The new ITA Training Manual has just been released. This new manual features 132 pages in full colour and is a complete revision of the 1st edition that was released in 2006. The authors of the manual are Adrian Byrne and Stephen Ryan both 5th Dan instructors and prominent members of the ITA. They have drawn on their own backgrounds in Sports Science and Physical Education respectively as well as their Taekwon-Do knowledge and research in the production of this 2nd edition of the book.

The new Edition of the manual has been in production for some time and has involved several photo shoots to make this a much more colourful book. This edition has several changes, some of the highlights of which are:

• Revised and updated grading syllabus
• All theory and terminology sections revised
• New ITF tournament rules reflected
• Glossary of technical terms
• Glossary of sparring terms
• English/Korean and Korean/English dictionary

   

For a link to a sample chapter follow this link to get a flavour of what the book is like: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5tr3oe5txni9y4m/ITA%20Training%20Manual%202014%20Sample.pdf.

For more information email sryan@taekwondo.ie.

Stephen Ryan
Secretary General
Irish Taekwon-Do Association