NZ ITF is affiliated to the International Taekwon-Do Federation where the HQ has been situated in Vienna, Austria since 1980s and has continued ever since the Founder General Choi Hong Hi passed away.

Our NZ ITF organisation is recognized by the ITF with it’s own Recognition Plaque no: 7875

NZ ITF began as just Hawkes Bay ITF in 2006 where Ben Evans began teaching the special needs students at Havelock North High School every week. When Ben left school in 2008, he opened up classes to more schools during the day and in the evenings during the week. The classes continued to grow with great popularity.

In 2014, Hawkes Bay ITF transitioned into the name NZ ITF as the organisation started to expand in the Hawkes Bay region and outside in parts of Auckland and the Manawatu area.

NZ ITF has been quite successful on the international level for both mainstream and the special needs aspects.

NZ ITF continues to grow slowly with more and more branches and schools opening throughout the country.

NZ ITF supports inclusion of all members with and without disabilities in the community. We would love to hear from you if you were interested in NZ ITF bringing the original Taekwon-Do to your school or if you as a club wished to join us.