What is Taekwondo? |
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art based strongly on the emphasis around kicks to the head; jumping/ spinning kicks and fast kicking techniques. Taekwondo is one of the most commonly known martial arts styles due to joining the Olympics in the year 2000 as full-contact sparring.
Taekwondo translates as " foot, fist, art" or "the way of the hand and foot". |
In 1945 (not long after the end of World War II) new martial arts schools began to open in Seoul; the capital of South Korea, which used a basis of various Japanese, Chinese and Korean martial arts styles and traditions including Karate; Taekkyeon, Subak and Gwonbeop (click on each name to read more information).
At the same time, the South Korean military adopted Taekwondo, although at this time it wasn't named. In 1952 the military performed a martial arts demonstration for the President of South Korea, who urged that the martial arts styles should be blended to create one unified Korean style. After much deliboration, this went on to become what we know today as Taewkondo. You can more about the history of Taekwondo by following >> THIS << link. |
A brief history of Taekwondo |
Who was
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General Choi Hong Hi was a South Korean Military General and an extremely important figure head in the world of martial arts.
Choi is the founder of Taekwondo, he used elements of Taekkyeon and Karate combined to create the new style of Taekwondo, which was officially named as such on 11th April 1955. Choi held an honorary 4th Dan ranking in the Chung Do Kwan (Tang Soo Do school), however due to being accused of dishonesty Choi was stripped of his ranking, nonetheless this never stopped him from continuing his works in Taekwondo and he began to promote Taekwondo around the world in the 1960's. This led to the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) being formed. |
The ITF was founded by General Choi Hong Hi on 22nd March 1966 to encourage the growth of Taekwondo.
The main purposes of the ITF include coordinating seminars and tournaments, setting teaching standards for schools, and providing services in regard to rank and certification. Patterns (known as Tul or Teul) of the ITF are performed in accordance with General Choi's 15 volumes of "The Encyclopedia of Taekwondo", there are a total of 24 patterns in the ITF syllabus to symbolise the 24 hours of the day. |
What is the International Taekwondo Federation? |
How does Taekwondo come into Flying Dragon Martial Arts Club? |
Founded in late 2016 in St austell; Cornwall, Flying Dragon Martial Arts Club (Hiryu Budou-Jyo) wanted to incorporate several different arts into their school to allow for a smooth blend of each style to create a divergent defence system for all scenarios and eventualities.
In our system, Taekwondo makes up the Tul (similar to "Kata" in Karate) that teaches different techniques and strikes to be used in a sparring situation, the patterns follow a set scenario that is representative of key aspects of Taekwondo such as Dan Gun Tul being named after the legendary Founder of Korea. Our St Austell based Martial Arts School Follows the traditional 24 patterns of Taekwondo, whilst also introducing sparring techniques taken directly from the patterns to allow students to develop a strong understanding of the purpose of each technique. |