It is with much pleasure that I announce that the official website for the United Taekwondo Sabah Association (WTF) is now launched. It can be reached at www.utsa.my and it will serve as the main information portal starting today.

Taekwondo has a long history in Sabah with an excellent track record. It is up to us now to bring it to a greater height. The last few years saw an increase in our atheles ability to compete in various local or national games with commendable result.

The incresing number of qualified instructors and referees also indicate that the Association is heading towards a right direction with its rebranding and internal restructuring.

With the introduction of the ESS system in our championship, the result has been very encouraging as technology has made our games fair, fast and efficient. To continue our effort in this regards, I am pleased that a team has been hard at work to introduce more technological advancement to our exisiting work flow. This website is one of those efforts besides the online registration process for various programs that are underway.

I look forward to your participation in making UTSA better, stronger and united.

Thank you

1 MALAYSIA, 1 TAEKWONDO

Yours sincerely,

Francis Langkab
President

Taekwondo movement started in Sabah back in 1966 with the first group of local pioneer masters taking up the martial arts from the Korean instructors. In 1973, Sabah became one of the founding members of the Malaysian Taekwondo Association. In the year 2010, Taekwondo Malaysia (TM) was formed as the new National Body for Taekwondo in Malaysia and it is the only body recognised by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) in this country. The United Taekwondo Sabah Association (UTSA) was born in the wake of this new development, inheriting the rich Taekwondo culture in the state. In 2013, UTSA underwent a restructuring and relaunched all of its key championships. It consolidates its past experience to embrace the future hand-in-hand with TM.