PHILIPSBURG—Grandmaster Theo Liu has been invited to attend and represent St. Maarten at the Global Traditional Taekwondo Federation annual summit to be held in South Korea November 17 to 23, 2025.
Nearly 500 Taekwondo specialist representing 100 plus countries are expected to attend. Participants will be able to train, complete certification courses take promotion tests, participate in forums and tour Korea.
South Korea is known as the world’s mecca of Taekwondo.
GTTF is a Taekwondo group that protects the forgotten values and techniques of traditional Taekwondo and seeks to strengthen and develop them. GTTF aims to be a Martial Art Taekwondo that goes beyond the sparring and poomsae competition commonly seen in Modern Day Sport Taekwondo. The mental attitude of the practitioner takes precedence over the scoring system seen in the game. Self-defense, breaking, and Taekwondo etiquette are also important virtues of training. Poomsae (form) training aims to capture the spirit of mental and physical cultivation based on solid fundamentals, Gyeoroogi (sparring) emphasizes the harmony of strength and speed, Hosinsool (self-defense)can be used on the street and hone the skills accordingly, and Kyukpa (breaking) trains the body and mind to concentrate the body and mind to produce formidable power, and it is a traditional Taekwondo organization that places great importance on the character and etiquette of Taekwondo people, explained the Grandmaster.
