Taekwon-Do M.F.T. Federation of Ukraine: REVIEW OF 5 MONTHS OF WORK (JANUARY–MAY 2025)
Ukraine — international recognition, victories and unity!
Over the first five months of 2025, the team of the Taekwon-Do M.F.T. Federation of Ukraine achieved significant results on the international stage, held dozens of events in Ukraine, and earned respect and recognition from the global community.
We brought together 84 instructors and 2900 members across 17 regions of Ukraine 💪.
🥋 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS: UKRAINE'S PRIDE
🥈 Open Dutch 2025 (Netherlands)
📍 25 January | 740 participants | 98 clubs | 27 countries
🇺🇦 Ukraine — 2nd place in the overall team standings
🥇 28 gold | 🥈 26 silver | 🥉 19 bronze
🏆 Best club of the tournament: SC “Solovey Team” — 54 medals
🥈 Roma Gladiator Open 2025 (Italy)
📍 15–16 March | 391 participants | 43 clubs | 14 countries
🇺🇦 Ukraine — 2nd place among countries
🏆 Overall winner — Arsen Hryhorian (SC “Yin-Yang”, Dnipro)
🥉 Holland Cup 2025 (Netherlands)
📍 31 May | 59 clubs
🥈 Kharkiv club “Martial Arts Centre” — 2nd place among clubs
🇺🇦 Ukraine — 3rd place among countries
🥇 11 | 🥈 14 | 🥉 10 medals
🏅 Spirit Open 2025 (Hungary)
📍 12–13 April | 836 participants | 41 clubs | 9 countries
🥇 Iryna Mukha — overall champion
Total: 3🥇 | 1🥈 for the Ukraine ITF national team
🥋 Dublin Open 2025 (Ireland)
📍 May | 1200 participants | 60 national teams
Ivano-Frankivsk Children and Youth Sports School No. 1 Solovey Team — 2nd place in the overall team standings among more than 100 clubs
🏆 Among the winners: Olha Hryhorchyn, Tymofii Matviichuk, Andrii Tomenchuk and others
🇺🇦 DOMESTIC COMPETITIONS AND EVENTS
🕊 Danylo Demchyshyn Memorial Tournament (Ivano-Frankivsk)
📍 23 March | 451 participants | 12 regions
🥇 1st place: “Solovey Team”
🥈 2nd place: “Martial Arts Centre”, Kharkiv
🥉 3rd place: “Adamas”, Ivano-Frankivsk
🏆 BOGO Open 2025 (Bohorodchany)
📍 10 May | 142 participants | 4 leading clubs
#Unity #Motivation #NewNames
🥋 Alpha Team Cup 2 (Ternopil)
📍 27 April | 61 participants
New emotions, first experience for many athletes
🥋 Cup of NGO “SC Pride” (Kharkiv)
📍 5 April | 260 participants
Organiser — Iryna Kuznietsova, VI Dan
Programme: forms, special technique, power test
📚 SEMINARS AND GRADINGS
🔥 Sparring Seminar in the Czech Republic (Olomouc)
📍 8 March
Coach: Kateryna Solovey
Assistants: Daryna Korolovych, Viktoriia Sokolovska
Guest: ITF President Grand Master Paul Weiler
🎓 Grading for IV–VI Dan in the Czech Republic
📍 8 March
✅ Passed the exam:
• Kateryna Solovey — VI Dan
• Iryna Kuznietsova — VI Dan
• Viktoriia Sokolovska — V Dan
💥 Technical seminar in Kharkiv
📍 25–26 April | 200 participants
Coach: Oleksii Kobzar (V Dan)
Assistants: Heorhii Hubenok, Anna Piharova
🛡 SOLOVEY’S Sparring Seminar (Ivano-Frankivsk)
📍 4 May | 110 participants | 6 regions
Participation of national team stars: Solovey, Kuzmin, Korolovych, Mukha, Haienko and others
🌐 STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT
🔹 3 May — online meeting of coaches of the ITF Federation of Ukraine
🔹 Establishment of committees, growth strategy, regional development
🔹 Objectives discussed: national team preparation, media, international cooperation
🌍 INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
📜 Kateryna Solovey received an official letter of gratitude from the ITF
🙌 Her performance was commended as “instrumental and inspiring”
🤝 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
📌 Meeting of Vitalii Haharin with Tomaž Barada: support, transparency, integration
💙 GRATITUDE
We express our profound gratitude to:
• athletes, coaches, umpires, volunteers
• parents and club leaders
• partners in Europe and around the world
• the Armed Forces of Ukraine — for the opportunity to live, train and win!
🇺🇦 TOGETHER TO VICTORY
This is only the beginning. Ahead lie the European games, the World Championship, new challenges
The Taekwon-Do M.F.T. Federation of Ukraine is a team that creates the future!