Taekwondo Forms
Saturday, December 27th, 2008Taekwondo is a martial art and fighting sport which began in Korea. It hopes to achieve indomitable spirit,modesty, perseverance and self control.
Through dedicated training the student may hope to attain mental and physical fitness. By dedicated practising and repeating all move to near perfection, we shall become more and more patient. Self-confidence is attained through the power of one’sown body and the knowledge of how to use it anywhere and in any situation. Free sparring helps us to gain humility, courage, alertness, and accuracy and develops self-control. By practising Taewkondo forms , we also maximise our overall flexibility, grace, balance and co-ordination.
Through discipline and our interaction with other students, we learn co-operation and mutual respect also. Along with gaining a healthier, leaner and more flexible body, we also gain staying power through a typical taekwondo training regime. The health-related effects of training are numerous.
Taekwondo has been evolving for years. Although, it was not until the 1950s that Taekwondo was standardized and organized by General Choi Hong Hi and the sport was taken outside of Korea, firstly to Vietnam and the United States of America, and after there to the rest of the world. As we speak, Taekwondo is organized in to 3 international federations: WTF,ITF and the GTFTaekwondo is now in the olympics with the first competitions held during the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in 2000
Now you might ask how does Taekwondo compare to Karate well you need to follow the link and see for yourself