is a martial art and fighting sport originally from Korea. It aims to achieve perseverance, self control,modesty and indomitable spirit.

Through dedicated training the martial artist may hope to attain mental and physical fitness. By practicing and repeating each and every move to near perfection, we become more and more patient. Self-confidence is gained through the power of one’sown body and the awareness of how to use it at any place and in any given situation. Free sparring helps us build humility, courage, alertness, and accuracy and develops self-control. By doing Taewkondo forms , we also increase our overall flexibility, grace, balance and our body co-ordination.

Through discipline and our interaction with other students, we learn both co-operation and mutual respect also. Along with gaining a healthier, leaner and more flexible body, we also improve endurance through a typical training regime. The health-related effects of training are diverse.

Taekwondo has been evolving for over several thousand years. Although, it was not until the 1950s that Taekwondo was standardized and organized by General Choi Hong Hi and the sport was brought outside of Koreas borders, firstly to Vietnam and the US, and to the rest of the world. Today, Taekwondo is organized in three international federations: the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), with headquarters in Seoul, Korea; the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), with headquarters in Austria; and the Global Taekwondo Federation (GTF) with headquarters in Korea. Taekwondo is now in the olympics with the first competition held during the Sydney olympics

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