Taekwondo Pendulum Origin

Taekwondo originated on the Korean Peninsula more than 2,000 years ago. Korean people in ancient times to agriculture and hunting for a living, in the wild beasts, against invasion and ritual activities in the dance, gradually evolved into a conscious attack and defense skills and fighting self-defense martial arts prototype. 1955 years ago, South Korea is not the word taekwondo, South Korea's martial arts to karate, Tang Hand Road, and a small number of folk Taekwon He, etc., during the period of Japanese rule, a large number of young South Korean students went to Japan to study in Japan, and accepted the system of Songtokan karate in Japan. During the Japanese rule period, a large number of young Korean students went to Japan to study and received systematic training in Songtokan Karate in Japan, and after returning to their home country, they began to create dojos to teach their students. After the defeat of Japan, South Korea gained national independence, a large number of karate, karate, Tang Tei Do do hall rise, South Korea's early karate evangelists will be the national traditional martial arts taekwondo combined with karate, known as Tang Tei Do. The first Korean dojos appeared, which later became known as Nine Dojos. The term "Taekwondo" was named by General Choi Hong-hee of Korea in 1955. When General Choi Hong-hee was studying in Japan in his early years, he learned Japanese Shotokan-ryu karate and incorporated it into Taekwondo along with traditional Korean martial arts such as Taekwondo Heel and Hand-to-hand combat. In short, modern Taekwondo is one of the Korean-originated martial arts sports that combines the strengths of contemporary East Asian martial arts techniques.