The 28th Annual
Ft. Worth International Taekwondo Championships

Register Online Now!

We encourage you to take advantage of online registration and online credit card payment which are available for your convenience this year. Register at www.tourneyreg.net if you will be paying by credit card.

Otherwise, if you prefer, print out the forms below and choose check, money order or credit card payment. Be sure to sign the competitor entry form and waiver (or parents sign for children under age 18) and post mark it by October 11, 2008.

Information and printable forms for the tournament can be found further down on this page.

About the 2008 Ft. Worth International Taekwondo Championships

2008 Ft. Worth International (FWI) Information and Registration Forms

Information about this year's tournament can be found below. The following documents are in pdf format and require the Adobe Reader.

Please contact the school if you have any questions about these documents.

2008 Fort Worth International Venue & Accomodations

The 28th annual Ft. Worth International Taekwondo Championships will be held on October 18, 2008 at the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena, shown below. We have groups rates with both the Park Central Hotel and the Courtyard Ft. Worth Downtown Blackstone, which you can read about in the General Information form. Also located near the Convention Center are the Hilton Hotel and the Country Inn & Suites.

Please click on the Ft. Worth Convention Center picture for directions, parking and other details about the event location.

Fort Worth Convention Center Arena
1201 Houston Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone: 817-392-MEET (6338)
Toll-free: 866-630-2588
Fax: 817-392-2756
Pre-Recorded Event Information:
817-392-MEET (6338)

About the Ft. Worth International Taekwondo Championships

Grandmaster Won Chik Park, founder and tournament director, created this championship October 1981. The early tournaments were held at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. Each year, the tournament has experienced tremendous growth in its support and number of competitors. This growth made it necessary to move the tournament to the Fort Worth Convention Center in 1986 and has been held there each year since. In 1997, the tournament's name was officially changed from the Fort Worth Invitational to the Fort Worth International Taekwondo Championships. Modifying the tournament to an international event has given the champions valuable international experience and exposure. As word of this change has made its way around the national and international communities, the event has drawn ever-increasing numbers of participating nations, making Fort Worth a great Taekwondo city and the United States a leader in martial arts interest and championship tournament participation.

We appreciate all competitors, coaches, masters, parents and volunteers who participate in the tournament. Your comments about the event are also appreciated. It is our goal to continually improve our planning and procedures so that Fort Worth International will be better with each passing year. Thank you!

2006 Ft. Worth International Highlight

It was with pride that this year's demonstration was given by a boy who possesses outstanding Taekwondo Spirit. Coming all the way from Juarez, Mexico, this yellow belt competitor did not let his inability to see intimidate him from sparring at the tournament. Using the skill he has trained long to achieve, he was able to locate his oponent by the jingle bell around her neck and fight well. Master Fabian Vargas of Vargas Taekwondo made the special request on behalf of his blind student to compete, and Grandmaster Won Park agreed to the match. It just goes to show you that no matter what your strengths and weaknesses are, with Taekwondo everyone can say, "Yes I can!"

Be sure to check out the Photo Galleries for more pictures from the tournament.