Peacebuilding

AJTKD hosts first Taekwondo Sustainable Development Goals Festival

By / November 16, 2022

Over 100 children from deprived areas in Brazil attended the first event to mix taekwondo and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Taekwondo SDGs Festival, in November 2022.  Children had the opportunity of practicing taekwondo and engaging in activities related to the SDGs.  Participants came from a range of social projects that use taekwondo …

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Interview: insights of a psychologist on taekwondo and child development

By / April 1, 2022

Candida Couras has been the psychologist of the Jadir Taekwondo Association (AJTKD) for two decades, and her work began when her son, as a teenager, met and trained with Master Jadir and introduced her to the project. She had just graduated from college, but when she got to know the project, she felt motivated to …

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Sport to promote peace and transform the lives of the youth

By / April 1, 2022

For decades, sport has brought together people from all over the world regardless of their age, gender or ethnicity, to inspire and unite everyone. In Nelson Mandela’s words, “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It …

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