Olympic Tae Kwon Do History Tae Kwon Do history The Korean Art of SelfDefense the national sport ofKorea, Tae Kwon Do has become an Official olympic Game this year 2000. http://www.olympic-taekwondo.com/tkd_history.php
Times Online - Olympics CHOOSE A SECTION IN taekwondo. Select from dropdown. Select section here,The competition, Ancient origins, olympic history, Sydney results, GB squad http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,11089,00.html
Extractions: Sarah Stevenson loses her opening match of the over-67 kilogram class this morning CHOOSE A SECTION IN TAEKWONDO Select from dropdown Select section here The competition Ancient origins Olympic history Sydney results GB squad Qualifying CHOOSE A DIFFERENT SPORT Select from dropdown Select a sport here Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrianism Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling EDITOR'S OLYMPIC GAMES LOG GAMES LOG SELECT A DAY Sunday August 29 Saturday August 28 Friday August 27 Thursday August 26 Wednesday August 25 Tuesday August 24 Monday August 23 Sunday August 22 Saturday August 21 Friday August 20 Thursday August 19 Wednesday August 18 Tuesday August 17 Monday August 16 Sunday August 15 Saturday August 14 WHAT'S ON IN ATHENS TODAY?
The History Of Taekwondo taekwondo An Annalistic Summary of Its history and Growth post Nineteenth Century . Consequently, in 1988, taekwondo was an olympic demonstration sport; http://www.uwsp.edu/it/staff/dberger/tkd/historypost19.htm
Extractions: Annotations: D. Berger Korea was controlled by the Japanese from 1909 (the year of Koreas occupation by the Japanese) until 1945 (the year of Koreas liberation). During this time, the Korean martial arts were under ban by the Japanese Resident General. Nevertheless, these arts continued to be studied in secret, especially in Buddhist monasteries, in remote, mountainous regions; in this way, some Koreans kept alive their native subak and taekyon. Meanwhile, other Koreans, studying or working in Japan and China, became familiar with karate and kung fu, and began to blend them with their own martial arts. In 1945, with Koreas liberation, the first of several martial arts kwans ("schools") was established in Korea: the five kwans considered to be original ones were all established in 1945 and 1946. Three more, all major, were established later, in 1953 and 1954: one of these was oh do kwan, founded by general Choi Hong Hi and an associate; and another was ji do kwan (ji "knowledge/wisdom," do "way/art of," kwan "school": "wisdom-way school," or "kwan of the way of knowledge"), founded by Gae Byang Yun. (Later on, still other kwans were established.) In 1955, at a conference of kwan masters, historians, and taekyon promoters, the name Taekwondoa name coined and formally suggested by General Hiwas adopted as the name for Koreas martial art. It was adopted because it describes both foot and hand techniques which the Korean martial art employs, and because it is similar to the name taekyon, and therefore stresses continuity in Korean martial arts.
Kickboxing Martial Arts Fitness. Boxing, Karate, Taekwondo, Tae In 1980, WTF taekwondo was recognized by the International olympic Comite (IOC)and became a Click here to view and listen to the history of Tae Kwon Do http://www.kickboxing.com/knowledge/search/styles/taekwondo.htm
Kukkiwon ( Photo Teakkyon explained in the Koryo history book). 3. taekwondo in modern times sports federation in 1980, making taekwondo an olympic sport. http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/eng/tkbook/tkhistory.asp?div=2
History During its history, this sport has been known by various names, taekwondo wasincluded on the olympic Games competition schedule for the first time at http://www.athens2004.gr/en/TaekwondoHistory
Extractions: Home Sports Taekwondo History Javascript must be enabled to view this page, although the important information on the page is also available to browsers that do not support scripts. The origins of Taekwondo, which go back two thousand years, lie in Korea. During its history, this sport has been known by various names, like Taekyon or Subak. Its official name nowadays, Taekwondo, was announced in 1955; a year later, the first championships were held. The Korean Taekwondo Federation was founded in 1965, and the World Taekwondo Federation was founded in 1973. During the same year the first World Championship took place. 1980 was an important year for the sport, since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) acknowledged Taekwondo as an Olympic sport. It was included as a display event in two successive Olympic Games: in Seoul (1988) and Barcelona (1992). Taekwondo was included on the Olympic Games competition schedule for the first time at the Sydney Games in 2000. Taekwondo first appeared in Greece in 1968, with Stamatis Kassis as its first Instructor. From 1979 to 1987 it remained under the auspices of SEGAS, the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics. In 1987, the Greek Taekwondo Federation (ELOT) was established, and today, in collaboration with three regional and twelve local affiliate bodies, ELOT is responsible for the advancement of the sport. ELOT has some four hundred registered Taekwondo clubs and over 35,000 members. Every year ELOT stages preliminary, inter-club, regional and national championships, as well as a large number of single-day events for all ages and both gender groups. It has also successfully staged three Balkan, four European and two World Championships.
