President
Mr. Stephen Formosa

Mr. Formosa was born on 5 May 1975 in Pietà and started his career in Taekwondo in 1991 at the age of 15 years under the guidance of Christopher Vella and Edwin Scicluna. During the years, he served as a Public Relations Officer and Vice-President within the same MTF committee. Today he is a 4th Dan holder and one of the highest local ranks where he holds a post of director within the Technical Committee. He is even the President and Chief Instructor of the Taekwondo Dragon Club. Mr. Formosa was a very active athlete and he represented Malta in 2 European Championships and participated in the Games of the Small States of Europe of 2005 that were held in Andorra. In 2006 he went to study for two months in Kyung Hee University in South Korea following a course sponsored by the World Taekwondo Federation.

Today he is employed with a distinctive local company as a Graphic Designer and married to Josianne Formosa (neè Magro) and resides in Zabbar.

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Secretary General
Ms. Josianne Formosa

Ms. Formosa was born on 29 July 1976 in Pietà and started her career in Taekwondo in 1996 at the age of 20 years under the guidance of Stephen Formosa. During the years, she served as a Treasurer within the MTF executive committee. Today she is a 2nd Dan holder and assistant instructor with the Taekwondo Dragon Club.

She is employed with an established local bank and holds the position of a supervisor. She is married to Stephen Formosa and resides in Zabbar.

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Treasurer
Ms. Claire Saliba

Ms. Saliba is a new face to Taekwondo although she has been indirectly involved due to her husband Brian Saliba who currently holds the position of National Coach. She was born in 1974 in April. She is qualified in Management Studies -University of Malta. Today she works at the University of Malta as Faculty Officer/Accounting Officer. She lives in Attard and has a child.

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Public Relations Officer
Mr. Joseph Azzopardi

Mr. Azzopardi was born on 22 June 1960.. He started Taekwondo during 1978 under the British Forces. He carried on with his training under Ryan Agius and later with Stephen Formosa with whom he was promoted to 2nd Dan. He served as a Secretary General for the Taekwondo Dragon Club and occupied the same position with the MTF’s Ex. Committee for several years.
Today he is the President and Chief Instructor of the St. Martin’s Taekwondo Academy.

Today he is employed with a prestigious private college as a project manager. He is qualified in design and engineering business and in management and marketing.

He is married and has two kids and resides in Mosta

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Honorary President
Dr. Christopher Vella

Christopher Vella holds 5th Dan in Taekwondo (World Taekwondo Federation – Olympic style) and 2nd Dan in Hapkido.  Professionally he works as a lawyer-linguist at the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg. For ten years he acted as president of the Malta Taekwondo Federation, between 1995 and 2005. He also chaired the Legal Commission of the Malta Olympic Committee between 2000 and 2005.

His first martial art training dates back to 1980 when he practised judo at the age of 11. In 1984 he switched to a Chinese styled martial art called Mon Lung Kung Fu. In 1986, when Taekwondo was introduced in Malta, he switched to Taekwondo and has since then practised and instructed the art and sport of Taekwondo.

In 1988 he was examined in the first ever Taekwondo black belt grading examination in Malta and he was awarded the highest points from all candidates who were being examined in that grading examination.  At that time he regularly participated in the competitions organized by the national association.  For many consecutive competitions he always placed first in his category.  During the same year he was also awarded a coaching certificate by the Association. He founded his own club during the same year.    

In 1995 he became the President of the Malta Taekwondo Federation, redrafted its statute and lead it to become a member of the Malta Olympic Committee (MOC), the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) and the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). In July of 2004 he attended a taekwondo instructor’s course and examination at the Kukkiwon’s World Taekwondo Headquarters in Seoul, Korea. In February 2005 he participated in an international competition in London wherein he placed first in the veterans’ technical championship.

In July 2006 he moved to Luxembourg and since then he practises and instructs Taekwondo at the Luxembourg Taekwondo Centre. In November 2007 he participated in the Luxembourg National Technical Championships in which he placed first in the veterans’ category and won the trophy for the highest points awarded in the whole event. During 2008 he competed in various international technical competitions in Belgium, Holland and Germany. He has also represented Malta and the MTF in the 3rd World Poomsae Championships held in Ankara, Turkey. In March 2009, the MTF awarded him with the title of Honorary President. 

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