The letter below is from Mr. Gregg Youstra, who was the membership chairman of the USTF®. We have our very own Grandmaster Mack Newton (rip) and GM Gwen Hall (only female listed here, as she was the most senior ITF female!)
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- ABOUT THE KIDO KWAN
- LINKS
- Pin Posts
- Profile
- Safety Brief
- Kido Kwan Color & Black Belt Pledges
- GWEN F. HALL 9th Dan
- Pil Sung: Embodiment of the Tenets of Tae Kwon-Do
- Taekwon-Do Student Training Profile System
- Respecting the Past and Martial Art Legacy
- Integrity: A Shield for Good Character
- Tenacity: Pil Sung as a mindset action dynamic
- The Theory Of Power – A General Martial Art Concept
- H2O Tae Kwon-Do
- A Glimpse into TaeKwon-Do and Geo-Political Intrigue
- Integrity: A Shield for Good Character
- TaeKwon-Do Motion Physics-How Sine Wave and other components affect the Arts performance-
- Perseverance and my Tae Kwon-Do Training: A Martial Art Thesis
- ROGER KOO 9th Dan
- MACK NEWTON, 9th Dan
- SERGIO G. BARRIGA, 9th Dan
- DOUGLAS GRANT
- Blown apart: the divided world of taekwondo
- Forward Stances
- History of the 29th Infantry Division (ICKU) 29사단 (익크부대)
- International Five-Man Black Belt Benefit Karate Tournament
- Martial Arts Terms & Meanings
- ITF History in the U.S.A.
- Juche Fiber and the ITF: The True Story of the “Blue” ITF Dobak
- Pod Casts
- Taekwon-Do and the DPRK Part 1
- Teaching TaekwonDo or the Martial Arts to Students with Special Needs
- Does Taekwon-Do need the Olympics?
- The Unification Cases of Germany and Korea: A Dangerous Comparison (Part 1 of 2)
- Why Martial Arts Are Best for Special Needs
- Taekwon-Do and the DPRK Part 1
- Taekwon-Do, Taekwondo, Tae Kwon Do, TaeKwon Do, A study of Words
- Gwen F. Hall, The Amelia Earhart of Taekwon-Do
- Why do we put our hand under our right elbow when you give or receive something?
- Why do we Kiap?
- The Generals, A study of Taekwon-Do History Part 1
- Following is one of the most underrated aspects of leaderships!
- History of Hapkido
- White only Taekwon-Do uniforms
- Class start and end procedure
- 10th Kup to 9th Kup White Belt (ADULT 15 plus)
- I.T.F. International Instructors
- The Kodang / Juche Controversy
- Taekwon-Do, Taekwondo, Tae Kwon Do, A study of Words
- A Parents Guide 2018
- 10th Kup to 9th Kup White Belt (CHILD 14 under)
- Student Oath
- Dojang Layout
- Meanings of Martial Art Terms-old
- Chang Hon Pattern Name & Meanings
- Etymology of Pattern Names & More!
- The Use of Titles
- The “Renegade Pioneers”, Choi, Hong-hi & Ed Parker
- 29th Division Ik troop
- Dodging in Martial Arts
- What has 20 years gotten us?
- What is a Black Belt?
- KOREAMERICA TAEKWON-DO UNION
- There was a time, back in my prime
- Is your school/association a Martial Arts Cult?
- You’re doing your pattern wrong!
- Dojo Storming 道場荒らし
- Self Awarness is Self Defense! Part 1
- Do you have a written standard for your Patterns?
- CHUNG DO KWAN FOUNDER, LEADERS & THEIR LEGACY (Part 1)
- MUYAE BUN 1 Martial Art Minute
- Dojo Stoming and Count Dante
- Is your child a black belt?
- History of Martial Arts in Muhlenberg County Kentucky
- ROBERT FRANOVICH, 7th Dan
- Chung Bong: A Closer Look At True Korean Forms
- Song Moo Kwan Precepts
- Half As Much
- Carefulness
- The Value of Training
- ETAT – Education, Training, Application, Teaching
- Discipline vs Self-Discipline
- The End
- Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment
- Do they know your name?
- Sometimes it is hard!
- Thoughts into Words (Bunhae)
- The Journey So Far
- Are You Doing It Right?
- Becoming Courageous & Strong Younglings (And Adults)
- GENERAL CHOI, HONG-HI
- 1974 Interview with Gen. Choi Hong Hi President of the International Taekwon-Do Federation
- Interview 1999 Founding Father of Taekwon-Do, President of the International Taekwon-Do Federation
- GENERAL CHOI SPEAKS – The Founder of Taekwondo 1987
- Taekwon-Do and I Volume 3
- General Choi, Hong-hi’s Final Words
- Song of Taekwon-Do
- An Interview with Grandmaster General Choi Hong Hi (1994)
- General Choi’s Communist Sympathy Seen Through ITF
- International TKD Federation
- System of Rank
- History of the ITF Instructors Course
- 1959 Taekwon-Do Demo Program
- 1st Taekwon-Do Book 1959
- A Plain English Explanation of the ITF Student Oath
- I.T.F. Recognition Plaque & its Significance
- Theory of Power – ChangHon Taekwon-Do’s concept
- “Instructor,” “Master” and “Grandmaster”: An Explanation of the Titles Used in ITF Taekwon-Do
- ITF Patterns: Artistic Expression or Self-Defence? — Neither
- Biography of Charles “Chuck” Sereff
- Profile of ITF Instructor J.C. Kim 7th Dan
- ITF Newsletters and other Older Information
- ITF produced Tournament List from 1981
- Membership Letter from UTF/USTF Feb 1982
- Human Weapon 1984
- USTF declaration letter
- Taekwondo announced to be in 88 games
- Inclusion of Taekwondo in the Olympics
- USTF member letter
- USTF membership letter
- Letter to USTF members by Gregg Youstra
- USTF Annual Red & Black Belt Championships
- Choi Duk Shin, 75, Ex-South Korean Envoy Dies
- Grandmaster Park, Jung-tae explanation on ITF expulsion/resignation
- Letter to US Speaker of the House and UN Secretary General from Gen. Choi, Hong-hi
- Master Sereff promoted to Grandmaster
- Current ITF Masters 2001
- Open letter to Master MacCullum from Terrance Geoghegan
- Formal Election of the President of the International Taekwon-Do Federation September 22, 2002
- A Notice from Secretariat
- International Taekwon-Do Federation Board of Directors Meeting
- Letter Concerning ITF Matters from GM Hwang, Kwang-sung
- The ITF President, Mr. Chang Ung visited USA
- Letter from Gen. Choi widow about ITF property
- Email from GM Rhee to GM Hwang about promotion matters
- Email exchanges from then Master John Tompkins
- Agreement between the ITF & WTF 02 December 2006
- Evolution of ITF legal cases against Chang Ung from Tran Quan
- ITF (Trajtenberg) and Sport Accord
- Interview of Chang Ung
- Chang Ung & Choe Chung-won meet
- Pioneering Grandmaster Looking To Bring Tae Kwon Do Unity
- North Korean ITF president “steps down” after 13 years
- Pattern speeds and sine wave study
- Introducing Taekwon-Do Abroad for the First Time
- Orginial ITF Path
- ITF President
- ARTICLES
- Asperger and Martial Arts
- Tul Diagrams Origin
- Taekwondo History
- A Modern History of Taekwondo
- IOC Suspends Kim Un Yong
- The Making of a Modern Myth: Inventing a Tradition for Taekwondo
- Sine Wave in Taekwon-Do: That Funny Bouncing
- The Karate Roots of TaeKwonDo
- The Best Sport for Autism and Other Mental Disabilities
- The Ups and Downs of Sine Wave
- Budo Demonstation
- Technical Taekwon-Do Articles
- Technical Martial Art Articles
- New rules for Taekwondo take immediate effect
- WTF proposes creation of ‘Sports Peace Corps’
- Taekwon-Do: The Art of Hand, Foot and Political Statement
- WTF Launches Reform Committee
- How Tae-Kwon-Do Won the West Part
- The Evolution of Taekwondo from Japanese Karate
- ‘Suffrajitsu’: How the suffragettes fought back using martial arts
- Storming the Fortress: A History of Taekwondo
- 90% of Fights End up on the Ground: Fact Or Fiction?
- HYUNG, POOMSE, TUL
- Traditional/Tang Soo Do Hyungs
- Chang Hon/I.T.F. Tuls, Hyung
- Korean Martial Art Kwans
- KENPO KARATE
- The Origin of Kenpo Karate
- Tracy Kenpo Kata Requirements
- Kenpo Karate – Setting History Right 1949-1954
- Kenpo Karate – Setting History Right 1954-1956
- Kenpo Karate Setting History Right 1960-1962
- Kenpo Karate Setting History Right 1962-1964
- The Business of Kenpo Karate 1965 and Beyond
- Tracy’s Kenpo Karate Curriculum
- When We Were Black Belts
- American Kenpo Karate Pledges
- Tracy Kenpo Karate
- The History & Origins of the Kenpo Katas (AKA Sets or Forms)
- Kenpo Salutation
- 10 Kenpo Laws Every Martial Artist Should Know
- Kenpo Karate Training Today
- Short Form 1
- Long Form #1
- The Ten Commandments of Prevention
- Short Form #2
- Long Form #2
- Short Form 3
- Long Form 3
- Long Form 4
- Long Form 5
- Mass Attack (w/video)
- Kenpo Kata
- Book Set
- Shilla Hyeong Cho-Dan (Kido Kwan Form #1)
- Traditional Taekwondo ChungDo Association TTCA Taekwondo
- Interview with President Global Taekwon-Do Federation, Mrs. Linda Park
- Jee Sang Hyung
- Dhan-Goon Hyung
- Jee Goo
- Pyong-Hwa
- Sun-Duk
- Song Ahm 1
- Song Ahm 2
- Choong Jung Ee Jahng (2)
- Shim Jun Poomse
- Sok Bom Poomse
- Jun Yul Poomse
- Chung San Poomse
- Section 1: pg. 13 A new history of a loan
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