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Charlotte, NC (September 30, 2024) - USA Taekwondo has been honored with the prestigious title of #1 Member National Association (MNA) in Governance by World Taekwondo at the recent General Assembly held in Korea, finishing ahead of the other 200+ member countries. This recognition highlights USA Taekwondo's commitment to excellence and transparent leadership within the global taekwondo community. The top five MNAs were USA, Korea, Italy, France and Great Britain.

This acknowledges USA Taekwondo's devotion to efforts in implementing best practices in organizational governance and strategic planning. The achievement follows the organization's success last year when it was named the best MNA in the Pan American region.

TO READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE: https://www.usatkd.org/news/2024/september/30/usa-taekwondo-best-mna-in-governance

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Master Marc Zirogiannis discusses the critically acclaimed, martial arts, short-film, Dojo.  This independent project has won more film awards than any independent film ever, over 485.

This is an excited, well constructed martial arts and action film that will delight martial artists, martial arts fans, and action film fans, alike.

Check out our written review at: https://tkdlifemagazine.com/2024/09/05/dojo-is-a-must-see-for-martial-arts-fans/

Olympic Order awarded to French President Emmanuel Macron.

This is from the IOC’s Official Statement.  We are a member of the Official Olympic Press Corp.

The President of France Emmanuel Macron was presented with the Olympic Order on Wednesday 28 August by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, at an official ceremony held at the Elysée Palace in Paris. 

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It’s Olympic Para-Taekwondo Week.  After years of working hard and now weeks after the close of the Paris 2024 Games the wait is finally over.   The world will be watching this week as the world’s best Para-Taekwondo Athletes go for the Gold.

Master Marc Zirogiannis breaks down the basics of ParaTaekwondo for the 2024 Paralympic Games.

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Master Marc Zirogiannis talks Olympic Taekwondo-Day 4 and The Chile v South Korea (M-80KG) Controversy.

Special thanks to US Coach, Andrew Park, for providing invaluable information for this episode.  Any errors in explaining the facts are attributed to me, and not to him.

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Master Marc Zirogiannis recaps some of the highlights of Day 2 and Day 3 of the Olympic Taekwondo matches.

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Mexico v. Tunisia (F-49kg) Breakdown. Master Marc Zirogiannis provides a breakdown of the Preliminary match controversy in the F -49 Match between Mexico and Tunisia at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as Taekwondo moves to the main stage.

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It’s Olympic Taekwondo Week.

It’s Olympic Taekwondo Week.  After years of working hard and now weeks into the Paris 2024 Games the wait is finally over.   The world will be watching this week as the world’s best Taekwondo Athletes go for the Gold.

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Olympic Boxing Follow Up- She's Not a Man.  Master Marc Zirogiannis provides the latest stunning updates on the Olympic Boxing Gender Controversy.  This is a follow up to Episode 233 where we discussed outrage over the possibility that Algerian's winning Olympic Boxing match over Italy was due to the entry of a Transgender athlete creating an unfair advantage.

This episode provides the latest update on that match and the players involved.

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Master Marc Zirogiannis discusses the Olympic Boxing Gender Controversy, where an Algerian Transgender Boxer defeated a biological woman in a record 46 seconds at the Paris 2024 Olympics today.

Imane Khelif, the boxer in middle of Olympics gender storm, forced a tearful first opponent to quit 46 seconds into her Olympic FIght at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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