Talk:Taekwondo in the Philippines

Young Man Park
Is also another Korean who helped pioneer Taekwndo in the Philipines. Any info would be appreciated.--Jondel 06:49, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Separate list
If the list gets too long, we may have to separate it.--Jondel 05:50, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Dante Pena should be included in the notable practioners. He won a bronze medal in the 1989 World Taekwondo Championships. He was the first to do so in the welterweight division. Thanks


 * Done. I am not strictly following or implementing any rules but the more senior or older practitioners are placed on top.--Jondel 01:56, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Taekwondo-jins
There was a reference of `Taekwondo-jins` to practitioners in Manila before, is this still true?--Jondel 01:56, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Non notables
I could not verify notability of the following people. Please indicate some weblink if they are indeed notable.--Jondel 07:06, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Sarah Cabansay
 * Oliver balderia
 * Narciso Atienza

Sept2008
(flyweight)
 * Raffy De Jesus
 * Alessandro "BANAT" Lubiano
 * Danny Guererro
 * Faizal "THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR" Hussin
 * Reggie "SMALL BUT TERRIBLE" ROBLES
 * Rafael "Mister Tuesday Night" Ortico

-TUIFA Commission Hall of Fame Inductee -PTA tournament over-all winner (eight gold medals)

Trimming and Clean-up
I trimmed out belts, kicks and commands because they are covered in other more general articles on Taekwando. It is unclear what the relationship is between PTA and PTF and as it stands now the article is about the PTA. I would start the first paragraph stating when Taekwondo first came to the Phillipines and then move on to the various organizations. I'll do a check on the English when that's done.Peter Rehse 05:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


 * There are a lot of different terms used for the same kicks. The main article of Taekwondo doesn't cover much on Korean commands like charyot (attention) or kyungyet (bow) etc. ---Jondel203.160.168.84 13:49, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Sure - in that case please alter that article. I think an article titled Taekwondo in the Philippines should focus on what is specific to the Philipines. With those sections in it comes across as just fill. It would be great if that first paragraph could be expanded and fixed up a bit - like I said I'll help but the information needs to get sorted out first.Peter Rehse 00:23, 19 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok. I've added the Korean commands to the main Taekwondo article. I'll be adding terms used in the Philippines which refer to the same kicks. Kim Bok Man was part of the early development but I cant find printed references to him.Jondel 07:13, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

So you will give the Philipine names alongside the regular names?Peter Rehse 07:24, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't include the ones with regular names since there is no need. I wish there were more verifiable references to Kim Bok Man. Couldn't find any. But he really helped to start Taekwond not only in the Philippines but in Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.Jondel 07:44, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

You think correctly but what I meant was where there are different names than you should have That of course is up to you. I am still confused with the first paragraph. Is PTA and PTF the same organization. I will do a quick rewrite making a few assumptions - please correct me if I'm wrong. Also it is very important to tell when it was introduced to the PhilipinesPeter Rehse 08:09, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * regular name - Philipine name

Heres the thing we can tell you when TKD was introduced to the Phillipines and who introduced it but there are some people who will request deletion because they do not except any facts that are produced by TKD and Korean Martial Arts Magizine (because their website is down) or the TKD hall of Fame ( because they host an awards dinner that is advertised on their website).Saboem 00:13, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Jun Gabrillo
He may not have won any championships but he did represent the Philippines when Taekwondo was still in its infancy, and competed even against Koreans. >>There are perhaps a hundred more deserving names before Jun Gabrillo even gets considered) Please go ahead, be bold and indicate those other deserving ones. There are a lot of pretenders placing their names. Click on the history buttons and see for your self. I need help checking, investigating etc. Your help is appreciated. I might visit the Rizal Memorial Dojang/Main Gym to research this.--Jondel (talk) 14:33, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

