Let me lay out a scenario that seems equally likely to me: starting this month schools in the U.S. will start recommending 3rd dan promotions to Kukkiwon just as they always have, Kukkiwon will check whatever database is being used to track instructors who have taken the Examiner's Course (which for all I know is a yellow steno-pad with hand-written notes ). Not seeing the instructor's name on the list, Kukkiwon might summon the wherewithall to check with WTMU to verify that the name is not on the list. Whether they do or don't double-check the list, Kukkiwon will deny the promotion. The instructor will complain that no WTMU offered no Examiner's Courses nearby or recently, and Kukkiwon will point fingers at WTMU, but still deny the promotion. Then Kukkiwon and WTMU will stand around pointing fingers at each other for a few months while the poor instructors tear their hair out in frustration. Kukkiwon will want the money, but they also won't want to back-down on their deadline, and WTMU will get in hot-water with Kukkiwon for threatening the Kukkiwon's revenue stream. THEN either Kukkiwon will officially delay the deadline, or WTMU will get its act in gear, or something.This is just my opinion, but I think perhaps you guys are giving Kukkiwon and WTMU too much credit for being that organized.
I'm not saying this is more likely than your scenario, but it seems equally likely to me. For Kukkiwon to just ignore its own deadline may be a bureaucratic impossibility....like admitting that the TPS reports didn't really need a new cover page.
Things this disorganized can go pretty sour!I was at the Chicago seminar, and Truejim, you've read my report. Towards the end of the seminar a participant asked GM Park, Chulwung, deputy chief of the Kukkiwon's International business team, what the certification as an examiner really meant and what changes would occur in coming months. GM Park, a good diplomatic communicator, sidestepped that question almost altogether. My short interpretation of what he answered back was that there would be no changes anytime soon. The Kukkiwon was genuinely interested in raising standards, he suggested, but there was no definite timeline about implimentimg the examiner certification project. Any experienced taekwondoin would have noticed that many teachers at the Chicago seminar required more training on Kukki standards and perhaps would have been better prepared by taking an instructor course. Unlike in Korea, where teacher have to take the instructor course to be allowed to open a dojang, there is no no such requirement in the rest of the world, hence the great disparities in standards. In that context, the Kukkiwon is finding itself in a quandary. What is more important for the development of Kukki taekwondo? Is it creating good dan/poom examiners or good taekwondo teachers? Also, who gains the most from the Kukkiwon examiner courses and proposed project? Individual teachers and their students or the organizations hosting the courses and creating testing panels?But your larger point is spot-on...this whole thing is so disorganized! One would think there should have been a LOT more communication about a change like this. That's why I'm pessimistic.
just as TA and STA seem to be progressing through their integration T4U pops up and I'm getting mails saying this group has no authority and have no idea who's running anything right now. It is having an effect as I've been told it's highly unlikely (yet again) there will be any competitors in my division (ok so it's the fat and old division) in the state championships coming up, that's not a healthy state of things
