The purpose of organizing the World Taekwondo Federation is to circulate and regulate Taekwondo along with its traditional Taekwondo spirit t… Read more »

Some of the Taekwondo techniques and how they work:

1.Build-up technique.

This works in a circle of at least four. One person begins with any single Taekwondo technique, normally intended for at the person on the immediate left or right.

This technique travels around the circle, with each person accomplishing the move, until it returns to the originator of the move.

When that person repeats the move, the next person in the circle does the first technique and adds another to it. Now the two-move combination travels around… Read more »

The ultimate goal of every taekwondo class is to input the teachings and principles behind taekwondo. Not to mention, realizing every students dream of having that black belt.

How do taekwondo classes go about teaching the sport?

Some merely require the display of techniques learned since last testing. Others mandate the testing of cumulative knowledge. Testing might necessitate performance in sparring, self defense or even the breaking of wooden boards using the hands or feet.

Some schools test the students on their staying powe… Read more »

There are different types of tae kwon doo belts and before you reach the highest, you will have to undergo different forms and other belts. Before you learn the forms to be a blue belt, you need to learn Kibons. This is designed to be a warm up exercise that makes use of some techniques that come out of the forms, which is also called the poomsae.

There are actually six different Kibbons overall, and each of them are learned and mastered at different ranks. If you want to master blue belt, you need to learn all six Kibbons. You need to get fa… Read more »

There is More to a Taekwondo School Than Meets the Eye

When choosing the Taekwondo school that is right for you, you have to look at important things that will serve as your basis for deciding on one.

1. The environment you will be learning and training.

Do not be impressed by how big the school is. Size does not matter as long as you feel comfortable in there.

Also, do not be amazed by large number of trophies. Although they may indicate a very successful and competitive Taekwondo school, they could also just be showing … Read more »

There are traditionally ten color belt levels.

They are called gup (or kup) ranks. The nine black belt levels are called degree or dan ranks.

Each color of belt, namely white, yellow, green, blue, red, black, have a particular meaning. For example, white signifies innocence; it signifies the student whgo is just starting with no previous knowledge of taekwondo.

The International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) uses a system of 10 kup ranks and nine dan ranks. The colour belt ranks run from 10th kup to 1st kup.

The black be… Read more »