{"id":753,"date":"2011-11-16T02:35:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T02:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itotkd.org\/?page_id=753"},"modified":"2014-01-20T20:17:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T20:17:59","slug":"biography-english-version","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/itotkd.org\/?page_id=753","title":{"rendered":"President’s Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Entry in ITF in 1968<\/span><\/p>\n

Name<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ricardo Desimone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of birth<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Born in Buenos Aires – Argentina<\/p>\n

on January 17th. 1948<\/p>\n

Actual residence<\/span>: \u00a0Puerto Rico – USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Education:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 High School and two years in law University.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Languages<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Spanish, English and Italian<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Career<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Professional Taekwon-do Instructor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actual Level<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Senior Grand Master (IX Dan)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Historical ITF membership<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

1968<\/strong>– He Start in the practice. Part of the demonstration teem of the Kim Hang Chang Group that was the introducing and leading Organization in Argentina until this Korean Instructor quitted his ITF membership. After this fact, SGM Desimone was the connection between Argentina’s Taekwon-do structure and the Founder of the International Taekwon-do Federation, Gral. Choi Hong Hi.<\/p>\n

1979<\/strong>– He’s promoted to 4th. Dan (AR-4-24), International Instructor (cert. N\u00ba 225), International Umpire Classification \u201cA\u201d (cert. N\u00ba 176).<\/p>\n

1980<\/strong>-He was one of the Founders and first Chairman of the Tournament Committee of Argentina Taekwon-do Federation.<\/p>\n

1981<\/strong>-He is one of the Founders, Secretary General and Technical adviser of the Metropolitan Taekwon-do Association<\/p>\n

1982<\/strong>-He is the Founder of Professional Taekwon-do School.<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong>– He\u2019s promoted to 5th. Dan (AR-5-22)<\/p>\n

1986<\/strong>– He’s named Vice-President of the Metropolitan Taekwon-do Association<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong>– He\u2019s Founder and part of the Board Directors of the Federaci\u00f3n de Taekwon-do de la Rep\u00fablica Argentina (FETRA).<\/p>\n

1988<\/strong>– He\u2019s promoted to 6th. Dan (AR-6-13)<\/p>\n

1989<\/strong>– He\u2019s the official translator under the Gral. Choi’s command in the Pan-American Taekwon-do Tournament held in Tegucigalpa \u2013 Honduras.<\/p>\n

1990\/2001<\/strong>– He\u2019s the official translator in all seminars given by General Choi Hong Hi in Argentina during this period.<\/p>\n

1991<\/strong>– He\u2019s named as Chairman of the Press Committee of FETRA.<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong>– He ‘s the Founder and President of the American Taekwon-do Association (ASAT), uninterrupted until the present.<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong>. He\u2019s promoted to the Master Category 7th. Dan \u2013 (AR-7-9)<\/p>\n

1994<\/strong>– He’s part of the Official Argentina Delegation in the IX World Taekwon-do Championship held in Kuala Terenganu \u2013 Malaysia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gral. Choi Hong Hi gave him the Outstanding Instructor’s Medal<\/strong> in recognizing to his job.<\/p>\n

1995<\/strong>– He\u2019s part of the Test Board that accompanied Gral. Choi promoting students to the Instructor level (4th. Dan and above).<\/p>\n

He translates into Spanish the Condensed Encyclopedia written by Gral. Choi Hong Hi.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1996\/2000<\/strong> \u2013Being one of the founders, is named President of the Argentina Taekwon-do Union, the new Organization created by Gral. Choi to govern the Argentine ITF Taekwon-do in this Country.<\/p>\n

1999<\/strong>– Gral. Choi Hong Hi gave him the statue in bronze with a wood base of Gral. Choi. The statue is to recognize the loyalty of Master Desimone to the International Taekwon-do Federation for so many years teaching this Martial Art on its pure form.<\/p>\n

2000<\/strong>– On October this year, he was promoted to 8th. Dan<\/strong> (AR-8-2) and became the Senior of Masters in Argentina.<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong>– Gral. Choi Hong Hi named him as President of the National ITF Taekwon-do Council of Masters in Argentina.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2002<\/strong>-After Gral. Choi passed away, Master Desimone wrote an article published in a national and well known magazine, refusing to be part of any other Taekwon-do Organization.<\/p>\n

2003<\/strong>-He followed the mandate of his only Master, Gral. Choi Hong Hi, and writes to the Head Quarter of ITF in Vienna \u2013 Austria, giving his unconditional support to Professor Chang Ung as President of the International Taekwon-do Federation, following the Gral. Choi last wishes. Adhere to the South American Coalition and with other Argentine Masters, found the Argentina Taekwon-do Federation (ATF) to represent this Country in the ITF Congress held in Thessalonica \u2013 Greece and became as Senior Vice President of the Argentina Taekwon-do Federation (ATF).<\/p>\n

2004-<\/strong> He\u2019s named Chairman of Veterans Committee<\/strong> of the Internacional Taekwon-do Federation (ITF<\/strong>) and Chairman of the Veterans Committee of the Pan Am Taekwon-do Council<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong> \u2013He accompany to Master Phap Lu in several seminars given in different provinces of Argentina.<\/p>\n

He is the actual General Secretary of Argentina Taekwon-do Federation (ATF).<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>– South American Taekwon-do Federation named him as Vice<\/strong> President<\/strong> and Chairman of the Technical Committee<\/strong> of this Federation.<\/p>\n

South American Congress held in Tarija \u2013 Bolivia, proposed him to the Grand Master Category, in attention to his record and service to the original Taekwon-do.<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong>– Grand Master<\/strong> (AR-9-1) by the ITF Congress<\/strong> held on October this year in St. Petersburg \u2013 Russia.<\/p>\n

2010-<\/strong> Pan Am Taekwon-do Council names him as Chairman of Technical<\/strong> Committee<\/strong> of this Institution in the extraordinary meeting of PTC held in Belarus.<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong> \u2013He is elected ITF Executive Board Member representing America Continent for the votes of the Countries member in the ITF Congress held in Pyongyang \u2013 Korea.<\/p>\n

2013 – He is promoted to Senior Grand Master.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2013<\/strong> – Found & Preside<\/strong> the International Taekwon-do Organization (ITO<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

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Translating Gral. Choi interviews with Tucuman’s Governor- Argentina 1996<\/h5>\n

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\u00a0After the Pan Am Taekwon-do Congress in Tegucigalpa-Honduras\u00a01989<\/h5>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0Translating \u00a0Last Seminar in Argentina October\u00a02001\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0When he is nominated by Gral. Choi as President of the Argentina’s Masters Council October 2001<\/h5>\n

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\u00a0Promotion to 9th Degree (Grand Master) ITF Congress in St.\u00a0 Petersburg 2009. \u00a0President of ITF delivering the certificate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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