The Gibraltar Taekwondo Association (G.T.A.) along with it's
homologous international wing, British Taekwondo Control Board (B.T.C.B.)
Gibraltar is affiliated to the British
Taekwondo Control Board (B.T.C.B.), Commonwealth
Taekwondo Union (C.T.U.), and the British Taekwondo Council (B.T.C.);
who are members of the World Taekwondo Federation (W.T.F.) and the
European Taekwondo Union (E.T.U.).
The Gibraltar Taekwondo
Association:
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The representative body of Taekwondo in Gibraltar. |
The British
Taekwondo Control Board (Gibraltar):
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Is our homologous international wing, representing
Gibraltar abroad. |
The
British Taekwondo Control Board:
| Is a member of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). The
BTCB is also a member of the British Olympic Association
(BOA), the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) and British
Taekwondo Council (BTC). The BTCB was established in 1982
and is the Governing Body for WTF Taekwondo in the United
Kingdom. The function of the BTCB includes responsibility for
the selection of National Teams to compete at International
and Olympic level. |
The Commonwealth Taekwondo
Union:
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Holds the The
Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships
which are held every 4 years, in every year the Commonwealth
Games are held. It is sanctioned by the Commonwealth
Committee and involves world class competitors making it a
major event in Taekwondo. |
The British Taekwondo
Council:
| The British Taekwondo Council was formed on April 21st 1988. It
acts as a governing body for Taekwondo organisations in the
UK. It currently has 15 different organisations as members, and
44,000 members total. |
The World Taekwondo Federation:
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Is the International Federation (IF) member of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the
competition events of the martial art of Taekwondo. It
was established in South Korea on May 28, 1973, at
its inaugural meeting held at the Kukkiwon with
participation of 35 representatives from the world. |
The European Taekwondo
Council:
| The
European Taekwondo Union is the official governing body for
all Taekwondo matters in Europe as a regional organisation of
the World Taekwondo Federation. It is comprised of the National
Taekwondo Federations of all the European member nations
and regulates all Taekwondo matters on a continental basis. |
The G.T.A. committee is
democratically elected every four years. The current committee stands as
follows:
