Taekwondo

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An emphasis is placed on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and quick kicking techniques in the Korean martial art known as Taekwondo, Tae Kwon Do, or Taekwon-Do. Tae kwon do is literally translated as "kicking," "punching," and "the art or way of."

 They are a type of martial arts in which one occasionally uses weapons along with hands and feet to strike or protect at any time or place. Taekwondo physical training has a purpose and cultivates mental toughness through mental armament.

Taekwondo practitioners dress in a dobok or uniform. It is a fighting sport that was created in the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with training in Taekkyon, Subak, and Gwonbeop, as well as Chinese martial arts and traditional Korean martial arts. Taekwondo practitioners dress in a dobok or uniform. 

It is a fighting sport that was created in the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with training in Taekkyon, Subak, and Gwonbeop, as well as Chinese martial arts and traditional Korean martial arts.

The Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), founded in 1959 by members from the country's founding nine kwans, or martial arts schools, is the sport's oldest regulating body.

 The International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), established by Choi Hong-hi in 1966, and the partnership of the Kukkiwon and World Taekwondo (WT, formerly World Taekwondo Federation or WTF), established by the Korea Taekwondo Association in 1972 and 1973, respectively, are the two main international organizations for Taekwondo today. 

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