, 2005KUALA LUMPUR: The 14-member Malaysian team who arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Wednesday for the Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships were shockingly barred from taking part in the meet which started yesterday. Team coach K.M. Rajendran said in a telephone interview that the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) stopped the team from taking part as they did not have the

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S. Selvam Aug 18 DESPITE lacking international exposure, Malaysia’s 14-member team to the Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships are fired-up to better the country’s record in the meet when the competition gets underway in Almaty, Kazakhstan tomorrow. Malaysia’s best performance was one silver and one bronze medal achieved in the 2003 edition in Vietnam.And with Ryan Chong and Koh Jen Li, silver

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BY S. SIVABALANThursday August 18, 2005KUALA LUMPUR: Ryan Chong and Koh Jen Li are aiming for an improved performance in the Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships, which begin tomorrow in Almaty, Kazakhstan. And they hope to return with gold medals. At the last championships in Vietnam two years ago, Ryan and Jen Li were the only medal winners for Malaysia. Then, they competed in the flyweight

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- Taekwondo exponent Che Chew Chan was eliminated controversially in the World University Games in Izmir, Turkey, Tuesday.Chew Chan, who competed in the women's middleweight category of below 72kg, was edged out 3-4 by Thailand's Wasitte Prasopsuk in the first round.Malaysian Universities Sports Council (Masum) said in a statement here today that Chew Chan clawed

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- Taekwondo exponent Ryan Chong is targeting a gold medal in the three-day Third Asian Junior Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan which begins on Friday.Ryan won a silver in the featherweight category in Vietnam two years ago."I am prepared to take on the challenge. My aim is to go higher than silver, and certainly not below what I achieved two years ago."In the

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S. Selvam August 16: BITTER, frustrated and disillusioned. That sums up the sentiments of the group of parents and the 14 Asian Junior Championships-bound taekwondo exponents from the Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS). Although the decision by the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) to support the BJSS team’s participation brought some cheer to the parents, feelings of uncertainty and apprehension

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S. SelvamAug 13:THE governing body may have been de-registered, but as far as taekwondo in Malaysia is concerned, the future looks solid.And the just concluded 6th LG International Clubs Taekwondo Championships at the Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands hammered that point home in the best possible way.Even organising the championships in Genting, not the cheapest of places in Malaysia, hardly

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S. SELVAM August 4: THE "territorial attitude" ofseveral national sports associations is depriving the nation of its best athletes. While enforcing the Sports Development Act 1997 is an option, Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said emphasised that it was up to national sports association officials themselves to initiate and implement changes to open their doors to more affiliates.A more open

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JULY 09, 2005 03:06by Hwan Soo Zang (zangpabo@donga.com) The electronic vote that started at 12:01 p.m. was conducted in such a hurry. It took only 45 minutes. After the vote, IOC President Jacques Rogge approached the podium in the Raffles Ballroom at the Raffles Plaza Hotel in Singapore on July 8. According to a reliable foreign source, all of the existing 28 summer sports were about to remain

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Friday, July 08, 2005Posted 1:38 pm ET (GamesBids.com)The Korean martial art of taekwondo has remained an Olympic sport following a vote by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The number of votes at the IOC general assembly was not disclosed.Choue Chung-won, President of the WTF, told the Yonhap News Agency, “we did our best and waited for a good result. As we did what we could have done,

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S. Selvam July 7 THROUGH the timely intervention of Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said, the National Junior Taekwondo Championships were saved in May. Now, another tournament — the Selangor International Taekwondo Championships — need Azalina’s intervention if they are to be successfully organised at Uniten in Bangi this weekend.The National Junior Championships were postponed at the

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Wednesday July 6, 2005SEOUL: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has written to International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge requesting his support in keeping taekwondo as an Olympic event, Roh's office said yesterday. In his letter, delivered on Monday by Korean Olympic Committee head Kim Jung-kil, Roh called for Rogge's “continuing support for developing Korean sports,

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JULY 05, 2005 02:28by Hwan Soo Zang (zangpabo@donga.com) Starting July 5, a conference that will affect the very existence of Korean sports will be held in Singapore and last for four days. It’s because at the 117th general meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 5 in Singapore, the IOC is scheduled to vote on a number of issues, including the selection of a venue for the

