What is Tae Kwon Do?
Taekwondo as a sport has over 60 million practitioners in 184 countries. It originates from Korea.
The modern form of Taekwondo was not agreed until 1955, but the sport has its roots in various Korean forms of martial arts stretching back more than 2,000 years.
The name Taekwondo literally translates as the way of the foot and the fist.
‘Tae’ means to break or attack with the foot, ‘Kwon’ means to break with the fist and ‘Do’ translates as the art or way
The modern form of Taekwondo was not agreed until 1955, but the sport has its roots in various Korean forms of martial arts stretching back more than 2,000 years.
The name Taekwondo literally translates as the way of the foot and the fist.
‘Tae’ means to break or attack with the foot, ‘Kwon’ means to break with the fist and ‘Do’ translates as the art or way
