Taekwando News

1st  ITF Seminar in Bangladesh

1st ITF Seminar in Bangladesh held


I grounded at Dhaka Airport on 22 December at 3:30pm. Md Muktar Hussain, President of Taekwon do ITF Bangladesh welcomed me at Airport when I landed at Dhaka Airport on 22 Dec at 3.30 PM. and we reached Bus station by taxi to go Sylhet. While travelling through taxi I found heavy traffic jam than Kathmandu. We got to sylhet at around Midnight and some of Taekwondo Students and Member welcomed me by Nice Buki-flower.
On 23rd Dec, Muktar got me to town to check Certificate and Banner design which was already ordered for 24-25, December Seminar. I corrected some words and design. Then we met Sports District Officer, Manoranjan Dey at his office to invite him as chief gust for the seminar. We discussed about ITF Taekwndo and ITF Bangladesh.

1st Day of the seminar was started at 9am at Law Collage of Sylhet. Manoranjan Dey (Sports District officer) me and MD Muktar delevered speech about Taekwondo . The seminar was attended by 32 participants’ from Different district of Bagnladesh. The seminar was concentrated from 9.30am to 12 am on Fundamental exercises and kicking. After the lunch break from 12 to 2pm, we started ITF back and Tul till 5pm in the evening.

On 25th Dec the 2nd day of Seminar began at 8Am. I trained them ITF Tul for four hours till 12 as their ITF Tul was not good. We had a break at 1.30pm for lunch. After the lunch I conducted Black Belt exam among 10 students. 7 students MD Gulam Kibria, Md Nazrul Islam, Md Mustafa Kamal, Md Abdul Bari Polash, Md Jahanagir Alam Janu, Md. Moniruzzaman Monir, Md Nazrul Islam were successful to promote to the 1st Degree Black Belt. At the Certificate distribution ceremony at 3.30 pm chief guest District sports officer, Manoranjan Dey by, some of News and photo journalist were present for news reporting of the seminar.
After Certificate distribution ceremony all the Black Belt holder requested me to practice ITF Pattern till evening. In the evening the friends of MD Suleman Ahemed (Suleman is My student who lives in England with his Family, I grad him 1st Dan Black belt at England in October) organized reception party for me and Muktar Hussain.

On 26th December morning, I trained around 20 students including black belt from 7am to 9am and in The afternoon WTF Dojang invited me to train them in the stadium at 3pm. I taught them kicking technique. After the training they organized tea party with other sports Member and Instructors.

27th December morning, I trained around some of the Students and Member of Taekwondo ITF Bangladesh and had Lunch at Supreme Hotel. After lunch students organized see up program at Taekwondo Office. And they all had been to Bus Station to drop me. When I was to go Inside the Bus i noticed wet eyes of some student…and we felt missing each other. They requested me to be back soon. I and Muktar Hussain Moved to Dhaka at 4.30pm.

On 28th, Muktar Hussain brought me to visit some places of Dhaka including Zoo, Parliament area and Bangladesh Film Development committee. There we had meeting with some of Movie Director and Action Director and discussed movie in Nepal & Bangladesh.

29th morning we moved to Dhaka Airport to have 9.30 Flight to Kathmandu, Nepal. Muktar dropped me to Airport at 7am and got back to Sylhet. When I entered the Airport, I was informed that United Airways is 5 hour delayed. I had non other than waiting till 2.30 pm and finally flew back to Nepal.

By: Laxman Basnet, President Taekwondo ITF Nepal
→  More News Published on: 02 JAN 2011