What is Tae Kwon Do?
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Tae Kwon Do
Tae Kwon Do is a Korean Martial Art with a two thousand year history. Originally it was a fighting skill used for self defence. Over the centuries it has evolved into an art, a sport and a winning way of life. Translated from Korean ‘Tae’ literally means to jump, kick or smash with the foot. ‘Kwon’ means a fist - chiefly to punch or destroy with the hand or fist. ‘Do’ means art, way or method. Tae Kwon Do indicates the technique of unarmed combat for self defence, involving the skilled application of punches, kicks, blocks, dodges and interception with the hand, arms and feet to the rapid destruction of the opponent.To the Korean people Tae Kwon Do is more than a mere use of skilled movements. It also implies a way of thinking and life, particularly in instilling a concept and spirit of strict self imposed discipline and an ideal of noble moral re-armament.
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founder of Tae Kwon Do, Major General Choi Hong Hi 9th Degree Black Belt,
describes Tae Kwon Do as the scientific use of the body in the method of
self defence; a body that has gained the ultimate use of its faculties
through intensive physical and mental training. As a martial art that has no
equal in either power or technique. Though it is a martial art, its
discipline, technique and mental training are the mortar for building a
strong sense of justice, fortitude, humility and resolve. It is the mental
conditioning that separates the true practitioner from the sensationalist,
content with mastering only the fighting aspects of the art.
In these days of violence and intimidation which seems to plague our modern society, Tae Kwon Do enables the weak to possess a fine weapon to defend himself or herself and defeat their opponent as well. When wrongly applied it can be a lethal weapon. Even if Tae Kwon-Do is practised for the sake of exercise alone, the enjoyment derived will justify the time invested and spent. As an exercise, it is equally suitable for the old and young, male and female. |
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