Also known as
TKD · Tae Kwon Do
Description
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking
techniques and punching. It was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean
martial artists with experience in karate and Chinese martial arts, emerging
from the nine original kwans of Tang Soo Do. It became an Olympic sport in 2000
and is governed by World Taekwondo (WT) and the International Taekwon-Do
Federation (ITF).
Tags
korean-martial-arts · olympic · kicking
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01KYHTJXCXHYSC519CB367XXZK
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Taekwondo. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYHTJXCXHYSC519CB367XXZK - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01KYHTJXCXHYSC519CB367XXZK, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Taekwondo}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KYHTJXCXHYSC519CB367XXZK}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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