Intro - History A Less Brief history of taekwondo. Well over two thousand years ago, Federation (GAISF) taekwondo was introduced to the International olympic Committee http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cutkd/intro/introhistory.htm
Extractions: A 'Brief' History of Taekwondo Taekwondo is 42 years old or 2000 years old, depending on which way you look at it. Specifically, the name and the rules were born in 1957. In reality, the makings of the sport date back to ancient times, with murals of men engaged in unarmed combat found in the ruins of royal Korean tombs almost 2000 years old. The martial arts have remained part of Korean culture throughout the succeeding millennia. They soared to a high point 800 years ago, when a self-defence art called su-bak gained a large following. Evidence even suggests it became a sport in the truest sense, entertaining spectators. Su-bak eventually faded from the public scene, but the martial arts survived as recreation. In the first half of the 20th century, Japanese occupation led to an attempt to wipe out Korean culture, including the country's martial arts, yet they still survived. Then, after World War II ended and Korea was liberated, interest surged again. A group of leading Korean martial artists joined together in the 1950s and tried to unify their various art forms under a single style of hands-and-feet fighting. In 1957, they succeeded and named the unified style Taekwondo, which means "the way of hands and feet". By the early 1960s, Korean soldiers and police were learning the art, and interest was spreading overseas.
S.J. Kim's Taekwondo, New York City - History Of Tae Kwon Do 1994 taekwondo becomes an official olympic event. T he growth of taekwondo aroundthe world H owever, olympic fame is not taekwondo s primary purpose. http://www.sjkim-taekwondo.com/History.html
Extractions: History of Taekwondo T It is an unfortunate reality that martial arts are often attributed to a single person or claimed by a particular nation. This usually results from the selfishness of individuals or the nationalism of governments, with something to gain by claiming that they practice the original or pure form of a particular martial art. In particular, dictatorships are prone to these types of claims. However, teachers of Taekwondo and other martial arts need to do their part to correct these misnomers by teaching their students the history of their particular style of martial arts. It is important that students be taught the truth about the fundamentals of the martial arts that they study, in order to get the most out of their training. It helps no one if instructors try to make martial arts the product of one nation or try to imbue martial arts with mythological backgrounds and lineages of thousands of years. T he following highlights the history of martial arts on the Korean Peninsula: 751 A.D.: At Sok Kul Temple, a statute of Kumgang Yuksa, a famous warrior, was erected in a martial arts fighting stance in a small Buddhist cave during the reign of King Hye-Gong (742-762).
