| 1966 ~ |
• One year after General Choi retired the (ITF) International Taekwon-Do Federation was formed (22nd of March) with associations
in Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, West Germany, the United States, Turkey, Italy, Arab Republic
of Egypt and Korea. |
| 1972 ~ |
• Moved ITF headquarters to Toronto, Canada, to facilitate the spread of TKD to Eastern Europe. |
| 1973 ~ |
• Led ITF Demonstration Team to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Far East (more than 100,000 attended in Egypt alone). |
| 1974 ~ |
• First World TKD Championships in Montreal. Led top instructor demo team to Jamaica, Curacao, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuela, and Surinam. |
| 1975 ~ |
• TKD demonstrated at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, Visits Greece and Sweden to conduct seminars |
| 1976 ~ |
• Visits Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Europe to conduct seminars. Visits Holland to open the First European TKD Championships |
| 1977 ~ |
• Visits Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, and Sweden and Denmark to help form national organizations |
| 1980 ~ |
• First visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to introduce Taekwon-Do to North Korea. |
| 1981 ~ |
• Visits Australia and Japan. Presents a united North and South Korean Taekwon-Do team in Vienna, Austria |
| 1982 ~ |
• Taekwon-Do dojang opens in Japan, a monumental point in the General’s life. |
| 1984 ~ |
• 1984 Visits Scotland, North Korea and Hungary where the first large-scale TKD competition was held in a socialist country. |
| 1985 ~ |
• Publication of Encyclopedia of Taekwon-Do by General Choi |
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• 30th Anniversary of the beginning of TKD. |
| 1986 ~ |
• Visits China. Visit inspires Chinese to study TKD. |
| 1987 ~ |
• Visits Greece with 5th World Championships. |
| 1988 ~ |
• World Championships televised via satellite throughout Europe. |
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• TKD introduced to Russia |
| 1989 ~ |
• Published condensed version of TKD Encyclopedia. |
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• Visits China to help organize national TKD association. |
| 1991 ~ |
• Lectures at Lenin Central University in Russia. TKD adopted as a four-year credit course at the University |
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• General Choi Hong Hi published his first Korean text on Taekwon-Do which became the model for the 1965 edition. |
| 1992 ~ |
• Received honorary Doctorate from Lenin Central Unv. Encyclopedia Britannica references General Choi as the “principal founder of Taekwon-Do. |
| 1996 ~ |
• First Conference of TKD in Toronto. |
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• Assumed command of the Combat Armed Command with direction of the infantry, artillery, armored, signal and aviation schools. |
| 1997 ~ |
• Visits Russia for Tenth Worlds |
| 1998 - 2002 ~ |
• Continued to promote TKD throughout the world through seminars, instructor courses and promotions. |
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• Worked with DPR Korea to create a
2002 TKD sanctuary for all practitioners of TKD to visit and a place to train (ground broken March 24, 2002). |
