Organizations Filed Purposes:
To conduct and sponsor national and international competitions in the martial arts and to support and develop amateur athletes for such competitions and further, to promote world peace through its activities.
World Tong-Il Moo-Do Federation is a very unique martial arts organization in that we educate students who practice martial arts in a deeper philosophy of martial arts which guides them to become responsible individuals and creating ideal family thereby making a better society that results in realizing a world of peace. At WTMF we emphasize the importance of philosophy in a way more than actual practice of martial arts. In our view, the philosophy we teach corresponds to human mind and actual practice of martial arts corresponds to human body. Body cannot function without mind. Based on this understanding, WTMF offers lectures of our philosophy to all participants of our events. We invite students of martial arts from any schools to our events to share our philosophy with them and hopefully work together to start building a better world. How did people benefit from this program? Roughly speaking there are two kinds of participants to our program. One is those who are practicing martial arts and the other is those who are not practicing it but interested in watching martial arts matches. For the former we offer various events in which they can compete against each other. At the same time, for the latter the same events can be the opportunities to watch and enjoy many highly skilled martial artists showing their skills and techniques. These events will well serve as a vehicle to demonstrate not only technical aspects but also the beauty of martial arts to the spectators. We also offer lectures of philosophy of Tong-Il Moo-Do. It starts with mind-body unity to perfect our individuality. It then emphasizes these individuals are the ones who can serve as the citizens of world peace. Year 2020 was totally unprecedented. Due to COVID-19 we were forced to stop our regular activities. Most chapters around the world adopted online meetings and trainings. There were many challenges to overcome. One such thing was how to keep motivating trainees remotely. Towards the end of 2020, we were able to host one international event in Mombasa, Kenya. The 8th Mombasa Open Tong-il Moo-Do International Martial Arts Championship was held at Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, Kenya from December 20 to 21, 2020. It drew 140 participants from 10 countries such as Korea, Japan, The Philippines, Thailand, Iran, Turkey, Kenya, DR Congo, Republic of Congo, and Ivory Coast despite restrictions under COVID-19. Kenyan government gave us permission to hold this event at the last minute. 660 participants came to watch the event for two days.Overall in 2020 there were roughly 800 individuals participated in the programs.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Lawrence I Aoki | Secretary | 20 | $50,367 |
| Megumi Tateno | Treasurer | 10 | $40,200 |
| Kook J Seuk | President | 15 | $34,774 |
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