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Taekwondo is a Korean developed martial art that is a conglomerate of multiple fighting techniques. It combines sport, defense and of course combat; in some cases it includes philosophy and meditation as well.
Taekwondo comes from the words tea meaning to break with kick, kwon meaning to break with fist, and do meaning the method. All together you have a word that means the method to efficiently breaking your enemies with either your kick or your fist.
In year 2000 it became an Olympic event organized by the World Taekwondo Federation or W.T.F. for short. When this happened there became diversity between different methods of the martial art.
So another organization the International Taekwondo Federation was organized to keep the Korean methods untainted by the world Olympic rules and regulation. Sport taekwondo emphasizes more speed and precision for sparing, so the I.T.F. set to maintain the traditional martial art that was developed in the 50s for the Korean army.
The ITF was founded in the in 1966 by a man named Choi Hong Hi. He died in 2002 leading to a number of successor disputes.
The philosophies taught with taekwondo include mantras such as "I shall be a champion of justice and truth" and "I will build a better and more peaceful world." The sport teaches self-confidence and control.
This will give people the power to own a situation or be prepared for a worst case scenario. If ever anything were to happen, having the knowledge and know how to take down an enemy would be very useful.
There are numerous techniques taught by taekwondo, most popularly depicted are the breaking techniques. We have all seen the movies were a man stacks five cinder blocks on top of each other and then proceeds to break through them with his hand.
This is not Hollywood effects; this is one of the techniques taught by taekwondo. There are actually brick breaking competitions where martial artist go and show there ability by breaking a rash amount of bricks.
Most commonly the strike is performed with the hand or foot, though it is also practiced to use your head, elbow, knee and even fingertip. This technique is used to measure force strike.
Taekwondo will give you balance and control, with your body, it will give you confidence and assurance with your soul and these will synergistically work to give you a heightened level or mental acuity. There are classes all around the world.
This will strengthen your body and mind and is a fun past time or hobby for men and women of all ages. So start practicing some taekwondo and see how it changes your life. Destry Masterson is a health, fitness and nutrition expert. She has written articles about ellipticals and exercise and recommends http://www.proform.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category_-1_14201_16002_29510_Y for information about ellipticals.
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