Taekwondo in India

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| title = Taekwondo in India
| image = KOCIS Korea Festival held in India (5837998379).jpg
| caption = Taekwondo performance during the Korea Festival held in India
| union = [[Taekwondo Federation of India]]
| country = India
| sport = [[Taekwondo]]
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| first = 1975
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| nationalteam = [[India at the Olympics|India Olympics team]]

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| intl_list = * [[Asian Taekwondo Championships]]
* [[World Taekwondo Championships]]
* [[Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]

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'''[[Taekwondo]]''' is one of the most popular and practiced martial arts in '''India'''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/press-releases/taekwondo-rapidly-gaining-popularity-in-india-108112601129_1.html|title=Taekwondo rapidly gaining popularity in India|last=Announcement|date=26 November 2008|publisher=|accessdate=9 December 2017|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/sport-gaining-popularity-in-the-country/article27864852.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|title=Sport gaining popularity in the country|date=2002-08-20|access-date=9 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/getting-a-kick-from-taekwondo/articleshow/61754105.cms|title=Getting a kick from Taekwondo |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|publisher=|access-date=9 December 2017}}</ref> It is characterized by punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping spinning kicks, and fast kicking techniques. The literal translation for tae kwon do is "kicking," "punching," and "the art or way of."<ref>{{Cite web|title=taekwondo - Wiktionary|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taekwondo|access-date=2021-01-22|website=En.wiktionary.org}}</ref>

==History==
{{main|Taekwondo Federation of India}}
Master [[Puran Andrew Gurung]] introduced taekwondo to India after returning from Hong Kong to India. He studied taekwondo under Korean Great Grand Master Lee Pyung Pal from 1969 to 1974. Since 1974 he has been promoting Taekwondo after earning his 2nd Dan under Great Grand Master Lee Pyung Pal. He initially started taekwondo classes in Kalimpong, Darjeeling and Sikkim. Later he expanded his trainings to Kolkata, southern, northeast and northern parts of India. He traveled frequently to every part of India until 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lacancha.com/gurung.html|title=Lacancha.com|website=Lacancha.com|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> He has been conferred the title of "Father of Taekwondo in India" by official taekwondo hall of fame USA.

Taekwondo introduced to India around 1975 and one of earliest taekwondo instructors in India was [[Jimmy R. Jagtiani]], 8th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo who began teaching in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/sports/grand-master-jimmy-for-training-of-tae-kwon-do-in-schools/21245.html|title=Grand master Jimmy for training of tae kwon do in schools|website=Tribuneindia.com|access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> On 2 August, 1976 the [[Taekwondo Federation of India]] (TFI) was formed and established as a National Body of Taekwondo in India.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Taekwondo-Federation-of-Indias-suspension-revoked/articleshow/30295346.cms|title=Taekwondo Federation of India's suspension revoked|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|publisher=|access-date=9 December 2017}}</ref>

The [[World Taekwondo Federation]] (WTF) accorded affiliation to the Taekwondo Federation of India in 1978, the [[Asian Taekwondo Union]] (ATU) in 1982, the [[Indian Olympic Association]] (IOA) in 1985 and the South Asian Taekwondo Federation (SATF) in 1994 respectively. The Department of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India also granted recognition to Taekwondo Federation of India as an apex judicial and autonomous national body of taekwondo in India in 1988.

Grand Master Kiranpal, an international referee, has been working for Indian taekwondo since 1988, when for the first time taekwondo was demonstrated at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]. Atul Pangotra is also an international referee and coach who started his sports journey in 1988. At the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]], he qualified in the top 50 officials.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ali|first=Yaqoob|title=Pangotra appointed referee for Tokyo Paralympics|url=https://www.risingkashmir.com/Pangotra-appointed-referee-for-Tokyo-Paralympics-77107|date=20 April 2021|publisher=[[Rising Kashmir]]|access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref> While, Sarbjeet Singh is the first ever referee from India to officiate in the [[2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix]] Series and also qualified among top 50 Officials for [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo Paralympics]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Master Sarbjeet Singh qualified as Referee in Moscow 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix|url=https://thechenabtimes.com/2018/08/14/master-sarbjit-singh-qualified-as-referee-in-moscow-2018-world-taekwondo-grand-prix/|date=14 August 2018|work=[[The Chenab Times]]|access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref>

==Taekwondo players representing India==
===Latika Bhandari ===
Latika Bhandari is an Indian taekwondo player . As of June 2021, she is the top-ranked female taekwondo player in India. She was awarded by the Madhya Pradesh Highest Sports award Vikram Award in 2012. <ref>{{Cite news|title="Latika Bhandari was awarded by the Madhya Pradesh Highest Sports award Vikram Award in 2012" | publisher = Amanzee Newsbeat|url=http://newsbeat.amanzee.com/?id=575}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|title=Latika Bhandari top-ranked female taekwondo player in India| publisher=Amanzee News| url=http://news.amanzee.com/?id=575 }}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/featured/who-indias-top-taekwondo-players/|title=Who are India's top Taekwondo players?|date=13 November 2020}}</ref>

