Taekwondo

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The taekwondo ( ; , ) is a martial art of South Korean origin, whose name can be translated into The way of feet and fists.

The Taekwondo, whose name was proposed in 1955 by General Choi Hong Hi, was the fruit of the progressive federation, since the 1950s, after the Japanese occupation of Korea, of various Korean martial arts schools that taught karate. Its creation and development are closely linked to the promotion of Korean state nationalism. Unification, however, is not complete because two major federations are still living together, the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), which currently claims 50 million members, and the World Taekwondo Federation, which has popularized among more than 80 million people a taekwondo practice that is less self-defense and more self-defense and more combat sport, including banning punches in the face.

Taekwondo is distinguished from other martial arts, especially in its form, by the high degree of specialization of its practicers in kicking techniques much more than in other techniques, by the numerous protections used in combat competitions and by its inclusion in the Summer Olympics programme since 2000.

Description

Taekwondo is a South Korean martial art, which is generally practised without weapons. His name, taekwondo, which is originally written in hangel: and in Hanja, and whose pronunciation is , can be translated as "the way of kicking and punching", of , , "strike with foot" and , , "strike with fist", and finally , , "method, art of living, spiritual way". From this definition stems the idea that taekwondo is not only a martial art, but also a way to train one's mind and achieve self-control through combat movements.

The taekwondo practitioner is called a taekwondoist (even if the original term is taekwondoin). The training room is called a dojang. It is possible to practice taekwondo regardless of age. As a sport, it works endurance and flexibility and increases physical strength.

This martial art is based on attack techniques where the practitioner concentrates his energy on such as the bowl of the foot or the head of the phalanges with which he targets the weak points of his opponent and techniques of blocking the opposing attacks. Taekwondoists use spectacular kicking techniques, including flipping and jumping, the frequency of which is characteristic of discipline.

Taekwondo practitioners exist in 180 countries in 2010. by the desire to maintain their physical form to combat stress, by the self-defence techniques taught by this sport, the attraction for competition and by the spiritual enrichment which can be brought to the teaching of the values of taekwondo such as