What does Taekwon-Do mean?
Translated directly, ‘Tae’ means jumping or flying, to kick or smash with the foot; ‘Kwon’ means fist, to punch or destroy with the hand or fist; ‘Do’ means an art or way. Taken together, Taekwon-Do is the way of the hand and foot, an art involving mental training and techniques of unarmed combat for self-defence as well as health, and the skilled application of punches, kicks, blocks and dodges with bare hands and feet to the rapid destruction of the moving opponent or opponents. It is the scientific use of the body in the method of self-defence; a body that has gained the ultimate use of its facilities through intensive physical and mental training. To summarise, Taekwon-Do is the way of hand, the way of foot, the way of mind and the way of life.
