It all started back in the late 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s when Korean martial artists decided to combine elements from karate, Chinese martial arts and some elements of their own martial arts styles. One of the key elements for this to happen was the invasion of Korea by Japanese forces during World …
Taekwondo without a doubt is a journey, a journey that puts your body and mind to the test and allows you to reach a new level of physical and mental confidence, and this will happen no matter if you are learning it as a martial art or to compete at an Olympic level. During that …
Taekwondo is a well-known martial art as well as a sport, and as such requires a high level of training and effort to achieve the goal you set for yourself, either become a taekwondo master or earning an Olympic medal. No matter which, it means you will need to train harder and harder as you …
In Taekwondo sparring refers literally to face an opponent in combat, mostly for competition and as with every competition sports it is guided by a series of rules which are the topic of today’s article. For a start, we need to know that you need to wear a specific attire that goes beyond your usual …
First of all, let’s remember that Taekwondo is a path that you choose to take, a path that will help your get in better physical and mental shape. You will learn to treat and use your body in ways you never thought possible, you will become more aware and if you do it for competition, …
Being a Taekwondo coach doesn’t just mean wearing a different taekwondo uniform than the rest of the people in the gym, it means you have an enormous responsibility because you will be passing on to them the experience and training you have achieved during all the years you have been a trainee yourself. One of …
Practicing taekwondo means embracing not just one type of martial art but also to embrace a way of life, a way of thought that will change you forever from the moment you step foot on the dojo for your first training lesson. For a start one of the things you will learn is discipline. Not …
Taekwondo is known to be one of the martial arts that has spread quickly all over the world, almost all countries have a dojo where students can come and practice. It is also known as an Olympic sport when practiced not for self-defense but also for competition. Yet no matter what or why you practice …
In Taekwondo you learn to be coordinated, to be fast and to hit hard. And to achieve this you need to achieve the one thing that is common to them all: flexibility. First let’s understand what is that which we call “flexibility”: By definition, it refers to the absolute range of movements achievable on your …
It is no secret that taekwondo is a martial art that is very demanding for a practitioner, no matter if you train for real life protection or if you train for Olympic gold. Either way, it takes a toll on your body as well as your mind. First, comes the sacrifice involved with the practice …
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