Taekwondo Report

TAEKWONDO
Taekwondo Literally means

The “Art of hand and foot fighting"
 The origin of Taekwondo is obscured by

many thousands of years of Korean history.
The first organized development of
Taekwondo martial arts training is thought
to be around the first Century on the
peninsula of Korea over 2000 years ago
when the Three Kingdoms (Silla, Goguryeo
and Baekje) ruled. However, it is estimated
that Taekwondo was practiced in a primitive
form of martial art style in ancient times as
far back as 5000 years ago. In those ancient
times, there was no means of self defense
other than bare hands and the body for a
weapon. So it was natural to assume that
The origin of Taekwondo is
obscured by many thousands of
years of Korean history. The first
organized development of
Taekwondo martial arts training is
thought to be around the first
Century on the peninsula of Korea
over 2000 years ago when the Three
Kingdoms (Silla, Goguryeo and
Baekje) ruled. However, it is
estimated that Taekwondo was
practiced in a primitive form of
martial art style in ancient times as
far back as 5000 years ago. In those
ancient times, there was no means
of self defense other than bare
hands and the body for a weapon.
So it was natural to assume that
bare-hand fighting martial art
techniques were developed.
It is suggested that Taekwondo was first practised as a method
of evading attacks from wild animals as well as a useful tool in
hunting for food and also as a means of strengthening the
body. Martial art techniques were learned from the experience
of fighting against beasts whose defensive and offensive
motions were the subject of analysis and mimicking. Since
attacks could originate from any direction, martial art moves
were developed that allowed reflexes to counter from any
direction. Specific patterns were formed for instinctive self
defence which became a series of blocks, kicks and strikes.
These patterns are still practised today.
There is some speculation that the martial art
style of Taekwondo is not indigenous to Korea
and that it is a break off of Chinese and other
Asian martial arts. The legendary origins of the
Eastern (Chinese) martial arts are generally
ascribed to a Monk from India called
Bodhidharma. According to legend and ancient
Chan Buddist texts, Bodhidharma came to China
in the Sixth Century AD where he founded a
monastery at Shaolin-So. He began to teach
breath control and meditation. But his followers
were physically incapable of practising the
strenuous techniques, so he taught them
methods of strengthening their bodies and their
spirit. These methods later combined with
Taoism and I-Ching to form the basis for the
Chinese martial arts of Kung Fu, Kempo and Tai
Chi Chuan.
In Korea, the first tangible evidence of Taekwondo
dates from the Three Kingdoms period where a mural
painted on the wall of the Myung-Chong tomb located
in Tunsko (Capital of Goguryeo) and built in the
Goguryeo Kingdom sometime in the First Century .
The mural shows two youths sparring. Other tombs
found in this period contain similar murals which show
figures practising martial arts. Accordingly, there is
evidence that Korea was developing it's own martial
art well before Bodhidharma arrived in China and it
seems that the martial art style of Taekwondo is of
Korean origin.
The "Three Kingdoms There
were Three Kingdoms which
separately ruled the Korean
Peninsula at the beginning of
the first Century: Goguryeo,
Baekje and Silla. These
kingdoms were sometimes at
war with each other until
Silla took over Baekje in mid
7th Century and Goguryeo in
the late 7th Century thus
unifying the Korean nation.
The Silla dynasty lasted until
10th Century.
The main international
organizational bodies for
Taekwondo today are the
International Taekwon-Do
Federation (ITF), founded by
General Choi Hong Hi in 1966,
and the World TaeKwonDo
Federation (WTF), founded in
1973 by the KTA
Choi Hong-hi (9 November 1918 – 15
June 2002) was a South Korean Army
general, and martial artist who was
an important figure in the history of
the Korean martial art of Taekwondo
The body known for taekwondo in the
Olympics is the World Taekwondo Federation.
WHITE BELT (10th kup) signifies innocence and purity as
the student has no previous knowledge of Taekwondo.
YELLOWE BELT (8th kup) signfies gold: an element of the

Earth. Gold in turn represents truth and foundation of
Taekwondo.
GREEN BELT (6th kup) signifies growth as Taekwondo

skills begin to grow and develop.
BLUE BELT (4th kup) signifies heaven as the student

matures and progresses in training.
RED BELT (2nd kup) signifies the sun, the centre of our
solar system. Red also signifies danger cautioning the
student to exercise control and warning the opponent to
stay away.
BROWN BELT - The tree is firmly rooted in the Earth.
BLACK BELT (1st Dan) is the opposite of white signifying

maturity and proficiency in Taekwondo. It also indicates the
wearer's invulnerability to darkness and fear. Black
represents the Universe.
THE FITNESS
The principles of Taekwondo techniques
BENEFITS are based on the design of your body.
OF For power you develop the larger,
TAEKWONDO powerful muscles of the torso. The
speed of the techniques comes from
the fast, agile muscles of the arms and
legs. As you progress in Taekwondo, you
will learn to coordinate this speed and
power, and develop the concentration
to focus all of your body's strength into
a small, hard striking surface like the
edge of the hand or the heel of a foot.
THE SELF-DEFENSE
BENEFITS When the speed and power
developed through Taekwondo is
OF used in a self-defense situation
TAEKWONDO against the vulnerable parts of an
attacker's body, the results can
be incredible. Taekwondo allows
a woman to emphasize many of
her natural physical strengths,
such as power in the legs, while
learning a method of self-defense
efficient against a much larger
opponent.
THE SELF- CONFIDENCE
BENEFITS This does not come naturally for
OF many people, but self-confidence
TAEKWONDO can be developed over a period of
time. Through Taekwondo as you
accomplish new goals, your
confidence level increases.
Taekwondo instills a sense of
discipline and self-confidence that
can carry over to all aspects of
your life.
That's all thank you for listening!

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TAEKWONDO

Taekwondo Literally means

 The origin of Taekwondo is obscured by

YELLOWE BELT (8th kup) signfies gold: an element of the

GREEN BELT (6th kup) signifies growth as Taekwondo

BLUE BELT (4th kup) signifies heaven as the student

BLACK BELT (1st Dan) is the opposite of white signifying

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