What is the sport Taekwondo about?
Taekwondo has a long history and can be traced back as early as AD 3 as being a self-defence martial art using only the hands and feet to fight off one’s assailants. It differs from other martial arts in that a great deal of emphasis is placed upon using the legs to defend oneself. There are multiple interpretations of the name taekwondo. Taekwondo is often translated as ‘the way of hand and foot’. The definition of the name Taekwondo is: Tae = ‘to strike or block with the foot’ or ‘to kick’, it also means ‘jump’ K’won = ‘Fist’, ‘to strike or block with hand’ Do = ‘The way of’ or ‘art’. Put this together and Taekwondo means: “The art of Kicking and Punching” or “The art of unarmed combat”. The sport has been founded in Korea and is one of the popular modern martial arts.
