Thursday the 27th of November was a historic day for the Taekwon-Do ITF in Israel, as it has been the first time that a World Cup champion and a representative of the Israel Traditional Taekwon-Do Federation ITF were received by the Minister of Culture and Sport Limor Livnat.
The meeting was very nice, during the forty minutes reunion, the Minister has shown interest in the achievements of 13 years old athlete Ron Kolsky.
Ron competed in the World Cup in Jamaica in the +60kg sparring category for age 12-14, and reached the first place.
The Minister asked Ron for his trainings and for his school grades, and Ron’s mother, Dr. Yael Kolsky proudly answered that Ron has an average of 94/100. This detail was very important for the Minister to show that it is possible to be a good Taekwon-Do athlete while maintaining good grade.
Ron’s instructor, Sabum-Nim Leonardo Oros Duek, Secretary General of the Israel Traditional Taekwon-Do ITF, thanked the Minister for the time she had given for this meeting, and told her about a pilot project to start in February, thanks to the Strauss company, with which teens from internees will be recruited and offered to study Taekwon-Do, giving them the possibility to become athletes.
The Minister was gifted an explanatory booklet of the 12 years in which the Israeli Association is working for the Taekwon-Do ITF in Israel. Sabum-Nim Oros Duek gifted her also a book of his publishing of the various patterns.
With good sense of humour, the Minister performed a basic ready stance Narani Chunbi Sogi.
This meeting marks a before and after of the history of the Israeli Taekwon-Do, keeping in mind that only six months ago this association was recognized by the Ministry of Sports in Israel.
In the meeting was present the Vice-Director of the Secretary of Sports, Mr. Dudu Malka who congratulated Ron for his achievements.