World Taekwondo Park

[goingd]

I saw this mentioned in another thread, so I looked into it. In 2013 the "World Taekwondo Park" will be completed in the Muju province of South Korea. Most article about it online say basically the same thing, and one of those things, is that it will be the "world Taekwondo headquarters" and the "Taekwondo mecca."
The Kukkiwon, which is already influenced to a fair amount by the South Korean government, already has those same labels. So what I wonder, is how this park - as epic as it looks - will effect the Kukkiwon. I'm curious how everyone views this.

Edit: Muju is a city, not a province.

 

[miguksaram]

I saw this mentioned in another thread, so I looked into it. In 2013 the "World Taekwondo Park" will be completed in the Muju province of South Korea. Most article about it online say basically the same thing, and one of those things, is that it will be the "world Taekwondo headquarters" and the "Taekwondo mecca."
The Kukkiwon, which is already influenced to a fair amount by the South Korean government, already has those same labels. So what I wonder, is how this park - as epic as it looks - will effect the Kukkiwon. I'm curious how everyone views this.

Edit: Muju is a city, not a province.

I'll let you know when I get back from visiting it next week.

 

[granfire]

Are they gonna have people jump out at you and make you use what you learned, Pink Panther style?

 

[MBuzzy]

Is this the Mudowon or something different? Do you have a link? Hangul or English is fine.

 

[miguksaram]

Is this the Mudowon or something different? Do you have a link? Hangul or English is fine.

No...it has nothing to do with the Mudowon. Here is a link to one of the stories: http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=1343

That area of Korea is quite beautiful. My inlaws are from that province from the city of Jeonju. I am looking forward to the trip.

 

[miguksaram]

Are they gonna have people jump out at you and make you use what you learned, Pink Panther style?

Lord I hope so I have been practicing my Kato moves all week.

 

[dortiz]

Its mentioned right in the article:
The World Taekwondo Headquarters (Kukkiwon) in Seoul, currently the center of the world's Taekwondo activities, will later move to the Muju Taekwondo Park.


Dave O.

 

[NPTKD]

Its mentioned right in the article:
The World Taekwondo Headquarters (Kukkiwon) in Seoul, currently the center of the world's Taekwondo activities, will later move to the Muju Taekwondo Park.


Dave O.

I was told at the 16 KKW instructors course that the city of soul leases the land to KKW and they really want it to develop it. That was why the KKW is in such poor condition (the move maybe).

 

[goingd]

Its mentioned right in the article:
The World Taekwondo Headquarters (Kukkiwon) in Seoul, currently the center of the world's Taekwondo activities, will later move to the Muju Taekwondo Park.


Dave O.

That is the first article I've seen to mention that. Thanks for pointing it out.

 

[d1jinx]

Like others have said, I heard a while back that the actual Kukkiwon building was leased and they were gonna move. Thats why the building is so run down. No one wants to invest any money into it. So they came up with the TKD park idea a few years back. I got a CDRom that had the concept idea for it. Seems like it will be a nice place. Been hearing rumors that KKW was gonna get evicted from that building, so now the have a place to go.