List of notable Taekwondo black belts and colorbelts and Olympic representatives
No references for most of these and no claim of notability either so moved to talk until we can determine which parts (like those notable enough to have an article) should be moved back RJFJR (talk) 18:14, 19 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Jefferson Anthony O. Mariano
 * Shirlyn Pelaez |
 * Paul Cabating
 * Jeff Tamayo
 * Jonathan Tamayo
 * Jeff Figueroa
 * Benjie Magsino
 * Robie Canlas
 * Roberto Evangelista
 * Elmer G. Pato – Sec. General of the PTA
 * Jaime Martin
 * Alex Paolo Borromeo – 1996 World Junior Taekwondo champion (finweight).
 * Ramon Tusi
 * Monsour del Rosario
 * Tonette Lacson
 * Beatriz Lucero – Also representative to the Olympics in Gymnastics.
 * Rolando Campos – International Referee.
 * Greg Uy
 * Rolando "Rolly" Paterno
 * Dr. Manolo Gabriel -National coach and international referee.
 * Rocky Samson – National coach
 * Tshomlee Go
 * Jeffertom Go
 * Eric De Jesus
 * Dindo Simpao
 * Jasmin Strachan
 * Christopher Clemente
 * Arnold Baradi- Gold Medalist = 6th Asian Taekwondo Championships, Silver Medalist = 2nd World Games Taekwondo Championships
 * Miguel Ventosa – silver medalist 2nd World Games Taekwondo, Bronze Medalist 8th Asian Taekwondo Championships
 * Ali Atienza – The second Filipino to win a gold medal in the Asian Taekwondo and son of mayor Lito Atienza.  Arnold Baradi was the first Filipino Gold medal winner in the Asian Tae Kwon Do.  Ali Atienza won his gold in the '90s, while Baradi got his in the '80s)
 * Robert Vargas
 * Walter Dean Vargas- World medalist, Asian medalist, SEA games medalist and Olympian
 * Mary Alindogan
 * Alvin Taraya – Bronze Medalist 14th Asian Taekwondo Championships
 * Donald David Geisler III- Silver medalist at the 1998 World Taekwondo Championships, 1998 Bangkok Asian Games Silver Medalist, SEA Games Gold medalist in years 1999, 2003 and 2005. SEA Games Silver medalist in year 2001. 1996 World Junior TKD Championsihips Bronze medal
 * Kathleen Eunice Alora
 * Kristie Elaine Alora
 * Diana de Leon – (SEA Games Silver Medal 1989, SEA Games Gold Medal 1991 – featherweight division)
 * Eufreshnee Charisse Catalan (US Open Taekwondo Championship Gold Medalist)National Champion Best Player SEATU Silver Medalist
 * Loraine Lorelie Catalan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.28.48.246 (talk) 12:57, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Mel John Regado - 2005 23rd Southeast Asian Games Silver Medalist. World Sikaran Brotherhood of the Philippines ( Featherweight Champion )
 * Marie Antoinette Rivero
 * Michael Alejandrino
 * John Paul "Japoy" Lizardo
 * Roberto "Kitoy" Cruz – 3 Times Silver Medalist (12th, 13th & 14th Taekwondo World Championships), Bronze Medalist 15th Taekwondo World Championships, 7 Times Gold Medalist South East Asian Games, Bronze Medalist-1998 & 2001 World Cup Taekwondo Championships.
 * Irene Ditan
 * Ulysses G. Marcelino
 * Catherine D. Marcelino
 * Eva Marie M. Ditan – World Cup Silver and Bronze medalist
 * Isabel Sarah A. De Leon – World University TKD Championships SILVER medalist
 * Anna Marissa A. De Leon – SEAG Silver, Bronze; ASIAN championships Bronze medalist
 * Ramil "The Hitman" Abratique – Silver medalist at the 10 World Championships and Gold at the South East Asian Games.
 * Veronica Domingo – SEA Games Gold Medalist
 * Esther Marie Singson-SEA Games Medalist
 * David Yuson Jr.
 * David Yuson Sr.
 * Nikki Uy
 * Paolo Angeles
 * Jr Rivero
 * Elmer Gregorio
 * Fidel Cunanan
 * Sabrina Simbulan
 * Jyra Lizardo
 * Manuel Potrido - Taekwondo super champion Cebu Interseminary contest, Singapore Taekwondo International Competition gold medalist, Jeet Kun Du championship ist-runner up, ABAP Golden Gloves awardee 2004. (also discovered the world's largest sweet potato one day in his training for a special offensive move of kicking soil to an opponent's face)
 * Vincent Lizardo
 * Frank louie garcia
 * Justine padoran
 * Roxy jan palermo
 * Daniel carlo perez-Taekwondo First gold medalist in palarong pambansa 2009,held in tacloban city....in region XI..
 * Roly naingue
 * Jasper kent moreno
 * Ezer james garcia
 * Gaverrelle estoque
 * Rey Titus Nagar "bang-bang"
 * Rejenn feb nagar
 * Lara gail nagal
 * Anne bacus
 * Jovenil patindol
 * Joden galamiton
 * lerry mae rodimio
 * jerone mari sto.domingo
 * Antonnette Donaire
 * Rohaine Lapiz
 * Merry ross galamiton
 * Isaias Bongar Jr.
 * Joalberto Pamintuan
 * Mark Meily
 * Michael Logico
 * Oey Pena

List needs to be trimmed - to those with their own articles. Peter Rehse (talk) 13:15, 13 May 2012 (UTC)