Among martial arts, most masters consider Taekwondo to be the most effective. What is Taekwondo, what are the history and subtleties of this method of fighting, described in the article.
Taekwondo is a martial art withoutuse of weapons. His homeland is Korea. The literal translation from Korean means "the way done by bare feet and hands". And the legs have a special role, they are more actively involved in blocks and strokes than hands.
When Choi Hong Hee, the one who revived this ancientskill, they asked: "Taekwondo - what is it?", he replied that this is not just a powerful fighting technique without weapons to defeat one or more opponents, it is a cult, a way of life.
The main principles of Korean martial art are high spirituality, conscience, endurance, purposefulness.
We already know what thetaekwondo, what does this mean. But very few people know that the first mention of hand-to-hand combat, the elements of which are very similar to taekwondo, refers to the 1st century of our era. Images of soldiers found on the imperial tombs of the Kogury dynasty. This period historically refers to the era of the Three States. It was in this period that Korean martial art originated.
The next stage of its development took place during the periodthe flourishing of the Koryo state, when for the first time a separate school of taekwondo was established, the accumulated knowledge was systematized, and the pupils, mainly soldiers and officers of the active army, were organized.
The third period refers to the time of existencestate Joseon from the 14th century until the Japanese occupation in 1910-1945. During this period, taekwondo was banned, but the teachers nevertheless trained the disciples underground.
The fourth period - since 1945 (liberation from the Japanese occupation) to this day. He revived the traditions of Korean martial arts Choe Hong Hee.
Today, Korean martial art is the mosta common form of martial arts, including children's taekwondo. Formed three international organizations, the headquarters in Vienna (Austria), GTF, the office in Toronto (Canada), WTF, the headquarters in Seoul (Korea) - this association is the main, it has 206 branches around the world, has nearly 30 million athletes.
Noteworthy is the fact that the master of the mainbet on the development of martial arts techniques from a scientific point of view. Maybe it was the scientific approach that determined the fact that to date sport of taekwondo is the most powerful form of single combat, in its arsenal there are many spectacular techniques:
Taekwondo has been part of the Olympic Games since 2000. In the competitions men and women participate in the categories of super light weight, light, medium and heavy weight.
From 2000 to 2012, most of all the awards were taken by Korea - 10 gold medals, 2 silver and bronze medals.
The second place was shared by China,The United States and Taiwan. They collected only 8 medals, of which Chinese athletes - 5 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, American fighters - 2 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals, Taiwanese participants, respectively, 2 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals.
Mexico, Turkey and France took six medals. Russian athletes were able to earn only 3 medals, and they did not take any gold.
As in other martial arts, the levelthe skill of the athlete is determined by the system of belts. The school of taekwondo has 10 levels (kyp) of colored belts. Starting from the 10th level - white, white-yellow, yellow, yellow-green, green, green-blue, blue, blue-red, red and 1st kyp - red belt - shows the highest level of skill in this category.
The next level after the color ones is blackbelts, which correspond to 9 dan. Athletes under the age of 15 do not have the right to wear a black belt. A new dan is awarded, including for the amount of hours worked.
During training and competitions as a kind of sportswear a kimono is used. For taekwondo, there are 3 of its kind, depending on belonging to the world school:
Taekwondo - what is it?This is the world famous martial art. The combat technique consists of many elements - 12 racks, 19 blocks, 13 kinds of punches, 25 kinds of kicks (frontal, lateral, "scissors", with a step, slope, circular and others), can be used with open hand, fingers and other.
One of the unique techniques of taekwondo is tkhil.Represents multiple repetitions of one movement. It is done in a concentrated manner, is associated with proper breathing, a kind of practice of meditation. As a result, working out the techniques goes to the unconscious level, the body works independently, reacting reflexively to enemy attacks.
