Personalities who got honorary taekwondo black belts
Russian president Vladimir Putin has been presented with a black belt and became a grandmaster of Taekwondo during an official visit to South Korea, state media said.
Mr. Putin never never kicked, punched or practiced Taekwondo before, he was awarded a Taekwondo 9th Dan, which makes him holding a rank higher than people who spent over 40 years of Taekwondo practice.
Putin practiced Judo and he truly hold a black belt in the Japanese martial art, and his skills are great in it.
The legend Muhammad Ali was awarded black belt from the former president Un Young Kim during his visit to the Kukkiwon in June 1976, and he was accompanied by his Taekwondo friend grand master Jhoon Rhee who was holding a Taekwondo 10th Dan black belt, and who is known as the father of American Taekwondo.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been given an honorary black belt in Taekwondo in Italy, but Zlatan first earned a black belt in Taekwondo when he was 17.
He has nice skills and he can perform many Taekwondo kicks, and he is even using some Taekwondo skills in his football matches.
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was presented with an honorary belt in Taekwondo and bestowed the title of an Honorary Ambassador for Culture and Tourism by the South Korean Government. The actor has been awarded the 5th degree black belt of Taekwondo.
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. Rose Alexander, 628th Air Base Wing Public Affairs chief of external operations, received an honorary USA Taekwondo black belt from Grand Master Ray Smith, 8th degree Taekwondo Black Belt,
World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Choue Chung-won, left, presents an honorary Taekwondo black belt and uniform to Nepali President Bidhya Devi Bhandari at the presidential office in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
Tuesday, February 18 2014, Seoul - President Dalia Grybauskaitė, was awarded an honorary 9th Dan taekwondo black belt, certificate and uniform by the President of the World Taekwondo Federation, Chungwon Choue.
The WTF President underlined that an honorary black belt is a sign of great respect for Lithuania's head of state, acknowledging her contribution to building a better and more peaceful world.
Many Taekwondo practitioners do not really like the idea of awarding people who never did Taekwondo before, while others think that it is a way to reward people who support Taekwondo events and do efforts to promote the Korean martial art.
Shah Rukh Khan ( SRK ) Receives Honorary Taekwondo Black Belt .
