International Taekwon-Do NZ

Congratulations to our new Grand Master - GM Mahesh Bhana

https://members.itkd.co.nz/about-taekwon-do/tkdnz/grand-masters.php

CALLING ALL INTERESTED ITKD MEMBERS

FOR NGA KAPONGA
NEW ZEALAND ITF TAEKWON-DO TEAM
PARAGUAY 2027

The next World Championships are to be held in Asuncion, Paraguay, from the 17th – 24th of October 2027.

If you are interested in trialling for the New Zealand team as a Pre-Junior, Junior or Adult, please use the link below to express your interest:
https://forms.gle/Yjute7Q3EZhhaDWQ7

Note that Pre-Junior age 12 – 14, Junior 15-17, Adult 18 years or older as of the 31st December 2026.

We would like expressions of interest prior to the end of October 2026. If you register now you receive information directly as we send it.

The trial, camp dates and details will be confirmed in early November 2026.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected], or come and see us at Nationals in Hamilton.

Jon & Leaine Devine
ITFNZ High Performance Taekwon-Do Team Management

**2026 ITKD Award Finalists Announced**

Congratulations to everyone nominated for the **2026 International Taekwon-Do New Zealand Awards**. Each region has selected outstanding students, instructors, clubs and officials whose dedication and achievements have earned them recognition at a national level.

The finalists will now be reviewed by a panel of Grand Masters, with the winners to be announced at the National Tournament.

View the full list of finalists and award categories here:

Current Awards | International Taekwon-Do New Zealand Current International Taekwon-Do New Zealand Award nominations, recipients and award criteria.

Our team is doing well in the first day of Perak International Taekwon-Do Championship.
https://members.itkd.co.nz/news/index.php

Physical, traditional and fun!

Next Generation Team

STARTING ON THE 9th The Early November

These team trainings are targeted to the next generation of ITF Athletes. Want more sparring training ? Want to level up your patterns ? Then try this out - for the up and coming students wanting to develop their skills for patterns and sparring. These classes will give them the base that will carry them through to national level.

The class will be limited to 20 youths and will be conducted by New Zealand National team coaches and Athletes wanting to pass on knowledge.

Ages 8-12 (exceptions can be made on a case by case basis)
Limited 20 Students.
Sundays 9am-1030am MMC - 198 Marua Road Ellerslie
For more information please contact
[email protected]
Phone/message +64212926217

If you have students that you think would find this helpful please don’t hesitate to reach out

BOOK YOUR SPOT NOW
Thank you in advance for your Support

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Doing Taekwon-Do as a Muslim Girl I almost quit when I first started Taekwon-Do.

MESSAGE FROM THE COACH

I am so proud of our talented group of athletes, coaches, management, photographer and traveling supporters for the way that they performed and stood tall, representing their country from the mats and the stands.

We had many frustrating challenges that were outside of our control but kept our composure and focus with the tournament being our main task.

The workload seemed never-ending at the tournament with little downtime. But between the coaches on the floor looking after the athletes and the management from the stands keeping an eye on timetables of each ring and feeding the information down to the coaches you could say it was a seamless operation.

The conditions we all had to deal with of heat and humidity in the arena had its challenges.

For the athletes to keep their composure and perform in those conditions was difficult, but they came out and gave it their all!

We had a mixed bag of results during each day with World Champions 🏆 and podium finishes 🏅🥈🥉.

Yes, we had success, but we also had disappointments. So I hope our athletes take away learning from both being successful and their failures giving them the desire and hunger to learn, improve and continue in their development in Taekwon-Do and life skills to another campaign or something they choose to pursue in the future.

As I said before, I am very proud of these athletes. For each of them to step on the tournament mats on the world stage can be a daunting experience not only for the first timers but also for the team members that have competed in the past.

So there is no failure if you decide to cross over the edge of the ring as long as you grow as a person from the experience of it.

Thank you to all of you! ❤️🙏

🥋🏆🇭🇷

Ngā Kaponga

Alois Vogt

NZ Coach

Gurveer Singh Saini, Devine Williams and Kyla Walton showing the world how New Zealand breaks boards at the World Championships.

Getting ready for the flag bearer entry at the Opening Ceremony. This year our flag bearers are Sabum Connor Mitchell and Boosabum Bailey Jeffery.