The 1st Commissioner General of Police Cup Integrated Martial Arts Competition Opens... 29 Specially Recruited Selected

On the 5th, the National Police Agency held the opening ceremony of the "2023 National Police Agency Chief's Integrated Martial Arts Competition" at the Police Human Resources Development Institute located in Asan-si, Chungnam.

At the opening ceremony, about 500 people attended, including National Police Agency Chief Yoon Hee-geun, the command staff, presidents of martial arts associations for five disciplines?Taekwondo, Judo, Kendo, Boxing, and Wrestling?as well as athletes and referees. Through this three-day competition, 77 winners by weight class will be selected from 345 applicants across the five disciplines, and after physical and aptitude tests and interviews, a final 29 candidates (with a competition rate of 11.9 to 1) will be hired as police officers (constables).

Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, is taking a commemorative photo with participants at the opening ceremony of the "2023 National Police Agency Commissioner’s Integrated Martial Arts Competition" held on the 5th at the Police Human Resources Development Institute in Asan-si, Chungnam.
[Photo by National Police Agency]

The "National Police Agency Chief's Martial Arts Competition" began in 2005 as a single Kendo event, and since 2019, four additional disciplines?Taekwondo, Judo, Wrestling, and Boxing?have been added. Until now, the martial arts competitions were held separately by each association for each discipline, but last year, the National Police Agency and each martial arts association agreed to hold the competitions at the same place during the same period, changing it into an integrated martial arts competition format.

In his opening remarks, National Police Agency Chief Yoon Hee-geun said, "I am confident that those selected as future police officers through this competition will become the definite protagonists in fulfilling the public safety responsibilities of protecting citizens' lives."

Meanwhile, the "National Police Agency Chief's Shooting Competition," which follows the martial arts competition, will be held for a week starting from the 8th at the Changwon International Shooting Range located in Changwon-si, Gyeongnam. From 28 applicants across 12 disciplines, 12 winners by discipline will be selected, and after physical and aptitude tests and interviews, a final 3 candidates will be hired.

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