Physical, emotional and intellectual capabilities are the main purposes of the International Taekwon-do Organization (ITO) for those who wants to be a member to this Institution.

In the priorities order, health has not substitute. The years dedicated for the ITO’s Founder, Senior Grand Master Ricardo Desimone to the study of the human body’s biomechanical and its health benefits, are granted to the members of the Organization.

As the first Chairman of Juniors & Veterans Committee for the whole world, he could develop serious conclusions about the human body movements.

That conclusions allowed to improve the competition rules for Taekwon-do’s practitioners in their 40’s years of age and over.  Their participation in the sport competitions was forbidden until that moment or their disadvantage inclusion in the Adults category .

To incorporate the mentioned ages, was necessary the study of their psychophysical possibilities, which with the time and its practical use, allowed the development of a systematized method. Furthermore the sport possibilities, this method has demonstrated the benefits in the psychophysical health in people of both sex.

An Institution dedicated to the health with professionals in all specialties, was interested to include this method because was considered coincident with the targets of this Institution and the program developed and registered by its Director, María del Carmen Padilla Internist MD.

Centro Medico Salinas from Puerto Rico-USA, is the name of that Institution who included and use as a treatment mode in patients of all ages, the biomechanical method already mentioned.

Prevention and control of obesity and the assistance in recovering of patients with difficulties in their moving, are the targets of its inclusion.

The results has surprised to all professional who checked the improvement.

Prevention is, as it always was, a medical concern. At present and furthermore of this concern, prevention is the absolute factor in the modern medicine. Then we emphasize the use of the mentioned method as a preventing tool against obesity, the sedentary and its consequences in the human physic and in its psychic. The proposed method and after to be used in the members of CMS, has demonstrated to be so effective that upsurges the petition to be extended to the community.

The interrelation with professionals who send their patients to be treated in the training area is essential and in this sense we are acting.

ITO is essentially knowledge. The adequate and scientific use of knowledge allow to the members of this Organization enjoy and train an advanced Taekwon-do.

Health is priority in this Art’s development. The teaching methods developed by ITO, permits to know a pedagogic way strongly related with the health of our members.

On September 20th/21st this year was held an International Seminar in Fortaleza City- Brazil.

This was dictated by  Senior Grand Master Ricardo Desimone (IX Dan), authorized to give this kind of Seminars in the entire world. The event was because the invitation of Brazil’s NGB International Instructor Teodosio Riveros  (V Dan). In the mentioned Seminar were also present students of Riveros and his Instructor Marcio Carvalho from Brazilia City.

The Event was developed with great acceptance by the students present and at the end they asked by a repetition in the near future. The course was about items very difficult to develop in normal training days as Taekwon-do Philosophy (Do), Biomechanics development, Patterns (Tul), Sparring and its sports rules applications and Self Defense (Ho Sinsul). At its end were held a meeting with black belts from Brazil where was emphasized the necessity in working all together and being autonomous in their decisions without acceptance the intromission of foreign people from other Countries which are not invited by the Brazilian people.

On February 24^th, 25^th and 26^th this year was held an International Seminar and Instructor Course conducted by Senior Grand Master Ricardo Desimone.  This was developed during three days with more than eighteen hours of hard training.

The host place was Elizabeth City in North Caroline EE.UU. In that occasion were present several Senior Maters, Masters and Instructors accompanied by their students who came from different States of USA, Grenada & Trinidad Tobago, Jamaica and Nepal which allowed a massive treatment of the event.

Theory, Moral Culture, Movements Biomechanical, pedagogy and physical training were the items treated. A protocol meeting at the end of the journeys let unify the administrative criteria for a better future dealing of United States Taekwon-do. A banquet opens the door to camaraderie between the assistants.

On November 26^th & 27^th this year (two journeys) were held a technical seminar in Argentina in San Salvador de Jujuy City in the Province with the same name (in the north of Argentina).

In the mentioned Event were present members of Escuelas Integradas de Jujuy lead by the International Instructor Ramon Soria (V Dan) assisted in the pedagogic task by helping-Instructors    Rodolfo Acha (IIIDan), Javier Tapia (III Dan), Cesar Ramos (II Dan), Simon Patagua (II Dan), Franco Martinez (I Dan), Hugo Peloc (I Dan) y Fernando Cunchila (I Dan). They had the cooperation of other  Institutions lead by the Internatinal Instructors Juan Apaza (V Dan) and Daniel Canle (IV Dan).

The seminar was conducted by Senior Grand Master Ricardo Desimone who established that actualized information in all items of this activity must be given in all latitudes and not exclusivity for just a few or for those who could travel to international events.

Was highlighted Taekwon-do as an integral art letting in clear that the sport area is very important however it is a tiny part of it. On this occasion were developed the tenets of Taekwon-do and its philosophical importance.

Physically were treated in detail the biomechanics of its movements and different techniques to increase its efficiency in sparring and Ho Sinsul.

After seminar were tested to their next category those who applied for its promotions.