How long is the history of Taekwondo?

Taekwondo originated in the Korean peninsula 1500 years ago, and its predecessor was the Korean folk martial art "Hualang Road". In its long historical development and evolution, Taekwondo has integrated the essence of China Wushu, Japanese Judo, Aikido and other Southeast Asian Wushu. , especially influenced by China's classical philosophy. Thanks to the efforts of several generations of Taekwondo martial artists, Taekwondo, which is popular all over the world today, has gradually formed.

The original intention of Taekwondo includes three aspects: Tae is to kick with your feet and hit with your body; Right is to hit with fists; Tao (DO) is a requirement for practitioners to practice. Taekwondo is characterized by rigidity, like turning hands into swords and legs into whips, and hitting targets with rapid and coherent combined movements. After taekwondo training, the strength of hands and feet is daunting. Therefore, the skill test can only use lifeless boards, bricks and tiles as targets. Taekwondo is divided into ten levels and nine segments, and "starting with ceremony and ending with ceremony" runs through the whole training process of Taekwondo. Taekwondo is a modern competitive sport with technical fighting as its core, self-cultivation as its foundation and tempering people's will as its purpose. Through Taekwondo training, practitioners can be improved and perfected physically and mentally, and cultivate the spirit of self-confidence, patience and modesty. So, like China Wushu, it transcends competitive sports in the general sense.

1973, the World Taekwondo Federation (W.T.F for short) was established, with 142 member countries. China Taekwondo Association was established in July 1995, and was accepted as a full member by the World Taekwondo Federation in the same year 10. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, China Taekwondo athletes Chen Zhong and Luo Wei won three Olympic gold medals for China.

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Taekwondo is one of the traditional martial arts, sports and entertainment events of the Korean nation, with a history of about 1500 years. Its predecessor is "Flower Dao Lang", which originated from Korean folk self-defense and has a deep historical origin with China Wushu. Before the Ming Dynasty, China Wushu was introduced into Korea. In modern times, with the continuous input of China's martial arts, Hualangdao's split palm combined China's boxing and Japanese karate to form a unique Korean boxing, that is, Taekwondo today.

In 668 AD, Silla Dynasty defeated Koguryo Dynasty and Baekje Dynasty to unify Korea, which led to great economic and cultural development and became more popular in Dao Lang. In 935 AD, Silla dynasty was overthrown by warlord Wang Jian, and the Korean dynasty was established. Due to foreign aggression, in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Korean army, Hualangdao training was widely carried out in the army, which repeatedly defeated invaders such as Khitan and Mongolia, and the social status of Hualangdao was also improved. 1392, North Korean general Li Chenggui staged a coup, became king on his own, and established the Lee Dynasty, which valued literature over martial arts, and the Hualang Road tended to decline. 19 10, Japan invaded the DPRK and banned the training of Hua Lang Dao, which was almost wiped out by the whole army. At that time, except for a few people who practiced secretly, many Koreans left their homes to make a living in China, and gathered together to learn the skills of Hualangdao in their spare time. After the end of World War II, self-defense rose again, and Koreans brought back new technologies from all over the world, melting the flowers of Dao Lang into one furnace, and became today's Korean martial arts system-Taekwondo. Taekwondo is a precious cultural heritage that embodies the wisdom of the Korean nation, so it is called Korea's national skill and "the world's first fighting sport". In South Korea, Taekwondo is regarded as a means to enhance physical fitness, cultivate young people's patriotic consciousness, martial spirit and noble moral sentiments, and is valued and widely promoted by the government. Literally, "Taekwondo" means stepping, pedaling and kicking; "Tao" refers to philosophical attitude, lifestyle, truth and morality. Taekwondo especially emphasizes "Tao" which is closely related to personality cultivation and spiritual cultivation. Mr Cui Hongxi, president of the International Taekwondo Federation, one of the founders of modern Taekwondo, summed up the spirit of Taekwondo in thirteen words: "courtesy, sincerity, forbearance, self-denial and perseverance".