Tae Kwon Do
Tae kwon do (Korean:"art of kicking and punching"),Korean art of unarmed combat that is based on the earlier form of Korean self-defense known as tae kyon and on karate.
The name tae kwon do was officially adopted for this martial art in 1955 after that name had been submitted by the South Korean general Choi Hong Hi,the principal founder of tae kwon do.
Tae kwon do is characterized by the extensive use of high standing and jump kicks as well as punches and is practiced for sport,selfdefence,and spiritual development.Training is carried out by learning individual techniques of kicking,punching,and blocking,which are practiced in combined series of hyung. (Proficiency in the graded series of hyung determines rank in the lower grades.)Students also practice basic sparring combinations(id-bo tueryon,"one-step sparring");these are short,set sequences of attack and counter practiced between partners,after which the students may practice free sparring as opponets.In sparring,blows are stopped just short of contact.Tae kwon do is practiced as a sport by awarding points to correctly executed techniques during free sparring or by judging the quality of performed hyung.See also martial art.
Tae Kwon Do Links
- TAE KWON DO at the University of Virginia[English]
- Virginia university taekwondo club's page.
with a lot of links.And at one corner you can know the mean of Korean.
- Tae Kwon Do Reporter[English]
- Online Magazine for taekwondo.The way of training,and information of big ivents,are here.
- University of Pennsylvania WTF Tae Kwon Do[English]
- From the history and taradition of Taekwondo,to the way of training and meeting a good master.
- United States Taekwon-Do Federation (USTF)[English]
- An federation of taekwondo "USTF"'s page.
Introduceing history of taekwondo,and informaion of ivents.
- Clemson University Taekwondo Club[English]
- Links to clubs of other university,and Image Archive are good contents.and more detail rule is here.
- NTHI Tae Kwon DO[English, Norsk]
- An taekwondo Assosiation in Norway"HIHI". Their Picture Gallery has many nice ones.
- Johns Hopkins Taekwondo[English]
- Summerville YMCA Taekwondo Club[English]
- Centrum Taekwondo[English, Norsk]
- Brown University Taekwon Do Home Page[English]
- MIT Korean Karate Club[English]
- Olympic Tae Kwon Do Club[English]
- Ben Gurion University Tae Kwon Do Page[English]
- Ben Gurion university in Israel has a taekwondo club.
- Big Sky Taekwondo Association[English]
- World Tae Kwon Do Association[English]
- Lehigh University Taekwondo [English]
- Stanford Tae Kwon Do[English]
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