Korea Taekwondo

 Taekwondo

Popular martial arts sports are often claimed to have a historical origin on the Korean Peninsula, which is said to date back to the first century B.C. However, these historical claims are difficult to verify empirically and are difficult to separate from the influence of neighboring countries.

The sport became famous after the Japanese occupation and World War II. Formal rules were enacted in 1961 and became an Olympic sport in 1988. The name "Taekwon" literally means the method of feet and fists, but the modern emphasis is on kicking. This can help justify the association of sports with the traditional custom of Taekkyeon, which began in Korea in the 4th century Goguryeo. Taekkyeon uses hands and feet, and only open feet and hands are allowed during the game. Its movements are smoother and more curvy than Taekwondo. Although the two sections start with the sound "Tae" in English, there is no relationship. 

Although there is much controversy over the historical origins of many martial arts in Korea, there is little doubt that Korean martial arts and sports, whether Koreanized or traditional, have enjoyed considerable success. Hapkido, Guksu, Hwarangdo, Hanmudo, Judo, Geumdo, Guksu, and many other styles quickly emerged from independent Korea and spread to countries around the world. Although they are not as popular as Taekwondo, they each represent the Korean martial arts spirit that goes back uniquely to ancient times. Unlike Japanese martial arts, which use "do" at the end of its name, Korean traditional martial arts were called "musu" or "musu." This can cause some confusion because the "do" of Taekwondo and Hapkido means "road," but the historical meaning of Hwarangdo is different from modern usage (like other things, "road"). When martial arts were invented in the 1960s, the name was borrowed from an ancient group consisting mainly of children of the aristocracy to learn military tactics, leadership, and combat skills.

History Taekwondo

 In 1945, shortly after the end of World War II and the Japanese occupation, a new martial arts school called Kwan opened in Seoul. The schools were established by Korean martial artists who majored in Japanese and Chinese martial arts. At that time, due to the decline and oppression of Japanese imperialism, indigenous studies such as Taekkyeon were being forgotten. The umbrella term traditional taekwondo refers to the martial arts practiced by the government officials in the 1940s and 1950s, but the term "taekwon" has not yet been coined, and in fact, each school was practicing its own art style.

In 1952, President Syngman Rhee witnessed martial arts demonstrations by officers Choi Hong-hee and Nam Tae-hee of the 29th Infantry Division of the South Korean Army. He mistakenly recognized the displayed technique as Taekkyeon and urged the introduction of martial arts into the military as a single system. From 1955, the directors began to discuss the possibility of unified Korean martial arts in earnest. Until then, Tangshudo used the Korean pronunciation of Japanese Chinese characters as a term for Korean karate.

In 1959, the Korea Taekwondo Association or KTA was established to promote the unification of Korean martial arts. General Choi of Odo Kwan wanted all other KTA members to adopt his own chivalry-style taekwondo in a unified style. However, this was met with resistance because other tubes wanted to create a unified style based on the input of all tubes as well as the single tube style. In response, 안전놀이터 Choi broke up with the Korean Taekwondo Federation in 1966 to establish the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), with political differences over teaching taekwondo in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and unifying the entire Korean Peninsula. Canada

In 1972, the Korea Taekwondo Association and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism established the Kukkiwon as a new national academy for Taekwondo. The Kukkiwon is now performing many of the functions previously provided by the KTA in terms of defining a unified government-sponsored taekwondo style. In 1973, KTA and the Kukkiwon supported the establishment of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF, renamed in 2017) to promote the sports aspects of flag-taekwon-do. The WT competition adopts the national sport of Taekwondo.[10][20] For this reason, Kukkiwon-style taekwondo is often called WT-style taekwondo, sports-style taekwondo, or Olympic-style taekwondo, but is actually defined by Kukkiwon, not WT-style.