Taekwondo - What is Taekwondo?

Taekwondo is an approach to the martial arts, that teaches more than the physical skills of fighting. It is a discipline that Instills ways of enhancing our spirit and life through physcial training our body and mind. Taekwondo has become a worldwide sport that has assertained an international reputation, and is among one of the Olympic games.

What is the meaning of Tae Kwon Do

It's made up of three seperate parts "Tae-Kwon-Do", however, it is made up of only one word in Korean. "Tae" means "foot," "to step on," or "leg"; "Kwon" means "fight," or "fist"; and "Do" means the "way" or "discipline." If we put these three parts together, we can see a couple of important ideas within TaeKwonDo.

• The First part of Taekwondo is the enlightened way of using "Tae" and "Kwon" which are comprised of your "fists" and "feet", or all the parts of the body that are represented by fists and feet.

• Second, it is a path to control a fight and in the end producing peace. This idea comes from the meaning of Tae Kwon "to put fists under control". Thus Taekwondo means "the right path of using all parts of the body to elminate fights and help to work torwards a world with peace."

Taekwondo has been developing along side the history of Korea and also, been called by many different names in throughout the course of it's history. In Korea, Taekwondo began as a martial art for defense called "Taekkyon" or "Subak," and was a way of challenging body and mind within the ancient kingdom of Koguryo, under the name of "Sunbae." In the time period of Shilla, it had become the staple of Hwarangdo which focused on producing leaders of the country.

Taekwondo today is similar to arts in other Asian countries and shares concepts and ideas with each of them, because in the course of its evolution it has obtained many different styles that existed in the martial arts of the countries surrounding Korea, like Japan and China.

But Taekwondo is very different from many oriental martial arts in a three apects

1. First, physically it is very dynamic with active movements that utilize an assortment of foot skills.
2. Second, the aim is is to have the physical elements and movement blend with the students life as a whole not to be seperate.
3. Third, it possesses dynamic poomsae (see poomsae in the martial arts) from another perspective. Taekwondo can be characterized by unity: the unity of body, mind, and life, and the unity of the poomsae and confrontation. When you learn Taekwondo, you should make your mind peaceful and synchronize your mind with your moves, and grow this harmony to your life and society. This is how the principle of the physical moves, the principle of training ones mind, and the principle of life become whole.

   
   

Taekwondo is an attitude about life, just like any other apect of ones life like haveing a job, raising a family, or fighting for something in which you believe in. What makes Taekwondo different from these is that it is an activity for survival in extremely important situation in ones life. One must always overcome the enemy that is trying to cause harm to you. But overcoming your opponent isn't enough to guarantee one's safety, because the enemy may recuperate and attempt to assault you again. In addition, there may be many other opponents than the one that was just overcome. One can't ever truly feel safe unless that person obtains a continued sense of peace. To internalize this concrete or lasting sense of peace, one needs wholeness. This is the aim of Taekwondo. Otherwise Taekwondo would be no different from any other street-fighting skills.

Taekwondo pursues harmonious growth and improvements in ones life through its unique activities. This is why one could say Taekwondo is a way of life. To ultimately enable ourselves to lead more valuable lives, we would do well by obtaining the guiding principles entrenched in Taekwondo.

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