Every year, the members and instructors of International Taekwon-Do nominate the best of their peers for these prestigious awards. There are five awards: Gup Student of the Year, Dan Student of the Year, Instructor of the Year, Club of the Year, and The President's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Furthering International Taekwon-Do.
Each region selects one nominee for each award, based on submissions from instructors and students in their region. To be nominated, in itself, is recognition of tremendous achievement and dedication.
The winner of each award is selected by a special panel. Award nominees are not on this panel. The selections are based on written submissions about the nominees from the regions.
This award is presented to an outstanding coloured belt student who is actively involved in International Taekwon-Do. He or she may have high achievements in gradings or tournaments, may help regularly at club, and may be involved in organising regional or national events. This person will have excellent moral character, and be a strong exponent of the tenets of Taekwon-Do.
This award is presented to an outstanding black belt student who is actively involved in International Taekwon-Do. He or she may have high achievements in gradings or tournaments, may help or assist regularly at club, and may be involved in organising regional or national events. This person will have excellent moral character, and be a strong exponent of the tenets of Taekwon-Do.
This award is presented to an outstanding student who is under 18 years of age and actively involved in International Taekwon-Do. He or she may have high achievements in gradings or tournaments, may help or assist regularly at club, and may be involved in organising regional or national events. This person will have excellent moral character, and be a strong exponent of the tenets of Taekwon-Do.
This award is presented to an outstanding instructor of an International Taekwon-Do club. He or she may have achieved a high proportion of students graded, and may have a very high pass rate. His or her students may have great success in tournaments. The instructor may have overcome major challenges, or may be heavily involved in organising regional or national events. He or she will also have excellent moral character, and be a strong exponent of the tenets of Taekwon-Do.
This award is presented to an outstanding International Taekwon-Do club. The club is likely to have a great culture and atmosphere, and may even socialise together. It will be well represented at all regional and national events. The club may be large relative to the local community, or be growing at a healthy rate. The club may also be successful at gradings and tournaments. The members will have excellent moral character, and be strong exponents of the tenets of Taekwon-Do.
The President's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Furthering International Taekwon-Do
This award is presented to someone who has made outstanding contributions to furthering International Taekwon-Do. This person need not be an International Taekwon-Do member, but he or she will have helped International Taekwon-Do in some major way. He or she may be the backbone of a region – organising everything, or helping everyone. He or she may have written a major report, or been instrumental in getting International Taekwon-Do great media exposure. Whatever the activities, the person will have dedicated a great deal of his or her time to furthering International Taekwon-Do. He or she will also have excellent moral character, and be a strong exponent of the tenets of Taekwon-Do.
