About Taekwondo

Taekwondo, Tae Kwon Do or Taekwon-Do is a Korean martial art, characterized by its emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping spinning kicks, and fast kicking techniques with kicks and striking being above waist height only.

Taekwondo is the most popular martial art in the world

It is a combative sport and was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate, Chinese martial arts, and indigenous Korean martial arts traditions such as Taekkyon, Subak, and Gwonbeop. The oldest governing body for Taekwondo is the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), formed in 1959 through a collaborative effort by representatives from the nine original kwans, or martial arts schools, in Korea. The main international organisational bodies for Taekwondo today are the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), founded by Choi Hong Hi in 1966, and the partnership of the Kukkiwon and World Taekwondo (WT, formerly WTF), founded in 1972 and 1973 respectively by the Korea Taekwondo Association based in South Korea. Taekwondo (WT) our Academy style, became an Olympic sport since 2000.

Tae kwon do term means the art of kicking and punching, kukkiwon represent the unification of the 9 origin schools.
Forms or Poomsae, Sparring or competitions fighting (with rules), board breaking and self-defence techniques are skills should every Taekwondo practitioner get test in it while grading, the main Takwondo grading belts are: white for beginners, yellow, blue, red and finally black (1st dan), after that practioners get their 2nd dan and so on, 9thdan is the highest rank in Taekwondo.

A Taekowndopractioner usually wear a white uniform, with a belt tied around their waist.

In sparring competitions, fighters should wear chest guard on top of uniform, head gear, mouth guard, groing guard, arm and chin pads, gloves and foot protectors, to ensure the players safety,

The match is usually 3 rounds, 2 minutes each and players getting points each time they hit the opponent, rules allow players to punch just on the body and kick the body and head.

In Taekwondo sparring each player compete in their specific age group, sex, belt rank and weight, there is comeption in patterns (poomsae) and board breaking as well.