The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has changed its  to World Taekwondo. The  is to stop the  'WTF' being confused with a  term used on  media. On social media, the abbreviation 'WTF' is used to show . The World Taekwondo president said the acronym 'WTF' now has " connotations unrelated to our ". He added: "It was  that we rebrand to better engage with our ."
Taekwondo is a Korean  art that uses head-height . The Taekwondo Federation president said: "Since 1973, we have been known as the World Taekwondo Federation. Over the  44 years, we have grown taekwondo into the  sport it is ; in 2020, we will have the  of seeing taekwondo at  the Olympic and Paralympic Games; and  have reinforced our federation’s …beyond sport and into the  of humanitarianism."