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Taekwondo originated in the Korean peninsula and has a history of more than two thousand years. The ancient Korean people lived by agriculture and hunting, and gradually evolved into conscious offensive and defensive skills and the embryonic form of fighting and self-defense martial arts in the dance art and sacrificial activities of resisting wild animals and sudden invasion in taekwondo competitions. In the mural of Koguryo's royal tomb two thousand years ago, two men fought each other in the offensive and defensive posture of Taekwondo.
Taekwondo, Tae, means kicking and hitting with your feet; Right, with his fist; Tao is an artistic method. Taekwondo is an artistic method of using fists and feet. It is a kung fu with footwork as the mainstay, and footwork accounts for 70%. There are 24 sets of taekwondo routines; In addition, there are weapons, capture, lock and fall, self-defense and anti-disassembly, and so on 10. Taekwondo is a Korean martial art developed from East Asian culture. It is based on the oriental mind and inherits a long tradition. It is based on the martial spirit of "starting with ceremony and ending with ceremony".
Koguryo, Silla and Baekje in the Three Kingdoms period of Korea competed with each other and invaded each other, which accelerated the prevalence of Wushu. No matter in military attache assessment, folk hand-to-hand combat or ritual dance, the forms of Wushu are fully demonstrated. For example, Taekwondo and Hualangdao in Silla are compulsory subjects in the army, but in Baekje countries, people are respected and encouraged to learn martial arts such as equestrian, archery and Taekwondo.
Before Taekwondo was officially named, there were many schools of unarmed combat in Korea. The names also include Taekwondo heel, hand racket, Tang hand, shoulder brace, flower wave road and so on. Since 1950s, its connotation, style and name have been standardized and unified. The word "Taekwondo" was coined by South Korean general Cui Hongxi in 1955. After he retired from the army, he integrated folk elements into Taekwondo and finally took shape.