Sang Chul Lee (taekwondo) fighting stance and developing steps for his athletes to be more fluid in their movements. Lee was the US Olympic Taekwondo Head Coach at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Although a demonstration sport, the 1988 US Taekwondo Olympic team is the most decorated of any US Taekwondo Olympic team. Lee's athletes won 11 medals, including 3 golds and finished second to the South Korean team, which at the time was the best in the world. Lee has been passionately involved in the promotion of Taekwondo throughout the United States and served as USA Taekwondo (formerly US Taekwondo Union) president from
Para Taekwondo Para Taekwondo Para Taekwondo is an adaptation of the sport of Taekwondo for athletes with an impairment. The World Taekwondo (WT) is the sport’s governing body for Para Taekwondo. In 2006, Para Taekwondo has begun developing the kyorugi (sparring) discipline. Since 2013, poomsae (martial art forms) discipline is also being developed for Para athletes. On January 31, 2017 Para Taekwondo was confirmed as a sport for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games program at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly the same year the WT became a full member of the IPC. Origins The WT founded the Para Taekwondo Committee