Australian Para-taekwondo has received a welcome financial boost, thanks to the generosity of barrister Marianne Barker.

Peru's Angélica Espinoza and William Fernández are hoping to boost their Paralympic prospects for Tokyo next year by travelling to Bari to compete at the Taekwondo Europe Open European Para-Taekwondo Championships.

Australian Taekwondo has released a series of videos on how to teach Para-taekwondo in the country.

Para-taekwondo and Para-canoe will make their Asian Para Games debut in Hangzhou in 2022.

Hosts Australia have selected three taekwondo athletes for this month's International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) Global Games in Brisbane.

Para-taekwondo world champion Lisa Gjessing has called the sport "a very big gift to me" as she targets long-awaited Paralympic glory next year.

A one day Para-taekwondo tournament was held as a Tokyo 2020 test event at Makuhari Messe Hall, with the sport set to make its Paralympic debut next year. 

Seventeen-year-old Sophie Gimeno made history at the Parapan American Games in Lima last month by becoming the first United States taekwondo athlete to medal at the multi-sport event.

Chakir Chelbat has been appointed as chairman of World Taekwondo's new Para Taekwondo Committee.

The Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) have promised to keep building in taekwondo before their first-ever participation in the sport at the Parapan American Games.

A team of eight taekwondo athletes from Nepal have travelled to Japan for a training session as they prepare for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Iran were the big winners at the fifth edition of the Asian Para Open Taekwondo Championships in Amman as they won four gold medals in Jordan's capital.

Jordan's capital Amman is hosting the fifth edition of the Asian Para Open Taekwondo Championships tomorrow.

Turkey emerged with a five-medal haul at the Oceania Para Taekwondo Championships held in Queensland in Australia.