Tiger Taekwondo - History Of Taekwondo Tiger taekwondo history of taekwondo. July 24, 1981, taekwondo was one ofthe primary events in the World Games (non-olympic events) held in Santa http://www.tigertaekwondo.com/history.htm
Extractions: Taekwondo is a martial art independently developed over 20 centuries ago in Korea. Over the many years it has become a popular international sport. The main feature of Taekwondo is that it is a free-fighting combat sport using the bare hands and feet to repel the opponent. Taekwondo literally means the way of kicking and punching . It consists of sharp strong angular movements with free flowing circular movements to produce a balance of beauty and power. With the addition of Taekwondo's trademark kicking techniques it is a complete system of self defense and personal improvement. All of its activities are based on the defensive attitude that originally developed for protection against enemy attacks. The most important fact about Taekwondo is that it is not only a superior art of self-defense , but of the mind as well. It gives its practitioners self-confidence that provides an advantage over weaker opponents. This mental characteristic along with the physical ability is beneficial to the mental life of individuals as well as to their families and friends. With its practical means of self defense, its complete regiment of physical conditioning, and its aid to improved concentration and mental performance, Taekwondo offers a
History Of Taekwondo The main feature of taekwondo is that it is a freefighting combat sport using taekwondo was one of the primary events in the World Games (non-olympic http://www.rpi.edu/dept/union/taekwon/public_html/history.html
Extractions: Taekwondo is a martial art independently developed over 20 centuries ago in Korea. Over the many years it has become a popular international sport. The main feature of Taekwondo is that it is a free-fighting combat sport using the bare hands and feet to repel the opponent. Taekwondo literally means the way of kicking and punching . It consists of sharp strong angular movements with free flowing circular movements to produce a balance of beauty and power. With the addition of Taekwondo's trademark kicking techniques it is a complete system of self defense and personal improvement. All of its activities are based on the defensive attitude that originally developed for protection against enemy attacks. The most important fact about Taekwondo is that it is not only a superior art of self-defense, but of the mind as well. It gives its practitioners self-confidence that provides an advantage over weaker opponents. This mental characteristic along with the physical ability is beneficial to the mental life of individuals as well as to their families and friends. With its practical means of self defense, its complete regiment of physical conditioning, and its aid to improved concentration and mental performance, Taekwondo offers a total fitness program integrating mind, body, and spirit. Today Taekwondo is the most recognized Korean Martial Art. Taekwondo first came to be recognized as a system of self-defense in the 1950's when a group of leading Korean martial artists came together and unified their various art forms under a single style of hand and feet fighting. They named their style Taekwondo, and in the last 30 years have developed it into one of the most effective styles of unarmed self-defense in the world today. The popularity for Taekwondo is not only here in the U.S, but internationally as well. Its evolution and development as an international amateur sport have grown quickly.
History Of Taekwondo: Genting Highlands Resort In 1980, WTF taekwondo was recognized by the International olympic Commitee In the year 2000 taekwondo made its debut as an official olympic sport. http://www.genting.com.my/en/live_ent/pavillion/2003/taekwondo/history.htm
Extractions: The earliest records of Martial Arts practice in Korea date back to about 50 B.C. These earliest forms of Korean martial arts are known as ' Taek Kyon '. Evidence that Martial Arts were being practiced at that time can be found in tombs where wall-paintings show two men in fighting-stance. Others reject this evidence and say that these men could be simply dancing. Back then, time there were three kingdoms: Koguryo (37 B.C. - 668 A.D.) Paekje (18 B.C. - 600 A.D.) Silla (57 B.C. - 936 A.D.) Silla unified the kingdoms after winning the war against Paekje in 668 A.D. and Koguryo in 670 A.D. The Hwa Rang Do played an important role at this unification. The Hwa Rang Do was an elite group of young noble men, devoted to cultivating mind and body and serve the kingdom Silla. The best translation for HwaRang would probably be "flowering youth" (Hwa = "flower", Rang = "young man"). The HwaRang Do had an honor-code and practiced various forms of martial arts, including Taekyon and Soo Bakh Do. The old honor-code of the HwaRang is the philosophical background of modern Taekwondo.
