What is Taekwondo?

Taekwondo is divided into three types, namely: quality Taekwondo, competitive Taekwondo and stunt Taekwondo.

1, Quality Taekwondo: A form of practice in which practitioners focus on technical attacks and arrange offensive and defensive movements to strengthen their health and cultivate their will. It is similar to the routine in China Wushu, that is, arranging a certain number of movements to form a routine with a fixed pattern.

2. Competitive Taekwondo: Competitive Taekwondo refers to the competition theory and practice system established according to the values of the Olympic Games.

3, stunt taekwondo: stunts are different from actual combat. Compared with actual combat, stunts pay more attention to appreciation and performance. According to the different levels of Taekwondo, the stunt difficulty in each stage is also different. The brilliance of Taekwondo stunt lies in the standard proficiency of jumping, flexibility and action.

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1, the development history of taekwondo:

Taekwondo originated in the Korean peninsula and has a history of more than two thousand years.

The ancient Korean people lived by agriculture and hunting, and gradually evolved into conscious offensive and defensive skills and the embryonic form of fighting and self-defense martial arts in the dance art of resisting wild animals and instant invasion and sacrifice activities in Taekwondo competitions.

In the mural of Koguryo's royal tomb two thousand years ago, two men fought each other in the offensive and defensive posture of Taekwondo. Taekwondo, Tae, means kicking and hitting with your feet; Right, with his fist; Tao is an artistic method.

Taekwondo is an artistic method of using fists and feet. It is a kung fu with footwork as the mainstay, and footwork accounts for 70%. There are 24 sets of taekwondo routines; In addition, there are weapons, capture, lock and fall, self-defense and anti-disassembly, and so on 10.

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art developed from East Asian culture. It is based on the oriental mind and inherits a long tradition. It is based on the martial spirit of "starting with ceremony and ending with ceremony".

Koguryo, Silla and Baekje in the Three Kingdoms period of Korea competed with each other and invaded each other, which accelerated the prevalence of Wushu. No matter in military attache assessment, folk hand-to-hand combat or ritual dance, the forms of Wushu are fully demonstrated.

For example, Taekwondo and Hualangdao in Silla are compulsory subjects in the army, but in Baekje countries, people are respected and encouraged to learn martial arts such as equestrian, archery and Taekwondo. Before Taekwondo was officially named, there were many schools of unarmed combat in Korea.

The names also include Taekwondo heel, hand racket, Tang hand, shoulder brace, flower wave road and so on. Since 1950s, its connotation, style and name have been standardized and unified. The word "Taekwondo" was coined by South Korean general Cui Hongxi in 1955. After he retired from the army, he integrated folk elements into Taekwondo and finally took shape.

2. The origin of Taekwondo:

The word "Taekwondo" was named by South Korean General Cui Hongxi in 1955. When General Cui Hongxi was studying in Japan in his early years, he studied karate at Songtao Hall in Japan and integrated it with traditional Korean martial arts such as kicking and fighting into Taekwondo. In a word, modern Taekwondo is one of the martial arts sports that originated in South Korea, which combines the skills of contemporary East Asian martial arts.

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art developed from East Asian culture, based on the martial spirit of "starting with ceremony and ending with ceremony". Its footwork accounts for 70%. There are 24 sets of taekwondo routines; In addition, there are weapons, capture, lock and fall, self-defense and anti-disassembly, and so on 10.

Taekwondo is a demonstration project of 1988 Olympic Games. The first test match was 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games; By the year 2000, the Sydney Olympic Games will become an official event.

The World Taekwondo Organization is mainly divided into two systems, namely the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) and the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). WTF system was adopted in the Olympic Games.