NTF Technical Director, Chukwumerije Bags World Taekowondo Educator Certification

NTF Technical Director, Chukwumerije Bags World Taekowondo Educator Certification By Amaechi Agbo The Technical Director, Nigeria Taekowondo Federation, NTF, Engr. Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije has bagged the 1st World Taekowondo Educator Certification Programme, Bsnsports can report. In a release sent to Bestchoicesports by the Technical Director who is currently in South Korea, venue of the training, explained that World Taekowondo Educator Certification Programme which is its maiden edition is packaged by the World Taekowondo body to develop a select number of World Taekwondo Educators who would be sent to various regions of the world to educate and train coaches that come for World Taekwondo International events. Chukwumerije who was elated at the feat, and described it as a laudable programme that has enriched him personally, stressed that the knowledge gained will surely come in handy for Nigeria Taekwondo Federay. Noting that it will certainly change the curriculum for the six-zone coaching workshops that the NTF have already planned for across Nigeria much later this year. while thanking the organisers for the programme, the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist told Bestchoicesports that he would work together with the Chairman, Technical and Development Committee of the NTF, Alhaji Sani Lawal, to make the programme tremendously richer than it already is, from a technical point of view. The release reads "I just graduated from the 1st World Taekwondo Educator Certification Programme. It was a huge privilege and honour for me when the World Taekwondo Education Committee specifically reached out to me two weeks ago, saying that they needed the best Technical Minds around the World to be part of this pioneering programme, whose objective is to develop a select number of World Taekwondo Educators who would be sent to various regions of the World to Educate and Train Coaches that come for World Taekwondo International Events. "Truly, it was an honour to be with the best from around the world. I learnt so much from the loaded courses and interactions with other participants, who are global Taekwondo superstars in their various fields. "Though I was invited in my personal capacity, the knowledge gained will surely come in handy for Nigeria Taekwondo. For instance, it will certainly change our curriculum for the six-zone coaching workshops that we have already planned for across Nigeria much later this year. I will work together with the Chairman, Technical and Development Committee, Alhaji Sani Lawal, to make the program tremendously richer than it already is, from a technical point of view. "Let us keep working together to make Nigeria Taekwondo stronger both nationally and internationally," the statement signed by the Technical Director, Chika Chukwumerije, read.