Olympic Games - History For the second time in Malaysian olympic history, the Hockey team did not qualifyfor the Badminton and taekwondo were the two demonstration sports. http://www.olympic.org.my/web/gamesrecords/olympicg/history.htm
Extractions: Chef-De-Mission Brief Record of Malaysia's Participation in Past Olympic Games since 1956 Prior to the formation of the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council in 1953 and its subsequent recognition by the IOC in 1954, some Malayans may have participated in the Olympic Games, representing their countries of origin, such as China and India. After receiving the recognition of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1954, the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council, as it was then known, sent a contingent of 33 athletes from 6 sports to participate in the Olympic Games in 1956 in Melbourne. Since then the Olympic Council of Malaysia, as it is known since 1964, has been participating in all the Olympic Games, except the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. The Olympic Contingent of the Federation of Malaya to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games comprised six athletes, two swimmers, 18 Hockey players, three Weightlifters and four shooters. There was only one female athlete in the Contingent, Ms. Annie Choong, who participated in Athletics. Amongst the Olympians were Koh Eng Tong, the 1950 British Empire Weightlifting gold medallist in the Featherweight Division and Tan Kim Bee, the silver medallist in the Light Heavyweight Division. The Hockey team finished 9th out of 12 teams. The Chef de Mission was Mr. H.M. De Souza (Hockey) and the Flag Bearer was Tan Eng Bee (Weightlifting)
TaeKwonDo Times News For the first time in Tae Kwon Do history, three siblings have won world Former Tae Kwon Do olympic coach Dae Sung Lee of Hawaii has filed a $1 million http://www.taekwondotimes.com/news.html
Extractions: USA Taekwondo female team members are finweight, Taran Ogata (Sacramento, Calif./Sacramento City College), flyweight Elisha Voren (Loxahatchee, Fla./University of Miami), bantamweight Eleni Koutsilianos (Astoria, N.Y./York College), featherweight Stephanie Beckel (Miami, Fla./Pikes Peak Community College), welterweight Elizabeth Shakhnovich (Columbus, Ohio/Harvard University), lightweight LaShondra Rawls (Clinton, Md./Prince Georges Community College/Remarck), middleweight Christina Park (New York, N.Y./Lake Washington Technical College/West Side) and heavyweight Lauren Cahoon (Miami, University).
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS taekwondo taekwondo history taekwondo was featured on the programme ofthe 1988 and 1992 Olympics as a demonstration sport. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=TK&sportCode=
United States Olympic Committee - Olympic History Table Tennis, taekwondo, Team Handball, Tennis, Track Field, Triathlon olympic Overview history, facts and figures; AllTime Team USA Medals Summer http://www.usoc.org/12690.htm
Extractions: Summer Team Sites Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowling Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Karate Pentathlon Racquetball Roller Sports Rowing Sailing Shooting Soccer Softball Squash Swimming Synchro. Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Water Skiing Weightlifting Wrestling Winter Team Sites Biathlon Bobsled Curling Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Short Track Skeleton Skiing Snowboarding Speedskating U.S. Olympic Sites U.S. Olympic Fan Club Free eNewsletter U.S. Olympic Shop U.S. Paralympics Olympians on TV Photo Galleries Sports Jobs Ask an Olympian USOC Pressbox Athletes Events Sports Features ... usada Olympic History Archaeologists believe the ancient Olympic Games began more than 4,000 years ago in Olympia, a valley in Greece. Recorded history of the Games dates back to 776 B.C., when the five days of sporting events were primarily religious ceremonies. For the first known 13 Games, the competition consisted of single foot race of 200 yards, which was the approximate length of the Olympic stadium. The Games expanded to include additional contests and reached their height by fifth century BC. Men competed, in the nude, in running, wrestling, pentathlon, horse riding and chariot races. Why in the nude well, to keep the ladies out of the action. Women were barred from watching or competing, and were even put to death if they were caught at the early Games. Today, not only are women allowed to watch and compete, they are encouraged to do so. Check out a few of our historical Olympic pages here at usolympicteam.com.
Olympic Preview: Taekwondo This Day in history Today s Birthday Word of the Day The olympic taekwondocompetition is broken up into four categories for both men and women. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/ol-taekwondo.html
Extractions: American Esther Kim earned a spot on the 2000 Olympic team by winning the United States selection trials. However, she gave up the spot to her good friend Kay Poe, who was injured in the trials and could no longer compete. Her incredible gesture was greeted with unyielding applause and admiration and an all-expense-paid trip to Sydney from IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch. Taekwondo was popularized in Korea and has become a part of its culture and heritage, but now over 50 million people worldwide participate in one form or another. Taken literally, taekwondo means "the way of hands and feet." It can trace its roots back to over 2000 years ago, as evidenced by various murals found on ancient Korean tombs, but it didn't get its name or its official rules until 1957.
