Taekwondo Forms

Tae kwon do is a martial art and fighting sport which began in Korea. It hopes to achieve self control, modesty, perseverance and indomitable spirit.

Through dedicated training the student would hope to gain mental and physical fitness. By dedicated practising and repeating each move to near perfection, we shall become more and more patient. Self-confidence is gained through the power of one’s body and the awareness of how to use it anywhere and in any situation. Sparring helps us build humility, courage, alertness, and accuracy and develops self-control. By learning Taewkondo forms , we also maximise our overall flexibility, grace, balance and our body co-ordination.

Through discipline and interaction with others, we learn co-operation and mutual respect also. As well as gaining a healthier, leaner and more flexible body, we also improve staying power through a typical tkd training regime. The health-related effects of training are diverse.

Taekwondo has been changing and evolving for years. Nonetheless, it was not until the 1950s that Taekwondo was standardized and organized by Gen Choi Hong Hi and the martial art was taken outside of Koreas borders, at first to Vietnam and the USA, and later to the rest of the world. As we speak, Taekwondo is organized in 3 international federations: the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), with headquarters in Seoul, Korea; the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), with headquarters in Austria; and the Global Taekwondo Federation (GTF) with headquarters in Korea. Taekwondo with the first competition held during the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in 2000

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