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S. Selvam July 2: THE Malaysian Taekwondo Clubs Association (MTCA), the first national body to bring all taekwondo clubs under the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) system under one body, has been approved by Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar. In fact, Elyas and his officers have also approved the application of 21 taekwondo clubs that sought registration with the Commissioner's office

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Friday July 1, 2005SEOUL: Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president Kim Un-yong (pic) was released from prison yesterday after serving only part of his two-year prison term for corruption. Un-yong, 74, whose right eye was bandaged, made no comment to journalists as he left the detention centre in the southern suburbs of the capital. One of the world's most powerful sports

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Thursday June 30, 2005SEOUL: The high-kicking martial art taekwondo may lose its place in the international spotlight if it is it given the boot from the Olympics. Taekwondo, baseball, softball and modern pentathlon are considered the sports most threatened with elimination from the Olympics in 2012 when the International Olympic Committee have a meeting in July in Singapore. The president of the

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S. Selvam June 22: NATIONAL interest must be the priority and sports that have several national associations should come under one umbrella body in order to select the best athletes to represent the country. In fact, Sports Minister Azalina Othman Said believes more associations should emulate the governance practised by the National Silat Federation (Pesaka) and Malaysian Karate Federation (

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S. SelvamJune 18: THE Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) is no longer recognised as the governing body for taekwondo in the country by the Sports Commissioner’s office. The association failed to appeal its revocation within the 30-day appeal period, following its de-registration by Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar on May 6.It is the first time a national body has been de-registered

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June 17, 2005 20:58 PMKUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- The Sports Commissioner Friday warned former office-bearers of the de-registered Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) to stay away from the sport, and moved to isolate them from the state bodies and other sports associations.Tan Sri Elyas Omar said all the office-bearers were barred from taking part in any activity concerning the sport or

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17 Jun 2005By Cho Jin-seo Staff ReporterThe World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) is speeding up its ongoing reform drive as part of efforts to maintain the Korean martial art as an Olympic sport. The sport's fate will be determined early next month at the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s 117th Session in Singapore. The federation will hold an ad-hoc committee to review the introduction of

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S. Selvam June 17: THE pro-tem committee of the Malaysian Taekwondo Clubs Association (MTCA), an umbrella body for taekwondo clubs, has appealed to Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar to expedite their application in order for them to play an effective role in developing the sport in the country. "Since there is no governing body for taekwondo in the country at this point in time, we have no

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04 Jun 2005LAUSANNE, Switzerland (June 3, 2005) - Dr. Chungwon Choue, president of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), and Mr. Ung Chang, the North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and president of the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), met at the IOC headquarters here today to exchange opinions on how to develop taekwondo.Dr. Jacques Rogge, president of the IOC

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BY AFTAR SINGH Saturday June 11, 2005KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA), who were de-registered on May 6, had been given one month to appeal. But they have failed to appeal to the Youth and Sports Ministry. Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said said she had not received any appeal letter from the MTA until yesterday. She said the Sports Commissioner would make an official

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May 21 WE refer to the Press report "Elyas warns MTA of further action" dated May 20th, 2005 by reporter K.M. Boopathy. The report by Tan Sri Elyas Omar if true, is grossly misleading on point of law. After having been advised by our lawyer Dato’ M.S. Murthi, we find Elyas’ argument on the operations of the provisions of the Sports Development Act 1997 ("SDA 1997") is rather unfounded. The

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May 20 THE six executive council members in the de-registered Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) cannot claim to be representatives of the clubs or associate members. The six, said one associate member, were elected by the States. In fact, four of the six are from the same club. As such, said the member, the claim by MTA president Ho Kam Phaw in a Press conference on Wednesday that clubs run

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K. KANDIAH May 20 THE Penang Taekwondo Association (PTA) are firmly behind the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) and their office- bearers. PTA secretary Dr Pok Sen Wei said this is in no way showing disrespect to Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said or Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar and his office."It was the committee’s decision to support the national body and we stand by it

