Black belt test

Published March 4, 2006

LAHORE, March 3: Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF) will hold black belt test to determine the ranking of the players throughout the country from April 8.

Male and female players will be appearing in the test of the Korean style martial art which is gaining popularity in the country because of increasing number of players and clubs.

The test will be conducted each year and at least 50 male and female players must be present in every batch of the test.

Programme: (April 8) Sindh Taekwondo Association, (April 15) NWFP Taekwondo Association, (April 26) Punjab, Police, Railways, Wapda, (May 2) Islamabad Taekwondo Association, Army and Navy, (May 25) Balochistan Taekwondo Association. —APP

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