ALL ABOUT

TAEKWONDO
TAEKWONDO ORIGIN
is one of the most Taekwondo was
systematic and scientific developed during the
Korean traditional martial 1940s and 1950s by
arts, that teaches more various Korean martial
than physical fighting artists as a blend of
skills. It is a discipline that the indigenous Korean
shows ways of enhancing fighting styles of
our spirit and life through taekkyeon, gwonbeop,
training our body and and subak, with
mind. influence from foreign
martial arts, such as
karate and Chinese
martial arts.

THE BELT SYSTEM

There are seven belts: white,
yellow, orange, green, blue,
brown and black. White is
given to beginners and black
is given to students who
have progressed through
the grades and have a solid
foundation for learning the
techniques of Tae Kwon Do.

FUNDEMENTAL TERMS FUNDEMENTAL TERMS

(commands) (Moves)
CHARYOT - Attention SEOJI - Stance
KYONG-YE - Bow JIRUGI - Punch
JUNBI - Ready CHIGI - Strike
SEJAK - Begin/Start MAKGI - Block
BARO - Return CHAGI - Kick
JAPGI - Grab

The taekwondo uniform is

called the"Dobok". A white belt
is included upon the first rank,
and the belt color would
change as one advances in
their ranks.

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