DUSHANBE, November 14, Asia-Plus — Known Tajik taekwondo (International Taekwondo Federation or ITF) player Daler Tyuryayev will represent Tajikistan in the Trial Pro Taekwondo (Professional Taekwondo) that will be held in Zagreb, Croatia from November 17 to November 18, Asia-Plus has learned at Tajikistan’s ITF Federation.
The source at the Tajik ITF Federation said that athletes from Russia, DPR Korea, South Korea, Croatia, Canada and Iran will also take part in the contest entitled Croatia – Round Zero.
Taekwondo, once only a Korean fighting skillfulness, it is actually a wide sporting movement with various kinds of activities from a sport fight (WTF Olympics and ITF) to self-defense, recreation and lifestyle.
Actually, it is estimated that about 60 million people worldwide practice any of TKD styles.
An official website of Pro-TKD says, “Unfortunately, TKD is not adequately represented in the media, especially on TV. Competitions take a long time, and our champions are not recognized as stars by the media. After having analyzed the situation with other popular sports, we have found that the public is attracted exclusively and only by professional fights, and that the planetary popularity of certain sports is due to their professional form of competition.”
To promote development of TKD into a top professional sport they have decided to invite 8 best world heavy-weight fighters, and organize a glamorous performance in front of TV cameras with a reward of USD 30,000 in cash for the Champion.
