Fort Worth International Taekwondo Championships

Grandmaster Won Chik Park, founder and tournament director, created this championship October 1981. The early tournaments were held at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. Each year, the tournament has experienced tremendous growth in its support and number of competitors. This growth made it necessary to move the tournament to the Fort Worth Convention Center in 1986 and has been held there each year since. In 1997, the tournament's name was officially changed from the Fort Worth Invitational to the Fort Worth International Taekwondo Championships. Modifying the tournament to an international event has given the champions valuable international experience and exposure. As word of this change has made its way around the national and international communities, the event has drawn ever-increasing numbers of participating nations, making Fort Worth a great Taekwondo city and the United States a leader in martial arts interest and championship tournament participation.