TU Taekwondo Club Update

Rave Naidu, Master of TU Taekwondo club

Taylor's University (TU) Taekwondo Club will be attending the 28^th Malaysia Moo Duk Kwan Sport Taekwondo Association National Championship in this coming July or August and the eighth MAPCU Taekwondo competition between this August or September.

Master of the TU Taekwondo club, Rave Naidu, said the specifications on the dates are currently unconfirmed but the team will be there.

“Taylor’s University Taekwondo club is well-known to the World Taekwondo Federation and that is why we are invited to

He said that Moo Duk Kwan is a Korean term that represents the ‘martial virtues’, which upholds the philosophy and the discipline of practicing the technique(s), like Taekwondo for example. That is what the Universal Moo Duk Kwan Academy (UMDKA) Malaysia intend to promote during their events.

He added that the championship takes place annually at the Badminton Stadium, in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. The event is to promote the traditional values of Taekwondo. The participants are Taekwondo practitioners from many local dojos and including TU Taekwondo club.

He added that MAPCU represents the Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities. The MAPCU Taekwondo competition is under the MAPCU Sports Carnival which features other sports events and activities like badminton, bowling, swimming, table tennis and so on. The participants are the sports and club societies under the private universities and private colleges in Malaysia. The venue however, changes from one university to another.

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