Why Do People use Taekwondo?

Faisal Al Naimi

Mrs. Montgomery

Research

18 April 2018
 Table of Contents

1. Introduction of Taekwondo
2. Behavior of a Taekwondo student
3. What does it mean?
4. What are the belt colors?
5. Who the one made Taekwondo
6. How Many competitions are there?
7. History of Taekwondo
8. What is Kuikkon
9. How may countries use Taekwondo
 Introduction of Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean sport that is good for self-defense and mostly use feet and

there about 19 big torments every 2 years and there is compactions for Asia, South

America, North America, Europe and Africa and there is 3 world cup tournaments and

team champions and solo and there is junior Asia cup, Europe, South America, North

America and Africa

And there are a lot of good kicks to use there is more than 30 types of kicks in

but I will name 6 of them Taekwondo Axe Kick – (Naeryeo Chagi), Back Kick (WI

Chagi) Crescent kick (Bandai Chagi), Flying kick (Twi Myo DWI Chagi) Hook Kick

(Hyero Chagi) and Jumping Front kick (Edan up Chagi)

 Behavior of a Taekwondo Student

Taekwondo helps increase self-respect by raise your physical and mental

powers. Build confidence by encouraging you to succeed and to take control your life.

Develop discipline by thoroughly training your body and mind in the tenets and

techniques of Taekwondo

Taekwondo class is fun, energetic environment where everyone is expected to

work hard every class. Children gets used to working hard and this even helps the kid

to learn a lit bit of Korean (I only know numbers) accomplishments which increases self-

confidence and happiness

 What is the meaning Taekwondo?

According to most websites Taekwondo is not only a self-defense sport but is

also a way of life for a fan around the globe. The word Taekwondo itself is made up of

three Chinese/Korean words: Tae, means to kick or jump; Kwon, means fist or hand;

and Do, which means "the way" Basically Kick or Jump Fist or Hand and the target

which is the same as the way

What are the belt colors of Taekwondo?

 White reveal a start, or beginning a white belt student is a beginner searching for

knowledge of the Marital art

Yellow and second Yellow reveal a great start and getting more knowledge, which the

instructor teaches the student gets a new strength with the beginning of new life of calmness

1st Green and 2nd and 3rd reveal the growth of the student as he or she start to develop

great techniques. A green belt student learns to further develop and refine his/her techniques.

Blue and 2nd blue reveal the blue belt means he is a true potential A blue belt student moves up higher in

rank. The instructor helps the student can continue to grow. The student is fed additional knowledge of

the Art in order for his/her body and mind continue to grow and develop.

Red reveals the red-hot heat is really fast at kicks and achieved a 8th rank higher than

white yellow and etc... A red belt student is higher in rank, he/she acquires more detailed

knowledge and, just as the plant grows slowly toward the

Black reveals the black wise and is dangerous and there is more than one level of black there is 8

1st one nicknamed is Assistant coach 2nd is Assistant coach to 3rd is Coach 4th is senior coach 5th Master

Coach 6th Master 7th is Senior Master and 9th is grand Master
 History of Taekwondo

According to World Taekwondo website 1945 Korea was released In the last few years

before they got released, there were many different variations of Subak/Taek Kyon in Korea.

This was due to all of the other martial arts influence on it. The first Taekwondo school (Kwan)

was started inYong Chun, Seoul, Korea in 1945. Taekwondo was said to have started in 1945 in

Seoul. Though the U.S. first saw the glimpses of Subak in the 1950s, the U.S. Taekwondo

Association was formed in 1967. It was later turned into the U.S. Taekwondo
 What is Kuikkon

According WTF which stand for World Taekwondo Federation Kukkiwon, also

known as World Taekwondo Headquarters, and home of the World Taekwondo

Academy, is the official Taekwondo governing organisation established by the South

Korean in Seoul government and the president of the headquarters is OH Hyun Duek it

was founded in 1975

According to Kuikkon website It’s a company , Kuikkon in 1983, Kukkiwon started the

World Taekwondo Academy to train who wanted to become a master and create the

brilliant future of Taekwondo. We have also developed and classified specific curricula

for all different master’s courses in an effort to truly develop the quality and abilities of

Taekwondo masters. As a result, we have produced 5 million masters, fulfilling our

mission to produce Taekwondo masters who shall perform their best as future leaders

of Taekwondo.
 How Many People and Countries Use Taekwondo
Currently people in over 200 countries from 240 countries are practicing

taekwondo and about eight million people have hold poom-dan certificates, according to

the World Taekwondo Headquarters, also known as Kukkiwon in Korean and a lot of

people are using Taekwondo about 700milion people this martial art sport is for kid ,

girls , mans and women

 Works Cited

http://www.allstarma.ca/resources/belts

http://www.britishtaekwondo.org.uk/about-taekwondo/wtf-and-kukkiwon/

http://www.clker.com/clipart-tar-kwon-do-silhouette.html

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tae-kwon-do

http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/front/eng/main.action;jsessionid=1pu0StoVpDlwLdQRttxuwIBGxd
D6u9LLQQIBdrrQvF9wqb5ZMn5xSDTHSa8BGx28

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Tae%20Kwon%20Do

www.worldtaekwondo.com/history.htm