Name: Willem Jacob Bos

Born: Appingedam, Netherlands on November 11th, 1952 

Status: married

Children: Tamara, Tabitha, Tara, Timothy

Hobby: ITF Taekwon-Do, Watches

Favourite drink: Coca Cola and Baileys

Favoruite cities: Rome, Buenos Aires, New York

Favourite country to live at old age : Brazil (nice people, lots of beaches, good weather conditions, good food etc)

Favourite lazy place to be: at the beach!!!

 Taekwon-Do career 

At the age of 15 started Taekwon-Do on September 1968 after played soccer for 6 years. 

Black Belt Promotions: 

1972 : 1^st degree 

1974 : 2^nd degree

1977 : 3^rd degree

1981 : 4^th degree

1985 : 5^th degree

1990 : 6^th degree

1996 : 7^th degree

2003 : 8^th degree

2010 : 9^th degree

Other acchievements

Competitor

7 times Dutch National Champion period 1970-1978

European Champion in sparring category -63 kg year 1976

Chairman

Chairman of Tournament & Umpire Committee for the All European Taekwon-Do Federation (AETF) from 1993 to 2005

Chairman of Tournament & Umpire Committee for the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) from 1994 to 2005 (not the year 1999)

President

President of the All European Taekwon-Do Federation (AETF) period 2004 to 2006

Coach

National coach for the Netherlands from 1981 to 1987

National coach for Italy from 1987 to 1992

Technical Director

Technical Director for the Italian Taekwon-Do Federation from 1992 - present

Board of Directors Member

For the All European Taekwon-Do Federation (AETF) 1993-2005 - treasurer

For the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) 2003-2007 - treasuer

For the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) 2007- march 2011 - secretary general

For the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) march 2011 - present - director

Technical & Instruction Committee Member

for the ITF under Gen Choi Hong Hi named as responsable to set the rules and regulations and promote pre free arranged sparring period 2000-2001

Member of the ITF Technical and Instruction Committee from 2003 - present

Seminars

has given about 10 Umpire Courses in Europe and rest of the world

has given 56 IIC courses for the ITF Worldwide and instructed to over 6000 black belts

Traveling

Visited over 50 countries as a competitor, coach, organizer, member of board for the AETF and/or ITF

Positive

working hard in order to create a good and professional future for the ITF 

training hard to be in shape, to give example and motivate pratitioners

Negative

can't stand members only wanting degrees without proper dedication to the art

can't stand noice

can't stand bad behavior

can't stand people smoking without considering those non smokers

can't stand drunk people

can't stand heavy traffic

Conclusion

one day in a house at the beach, having friends around and a dog that always is happy and never says no!