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."