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What Is ITF Taekwon-Do?
ITF Taekwon-Do is a version of unarmed combat designed for the purpose of self-defense. It is more than just that, however.
It is the scientific use of the body in the method of self-defense; a body that has gained the ultimate use of its facilities through intensive physical and mental training
Though it is a martial art, its discipline, technique and mental training are the mortar for building a strong sense of justice, fortitude, humility and resolve. It is this mental conditioning that separates the true practitioner from the sensationalist, content with mastering only the fighting aspects of the art.
This is one of the reasons that Taekwon-Do ITF is called an art of self-defense. It also implies a way of thinking and life, particularly in instilling a concept and spirit of strict self-imposed discipline and an ideal of noble moral rearmament.
Translated literally "Tae stands for jumping or flying, to kick or smash with the foot. "Kwon" denotes the fist-chiefly to punch or destroy with the hand or fist. "Do" means an art or way.
ITF Taekwon-Do is a modern martial arts created by General Choi Hong Hi through a set of research on other martial arts and the reinforcement of modern scientific of Taekwon-Do techniques, designed in order to produce maximum and effective power.
It is the scientific use of the body in the method of self-defense; a body that has gained the ultimate use of its facilities through intensive physical and mental training
Though it is a martial art, its discipline, technique and mental training are the mortar for building a strong sense of justice, fortitude, humility and resolve. It is this mental conditioning that separates the true practitioner from the sensationalist, content with mastering only the fighting aspects of the art.
This is one of the reasons that Taekwon-Do ITF is called an art of self-defense. It also implies a way of thinking and life, particularly in instilling a concept and spirit of strict self-imposed discipline and an ideal of noble moral rearmament.
Translated literally "Tae stands for jumping or flying, to kick or smash with the foot. "Kwon" denotes the fist-chiefly to punch or destroy with the hand or fist. "Do" means an art or way.
ITF Taekwon-Do is a modern martial arts created by General Choi Hong Hi through a set of research on other martial arts and the reinforcement of modern scientific of Taekwon-Do techniques, designed in order to produce maximum and effective power.
