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Taekwondo
Summary
Taekwondo (ˌtaɪkwɒnˈdoʊ,_ˌtaɪˈkwɒndoʊ,_ˌtɛkwənˈdoʊ; ; t̪hɛ.k͈wʌ̹n.d̪o), also spelled tae kwon do or taekwon-do, is a Korean martial art involving punching and kicking techniques. The literal translation for taekwondo is "kicking", "punching", and "the art or way of". It sometimes involves the use of weapons.
Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform, known as a dobok. It is a combat sport and was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate, Chinese martial arts, and indigenous Korean martial arts traditions such as taekkyon, subak, and gwonbeop.
The oldest governing body for taekwondo is the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), formed in 1959 through a collaborative effort by representatives from the nine original mr, or martial arts schools, in Korea. The main international organisational bodies for taekwondo today are the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), founded by Choi Hong-hi in 1966, and the partnership of the Kukkiwon and World Taekwondo (WT, formerly World Taekwondo Federation or WTF), founded in 1972 and 1973 respectively by the Korea Taekwondo Association. Gyeorugi (kjʌɾuɡi), a type of full-contact sparring, has been an Olympic event since 2000. In 2018, the South Korean government officially designated taekwondo as Korea's national martial art.
The governing body for taekwondo in the Olympics and Paralympics is World Taekwondo.
Korean martial arts#History
The oldest Korean martial arts were an amalgamation of unarmed combat styles developed by the three rival Korean Kingdoms of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje. The most popular of these techniques were ssireum, subak, and taekkyon.
Korean martial arts faded during the late Joseon period. Korean society became highly centralized under Korean Confucianism, intellectual activities became encouraged, and martial arts discouraged. Martial arts were reserved for sanctioned military uses. However, taekkyon persisted into the 19th century as a folk game during the May-Dano festival, and was still taught as the formal military martial art throughout the Joseon.
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