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American Taekwondo World Championships June 22nd

   LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 20,000 people will
gather in Little Rock this June to open an international monument bringing
the taste of Korean culture deep into the nation's Heartland. As the
signature event at the American Taekwondo Association's (ATA) 2007 World
Championships, the ATA will officially open the H.U. Lee International Gate
& Garden to state, national and foreign dignitaries and visitors from
around the world on June 22.
   (PRNewsFoto/American Taekwondo Association)

    The exquisite $1.4 million structure will serve as an international
symbol of the friendship between South Korea and America, welcoming
visitors to the city of Little Rock and Arkansas. Behind a hand carved and
painted 27 foot wide by 20 foot tall South Korean gate will lie a garden of
Korean foliage and symbolic structures that educate visitors about ATA
founder the late Haeng Ung Lee's (Eternal Grand Master H.U. Lee)
contributions to society, the country of South Korea and the Songahm
Taekwondo style the Eternal Grand Master devoted his life to developing.

    The H.U. Lee International Gate and Garden is a gift to Arkansas by the
family of the late H.U. Lee and members and friends of ATA, a worldwide
organization with more than 1,200 schools in seventeen countries. Located
alongside the Statehouse Convention Center on the bank of the Arkansas
River, the Gate and Garden has taken more than a year to complete.
Dedication ceremonies will begin on site at 10:30 a.m. on June 22. For more
information on the Gate & Garden, visit
http://www.ataonline.com/gate-garden/indexNEWGATENEWS.asp
    The opening of the H.U. Lee International Gate & Garden will take place
during the 2007 ATA World Championships. Beginning June 18, ATA martial
artists will convene in Little Rock for seminars, training, rank testing
and the chance to become a 2007 ATA World Champion at the four-day
Tournament of Champions.

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