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1946

Second General Choi was a very senior general officer, as he graduated from the first Military Academy Class in 1946.

1953

While a 1-Star Brigadier-General in 1953 he was tasked with forming a new division on JeJu Island.

1955

The aforementioned order was also the chronological sequence of development, circa 1955-6.

1959

“1959 Demo Program”The program for 1959 (1st ever) Taekwon-Do Demonstration that took place outside of Korea.

1963

By July of 1963 they successfully formed the Malaysian Taekwon-Do Federation.

1964

In 1964 they formed the Singapore Taekwon-Do Association.

In 1964 the next instructors to be sent overseas were Masters C.K. Choi (Chang-Keun) and Rhee Ki-Ha.

1965

In August of 1965 General Choi was indeed successful in getting them to accept his Taekwon-Do name.

1966

As part of the process in getting General Choi out of the KTA, some of the civilian leaders supported him in creating the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) on March 22, 1966.

Additionally the WTF side can cease ignoring the ITF post 1966.

1967

In 1964 the next instructors to be sent overseas were Masters C.K. Choi (Chang-Keun) and Rhee Ki-Ha. It was here that Master Rhee also taught service men of the Royal Air Force, which later (1967) would officially invite him to introduce Taekwon-Do to the United Kingdom.

1970

General Choi had also planned a world championship in Seoul back in 1970, as evidenced by the announcement in the Human Weapon magazine.

1971

Doctor Kim assumed control over the KTA in January of 1971.

1973

Another part of Doctor Kim’s plan was to host a world championship, which he did at the newly constructed Kukkiwon in May of 1973, when the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) was formed.

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