Dear All,

Happy, Healthy New 2025!

I send you my warm regards as you celebrate this New Year!

On behalf of CHITF I am very happy to deliver this New Year message and ask you to share this with our valued members and CHITF supporters.

This year we celebrate our CHITF 11th Anniversary. I thank you for your trust and support as always. We have encountered many obstacles and difficulties in the past 10 years. With positive energy and determination, we have pursued our CHITF Mission to uphold our utmost respected Founder’s original technique and philosophy through two CHITF World Championships, Continental Championships and many international Seminars. We unite together with the strong CHITF Leadership to overcome all obstacles and continue to promote our beliefs. We are steadily turning the corner! CHITF has been sharpened into a mature and technical international organization.

TaeKwon-Do is education. We nurture the youth to see the values of life through cultivating oneself in enhancing health, wisdom and moral culture. We help to produce great citizens and to build a more

peaceful world. Well-cultivated Individuals are members of a family, who in harmony, will contribute to a more peaceful world.

One of the powerful tools of TaeKwon-Do is healing! Each person’s life journey is unique, when one encounters difficult times, TaeKwon-Do can help us heal, both in physically and mentally.

Go to the dojang to see your instructors, your peers. After a good class, some meditation and discussions with your mentor, you will feel rejuvenated; have fresh thinking, and positive energy toward a new direction. It is an incredible healing positive process.

In 2024 we congratulate the promotions of two SGMs, four Grand Masters and many SMs and Masters!

In 2024 we also warmly welcome CHITF Uruguay, CHITF Italy, CHITF Africa Council, CHITF Mozambique

In 2025 we welcome SM Julio Penayo, Gral St. Martin of Argentina, Master Robert Carr (Nova Scotia, Canada)

This 2025 CHITF will focus on our November 14-16 the 3rd CHITF World Open Championship in San Juan Puerto Rico! CHITF Puerto-Rico, Sabum Julio R. Carcano has informed me 20 countries have confirmed their participations and more are expected in the coming months. Puerto-Rico alone will have more 700 participants from all lines of ITF. I estimate there will be more than 1200 competitors in this beautiful sun-shine Island of Puerto Rico!

I am looking forward to working side by side with each of you to promote and to preserve the Original TaeKwon-Do created by our Founder.

Happy New Year!
SGM Phap Lu
President CHITF