At first, Para Taekwondo concentrated on developing kyorugi (sparring) for arm amputees and limb-deficient athletes. The WT founded the Para Taekwondo Committee in 2006 to help promote and develop Taekwondo for athletes with an impairment.
On January 31, 2017, Para Taekwondo was confirmed as a sport for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly the same year the WT became a full member of the IPC. New disciplines such as kyorugi and poomsae, both martial arts forms, have been developed for para-athletes. The sport's main governing body is World Taekwondo (WT).
Para taekwondo is an adaptation of taekwondo for disabled sportspeople.
