Tae Kwon Do

Sports for life,

Sports for health,
Sports for everything.

What does the word

Taekwondo mean?
The word is composed of three parts
- Tae means foot, leg, or to step on.
Kwon means fist or fight. Do means
the way or discipline. These three
parts together form the two
important concepts behind
taekwondo

When did this marcial art start?

Taekwondo started in korea as a
Renaissance form after the conflicts
with Japan.
The imperious of Korea was always
sacked, so the king of the imperious
organized an army that could fight
with their bodies too, They wanted to
develop skills for confronts. So,
Taekwondo was born.

Women in TKD
In our life we can see women that
suffer from prejudice and even being
victims of physical aggression, so,
this marcial art can help these
women, because when they need to
defend their bodies, they can use all
skills learned in taekwondo
classroom.

Women in TKD

Natlia Falavigna Silva

Taekwondo and its belts

Heres the sequence of belts:

1-white belt;
2-yellow belt;
3-yellow/green belt;
4-green belt;
5-green/blue belt;
6-blue belt;

Taekwondo and your belts

7-blue/red belt;
8-red belt;
9-red/black belt;
10-black belt;
The black belt isnt the final graduation,
we can find after the black:
black belt first Dan, second Dan, until
ninth Dan.

Taekwondo in Olympics
- As we saw in Sydney Olympics,
2000, the TKD started to have
medals. So, this sport attracted more
people to practice this marcial art,
and its growth became faster around
the world.

Diogo Silva

Taekwondo today
Taekwondo today is similar to the
martial arts in other Oriental
countries and shares many features
with them. In the course of its
evolution, it has gained from many
different styles that existed in the
martial arts of the countries
surrounding Korea, like Japan and
China.

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