The ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships are the most prestigious events of the International Taekwon-Do Federation. They are the best athletes in the world, the gathering of national authorities and the celebration of our martial art. 









At the 2011 ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships, will present 9 events:

Individual Patterns,
Individual Free Sparring,
Individual Power Breaking,
Individual Special Techniques,
Pre-Arranged Sparring,
Team Patterns,
Team Free Sparring,
Team Power Breaking, and
Team Special Techniques

The patterns are 24 pre-determined fights against imaginary opponents.

Two participants have to do a pattern of their choice and a pattern chosen by the judges and are evaluated on the following criteria:

Quality of the techniques,
Power,
Balance,
Control of the breathing, and
Rhythm.

Two opponents oppose each other in two rounds of two minutes.

Each punch to the face or the body gives 1 point, each kick to the body gives 2 points, and to the face 3 points.

The winner is determined by the total points accounted by 4 judges. The contact is well controlled.

The participants must go through a circuit of different techniques of punches and kicks (3 techniques for women, 5 for men). 

The participants must break as many boards as possible with only one hit on each station.

The winner is determined by the total amount of broken boards.


The designated breaking techniques are:
Male -
     Forefist punch,
     Knifehand strike,
     Side kick,
     Turning kick, and
     Reverse turning kick

Female -
     Knifehand strike,
     Side kick, and
     Turning kick

Same principle as the power breaking, here the competitor must excute the designated kick to break his / her board.

The designated kicks are:
Male -
     Flying high front kick,
     Flying high side kick,
     Mid-air kick,
     Flying turning kick, and
     Flying reverse turning kick.

Female -
     Flying high front kick,
     Flying high side kick, and
     Flying turning kick

A team of two athletes must present a one-minute choreography in this new event very similar to the movie scenes.

The originality, the quality of the techniques and the team work are the main criteria.

Team pattern event is like individual pattern but performed by 5 members in a team.

The team must execute two patterns with original variations. The main criteria are synchronism and team works.

The team sparring is played on a single two-minute round between two teams of 5 athletes. The first team to win three victories is the winner.

All weights are allowed for this event.

Team power breaking is much like individual power breaking but with a team of 5 (male) or 3 (female).

Each member of the team must perform a single breaking technique from the list of designated power breaking techniques.

The winner team is determined by the total amount of broken boards.

Team special technique is much like individual special technique but with a team of 5 (male) or 3 (female).

Each member of the team must perform a single special technique from the list of designated special techniques.

The winner team is determined by the total amount of boards kicked.