Taekwondo

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as tae, kwon, and do. Depending on the style, Hyeong, Poomsae or Teul are patterns that demonstrate a range of kicking, punching and blocking techniques, gyeokpa is the art of breaking wooden boards and in the combat sport kyorugi involves the kind of sparring seen in the Olympics. Taekwondo is primarily an unarmed martial art practiced with the bare hands and feet and does not include weapons such as swords or nunchucks. Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform known as a dobok. Taekwondo is originally a martial art which was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate and Chinese martial arts. In the early 1970s, a new style of Taekwondo was developed to promote it as a competitive sport, alongside its traditional martial arts form.

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• Entity:  Martial Art

• Also known as:  Tkd, Tae Kwon Do, Tae Kwon-Do, Taekwon-Do, Tae-Kwon-Do
• Focus:  Striking, Kicking, Blocking
• Country of origin:  South Korea
• Creator:  No Single Creator, A Collaborative Effort By Representatives From The Original Nine Kwans, Initially Supervised By Choi Hong-Hi.
• Parenthood:  Mainly Karate, With Taekkyon And Some Chinese Martial Arts
• Olympic sport:  Since 2000 (World Taekwondo) (Demonstration Sport In 1988 And 1992)
• Wikidata description:  Korean Martial Arts
• Wikidata label:  Taekwondo
• Wikidata aliases:  Taekwondo, Tkd, Tae Kwon Do, Taekwon-Do, Taekwondu, Korean Karate

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