Choose A Sport Archery Athletics Badminton Canoe/Kayak Cycling taekwondo s olympic history. When taekwondo was introduced into the Sydney 2000Games as one of two new olympic sports, the games ending the second http://snow.aoc.ibaseglobal.com.au/default.asp?pg=youth&spg=taekwondo_display&ar
Tae Kwon Do History Tae Kwon Do s history deserves to be cherished and dignified, especially among its The WTF was recognized by the International olympic Committee, http://home.att.net/~taekwondo.junkie/TKDHistory.html
Extractions: VI: Conclusion Any student of Tae Kwon Do deserves to learn about the significance of the art. To miss out on learning such a matter is a grave injustice. Tae Kwon Do's history deserves to be cherished and dignified, especially among its practitioners. The essence of Tae Kwon Do's history seeps into our minds every time we tie our belts or practice our forms. How well do you know your art? Man has been endowed with the natural impulse to survive dangerous situations, using whatever tools are available. If caught in such a situation, man could possibly wield a weapon to defend himself, but weapons are not always available. Therefore, man needs to learn how to use his own body as a weapon. Thus opens the history books on the martial arts. Tae Kwon Do began in present day Korea, during the Koguryo Dynasty (37 BC - 668 AD). The earliest evidence of Tae Kwon Do is found in warriors tombs dating as far back to the year 3 AD. Murals painted on the walls of the tombs depict men engaged in Subakki fighting. This combat was different from the type of Tae Kwon Do that is practiced today, however. Tae Kwon Do has evolved over the years, becoming more scientifically systemized through each generation.
Taekwondo Redball.gif (925 bytes), history and Regulations. Redball.gif (925 bytes) University of Minnesota olympic taekwondo Club University of Mississippi http://microbiol.org/vl.martial.arts/taekwondo.htm
Extractions: Tae Kwon Do This page of the Virtual Library: Martial Arts section deals with the Korean martial art of Taekwondo (Tae Kwon Do, Taekwon-do). It is divided into the following sections: Taekwondo Sites Associations History and Regulations Collegiate Taekwondo Clubs Attleboro Taekwondo Big Sky Teakwondo (Seattle, WA) California Institute of Martial Arts Delfs' Taekwon-Do ... Taekwondo at University of Virginia Large site with excellent references and links. TKD Forms Resource Page Traditional Taekwondo Universal Tae Kwon Do Brotherhood University of Maryland TKD American Chung Do Kwon British United Taekwon-Do Federation British Taekwondo Alliance Global TaeKwon-do Federation ... GTF - Global TaeKwondo Network (Unofficial) GTF - Norweigan Headquarter (Official page) International TaeKwon-Do Assocation International Taekwon-Do Federation International Taekwondo Foundation of New Zealand Jamaica Tae Kwon Do Association ... The Malta Tae Kwon Do Federation Official Site Olympic International Olympic Committee United States Olympic Committee The United States Taekwondo Union United States Tae Kwon Do Federation (USTF) ... USTU Referees - T.R.U.E
NIU Tae Kwon Do Club In 1980, WTF taekwondo was recognized by the International olympic Committee (IOC)and became a In the year 2000 WTF taekwondo went olympic. http://www.stuaff.niu.edu/rs/taekwondo/history.html
Extractions: The earliest records of Martial Arts practice in Korea date back to about 50 B.C. These earliest forms are known as 'Taek Kyon'. Evidence that Martial Arts were being practiced at that time can be found in tombs where wall paintings show two men in fighting stance. Others reject this evidence and say that these men could be dancing as well. Back then, time there were three kingdoms: 3. Silla (57 B.C. - 936 A.D.) Silla unified the kingdoms after winning the war against Paekje in 668 A.D. and Koguryo in 670 A.D. The Hwa Rang Do played an important role at this unification. The Hwa Rang Do was an elite group of young noble men, devoted to cultivating mind and body and serve the kingdom Silla. The best translation for HwaRang is "flowering youth" (Hwa ="flower", Rang="young man"). The HwaRang Do had an honored and practiced various forms of martial arts, including Taekyon and Soo Bakh Do. The old honored of the HwaRang is the philosophical background of modern Taekwondo. What followed was a time of peace and the HwaRang turned from a military organization to a group specialized in poetry and music. It was in 936 A.D. when Wang Kon founded the Koryo dynasty, an abbreviation of Koguryo. The name Korea is derived from the name Koryo.
