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| 2018 -- S 2837 Enacted 05/03/2018 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| PROCLAIMING MAY 5, 2018, TO BE "RHODE ISLAND OPEN TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
| Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, Lombardi, Archambault, Ciccone, and Conley |
| Date Introduced: May 03, 2018 |
| WHEREAS, Taekwondo is a Korean martial art developed during the 1940's and 50's by |
| martial artists with broad experience in the different martial arts including karate and other |
| Chinese and Korean martial arts traditions. Taekwondo places a special emphasis on head-height |
| kicks, jumping and spinning kicks, and a variety of fast kicking techniques; and |
| WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Open Taekwondo Championship was initiated thirty-four |
| years ago by Grandmaster Jin Sup Hong; and |
| WHEREAS, This championship has been a vital and outstanding feature of the martial |
| arts sports' scene in Rhode Island. It has fostered the practice of the Korean art of Taekwondo |
| within the State and has enriched the cultural diversity of Rhode Island; and |
| WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Open Taekwondo Championship is a prestigious event |
| that has significant stature in New England and has hosted thousands of Rhode Island and New |
| England competitors over the past thirty-four years; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
| hereby proclaims May 5, 2018, to be "Rhode Island Open Taekwondo Championship Day" in the |
| State of Rhode Island. We wish them a most exciting and successful championship; and be it |
| further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Grand Master Jin R. Hong. |
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