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S. Selvam May 18 THE Terengganu Taekwondo Association (TTA) are the latest State body to withdraw their support for the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) and their office bearers due to their seemingly defiant stand against Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar and his office. TTA president Datuk Razali Ismail also clarified that the association had full faith in Sports Minister Datuk

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By RIZAL HASHIM May 17: MALAYSIA’S chef-de-mission to the Manila SEA Games, Low Beng Choo, remains hopeful the taekwondo exponents would be able to make the trip to the Philippines. Although the sport's governing body, the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA), have been de-registered by the Sports Commissioner, Beng Choo has advised the exponents to remain focused on their training programme.“

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By S. Selvam MAy 17:THE Malaysian Taekwondo Association’s (MTA) show of unity in defying the Sports Commissioner’s office showed the first sign of cracking yesterday when the Selangor Taekwondo Association (STA) withdrew their support for the beleaguered body. In fact, the STA have thrown their support behind Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said and Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar to

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May 16 PARENTS are happy that the national junior taekwondo championships are back on, but have urged the relevant bodies to heed the lessons learnt from the unsavoury episode - don't make rash decisions. The postponement of the championships was announced by the now de-registered Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) chairman Chin Mee Keong on May 9.But it is the inconvenience caused to

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S. Selvam May 16 GOOD sense prevailed, sparing the sport and its practitioners further agony when the Terengganu Taekwondo Association decided yesterday to host the National Junior Championships as scheduled on May 27 to 29. And for now at least, those who matter most - the children - have been given a reprieve as months of preparations and sacrifices will not go down the drain. Terengganu

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RIZAL HASHIM May 11THE de-registered Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) yesterday claimed they have become victims of selective persecution.In a statement issued yesterday, MTA president Ho Kam Phaw said it was strange for the Sports Commissioner to single out the national body while two other bodies – the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) and Malaysian Global Taekwondo Federation (MGTF

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S. Selvam May 15 DISILLUSIONED. That's the general feeling of the 17 national junior taekwondo exponents based at the Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) after the de-registration of the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA). Their feelings are shared by their parents, and with no end in sight to the revocation and bitter feud between the MTA office bearers and the Sports Commissioner's office,

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By S. Selvam May 13: STRIKING a blow for taekwondo, Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said, yesterday reinstated the National Junior Taekwondo Championships with the help of Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh. The junior championships which will go on as scheduled on May 27-29, have the blessings of both the Sports Ministry and the State Government.The organising committee, the

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By S. Selvam May 12: ONE parent asked for a deferment before taking up his new job as he wanted to see his child compete in the National Junior Taekwondo Championships in Terengganu on May 27-29. Another parent, who works abroad, made sure his holidays coincided with the championships, also for the same reason — to witness his child compete against the top exponents in the country.Another has

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by Lazarus Rokk May 11 THE hardest decisions made by man must surely be the harshest ones, especially those that dictate the necessity to be cruel to be kind. We've all been there at one time or another. Likewise for the Government, shutting down national sports associations will never be an easy decision to make even if it's opulently cushioned by an explicable sense of justice.But when

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Monday May 9, 2005BANGI: The Malaysian Taekwondo Association, who were de-registered last Friday, are in the midst of sorting out their differences with the Sports Commissioner's office and they have about a month to do so. But there is no doubt the exponents, especially the ones in the national team, will be the ones to suffer if things are not resolved by then. There is a plan for a training

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BY LIM TEIK HUAT Sunday May 8, 2005PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA), who were de-registered by the Sports Commissioner's office on Friday, will leave it to their lawyers to decide on the next course of action. Former MTA chairman Chin Mee Keong said the news that they had been de-registered came as a shock to them and felt there was no reason for the sports commissioner to

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Sunday May 8, 2005KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) can seek assistance from the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) to help them get re-registered with the Sports Commissioner’s Office, OCM president Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar said. “We want them to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Our position is to try and help in the matter as much as we can,” he told reporters after

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Comment by S. SELVAM May 8 THE line separating defiance and standing up to one's rights is so fine that it sometimes becomes blurred. As it is between being arrogance and clever. And in the case of the de-registered Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA), the perception would depend on one's point of view or one's allegiance to the warring factions, in this case, MTA and the Sports

