FAF Nagaland participates in 1st Korean Ambassador Kukkiwon Cup Cornelius Lanah New Delhi, 4 Oct: Based in Dimapur, Faith in Action Foundation (FAF) who were semi finalist in the season 3 of India’s Got Talent is the lone academy from Nagaland participating in the 1st Korean Ambassador Kukkiwon Cup, an ‘Open National Taekwondo Championship’ which kicks off here at Talkatora Indoor Stadium inaugurated by the ambassador of the Republic of Korea, H.E Lee Joon Gyu and Randhir Singh, Committee member of the International Olympic. The Special Guest for the event was Professor Kyu Seok Lee, 9th dan black belt, a member of the World Taekwondo Federation, Senior Vice-President-Asian Taekwondo Union (ATU) and Secretary General-Asian Taekwondo Union (ATU). The ongoing Championship which is part of the celebrations of Indo-Korean 40 years of diplomatic relationship is organised by Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) and headed by Kim-kum Pyoung, the Director of the Korean Cultural Centre and Chaired by grandmaster Lee Jeong-hee, Kukkiwon-World Taekwondo Headquarters grandmaster and Sports General Manager-Korean Cultural Centre India. The 3 day event will witness 8 participants from Nagaland under the stewardship of their master Deep Kumar battling for medals with the best of the national talents in Taekwodo. On the opening day, at court B the 61th match was fought between Toluho Yeptho from Nagaland and Abhiraj Singh from Delhi. Toluho Yeptho charged with great enthusiasm and knocks his opponent out in the first minute itself. The referee stepped in and stopped the fight, giving Nagaland their second win of the day. Earlier, the opening ceremony kicks off with brilliant demonstrations of talents and techniques by the Kukiwon World Taekwondo team who came all the way from Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Headquarter based in Seoul, South Korea to perform in India at the opening ceremony. Addressing at the opening ceremony the ambassador of the Republic of Korea, H.E. Joon-gyu Lee said that he is pleased to welcome more than 1000 athletes for this event and thank India for its support and co-operation. He also expressed his hope that the Indo-Korean relationship would be like the relationship of a two best friend. Meanwhile speaking to this correspondent on the sideline of the tournament, the director of KCC and head of the Championship, Kim-kum Pyoung said that the championship is an endeavour to bring together promising athletes from all over the nation and provide them with a platform to showcase their talent. “The looks of the North East people and Koreans are similar. The people of the North East are very talented in music and sports and we hope to see more collaboration during the hornbill festival of Nagaland” said Kim-kum Pyoung when asked about the young talent from the North East and the future endeavours of KCC in the North East. The event also honoured Randhir Singh, committee member of the International Olympic with honorary black belt by Kukkiwon while the award of appreciation for Taekwondo students with disabilities were awarded to 9 year old Krishna N Sheth, who is 100% visually impaired and Yoosul Kim with down syndrom. By the end of the championship the most valuable player of the championship will drive home a Hyundai Eon car where as the gold medallist of all the categories will be presented with Samsung smart phones and LG bluray players.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 16:49:00 +0000
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