Taekwondo Federation of India

Taekwondo is one of the most popular and practiced martial arts in India. It is characterized by punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping spinning kicks, and fast kicking techniques. The literal translation for tae kwon do is "kicking," "punching," and "the art or way of."

Governing Body
The INDIA TAEKWONDO (IT) replaced Taekwondo Federation of India (TFI) as the national sports governing body for Taekwondo in India on confirmation from World Taekwondo on 9th July 2019.

History
Master Puran Andrew Gurung introduced taekwondo to India after returning from Hong Kong to India. He studied taekwondo under Korean Great Grand Master Lee Pyung Pal from 1969 to 1974. Since 1974 he has been promoting Taekwondo after earning his 2nd Dan under Great Grand Master Lee Pyung Pal. He initially started taekwondo classes in Kalimpong, Darjeeling and Sikkim. Later he expanded his trainings to Kolkata, southern, northeast and northern parts of India. He traveled frequently to every part of India until 1984. He has been conferred the title of "Father of Taekwondo in India" by official taekwondo hall of fame USA.

Taekwondo introduced to India around 1975 and one of earliest taekwondo instructors in India was Jimmy R. Jagtiani, 8th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo who began teaching in 1975. On 2 August, 1976 the Taekwondo Federation of India (TFI) was formed and established as a National Body of Taekwondo in India.

=Indian Taekwondo Players= (More names are yet to be added)

Atul Raghav
Atul Raghav is a Taekwondion based out of Ghaziabad and has represented India at various national and international events. Atul's brightest moment under the sun though came in the year 2020 when he bagged a bronze medal in the 2020 G-2 Fujairah Dubai. Currently, he is the brand ambassador of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation.

Latika Bhandari
Latika Bhandari is an Indian taekwondo player. As of June 2021, she is the top-ranked female taekwondo player in India. She was awarded by the Madhya Pradesh Highest Sports award Vikram Award in 2012.

Surendra Bhandari
by clinching a bronze in the flyweight (58-kg) category

Rodali Barua
Rodali usually represents the country in the +73kg weight category and had brought various laurels to the country. She had represented India in the World Taekwondo Championships in Korea in June 2017 and won gold at the 35th National Senior Kyorugi and 8th National Senior Pumche Taekwondo Championships held in Visakhapatnam. Represented India in Asian Games 2018

Kashish Malik
Kashish represented India in the 2018 Asian Games where she crashed out in the quarterfinals. She has bagged medals at various international events like, Malaysia Open G1 Tournament, Asian Games Invitation Tournament, President Cup, Fujairah Open 2018 and Israel Open 2018.

Navjeet Mann
Navjeet Mann is a Taekwondoin based out of Bangalore and has represented India at various international events including the Asian Games 2018, World Championships 2017 and Asian Championship in the year 2016 and 2018. Navjeet’s brightest moment under the sun though came in the year 2016 when he bagged a gold medal in the 2016 South Asian Games.

Aman Kadyan
Aman Kadyan is a Taekwondion based out of Delhi and has represented India at various national and international events. He competes in -54kg and currently holds -18 Rank in the world.