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Saturday May 7, 2005KUALA LUMPUR: The troubled Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) was de-registered by the Sports Commissioner yesterday – on the eve of the sport's national championships. Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar said the decision to de-register the association was made because the national body for taekwondo had become a “hindrance” to the development of the sport in the

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By S. Selvam May 7: THE Malaysian Taekwondo Association — through their sheer defiance — were de-registered yesterday by Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar, making it the first national body to be struck off since the introduction of the Sports Development Act in 1997. The national body have 30 days to appeal to Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said against the revocation."Having

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S. Selvam May 4: SPORTS Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar’s advice to taekwondo clubs to register with his office is gaining momentum. As at April 30, 33 clubs had applied to the Sports Commissioner’s office to be registered which is a huge improvement considering none of the 40-strong Malaysian Taekwondo Association’s (MTA) associate members (clubs) did so just two and a half months ago.And

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MADRID, Spain April 17, 2005)Korea won both men’s and women’s team titles at the 2005 WTF World Taekwondo Championships, which concluded its five-day run here today. Korean male contestants clinched four gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal, while Korean female players grabbed three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medals.About 1,700 athletes and officials from a record 126

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S. Selvam Apr 28: MAGNUM Corporation Berhad have done it, Milo are considering it and the National Sports Council (NSC), understandably, are following recent developments very closely as the Malaysian Taekwondo Association's (MTA) persistent stand against clubs may cost the association dearly, somewhere in the region of RM1.1 million. Magnum, who were MTA's 'Taja Gemilang' sponsors, withdrew

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By S.Selvam April 27: TWO separate issues. That's how Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar describes the writ of summons served on him and the Government of Malaysia by the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA). And Elyas is determined not to allow the court action to interfere with his responsibility or hinder his duty in ensuring the implementation of the Sports Development Act, 1997."The

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By S. Selvam April 22: IF State associations keep viewing clubs as 'rivals', Pacesetters Athletics Club Malaysia (PACM) president Munning Jamaludin believes there will always be obstacles in giving clubs voting rights in national associations. Munning welcomes the proposal by Malaysian AAU (MAAU) deputy president, First Admiral Datuk Danyal Balagopal to consider a national association of clubs

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Comment by S. Selvam April 22: "AFTER the dialogue session with the Sports Commissioner, Tan Sri Elyas Omar, on Feb 16, 2005, MTA/WTF has come to fully understand the manner and mechanism of introducing and implementing the Club structure into the MTA/WTF." This statement was signed by Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) chairman Chin Mee Keong and then acting secretary-general Yeap Swee Bee

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Saturday April 16, 2005PETALING JAYA: Taekwondo exponent Elaine Teo's hopes of becoming the first Malaysian woman to win a World Championships medal ended when she bowed out to Thailand's Yaowapa Boorapolchai in the third round of the competition in Madrid on Thursday. Elaine, who was seen as Malaysia's best bet for a medal, lost 1-4 to the Olympics bronze medallist in the flyweight (Under-51kg)

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By S. Selvam Mar 23:THE Sports Commissioner does not have the authority to force clubs to register as sports bodies, and only has the power to register, suspend or de-register sports bodies. And while it is the club's prerogative not to register with the Sports Commissioner's office, Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar emphasised he will not hesitate to act against the taekwondo clubs that

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S. Selvam Mar 22: SPORTS Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar has refused to force taekwondo clubs from registering with his office. But clubs are going to be the biggest losers if they don't. Despite several quarters advising the clubs to the contrary, and to the extent of advising against registering, the Sports Development Act (1997) has no place for clubs that aren't registered with the Sports

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Since earlier this year, the number of visitors to our site is growing very fast and we recieved a lot of request from our visitors regarding Taekwondo training tips and videos. We have decided to upgrade our website to a bigger space and faster bandwidth, so that all the request will be fullfilled. The site will be temporary down for upgrading and will be back online by middle of March 2005.

