U-Lee Dong-seop, umongameli we-Kukkiwon ezinze eSeoul, owaziwa nangokuthi yi-World Taekwondo Headquarters, unikeze uDonald Trump ibhande elimnyama elihloniphekile le-taekwondo, ngenxa “yentshisekelo kaTrump kwezobuciko bezempi.”
Ibhande elifiswayo nesitifiketi kwanikezwa trump ngoLwesihlanu endaweni kaTrump I-Mar-a-Lago yokuhlala eFlorida.
Ibhande elimnyama liphawula owayengumongameli wase-US 'njengoDan Wesishiyagalolunye', izinga eliphezulu kakhulu elifinyelelekayo kwezobuciko bezempi.
“Kuyinjabulo nokuhlonipheka kwami ukuthola lesi sitifiketi sokuhlonishwa. I-Taekwondo iwubuciko obuhle bokulwa ukuze uzivikele kulezi zikhathi," trump kusho.
Lowo owayengumongameli waseMelika uthe uzogqoka isudi ye-taekwondo kuCongress yaseMelika uma ebuyela eWhite House ngokuzayo. UTrump uphinde wamema ithimba leKukkiwon ukuthi libambe umbukiso we-taekwondo e-US.
U-Lee ngokusobala ucele ukuthi uTrump “aqhubeke esekela” kanye nokusebenzisana neKukkiwon kanye nobuciko bezempi.
Ngokusho kwewebhusayithi ye-Kukkiwon, ukukhushulelwa ezingeni eliphezulu kudinga umuntu ozongenela ukhetho ukuthi aqede okungenani iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye yokuqeqeshwa futhi athumele ithisisi encane enamakhasi ayi-10 ku-“Taekwondo Life” noma “Taekwondo Spirit.”
Ukuqashelwa kusho trump manje unesikhundla esifanayo neqhawe lakhe - umashiqela waseRussia u-Vladimir Putin, owaklonyeliswa ngebhande elimnyama elihloniphekile futhi waba umkhulu we-taekwondo ngesikhathi evakashele eSouth Korea ngokusemthethweni ngo-2013.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The former US president said he would wear the taekwondo suit in the US Congress should he return to the White House in the future.
- According to the Kukkiwon website, promotion to the highest level requires a candidate to complete at least nine years of training and submit a minimum 10-page thesis on their “Taekwondo Life” or “Taekwondo Spirit.
- Lee Dong-seop, president of the Seoul-based Kukkiwon, also known as the World Taekwondo Headquarters, has awarded an honorary black belt in taekwondo to Donald Trump, due to Trump’s “interest in the martial art.
