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Title: Brief history report about Taekwondo
Description: A summary report of teakwondo's origin, Equipment, Techniques, Famous players, and other important articles.
Description: A summary report of teakwondo's origin, Equipment, Techniques, Famous players, and other important articles.
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TAEKWONDO
HISTORY
Taekwondo is a traditional Korean martial art practiced in 188 countries
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In taekwondo, hands
and feet can be used to overcome an opponent, but the trademark of the sport is its combination of kick movements
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50 BC) when Silla Dynasty warriors, the
Hwarang, began to develop a martial art - Taekkyon ("foot-hand")
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Subsequently taekwondo was designated as the Korean national
martial art to be promoted internationally
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RECENT OLYMPIC HISTORY
Taekwondo is one of the two Asian martial arts included on the Olympic programme
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EQUIPMENT
A taekwondo student typically wears a uniform (dobok 도복), often white but sometimes black (or
other colors), with a belt tied around the waist
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Colored
uniforms are often reserved for special teams (such as demonstration teams or leadership teams) or
higher-level instructors
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White uniforms in the
Kukkiwon/WTF tradition will typically be white throughout the jacket (black along the collars for dan
grades), while ITF-style uniforms are trimmed with a black border along the bottom of the jacket (for
dan grades)
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Different clubs and schools use
different color schemes for belts
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Taekwondo is
traditionally performed in bare feet, although martial arts training shoes may sometimes be worn
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In the ITF tradition, typically only the hands and feet are
padded
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In the
Kukkiwon/WTF tradition, full-contact sparring is facilitated by the employment of more extensive
equipment: padded helmets called homyun are always worn, as are padded torso protectors called
hogu; feet, shins, groins, hands, and forearms protectors are also worn
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Specifically, the term
dojang refers to the area within the school in which martial arts instruction takes place; the word
dojang is sometimes translated as gymnasium
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Modern dojangs often incorporate padded flooring, often
incorporating red-and-blue patterns in the flooring to reflect the colors of the taegeuk symbol
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The dojang is usually decorated with items such as flags,
banners, belts, instructional materials, and traditional Korean calligraphy
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Title: Brief history report about Taekwondo
Description: A summary report of teakwondo's origin, Equipment, Techniques, Famous players, and other important articles.
Description: A summary report of teakwondo's origin, Equipment, Techniques, Famous players, and other important articles.