Taekwondo is a martial art and fighting sport who’s roots come Korea. It aims to achieve self control, modesty, perseverance and indomitable spirit.
Through dedicated training the student may hope to gain mental and physical fitness. By practicing and repeating each move to near perfection, over time become more and more patient. Self-confidence is attained through the power of one’sown body and the wisdom of how to use it at any place and in any given situation. Free sparring helps us build humility, courage, alertness, and also accuracy and develops self-control. By doing Taewkondo forms , we also maximise our flexibility, grace, balance and co-ordination.
Through discipline and interaction with other students, we learn co-operation and mutual respect also. As well as developing a healthier, leaner and more flexible body, we also increase endurance through a typical training routine. The health-related effects of training are plentiful.
Taekwondo has been going through a learning process for many thousands of years. But, it was not until the 1950s that Taekwondo was standardized and organized by Gen Choi Hong Hi and the sport was learned outside the Korean borders, firstly to Vietnam and the America, and to the rest of the world. As we speak, Taekwondo is organized in to 3 international federations: WTF,ITF and the GTFTaekwondo has recently been declared an official Olympic sport with the first competitions held during the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in 2000
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