HR 265 — A Resolution designating September 4, 2025, as "Taekwondo Grandmasters Appreciation Day" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   1963

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 265
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY MALAGARI, SANCHEZ, KHAN, CERRATO, GIRAL, GREEN AND
        K.HARRIS, JUNE 18, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM, RECREATION AND ECONOMIC
        DEVELOPMENT, JUNE 18, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating September 4, 2025, as "Taekwondo Grandmasters
 2      Appreciation Day" in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, Taekwondo is a Korean martial art that developed
 4   through thousands of years of Korean history; and
 5      WHEREAS, The origins of taekwondo are rooted in the ancient
 6   kingdom of Koguryo with the defense martial art known as "Subak"
 7   or "Taekkyon"; and
 8      WHEREAS, The word taekwondo is composed of three parts:
 9   "tae," meaning foot or to step on, "kwon," meaning fist or fight
10   and "do," meaning the way or discipline; and
11      WHEREAS, While both hands and feet are used in taekwondo, the
12   sport is characterized by its unique combination of kick
13   movements; and
14      WHEREAS, In addition to sporting and self-defense skills,
15   taekwondo also provides health benefits, including flexibility,
16   stamina, strength and posture; and
17      WHEREAS, Taekwondo also emphasizes mental discipline and
 1   character through the taekwondo tenets of courtesy, integrity,
 2   perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit; and
 3      WHEREAS, In 1973, the World Taekwondo Federation was founded
 4   as the official governing body over Taekwondo; and
 5      WHEREAS, In 2008, South Korea designated September 4 as
 6   "International Taekwondo Day" in recognition of the day
 7   Taekwondo became an Olympic Sport on September 4, 1994; and
 8      WHEREAS, Today, taekwondo is practiced worldwide by 80
 9   million people of all ages and backgrounds; and
10      WHEREAS, The title of "grandmaster" is reserved for the
11   highest-ranking, most experienced and most respected taekwondo
12   practitioners; and
13      WHEREAS, Taekwondo and its grandmasters provide numerous
14   physical and mental benefits to many Pennsylvanians across our
15   Commonwealth; therefore be it
16      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate
17   September 4, 2025, as "Taekwondo Grandmasters Appreciation Day"
18   in Pennsylvania.




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