Taekwondo

Introduction One of the most popular sports at the moment is Taekwondo. It is widely defined as "foot and boxing method" in Korean. It means "feet" means "Tae", "Kwon" means "fist" and "Do" means "method or method". (Southwick, 1998) Therefore, Taekwondo is a free battle sport that uses its hands and feet to defeat the opponent. (Li, 1995) It requires appropriate and subtle implementation of techniques such as boxing, kicking, blocking, dodging and hand and foot action.

Early in the 20th century, Taekwondo became the main form of Korean fighting sports. Then Taekwondo was designated as an international promotion of Korean national martial arts. In 1973, the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) was established as a global sports governance body, the first world championships held in Seoul, Korea.

Thousands of years ago, various martial arts were born in various countries as a form of self-defense. Karate comes from Japan and comes from China. Taekwondo is from Korea. In terms of technology, Taekwondo is known as kicking and kicking, which emphasizes kicking over other martial arts. It is ideal for improving balance, flexibility, adjustment and durability. In addition to physical benefits, many people practice taekwondo to improve confidence and receive valuable training. In addition, Taekwondo is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, the only sports in the Olympic movement. Currently, more people are studying Taekwondo art, not all other forms of martial arts.

Secondly, Taekwondo is also classified as sports and fighting sports. Because Taekwondo is classified as sports, Taekwondo is sometimes called martial arts. There are many reasons why Taekwondo became a sport. Taekwondo's popularity is overwhelming and organized sports tournament (which is similar to boxing) has several reasons, and many practitioners, masters, teachers and worldwide organizational officials taekando the motive force of sports events I think. Already many sports tournaments already include Taekwondo as an official event. These competitions / competitions are Olympic Games, Pan American Games, Goodwill Games, Asian Games and World Military Games. People learned to participate in Taekwondo and protect themselves, but they also participated in international movement.