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  2. Hogu - Wikipedia

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    Hogu (호구) is the armor worn by practitioners of Taekwondo and Geomdo during sparring and competition. Translated into English, hogu means chest or chest protector. The hogu has been used in World Taekwondo sparring since the 1950s and is considered the most important piece of sparring equipment in the Taekwondo practitioner's arsenal.

  3. Focus mitt - Wikipedia

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    Focus mitts front and reverse sides. A focus mitt is a padded target attached to a glove and usually used in training boxers and other combat athletes.. The use of focus mitts is said to have come about as Muay Thai and Far Eastern martial arts made their way toward the United States in the late 1700s.

  4. List of taekwondo techniques - Wikipedia

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    Taekwondo patterns, also known as poomsae, teul, or hyeong constitute an important part of Taekwondo competitions. [2] A pattern is a series of movements linked together in a prescribed sequence. Both basic and advanced taekwondo techniques can be contained within a single patterns and the higher the level of the competitor, the greater the ...

  5. Martial arts - Wikipedia

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    The South Korean government in 2009 published an estimate that taekwondo is practiced by 70 million people in 190 countries. [ 43 ] The wholesale value of martial arts related sporting equipment shipped in the United States was estimated at US$314 million in 2007; participation in the same year was estimated at 6.9 million (ages 6 or older, 2% ...

  6. Protective gear in sports - Wikipedia

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    A maximum-safety protective gear for multiple sports training Soft-type equipment for family sports and weekend activities A full-body protective gear variant. Personal protective equipment serves an integral role in maintaining the safety of an athlete participating in a sport.

  7. Full contact karate - Wikipedia

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    One major format of full-contact sport karate is known as knockdown karate or sometimes Japanese full contact karate.This style of sport fighting was developed and pioneered in the late 1960s by the Kyokushin karate organization in Japan, founded by Korean-Japanese Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達, Ōyama Masutatsu).