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What does ITF Taekwondo mean?

ITF Taekwondo generally refers to Taekwondo.

Taekwondo organizations around the world are mainly divided into two systems: the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) and the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). The Olympic Games use the WTF system.

The term "Taekwondo" was named by General Choi Hong-hee of South Korea in 1955. When General Choi Hong-hee studied in Japan in his early years, he learned Japanese Shotokan-ryu karate and integrated it into Taekwondo with traditional Korean martial arts such as taekwondo and hand fighting. In short, modern Taekwondo is one of the martial arts sports originated in Korea that combines the strengths of contemporary East Asian martial arts. ?

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art developed through East Asian culture. It is based on the martial arts spirit of "starting with etiquette and ending with etiquette". Its footwork accounts for 70%. Taekwondo has a total of 25 sets of routines; in addition, there are weapons, grappling, lock wrestling, self-defense techniques and more than 10 basic skills. ?

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Technical characteristics——

1. Mainly kicking, fists and feet used together:

Due to the needs of competition, The restrictions on the rules and the characteristics of Taekwondo's attack methods make Taekwondo techniques mainly based on leg attacks and supplemented by boxing attacks.

2. Emphasis on breathing and vocalization:

In the practice of Taekwondo, it is required to give people a sense of majesty in terms of momentum. Practitioners often use loud and intimidating voices. to show one's power. According to relevant Japanese research data, it is proven that when a person is working without load, 10% of the muscles will increase their contraction speed by 9% due to sound production, and it can be increased by 14% when working with load.

3. The movements pursue speed, strength and effect, and use breaking as a means to test one's skills:

Taekwondo does not pay attention to showiness, and all movements are based on martial arts and fighting; it requires fast speed, It has great power and good hitting effect. In terms of testing the skill, the breaking force is used as the test method. That is to break wooden boards with fists and feet respectively, and judge the skill by the thickness of the broken pieces.