THE ORIGIN OF TAEKWONDO

THE ORIGIN OF TAEKWONDO
"The beginnings of martial arts can trace the past history of man.
Before the start of the first civilizations, humans have had to learn to use his hands and legs in defense of their own survival.
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Flávio S.
Joo Bang
It can be said that there are more than three millennia the Korean people began to practice martial arts.
Ching Heung, the twenty-fourth king of Silla Dynasty would have been the first monarch to train your body for elite officers in Hwa Rang Do - fighting art free.
Those young aristocrats trained warriors fiercely over mountains and icy rivers until the time of the union of the Korean peninsula.

The Soo Bak - early form of Taekwondo - eventually gained fame during the Koguryo and Silla Dynasties by their movements similar to Taekyon and Jujitsu.
Some historians believe that many forms of Oriental combat, including the spiritual conception of art, have been developed in Korea according to the Hwa Rang Do.
These new forms, called Soo Bak Gi, have been presented in China as Kwon Bup and Japan as Karate.

During the Koryo Dynasty 918 - 1392 twenty-five positions were being developed by master of Soo Bak Gi - these movements similar to Taekwondo modern, so if you can see through statues and antique prints found in Korea.
After the end of the Koryo Dynasty, Soo Bak Gi began to decline and continued to decline until the end of the Yi Dynasty.

When Korea suffered the Japanese rule, was forbidden to practice his martial arts.
Still, Song Duk Ki and Han Il Dong - dedicated practitioners-among the people managed to keep the tradition of Korean Tae Do or Taekyon during this black period.

In 1945, finally freed, Korea was able to see his old masters open several schools under different names: Kong Soo Do, Soo Bahk Do, Tang Soo Do and others.
General Choi Hong Hi began to teach martial arts to some military and came to give a demonstration in 1952 for the Korean President Rhee that strongly impressed, ordered all his soldiers to train at the system.

In 1955, the various styles of Korean Kwans Taekyon merged into one which came to be called Tae Soo Do and eventually Taekwondo.

In 1966 General Choi Hong Hi International Taekwondo Federation creates - ITF.
In 1975 ends development of Hyongs Poomsae, Tuls new art.

On January 25, 1971, is elected president of the Korea Taekwondo Association
- KTA Mr.
Un Yong Kim.
Due to internal problems, General Choi, transfers the ITF headquarters to Montreal, Canada in 1973.
Was then created The World Taekwondo Federation - WTF, in order to reorganize the art world and seek recognition.
Chair the authority, unanimously elected Mr.
A Yong Kim.
Still happens in 1973 the first World Championship Taekwondo, with the participation of 200 athletes and 22 countries.
It was a decisive step for the dissemination worldwide.
Taekwondo took the rest of Asia in 1974, Europe and the Middle East in 1976, and in 1978 it was played at Pan American Games.
In 1979 came to Africa.
We taekwondoistas Brazilians, we must unite and fight for a fair Taekwondo, organized and exemplary: A TAEKWONDO WORTHY OF GREATNESS OF THIS COUNTRY!

Fonte: Taekwondo