who formed tae kwon do?
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Around the liberation of Korea in 1945, five martial arts schools under the style name of Kong Soo Do or Tang Soo Do, called Kwans, were formed by men who were mostly trained in Japanese Karate. The Kwans and their founders were the Chung Do Kwan (LEE, Won Kuk), Jidokwan (CHUN, Sang Sup), Chang Moo Kwan (YOON, Byung In), Moo Duk Kwan (Hwang Ki), and Song Moo Kwan (ROH, Byung Jick).\n\nAround 1953, shortly after the Korean War, four more Kwans formed. These 2nd generation Kwans and their principle founders were; Oh Do Kwan (CHOI, Hong Hi & NAM, Tae Hi), Han Moo Kwan (LEE, Kyo Yun), Kang Duk Kwan (PARK, Chul Hee & Hong Jong Pyo) and Jung Do Kwan (LEE, Young Woo).\n\nIn 1955, these arts, at that time called various names by the different schools, were ordered to unify by South Korea's President Syngman Rhee. A governmental body selected a naming committee's submission of "Taekwondo" as the name. Both Sun Duk Song and Choi Hong Hi both claim to have submitted the name. The name sounds like the ancient Korean martial arts of Taekkyon, as Taekwondo has direct relation to Taekkyon in the techniques.\n\nPlease read the below link for more information
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Bruce Lee \n\nIn 2004, UFC president Dana White credited Bruce Lee as the "father of mixed martial arts"
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http://www.nemackarate.org/USA_Goju_Ryu.htm\n\nIs this it?
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Simply go to whowon.com
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The history of TaeKwonDo began roughly ten thousand years ago when the ancestors of the Korean people migrated from Central Asia to the peninsula that is now Korea. They relied mainly on hunting to survive, climbing rugged mountains, crossing strong rivers, and traveling along the seashore in their search for food. These rigors developed strong bodies, superior fighting skills, and a sense of teamwork. Historians theorize that, upon their return, the hunters would reenact their motions of kicking, punching, stabbing, and throwing, also recreating fighting scenes with neighboring tribes with whom they had fought during the hunt. A natural outgrowth of reenactments was practicing movements in order to refine and perfect the techniques and their skills. Through time, these techniques formalized into martial arts.
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the University Community Rec Ctr at 101 Central Pkwy ((337) 491-8787) offers a "Tae Kwon Do Plus" class which includes Aikido.
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I took Taekwondo when I was 12 years old. I'm more of the defensive type, but when aggravated or bullied, I kick and scream like there is no tomorrow. (only happened once)
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other than the fact of their National or geographical origins. not very much at all, because Korean Martial Arts (like Tae Kwon Do) borrow heavily from both the Chinese and Japanese disciplines in all aspects of their techniques.\n\n Japanese Martial Arts are more balanced or well rounded in their techniques between the punching and kicking aspects of fighting.\n\n whereas Korean Martial Arts emphasize more foot techniques than hand techniques, because as yupchagee said, the legs are longer and often more powerful than the hands and arms in striking and often hand/arm techniques are more reserved for infighting or close quarters fighting so as to utilize the full potential of their ability to strike, trap, or grapple an opponent.\n\nthe legs are often used to keep an opponent at a distance or get a more devastating effect against an opponent for a follow up with a strike from the hands like a punch,a knifehand, or hammerfist/backfist, which is why Korean Martial Arts; Particularly Tae Kwon Do, and often Tang Soo Do emphasizes more kicking than punching.\n\nWhile Japanese Martial Arts maintain a much closer relation between kicking and punching techniques by using them more in combination other than individually; in effect balancing them out.
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This helped me a little, These are Tae Kwon Do Forms for basic color Belts to intermediate color belts to advanced black belts, just follow the list of videos down: http://www.natkd.com/taeguek.htm
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This link has all the hand styles for Taekwon-do.\ncheck it out...
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This question doesn't make sense.  how can you see early footage of MMA before MMA was around.  Now they may have used mixed martial arts then but it was probably not coined MMA then.  Gracie probaly just used straight BJJ so it wasn't anything mixed at all.  but as stated before you can't have footage of something before ti was around.  MMA footage before MMA was around now that is Hilarious.
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I teach Karate in Ohio and we charge $50 a month for unlimited 1 hour classes and $25 for private 1/2 hour lessons. We charge $25 for a belt test.\nA relative takes Tae-Kwon-Do and pays in the mid 90's a month for two hours a week. They charge $75 for a belt test.\n\nAround here Tae-Kwon-Do is very expensive and "most" DoJangs seem to be driven by profit. Be leary of any place that offers Direct Debit of your account, sells paches for your uniform that you are required to have, makes you buy more than one Gi to start out with, or has their name all over the Gi. They are more interested in money than in teaching you real martial techniques\n\nKarate, Aikido, Judo and other arts are generally cheeper and should be available around you.