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By S. Selvam Feb 17: SHORT of giving the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) an ultimatum, Sports Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar presented five models, all of which provides clubs with voting rights as the new way forward in Malaysian sports. Elyas made his presentation to MTA in a dialogue with the national body, State taekwondo associations, and clubs at the National Sports Council in Bukit

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By K.M. Boopathy Feb 15: ARMED Forces and Viva Taekwondo Centre emerged the overall champions of the inaugural Martial Arts National Rakan Muda 2005 championships in the senior and junior events respectively at Universiti Malaya on Sunday. Forces swept six of the seven gold in the men's senior category. Former national junior taekwondo exponent Daing Danielfitri of Kuala Lumpur Taekwondo Centre

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By K.M. Boopathy Feb 8: SPORTS Commissioner Tan Sri Elyas Omar will, if need be, invoke the Sports Development Act and amend the Malaysian Taekwondo Association's (MTA) constitution but he is giving them one more chance to come good. Elyas has called for a forum with MTA, their State affiliates and clubs on Feb 16 and he will let all have their say. More importantly, Elyas is going to say his

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By K.M. Boopathy Jan 20: THE effectiveness of clubs in producing elite athletes was clearly evident during the Malaysia Taekwondo Association's (MTA) Sea Games selection trials last Friday where 10 out of the 16 exponents were products of clubs. Taerobics Taekwondo Academy (Taerobics) had the most number of exponents when Lee Pei Fen (lightweight), Che Chew Chan (middleweight) and Hue Seow

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By S. Selvam GRANTING clubs the right to vote presents a whole new scenario to the State-based affiliation system but it is the obsession for voting rights that is causing much concern to Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi (pic). So much so Kok Chi is worried that the sports community may be disillusioned and distracted from what they (OCM) are supposed to do in

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By S. Selvam Principle: To ensure that they get more voting rights THE more active the club, the higher the number of votes. This, as far as Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja'afar (pic) is concerned, is the principle behind the amendments to the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) constitution to give clubs voting rights. The amendment, however, is not a

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By S. Selvam MEMBERSHIP must not be the sole, or most important criteria, when determining voting rights for clubs or State associations. Sports Advisory Panel chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ibrahim Saad, in outlining the criterion, said membership could be manipulated, and as such, it would not be the best criteria to use in deciding voting rights. Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said, in a

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BY LIM TEIK HUAT KUALA LUMPUR: Youngster Noornadia Norrizan looks set to earn a place in the national squad for the Manila SEA Games next year after bagging a gold in the South-East Asia Taekwondo Union (Seatu) championships in Indonesia last weekend. The 18-year-old won the women's senior bantamweight competition in her debut in the championships and turned out to be the only Malaysian gold

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Ho Kam Phaw, newly elected President of the Malaysia Taekwondo Association (MTA), paid a courtesy call on WTF Secretary-General Dong-Hoo Moon at his office in the WTF headquarters Wednesday (Dec. 15) and exchanged views on wide range of affairs related to Taekwondo. Chin Mee Keong, chairman of MTA, Rajendran Mariappen, secretary-general, Dhanaraj Rasiah, national team coach, accompanied MTA

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Mr. Ho Kam Phaw was unanimously elected President of the Malaysia Taekwondo Association in the Extraordinary General Conference on Dec. 7, 2004, held to fill the position vacated by retired Gen. Tan Sri Mohd Ghazali Seth. The lineup of other major position holders is as follow: Deputy President Datuk Mohd Nazim Tun Abdul Razak; Vice President Tuan Haji Long Bin Abdul Rahman; Vice President Henry

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SPORTS Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said may be a strong advocate of developing an active club structure but the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA), based on advice from the Sports Commissioner’s office, shut affiliation to clubs at their extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The decision to rescind the clubs' associate membership with MTA, however, could sound the

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WTF Embarks on Bold Reform Mission 2004-12-01 WTF Embarks on Bold Reform Mission Reform Committee to Draw Up Recommendationsfor Future of Taekwondo and WTF The World Taekwondo Federation today launched a Reform Committee that is charged with thoroughly reviewing Taekwondo and its world governing body, and proposing recommendations to make Taekwondo more action-packed and transform the WTF

