Taking place from February 25 to 27 in the capital city Dublin, the course saw 283 instructors come together to standardise taekwon-do techniques.

It was the biggest taekwon-do seminar worldwide since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It was observed by Mayor of South Dublin Peter Kavanagh and Brendan Dowling, the President of the Irish Martial Arts Commission.

These courses are run regularly by the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) Technical and Instruction Committee, chaired by Héctor Marano from Argentina.

Marano was assisted in the seminar by Ung Kim Lan from Germany and Jerzy Jedut from Poland.

Part of the course in Dublin was to teach students with intellectual disabilities, with this section conducted by Leonardo Oros-Duek, the President of the European Taekwon-Do Federation and chairman of the ITF Adapted Committee.

Paul Weiler, President of the ITF was also in attendance, and praised the event.

"The course was held on the very high organisational and technical level," said Weiler. 

"I was particularly pleased with the increasing commitment of both: the instructors but also with the national associations in organising taekwon-do classes for people with special needs."

The Irish Taekwon-Do Association will be the host of the 2024 ITF World Taekwon-Do Cup which is scheduled to be held in Dublin.