| Category |
Year |
Month |
Day |
Event |
| Bruce Lee |
1965 |
9 |
1 |
Son Brandon was born. |
| Birthdays |
1955 |
9 |
1 |
Billy Blanks (Birthday) |
|
1991 |
9 |
1 |
Tae Kwon Do History |
| Birthdays |
1963 |
9 |
2 |
Ron Balicki (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1938 |
9 |
4 |
Ken Funakoshi (Birthday) |
|
1994 |
9 |
4 |
Taekwondo was adopted as an official sport of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games at the 103rd IOC Session in Paris, France. |
| Birthdays |
1948 |
9 |
5 |
Roy Kurban (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1952 |
9 |
6 |
James Lew (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1942 |
9 |
6 |
Al Dacascos (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1960 |
9 |
7 |
Philip Rhee (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1915 |
9 |
9 |
Gozo Shioda (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1949 |
9 |
9 |
Stephen Hayes (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1896 |
9 |
11 |
Seikichi Hokama (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1947 |
9 |
11 |
Bill Clark (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1965 |
9 |
12 |
Yungchu Kim (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1965 |
9 |
13 |
Hoyoung Pak (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1957 |
9 |
14 |
Jay Warwick (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1942 |
9 |
15 |
Joyce Santamaria (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1938 |
9 |
15 |
Fumio Demura (Birthday) |
| Death |
1993 |
9 |
16 |
Ki Whang Kim (passed away …) |
|
1988 |
9 |
17 |
Taekwondo was first staged in the Olympic Games as one of the demonstration sports in the 24th Olympic Games at Changchung Gymnaisum in Seoul, Korea. |
|
1978 |
9 |
17 |
Inaugural meeting of the Pan American Taekwondo Union held on the occasion of the 1st Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico. |
| Birthdays |
1959 |
9 |
17 |
Keith Hirabayashi (Birthday) |
|
2001 |
9 |
18 |
Taekwondo entry at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games was expanded to 124 at the IOC Executive Board Meeting in Lausanne |
|
1908 |
9 |
19 |
Master Tatsuo Shimabuku, Founder of Isshin Ryu was born |
| Birthdays |
1934 |
9 |
20 |
Takayuki Kubota's Birthday |
| Death |
1987 |
9 |
21 |
William Kwai-sun Chow (passed away …) |
|
1993 |
9 |
21 |
Dr. Un Yong KIM was awarded the Order of Commander by King of Monaco Rainier in recognition of his contribution to the Olympic Movement. |
| Birthdays |
1900 |
9 |
22 |
Shinyei Kaneshima (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1900 |
9 |
22 |
Shineyi Kaneshima (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1928 |
9 |
23 |
Leo T. Fong (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1958 |
9 |
23 |
Scott Shaw (Birthday) |
|
2002 |
9 |
23 |
To the great sadness of the Praying Mantis community Brendan Lai passed away September 23, 2002. |
| Birthdays |
1888 |
9 |
24 |
Kanken Toyama (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1979 |
9 |
24 |
Ted Jan Roberts (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1935 |
9 |
25 |
Masakazu Miyagi (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1944 |
9 |
25 |
Toyotaro Miyazaki (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1958 |
9 |
26 |
John Chung (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1939 |
9 |
27 |
Hidy Ochiai (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1950 |
9 |
27 |
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Birthday) |
|
1984 |
9 |
28 |
Taekwondo was adopted by the Olympic Council of Asia [OCA] as an official sport of the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, Korea at its 3rd General Assembly. |
| Birthdays |
1965 |
9 |
29 |
Richard Barefield (Birthday) |
| Birthdays |
1944 |
9 |
29 |
Sid Campbell (Birthday) |
