Abstract:

The sport of Taekwondo has been going through considerable transformation since becoming an Olympic sport, resulting in an almost continual series of changes to the sport’s rules and subsequently interpretations of those rules. The purpose of this work is to examine the problems facing the sport’s stakeholders in the education of the coaches and referees specifically in relation to the Oceania Region, and to provide some guidelines to a more effective mode of the sport’s education. Through a qualitative case study using phenomenological interviews the current educational offerings provided at the global and regional levels were examined to identify factors impacting on providing a consistent education platform. Drawing on the results and on the literature, recommendations are made for further work to provide directions to future work to address the educational issues and problems in the Oceania region.