French Federation of Taekwondo and Related Disciplines


French Federation of Taekwondo and Related Disciplines (French: Fédération française de taekwondo et disciplines associées (FFTDA) is an "association loi de 1901 [fr]" which aims to organize on the French territory the practice of taekwondo, hapkido, tang soo do and Soo Bahk Do since 1995.[1][2]

French Federation of Taekwondo and Related Disciplines
AbbreviationFFTDA
Founded1995
AffiliationWorld Taekwondo, International Taekwon-Do Federation
HeadquartersLyon, France
PresidentHassane Sadok
Official website
fftda.fr
France

It is affiliated with European federations and organizations (European Taekwondo Union and All Europe Taekwon-do Federation) and World Taekwondo and International Taekwon-Do Federation governing taekwondo and its associated disciplines.[2]

History

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After taekwondo was introduced in France by Lee Kwan-Young [fr] in 1968, the FFTKD was created in 1978 and joined the French Karate Federation (FFKAMA) in 1979. It was renamed CNT (National Taekwondo Committee) in 1994.

In 1995, the FFTDA was created to succeed the CNT as an independent federation.[3]

Since the 2010's, the federation has an average of 50,000 members in 900 clubs.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "La Fédération". Fftda.fr. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Fédération Française de Taekwondo" (PDF). Fftda.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Historique fédéral". Fftda.fr. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ^ "La Fédération". FFTDA.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2024..
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