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That depends on what your main purpose of learning the syles are.\n\nTae Kwon Do is mainly a Self defense and a central life cycle that balances your life.\n\nJeet Kun Do is mainly for offensive purposes and aggressive attacks and competiting.\n\nTae Kwon Do has competitions too, but the sole purpose and philosphy is more at peace then with JEET Kun Do.\n\nThats my opinion, Tae Kwon Do level 9 black belt Master\n\nJeet Kun Do black belt level 3\n\nYou be the Judge. Everyone has their own reasons, its not just one correct answer. But thats How I see it...\n\nI would use Jeet Kun DO to attack if my enemy was well trained in the arts...
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Billy Blanks has won several championships, before he\nstarted taebo. He is not just a aerobics instructor I\nassure you.
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HEY A KARATE QUESTION!
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Tai Chi Chuan is an entirely different ball game than Tae Kwon Do. Your confusion might stem from the words themselves sounding similar.\n\nSince you are a TKD practitioner, I don't think I need to explain the concepts to you, save the fact that it is what is categorized as an "external" system; that is, you work hard physically, then the mental prowess comes in time thereafter.\n\nTai Chi Chuan is an "internal" system, which first focuses on slow, fluid movements and forces you to be aware of your physical state at all times. Once this awareness is attained (which usually takes years of practice) and one feels the flow, the movements are sped up, and can actually be very devastating. The words themselves roughly translate to "Supreme Ultimate Fist". Beyond that, as what I assume is the case in your TKD class, weapons come after learning with empty hands. Furthermore, many people never progress beyond the slow fluid movements since the motions massage the internal organs and this results in benefits to all around health. Some even dub Tai Chi Chuan as "moving meditation".\n\nAlso, TKD is from Korea, and Tai Chi Chuan is from China. If you wish to learn Tai Chi Chuan, seek out a kung fu school ("kwoon"), but be careful as there are a lot of bad schools out there. Just do some research as to what is in your area, and you may find something that benefits you.\n\nI used to take TKD, and was in it for about 9 years, got my 2nd degree black belt, then moved on the Chinese Martial arts to continue being challenged. Some of my training over-lapped, and I was able to use some Tai Chi Chuan concepts during sparring exercises, much to my delight! They are physically, though, quite different, so mind the fact your training will grow more difficult should you take both simultaneously.\n\nBy the way "Tai Chi" is philosophy, and has been around for roughly 4,000 years. "T'ai Chi Chu'an" is the martial art, and has been around for a considerably shorter amount of time, about 500 years or so.\n\nI hope I helped!
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There is a very old and very true saying... \n\n"The Jack of all trades is a master of none."\n\nI believe it is a good thing to learn multiple martial arts. The issue is that many martial arts are fundamentally so different that it is hard to learn them together.  Arts like Tae Kwon Do and Aikido are so different from one another that learning them together is not a problem. Other martial arts such as many forms of Kung-fu are do conceptually different from Tae Kwon do that learning the art will be very difficult, if not virtually impossible. \n\nFor instance. Aikido uses circle to enter into your opponent and bring him down with any number of throws, pins or locks. Tae Kwon Do uses strait lines to enter into an opponent and then either attack with a strike (Kick or punch) or block their strike and then counter strike. Many forms of Chinese Martial arts don’t block, but rather parry attacks. They also use circular or more common angular movements to enter into an opponent and prefer multiple rapid attacks using chi as power rather then the one or three step sparing drills used in Tae Kwon Do.  Furthermore, many forms of Chinese martial arts are as much mental (philosophical/strategical)  as they are physical. It will be hard to do one thing one way in one class and another way in another class. Also, traditional Kung-fu instructors will not train a person who is studying another martial art. Not because they think there are is the best or some such nonsense as that, but because they are afraid that if you divide your thoughts and energies between their art and the other art(s) then you will not be able to give 100% of your time to their art. \n\nRemember, many Martial Arts, (Unlike Tae Kwon Do) take many, many years to become even the least bit proficient in. Learning forms is not the only goal. In a traditional Chinese Martial Arts school it often takes several moths to learn a single form and then a year or more to get to a level of proficiency that the Sifu thinks you are ready to learn another form. I've known more then my share of people that have dropped out of Chinese martial arts schools because they felt they weren’t learning anything new after working on the same form for six months. \n\nThe problem you will face is that Tea Kwon Do is linear and hard. Most of your forms are Move, then strike. Step left into a front stance, then perform a down block, followed by an upper block, step right into a right front stance and then do an eyelevel front punch. Chinese martial arts forms are different. As you step into a stance you are striking and before you settle into the position, you are already moving again. It is much more fluid. Everything flown one into the next. TKD is more Choppy. In fact, if the forms are not performed in a Step by step fashion, you aren't doing them right. (I have a 2nd Dan and use to judge at tournaments) \n\nAll I am saying is that is would be hard to master an art that requires your undivided attention if you are not giving your undivided attention. It's something to think about.