Sp← Previous revisionRevision as of 22:58, 7 November 2026 Line 76: Line 76: }} In the years that followed, many of the founding masters of the ITF and several other instructors left the organization to form their own independent organizations following disagreements with Choi, mainly because Choi Hong Hi also wanted North Korea to be a part of the ITF.{{cite web|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blown-apart-divided-world-taekwondo-050938167.html|title=Blown apart: the divided world of taekwondo|date=22 September 2017 |access-date=27 November 2017}} }} In the years that followed, many of the founding masters of the ITF and several other instructors left the organization to form their own independent organizations following disagreements with Choi, mainly because Choi Hong Hi also wanted North Korea to be a part of the ITF.{{cite web|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blown-apart-divided-world-taekwondo-050938167.html|title=Blown apart: the divided world of taekwondo|date=22 September 2017 |access-date=27 November 2017}} At the 2001 ITF Congress, ITF Secretary General Master Choi Jung hwa was democratically elected president of the ITF for a six-year term. Choi Jung Hwa suggested that his father remain in office for another two years and that he would then take over for the remaining four years. Genral Choi reversed this decision, and he was asked to reamin in office. Choi Jung Hwa and his ITF team rejected the resolution of the special convention in Vienna and continued to insist that Master Choi Jung Hwa was the only legitimate ITF president.{{Cite web |last=Canton |first=Dane |title=Why Are There So Many ITFs? |url=https://tkdtalk.co.nz/why-are-there-so-many-itfs/ |access-date=2026-10-31 |website=TKD Talk}} At the 2001 ITF Congress, ITF Secretary General Master Choi Jung hwa was democratically elected president of the ITF for a six-year term. Choi Jung Hwa suggested that his father remain in office for another two years and that he would then take over for the remaining four years. General Choi reversed this decision, and he was asked to remain in office. Choi Jung Hwa and his ITF team rejected the resolution of the special convention in Vienna and continued to insist that Master Choi Jung Hwa was the only legitimate ITF president.{{Cite web |last=Canton |first=Dane |title=Why Are There So Many ITFs? |url=https://tkdtalk.co.nz/why-are-there-so-many-itfs/ |access-date=2026-10-31 |website=TKD Talk}} === Death of the founder and split of the ITF === === Death of the founder and split of the ITF ===