GM Galip Ziya Yalcinkaya Hakkinda

ABOUT GM GALIP ZIYA YALCINKAYA HAKKINDA

2011`- INDUCTED INTO THE OFFICIAL TAEKWONDO HALL OF FAME®

GM Galip Ziya Yalcinkaya Hakkinda is one of the most prolific exponents of Taekwondo ever produced in Turkey. In addition to being one a pioneer instructor in Turkey his extraordinary career includes writing the first Taekwondo book in Turkish language. He was inducted into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame in the ceremony held in Kukkiwon in 2011. See his background below:

TAEKWONDO BACKGROUND:

FOUNDED & TAUGHT IN FOLLOWING TAEKWONDO CLUBS:
• 1970-1974: BJK (Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club)
• 1971-1973: ITU (Istanbul Technical University) Sports Club
• 1974-1976: Yildiz Technical University Sports Club
• 1974-1975: Besiktas Bushido Sports Club
• 1974-1977: Osmanbey Bushido Sports Club
• 1974-1979 Fındıkkale Bushido Sports Club
• 1979-1981: Üsküdar Development Culture Sports Club
• 1981-1993 Istanbul Fitness Center
• 1986-1989: Present Sports Club
• 1992-2011: UTI (Üsküdar Taekwondo specialty) Sports Club

COACH:
• 1988 Seoul Olympics, the Turkish National Team Trainer
• 1995, 2 The Turkish National Team Technical Director of the European Taekwondo Poomse Championship (15-17 September 1995, Russia)
• 1997, 3 The Turkish National Team Technical Director of the European Taekwondo Poomse Championship (19-20 September 1997, Antalya, Turkey)

COACH CERTIFICATION:
• 5th Taekwondo Federation of Turkey Stage Coach (Technical Director)
• WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) 2 Class Coaches (30.Temmuz.2005-Korea No. 2,611,014)

REFEREE:
• 1982, the Roman-ETU (European Taekwondo Federation) Judge
• 1983, Denmark WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) Judge (No. 013-0632)
• 1998, the WTF Competition 1 Class Referee (30.Haziran.1998)
• 2009, the WTF Competition S. Class (SuperClass) Referee (31.Aralık.2009)
• 2005, WTF Poomse 2 Class Referee (No. 003-0008)

FROM LEVEL:
• 7.DAN (20.Eylül.2006 No.: 05,002,383)

COMPETITION (athletics):
• 5-6.Kasım.1973, Istanbul, Turkey Taekwondo Championships, Competition, 65 kg, Turkey, 2nd Place
• Turkey Taekwondo Poomse Championship, 2008, Isparta, Master-2 Category, Turkey 1.Lig
• Turkey Taekwondo Poomse Championship, 2011, Izmir, Master-3 category, Turkey 1.Lig

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
• 2007 WTF (Korean) World Taekwondo Poomse Championship, 5th Place
• By 2010, the WTF, (Expo Korea) Taekwondo Poomse Championship 3rd Place
• By 2010, the WTF, (Korea, Young-Chong) Tekwondo Poomse Championship 3rd Place
• 2011, 10, ETU European Championships, Master-3 category, the European Championship (21-22 May 2011, Italy-Genova)
• 6 WTF World Taekwondo Poomse Championship, Masters-3 Category World 5th Place (29-31.Temmuz.2011, Russia-Vladivostok)

The contracting entity:
• 1975-1976, Turkey Taekwondo Fed. Member of the Technical Committee
• 1982-1983, Turkey Taekwondo Fed. Referee Board Member
• 1996-1997, Chairman of the Technical Committee
• 1996-1997, Chairman of the Committee DAN

AWARDS:
• 8 ETU (European Taekwondo Fed.) European Taekwondo Poomse Championship (8-9. Aralık.2007-Antalya) Best Referee Award
• 3.WTF (World Taekwondo Fed.) World Taekwondo Poomse Championship (16-18 Aralık.2008-Ankara) Best Referee Award
• Taekwondo Hall of Fame-Life Time Achievement (Lifetime Achievement Award – 25 Ağustos.2011-Korea, Kukkiwon)

WORK-BOOK:
• Taekwondo book which was written in 1987; poomse, sports physiology, nutrition, injuries and includes aktüaliteyi.
• Do Poomse and Philosophy book publishing process.