To stand up for oneself and to be strong, that’s what we all want. Especially for women this seems to be a difficult matter. From now on this will change. And that’s because of the Women Empowerment Programme developed by Sabum Jantien Lindeboom from I.T.F. Netherlands.

Last weekend was the first instructors course. A true revolution, as this is the first women power programme within the world of Taekwon-Do.

The purpose of this course is clear: participants are encouraged to set up their own classes in their own region. This way more women will be empowered wich of course is not only a good thing for themselves but also for society in general. At the same time this will promote I.T.F. Taekwon-Do and therefore it will encourage more women to practise I.T.F. Taekwon-Do. This programme is absolutely unique in it’s own kind because of the content. Each class has it’s own theme, every lesson a different tenet is treated. The goal is to empower women by teaching them how to use the tenets in different situations, active workout and conversations about many subjects like sexual harassment.

Seven instructors from I.T.F. Netherlands participated in this first course. They were all very much inspired at the end of the weekend. Also they were very impressed by the content of the manual and the module. This combined with the professionalism and passion of Sabum Jantien made this weekend a real success.

We hope to reach more instructors next time. That way all the women in the Netherlands can be empowered through Taekwon-Do.

Graziella Idili 4th degree
I.T.F. Netherlands