The Malaysian delegation arrived in Amsterdam this Tuesday and without wasting time, they took advantage of the good weather to train the same day they arrived and this Wednesday, they repeated the sessions again.
Grandmaster Amir Md Noor, 9th Dan, President of the Global Taekwondo Federation of Malaysia ITF, is the leader of this team that is made up of 8 participants (4 male and 4 female competitors), along with two coaches and three referees. .
“As Covid was still a pandemic in Malaysia, we were unable to centralize training for the team event, therefore our competitors will be participating in individual events in both forms such as sparring and power breaking,” Grandmaster Amir Md Noor tells us. .
In addition, the ITF Malaysia Global Taekwondo Federation President highlights why Malaysia has always been so close to ITF Taekwon-do. “The Founder of Taekwondo was the first Korean Ambassador to the Republic of Korea in our country and it was then that Taekwondo spread.”