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* What it took to make a taekwondo champion (from The Taipei Times) _ Nov 06, 2004 Chen Shih-hsin won the country's first gold medal in taekwondo, but owes much of her success to her father and his gym By Yu Sen-lun STAFF REPORTER Saturday, Nov 06, 2004,Page 16 Students at the The Lin-sen Taekwondo Gym go through their paces. PHOTO: CHANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES Ever since Taiwan's athletes

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Chungwon Choue, WTF President, appointed Dong-Hoo Moon, 55, as WTF acting secretary general Tuesday (Oct. 5). Moon served as the secretary-general of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korean Organizing Committee from Nov. 2000 to June 2003. Moon, born in 1949, graduated from the prestigious law college of the Seoul National University and started his career as civil servant in the Ministry of Government

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Chungwon Choue, President of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), left for Athens on Aug. 8 (Sun.) to attend the General Assembly of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), held on Aug. 10-12, as a special guest. Choue, elected to the WTF Presidency in the WTF Extraordinary General Assembly on June 11 in Seoul, was invited by IOC President Jacque Rogge to attend the IOC meeting. He was also

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ATHENS, 15, August - A federal judge has refused to reinstate Dae Sung LEE, the dismissed coach of the USA Olympic Taekwondo team. The Korean coach was dismissed on the first day of April and filed a lawsuit two weeks ago claiming he was removed because of his Korean heritage. He was asking one 1 million dollars and his reinstatement. The US district judge Susan Oki MOLLWAY, ruled that LEE

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Dr. Chung Won Choue, former president of the Kyunghee University, was elected new President of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), in a vote session at the Extraordinary General Assembly held on June 11 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Incheon Airport, west of Seoul. Noteworthy thing is that Choue, 57, was elected through a direct vote by head of the member national associations, conducted first

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SunJae Park, president of the Italian Taekwondo Federation, was unanimously elected Acting President of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) in a meeting of the WTF Executive Council held at the conference room of the Radisson Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 15, 2004. Out of 31, 28 members attended the meeting. He is succeeding Dr. Un Yong Kim who founded the WTF in 1973 and had been in

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Ref. No. 2004/024 January 13, 2004 To: Presidents Member National Associations Dear Sir/Madam, As you may already know, Dr. Un Yong Kim expressed his intention to resign from the presidency of the WTF Friday (Jan. 9) in connection with prosecution investigation into his alleged corruption charges. In connection with the regrettable situation, I would like to inform you of the fact that the

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IOC vice president Kim Un-yong resigned Friday as President of World Taekwondo Federation and national lawmaker. Kim has been questioned by South Korean prosecutors about allegations he collected illicit money from former South Korean Olympic officials and embezzled funds from taekwondo organizations. On Friday, Kim said he was quitting as head of the World Taekwondo Federation, which he

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From TheStar.com.my KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) have decided not to renew the contract of their foreign coach, Yu Myung-wan. The South Korean, a former champion in the World University Games, was roped in early this year to help prepare the exponents for the recent Vietnam SEA Games and also qualification to next year’s Athens Olympics. But the national exponents

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Happy New Year to all visitors. This is another year that all Taekwondo fans around the world should pay special attention to their art. Yes..this year is another Olympic year and the venue will be where it all began:Athens, Greece... So, if you want to watch the events, make sure that you book your ticket early because the population of Taekwondo in Europe is growing very fast, therefore you

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Achievement: 1:Lim Yit Min kicks his way to grab a gold medal for Malaysia in Vietnam SEA Games 2003. He became the only gold medalist among National Taekwondo Team members in Sea Games 2003. 2: The 1st National Martial Art Taekwondo Championship was organised for the first time in Kuala Lumpur in August this year. This competition have brought a new perspective to Taekwondo and proven that

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Welcome to Taekwondo Malaysia Blogger site. This is the new blog site to discuss about Taekwondo events in Malaysia. Hope you will regularly check out this site for more update. If you want to post any article on this site, you can do it by becoming a member. To register, just email iptt0454@ipttkd.com and stat your request to become a moderator by giving your basic personal particular such as

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