ABOUT
THE FESTIVAL

SUMMARY

Since its establishment in 2007, the World US Taekwondo Education Foundation (USTEF) has contributed greatly to Taekwondo being recognized as formal education in public schools across the United States, promoted the international community’s understanding of Taekwondo by erecting a global Taekwondo culture, fostering international cooperation and networking, and strengthening the spirit of Taekwondo. It has contributed to raising awareness, promoting friendship, and promoting the martial arts of our people to the world.
We are now celebrating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and the United States, promoting the globalization of Taekwondo as a mainstream American education project. Every year since 2007, USTEF has held a free public festival in Manhattan’s Times Square for the purpose of globalizing Taekwondo as a mainstream American education project. This year (2024) will be the first festival held since COVID-19, which will be a
collaboration between South Korea’s premier Korean pop (K-POP) artists with Taekwondo practitioners and masters, all united under the theme of “For a united world without war.”
As a nonprofit organization, we hope to honor the sacrifice and volunteer spirit of the instructors for the erection of globalization of Taekwondo education over the past 100 years, and to create a new opportunity to open up mutual respect and harmony among the 200 million Taekwondo practitioners and further globalization of Taekwondo.

OBJECTIVE

  1. Every June, Taekwondo Festival is held to unite Taekwondo practitioners from all over the world.
  2. To bring together South Korean pop and Taekwondo as a unifying showcase of global culture.

    The American Taekwondo Association holds a festival with Taekwondo and K-POP to unite the 200 million members of the World Taekwondo Association with group participation from various chapters in the Americas, the Kukkiwon in Korea, and instructors scattered around the world who are promoting national prestige through the national martial art of Taekwondo. We plan to hold it every year around the world.