=== Surendra Bhandari ===
{{cite news | title=Surendra Bhandari won India's first medal in taekwondo in the 14th Asian Games| url= http://newsbeat.amanzee.com/?id=576 }} by clinching a bronze in the flyweight (58-kg) category
<ref>{{cite news|title=Surendra Bhandari|publisher=Amanzee News|url=http://news.amanzee.com/?id=576}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|title=Surendra Bhandari won India's first medal in taekwondo in the 14th Asian Games|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/24909428.cms }}</ref>

=== Rodali Barua ===
Rodali usually represents the country in the +73kg weight category and had brought various laurels to the country. She had represented India in the World Taekwondo Championships in Korea in June 2017 and won gold at the 35th National Senior Kyorugi and 8th National Senior Pumche Taekwondo Championships held in Visakhapatnam.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Olympic or Asian Games|url=https://thebridge.in/featured/who-indias-top-taekwondo-players/?infinitescroll=1 }}</ref>   Represented India in Asian Games 2018 <ref>{{cite news|title=Rodali representing India in Asian Games|publisher=Amanzee Newsbeat|url=http://newsbeat.amanzee.com/?id=577}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|title=Rodali Barua|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/asian-games-2018-assam-girl-rodali-barua-loses-in-taekwondo.html }}</ref>

=== Kashish Malik ===
Kashish represented India in the 2018 Asian Games where she crashed out in the quarterfinals. She has bagged medals at various international events like, Malaysia Open G1 Tournament, Asian Games Invitation Tournament, President Cup, Fujairah Open 2018 and Israel Open 2018. <ref>{{Cite news|title=Kashis Malik| publisher= News Amanzee|url=http://newsbeat.amanzee.com/?id=578 }}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|title=Kashis Malik 2018 Asian Games |publisher= News Amanzee|url=http://news.amanzee.com/?id=578 }}</ref>

=== Navjeet Mann ===
Navjeet Mann is a Taekwondoin based out of Bangalore and has represented India at various international events including the Asian Games 2018, World Championships 2017 and Asian Championship in the year 2016 and 2018. Navjeet’s brightest moment under the sun though came in the year 2016 when he bagged a gold medal in the 2016 South Asian Games.<ref>{{cite news| title=Navjeet Mann represented India in Asian Games| publisher=Amanzee News|url=http://news.amanzee.com/?id=579}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|title=Navjeet Mann|url=https://thebridge.in/featured/who-indias-top-taekwondo-players }}</ref>

=== Atul Raghav ===
Atul Raghav is a Taekwondion based out of Ghaziabad and has represented India at various national and international events. Atul's brightest moment under the sun though came in the year 2020 when he bagged a bronze medal in the 2020 G-2 Fujairah Dubai. Currently, he is the brand ambassador of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Exclusive: Taekwondo athlete Atul Raghav speaks out on the condition of his sport in India|url=https://firstsportz.com/atul-raghav-speaks-out-on-condition-of-his-sport/}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|title=Atul Raghav appointed as new brand ambassador of Ghaziabad Municipal corporation|url=https://pukaarnetwork.com/2021/12/10/atul-raghav-appointed-as-new-brand-ambassador-of-ghaziabad-municipal-corporation/}}</ref> <ref>{{cite tweet|number=1463474896885805060|user=AMRUTCityGzb|title=स्वच्छ भारत मिशन के ब्रांड एंबेसडर श्री अतुल राघव जी ने समस्त गाजियाबाद वासियों को स्वच्छ सर्वेक्षण 2021 में भारत…|date=24 November 2021}}</ref>

=== Aman Kadyan ===
Aman Kadyan is a Taekwondion based out of Delhi and has represented India at various national and international events. He competes in -54kg and currently holds -18 Rank in the world. <ref>{{Cite news|title=Taekwondo: Aman Kumar Kadyan wins bronze in 2021 Russian Open|url=https://thebridge.in/taekwondo/aman-kadyan-bronze-russian-open-2021-25506}}</ref>

== Taekwondo as career in India ==
Opportunities, Career & future for Taekwondo players / Taekwondoin / Taekwondo practitioners in India is an emerging trend. India is offering wide varieties of career growth for Taekwondo players. In the recent days Taekwondo in India is not only a sport, but it can be taken up as career path & profession. <ref>{{cite news | title= Taekwondo career in India | publisher= Amanzee Sports & Fashion | url = http://newsbeat.amanzee.com/?id=588}}</ref>

==Tournament record==
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