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Kick (Chagi) All kicks can be executed as jump kicks, spin kicks, jump spin kicks or multi-rotational spin kicks. Also, all can be performed by the front or rear leg in a given stance. Some of the best-known Taekwondo kicks include: Front Kick (앞 차기 ap chagi): This is a very linear kick.
c. 1934–2021. USA. Kim Bok-man (Korean: 김복만; Hanja: 金福萬, [1] (3 December 1934 – 14 August 2021), Father of South East Asia Taekwon-Do was an early pioneer of taekwondo in the 1950s and 1960s in South East Asia, particularly Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Sarawak and Hong Kong.
International Taekwon-Do Federation. International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) is an international taekwondo organization founded on March 22, 1966, by Choi Hong Hi (Korean: 최홍희) in Seoul, South Korea. [1] The ITF was founded to promote and encourage the growth of the Korean martial art of taekwon-do. [2][3][4]
McCune–Reischauer. Ch'ŏng Do Kwan. Chung Do Kwan, created by Won Kuk Lee in 1944, is one of the first of nine schools or kwan teaching Tang Soo Do. Later, the school began to teach what came to be known as taekwondo. [2] This style of Tang Soo Do is known for its overall power and emphasis on kicks to the head.
McCune–Reischauer. Pak YŏnHwan. Park, Yeon-Hwan (born June 29, 1952) is a South Korean Grandmaster of Taekwondo. [1] He currently has earned a ninth-degree black belt and holds the title kwan jang-nim (Grandmaster) under the direction of the Kukkiwon. Park was the undefeated Korean national champion of Tae Kwon Do from 1971 to 1975 and the ...
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American Taekwondo Association. ATA Martial Arts, formerly known as the American Taekwondo Association (ATA), was founded in 1969 in Omaha, Nebraska by Haeng Ung Lee of South Korea. [1][2] ATA Martial Arts has been headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas since 1977, and presided over by M.K. Lee since July 2022.
Rank. 9th dan Tae Kwon Do. Son Duk-sung (Korean: 손덕성; Hanja: 孫德成; June 17, 1922 – March 29, 2011) was a martial artist, Grand Master, 9th degree black belt, co-founder of the Korean martial art of Tae Kwon Do, successor of Lee Won-kuk and leader of the Chung Do Kwan school (1950–1959). He was also the chief Instructor of the ...