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Tae Kwon Do by Scott Mansfield

February 11, 2013 by Scott Mansfield Leave a Comment

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Tae Kwon Do by Scott Mansfield

Some youngsters playing Tae Kwon Do at the National Martial Arts Festival

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From Wikipedia:

Taekwondo (/ˈtɛˈkwɒnˈdoʊ/) is a Korean martial art with a heavy emphasis on kicks. Taekwondo was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by various Korean martial artists as a blend of the indigenous Korean fighting styles of taekkyeon, gwonbeop, and subak, with influence from foreign martial arts, such as karate and Chinese martial arts.

The oldest governing body for Taekwondo is the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), formed in 1959 by a collaborative effort by representatives from the nine original kwans, or martial arts schools, in Korea. The main international organizational bodies for Taekwondo today are the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), founded by General Choi Hong Hi in 1966, and the World TaeKwonDo Federation (WTF), founded in 1973 by the KTA. Gyeorugi ([kjʌɾuɡi]), a type of full-contact sparring, has been an Olympic event since 1992. The body known for taekwondo in the Olympics is the World TaeKwonDo Federation.

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About Scott Mansfield

Author and political artist Scott Mansfield creates for Democracy Chronicles from Long Island, New York. Take a look at his wonderful Photo Blog of Nepal. The purpose of the photo blog is to provide candid images of life in the Kathmandu Valley during a period of transition.

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