WHAT IS THE AMERICAN TAEKWONDO ASSOCIATION?
Since its introduction to the West in the 1960s, Taekwondo has grown in popularity and now is the worlds largest martial art. The American Taekwondo Association (ATA), which Grand Master Haeng Ung Lee founded in 1969, currently has well over 150,000 students ranging in age from two to 80 years old. These students train in over 950 affiliated ATA Martial Arts schools and clubs throughout the country, in Songahm Taekwondo Federation (STF) schools in South America, and in World Traditional Taekwondo Union (WTTU) schools throughout the world (including 600 in South Korea). The ATA provides instructor training and certification, rank testing, supervision of competitions, and much more.
