What started in 1996 as a intramural small tournament exclusively for Instituto Olímpico de Taekwondo students, has grown to become one of the important Invitational tournaments in Puerto Rico.

The "Mini-Olimpiadas de Taekwondo" started in 1996, in the small town of Utuado. From that day on, this event is presented every year alternating the venue every other year between Barceloneta and Utuado.

More than 300 athletes of many ages and from many towns of the Island gather during the month of August or September to be part of this exciting tournament. The "Mini-Olimpiadas de TKD" are known for its neat organization and quality competition.

This is a "One Day" event but it is carefully structured so everybody is done by 5:00 pm. To make this possible, Master Tony Acevedo and Master Ramon Rivera work hard for several nights previous to the tournament date setting up pre-matches and ring assignments.

The use of an Electronic Scoreboard designed and built by a puertorican company "Advanced Computing Partner"s", is a factor that contributes to run the event in an effective way. This Scoreboard is property of "Instituto Olimpico de TKD- Utuado" and has been updated to adapt to the new differential scoring system approved by the WTF.